1. Born Florence Leontine Lowe, "Pancho Barnes" broke Amelia Earhart’s speed record during the 1930 Women’s Air Derby. She worked as a Hollywood stunt pilot in the early 1930s, and purchased 180-acres of barren land adjacent to Rogers Dry Lake bed and Muroc Army Airfield (later known as EAFB) in 1935. It was here she established Happy Bottom Riding Club, where her hospitality towards the airmen at Muroc eventually lead to her becoming referred to as the “Mother of Edwards Air Force Base.” 2. William John “Pete” Knight, who holds world record for flight speed in a winged vehicle, graduated from the Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot at EAFB in 1958. After more than sixteen flights in the X-15A-2, Knight became one of five people to earn astronaut wings by flying an airplane into space. 3. Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran owner of Jacqueline Cochran Cosmetics, who became a world-class competitive pilot, was the woman to break the sound barrier, she flew a Northup T-38 with Chuck Yeager flying beside her. She also designed the first oxygen mask. 4. Chuck Yeager became a pilot in 1942 during WWII though he had originally joined as an aircraft mechanic. On several occasions he was stationed at Edwards Air Force Base. While at Edwards, he broke the sound barrier by traveling faster than the speed of sound in a Bell X-1 named "Glamorous Glennis" after his wife. •Pancho Barnes •William J. "Pete" Knight •Lt. Col. Jacqueline Cochran •Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager posing in front of his Bell X-1 1/1 1. Pancho Barnes, c. 1930s Photographic Print 2012.999.49.02 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) 2. William J. "Pete" Knight, c. 1960s Photographic Print 2012.999.55.01 MOAH Permanent Collection 3. Lt. Col. Jacqueline Cochran, c. 1939 Photographic Print 2012.999.51.01 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) 4. Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager posing in front of his Bell X-1, 1947 Photographic Print 2012.999.52.01 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) 1. Born Florence Leontine Lowe, "Pancho Barnes" broke Amelia Earhart’s speed record during the 1930 Women’s Air Derby. She worked as a Hollywood stunt pilot in the early 1930s, and purchased 180-acres of barren land adjacent to Rogers Dry Lake bed and Muroc Army Airfield (later known as EAFB) in 1935. It was here she established Happy Bottom Riding Club, where her hospitality towards the airmen at Muroc eventually lead to her becoming referred to as the “Mother of Edwards Air Force Base.” 2. William John “Pete” Knight, who holds world record for flight speed in a winged vehicle, graduated from the Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot at EAFB in 1958. After more than sixteen flights in the X-15A-2, Knight became one of five people to earn astronaut wings by flying an airplane into space. 3. Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran owner of Jacqueline Cochran Cosmetics, who became a world-class competitive pilot, was the woman to break the sound barrier, she flew a Northup T-38 with Chuck Yeager flying beside her. She also designed the first oxygen mask. 4. Chuck Yeager became a pilot in 1942 during WWII though he had originally joined as an aircraft mechanic. On several occasions he was stationed at Edwards Air Force Base. While at Edwards, he broke the sound barrier by traveling faster than the speed of sound in a Bell X-1 named "Glamorous Glennis" after his wife.

Your Myth Here < Back Previous Douglas Tausik Ryder Your Myth Here Douglas Tausik Ryder has always had the desire to push the creative boundaries of sculptural art through technology. Inspired by innovation, the artist combines the conventional form of woodworking and contemporary technology, bringing a 21st century conversation to traditional wood working and sculptural practices. Utilizing mass production and 3D modeling, Tausik Ryder transcends the limits of the hand-tool oriented medium and creates his sculptures through an industrial CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine tool. Each individual piece is created with the digital cutting tool and is refined and assembled by hand. Through technology-assisted art, Tausik Ryder challenges the ways in which artists can interact with conventionally analog processes while bringing forth conversations concerning mass media, automation, and artificial intelligence. Next

Up What it takes to survive a crisis or the imaginary Richter scale of rage Eileen Cowin Eileen Cowin uses video, photography and multimedia installations to explore the blurred lines between narrative, storytelling, memory, the unconscious, fiction and truth. Her carefully fabricated compositions combine objects with intimate human gestures in a way that heightens the emotional experience and yet is open for interpretation, allowing the viewer to complete the artwork. Cowin's early work is often associated with the Los Angeles experimental photography scene of the 1970s and the East Coast Pictures Generation. During the 80s and 90s Cowin's work evolved to include the fully-constructed cinematic installations and videos that she is known for today. In her series What it takes to survive a crisis or the imaginary Richter scale of rage, Cowin expands on her themes of anxiety and rage through her various images and video installations. In the age of unprecedented mass upheaval due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cowin explores the constant state of crisis America has dealt with, starting with the 2016 presidential election to the present time. Her visual narratives are symbolic in nature, perfectly encapsulating the constant fear, turmoil and global uncertainty the pandemic has released. Eileen Cowin is a Los Angeles based artist known for work in photography, video and mixed-media installations. Her work has been featured in over 30 solo exhibitions and in more than 180 group exhibitions. Cowin’s works have also been featured in private and public collections including: the Brooklyn Museum, NY; The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; the National Museum of American Art; and MOCA, Los Angeles. She has received numerous recognitions and awards including three individual fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), a commission from the Public Art Fund in New York, a City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Individual Artist Fellowship in New Genres from the California Arts Council, California Community Foundation’s Fellowship for Visual Artists, City of Santa Monica Artist’s Fellowship, Best Experimental Film USA Film Festival, and three commissions from Los Angeles World Airports. Cowin is currently working on a commission for the Martin Luther King Jr. Metro Station in Los Angeles. https://vimeo.com/358352485 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCKJ8VwScGY January 23 – May 9, 2021 Back to list

back to list Scott Listfield Scott Listfield is known for his paintings featuring a lone exploratory astronaut lost in a landscape cluttered with pop culture icons, corporate logos, and tongue-in-cheek science fiction references. Scott grew up in Boston, MA and studied art at Dartmouth College. After some time spent living abroad, Scott returned to America and began painting astronauts and, sometimes, dinosaurs.

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< Back Naida Osline Naida Osline is a photographer and filmmaker whose work merges conceptual and documentary practices. Balancing studio control with the unpredictability of public spaces, her imagery blurs the organic and synthetic, creating thought-provoking visuals. Since 2009, Osline has explored psychoactive plants in a long-term project examining their connections to creativity, morality, economics, legality, addiction, and spirituality. Naida Osline is a photographer and filmmaker whose work blends conceptual and documentary practices. Working with a non-linear approach, she often develops multiple projects simultaneously, allowing them to overlap and inform each other. Her working environment includes the controlled setting of the studio as well as the unpredictable conditions of public spaces. Osline’s photographic practice blurs the line between the organic and synthetic, creating imagery that is both captivating and thought-provoking. Since 2009, Osline has been developing a long-term project centered on growing, documenting, and altering psychoactive plants. This project examines these plants' complex relationship with human creativity, morality, economics, legality, addiction, and spirituality. The subject matter has manifested into different bodies of work that invites viewers to rethink their perspectives on these plants and to reflect on the lasting significance they have had, and continue to have, on human history and culture. Previous Next

2015 < View Public Art Projects Yarn Bomb at MOAH 2015 Temporary Art Project After receiving much acclaim from the community for organizing the yarn bombing of Lancaster City Hall, Kris Holiday was commissioned again to install outside MOAH’s main entrance. Holiday expanded her idea to a district-wide project. She and her team were inspired by the whimsical humor art can bring into the world so they created yarn flowers, hung yarn balls from the roof, and covered up bicycles, planters, pillars and walls. A desk they covered from MOAH’s Young Artist Workshop was later donated to R. Rex Parris High School as a permanent installation.

2014 < View Public Art Projects Random Acts of Music 2014 Temporary Art Project As a community engagement project, the City of Lancaster placed five pianos along The BLVD. The city then asked local artists to paint the pianos. Through this project, the city encourages people of all ages and skill levels to stop and play music.

2013 < View Public Art Projects Yarn Bomb At City Hall 2013 Temporary Art Project To kick off the 27th annual Antelope Valley union High School District Student Art Exhibition, local artist and art educator Kris Holiday organized this public installation project with the help of pioneering yarn bombing artist Nicola Vruwink, her students, and community members. The concept was to create public art by knitting scarves around trees, cozies on bike racks, and decorating benches, lampposts and even sculptures with vibrant covers.

2016 < View Public Art Projects Eco-Quilt 2016 Temporary Art Project Created during her artist-in-residency at MOAH:CEDAR, Jane Ingram’s Eco-Quilt was formed out of twenty hand-made paper squares with wildflower seeds imbedded in the paper pulp. The quilt depicted poppies and contained different wildflower seeds corresponding to the color of the paper. It contained California poppies, California bluebells, white poppies and baby’s breath. A headboard and footboard were built from local willow branches and local participants were invited to help install the project. Eco-Quilt was located at Hull Park in Lancaster.

Chicano Futurism Fall 2026 Artists: Edwin Vasquez, Eugene Rodriguez, Linda Vallejo plus a collection by ALTAMED Previous Next

< Back Capturing the Self in Portraiture Before You Now The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) is pleased to announce their latest exhibition Before You Now: Capturing the Self in Portraiture. The exhibition will be on view at MOAH from Saturday, January 25 to Sunday April 13, 2025. The opening reception for the exhibition will be held on Saturday, January 25 from 2 to 4 PM. Before You Now: Capturing the Self in Portraiture focuses on the enduring theme of the artist’s self-portrait, as seen in a selection of photographs, prints, drawings, and video art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The exhibition is an introduction to seeing artists as they see themselves – or as they want to be seen by their publics. Organized into seven categorical themes – Claiming, Crafting, Clowning, Convening, Conceptualizing, Camouflaging, and Concluding, the images in the exhibition showcase these artists’ fascination with self-portraiture and its ability to communicate an autobiographical narrative. This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in collaboration with the Riverside Art Museum, California State University, Northridge, Art Galleries; Lancaster Museum of Art and History; and Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College. Local Access is a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year, multi-institutional partnership formed by LACMA as part of the Art Bridges Cohort Program.