The Barry Art Museum will be closed to the public on Friday, 12/1. We will resume our normal hours of operation on Saturday, 12/2.
Local poets will join poets from around the world to read their Mars-related poems at the ODU Planetarium. From France, Italy, Congo, Spain, Japan and other countries, these poets will be projected onto a screen among the stars on the planetarium walls with subtitles.
Mars Fest 2022: Second Annual Public Arts Festival at ODU Join the Barry Art Museum on a voyage to Mars! This fall, the second annual Public Arts Festival at ODU is proud to present Mars: a large-scale sculpture by UK-based artist Luke Jerram. Building on last year’s journey to the Moon, Jerram’s red planet shimmers […]
The Society of Physics Students (SPS) will be showcasing demos and distribute information regarding this exciting club!
It may not be fresh-from-Mars glass, but the Chrysler Museum Mobile Glass Studio will rock your socks off with an astounding presentation on the glass-blowing process!
Graduate and Undergraduate students will read personal, original pieces of literature - all about Mars, space, and beyond!
Sponsored by ODU Game Design and Development and VMASC, The Last Resort Arcade features Mars, robot, and space-themed video games, alongside VR gaming experiences provided by New World VR.
Discover how ancient mariners used the stars, sun, and moon to navigate across the seas! Find out how these tools of the trade are still in use today by gaining first-hand experience in celestial navigation.
Interact with spatial exploration technologies (such as drones) and discover how these devices have applications locally - and on Mars!
ODU's very own Geography Program discuss the geographical techniques utilized for the understanding of Earth, while calling into question how political and environmental interactions influence space exploration.
Come observe the sky with local astronomers! BBAA members will set up telescopes in front of the TED Center. Corner of Hampton blvd and 43rd St, Norfolk, VA 23508
Poems about Mars, written by Hampton Roads Elementary School children, will be displayed along the festival grounds in Mars-red chalk!
Come explore what this exciting ODU program has to offer for prospective students!
Lift off to the 2nd floor of the Barry Museum to explore the depths of space through films by ODU filmmakers. Experience this special collection on display all three days of Mars Fest. Discover what this program has to offer for prospective students. With emphasis in filmmaking, film studies, and cinema and TV production, ODU promises a […]
The Showmobile by SevenVenues will be parked at the corner of Monarch Way and 45th street.
COVA Brewing is creating the featured beverage of Mars Fest. Purchase a frosty tallboy of Red Planet Red Lager at the "Black Hole" & "Big Bang" Bars by Aramark on the festival grounds. COVA Brewing will also be popped-up on steAm street. Stop by for merch, coffee & more.
Come enjoy otherworldly projections of Mars' surface - and other entertaining visions - all along the festival grounds orchestrated by the ODU’s very own artistic team Lee Smith and Katherine Hammond. Their installation features a collaboration between Warehouse of Theatre with ODU Theatre and Film students.
This exhibition features selections from hundreds of self-taught artworks in the permanent collection of the Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries. With many works made from found and repurposed materials, and with their visual commentary on communities and the hellish costs of social ills, they support the theme of sustainability—social, environmental, and economic—during ODU’s themed […]
DesignHer is an exhibition of contemporary graphic design focusing on women practitioners. Highlighting how women have been at the forefront of defining and challenging the conceptions of design, the exhibition presents a sampling of the various purposes design is put to in our culture and the motivations that prompted its use. Participants range from younger […]
Local retailers hailing from Selden Market appear in our orbit for an out-of-this-world opportunity you don't want to miss! Here's your chance to take home a piece of Mars Fest.
This program will provide an insight into Satellite and Space activities at Old Dominion University's Space Systems Lab. As part of the exhibit, a classroom satellite kit will be showcased. An insight into the anatomy of a satellite will be provided.
Construct a martian headband using a variety of skill sets. Donations encouraged.
Free hands-on programming courtesy of NASA Langley’s Office of STEM Engagement. Sphero’s (Mars Rover) UV Beads Mars Paper Helicopter Orion’s Launch and Abort 2 (AA2)
Bio-inspired Robots for Martian Exploration Interest in robots? How about in space? Featuring bio-inspired robotic crawlers that borrow inspiration from quadrupedal animals like frogs, lizards, elephants, and cats, the applications for these crawling robots include emergency response at disaster sites and search & rescue in uneven terrain environments. Their suitability for exploration in Martian environments […]
Interactive STEAM table provides visitors a chance to design a shelter for life on Mars, inspired by unique conditions found on the big, red planet!
We'll be launching this ride from Smartmouth Brewery at 6pm on Friday, October 14 and riding to the Barry Art Museum for the opening night of Mars Fest. Riders are HIGHLY encouraged to "dress up" for the occasion. We're talking about space themed outfits, bike lights and costumes and the best dressed/decorated will win a […]
Open to the public! No RSVP! Free Food! Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/6624910761 Batten Arts & Letters Building, Room 9024
Have you ever wanted to travel to galaxies, visit exotic worlds, or meet aliens? Try out our space bites and hear book excerpts from the experts!
Paper Aliens is a vibrant, genre-bending quintet from Norfolk, Virginia. The group’s musical discoveries take flight into a refreshing blend of soul-driven psychedelic funk and rock to unveil a unique sound all their own.
From the Department of Communication and Theatre Arts, Senior Lecturer Meredith Magoun crash-lands into this Mars Fest to decorate all of our faces in paint!
Modernist abstract painting and sci-fi illustration seem worlds apart, but their shared thirst for transcendence and wonder has roots in painting of centuries past. These threads mix in more recent art that throws categories to the wind.
Let their voices be heard! The ODU Concert Choir grace the stage for an unforgettable performance, dedicated to Mars.
