Oct 9th, 2018
Star Car: A Collaborative Montalvo Arts Center Project
By Zeyn Joukhadar , Lucas Artists Literary Arts Fellow On the evening of September 29, 2018, Lucas Artists Visual Arts Fellow Matteo Rubbi and I painted a projection of the night sky on Montalvo's Nissan Altima using professional grade glow-in-the-dark paint. We projected a live view of the night sky onto the car using the Stellarium program and the LAP’s video projector, and then painted each star and planet by hand. We first painted the passenger side of the car (including hubcaps and tire sidewalls), then turned the car around and painted the driver’s side. Finally, we painted the…