Gallery Type: Psyche Inspired 2026-25

“Mission Psyche: Spacecraft Journal Entry” depicts the Psyche spacecraft alongside a breakdown of its instruments as though it were a page out of a cartographer’s journal. In the top left corner, it has the name of the spacecraft as well as its launch/arrival date. Above the middle of the page is a drawing of Psyche. Below that, as well as in the top right corner, are Psyche’s various instruments.

April 15, 2026

Mission Psyche: Spacecraft Journal Entry

SAMANTHA MANLEY April 15th, 2026 Major: Illustration Genre/Medium: Digital About the Work: “Just as ancient cartographers filled the uncharted edges of their seafaring maps with drawings...
This is a vase with brownish black glaze on the outside. At the shoulder of the vase there is a horizontal stripe running around the piece that is unglazed and on this stripe, opposing eachother, sit two mini replicas of halves of the asteroid 16 Psyche. The inside is glazed with a dark blue glaze.

April 13, 2026

Rhythmic Rotation

Martha Quirie April 13th, 2026 Major: Art Practices & Psychology Genre/Medium: Cone 10 porcelaneous stoneware and overglaze About the Work: This piece, “Rhythmic Rotation” was...
This piece depicts five butterflies, carrying different parts of the Psyche spacecraft. They are all moving in different directions and are holding the instruments on their back, in between their wings. In the background, there are dotted lines moving between the figures. Everything is outlined in black, and the shading is done in black cross-hatching.

April 8, 2026

The Soul of the Mission

ISABELLA GARCIA April 8th, 2026 Major: Art & Design Genre/Medium: Digital Illustration About the Work: This piece, “The Soul of the Mission,” is a digital illustration that describes...
Amid the sea of iridescent glaze, you can find a small replica of the spacecraft and its solar panels. The Copper Cobalt Raku glaze moves organically across the vessel, producing radiant tones of copper red and orange alongside greens and blues.

April 6, 2026

Space Exploration

JACQUELYN SUBLETT April 6th, 2026 Major: Ceramics & Physics Genre/Medium: High-Fire Stoneware, Copper Cobalt Raku Glaze About the Work: “Space Exploration” depicts the Psyche spacecraft...
This project explores asteroid 16 Psyche by turning three magnetic field theories into abstract 2D animations. Psyche appears as a white silhouette while particles show invisible forces around it. One version shows it acting like a small magnetized planet, another shows a stronger magnetic shield, and the third shows no magnetic field but interaction with solar wind.

April 3, 2026

The Three Magnetic Field Theories

REMY CANTRELLE April 3rd, 2026 Major: Digital Art Genre/Medium: Digital, 2D Animation About the Work: This project explores the mystery of asteroid 16 Psyche by turning three different magnetic...
Anime girl as a embodiment of Psyche has blue butterfly wings that represent the thrusters. Illustration of thrusters in the background

April 1, 2026

Xenon!

ANNE WANG April 1st, 2026 Major: Economics and Art Theory & Practice Genre/Medium: Digital Art About the Work: Xenon! This magical element that emits the familiar bright blue light we associate...
Psyche Lander Mission is a playable experience that teaches visitors about the Psyche asteroid. Using only the arrow keys of a keyboard, players get to land on Psyche, move around the terrain, and investigate points of interest along its surface. Colorful hand drawn sprites depict the asteroid being orbited by the spacecraft. A rover launches from the orbiter to start exploring the surface.

March 30, 2026

Psyche Lander Mission

TOMMY DESJARDINS March 30th, 2026 Major: 3D Digital Design Genre/Medium: HTML5 Game About the Work:  Psyche Lander Mission is a short playable experience that teaches visitors about the Psyche...
Join the Journey, Follow the Flyby is a kinetic typographic animation centered on NASA’s Psyche mission and its upcoming Mars flyby. It is a 40-second vertical animation using large, moving text to share quick facts. Words appear and shift in time with music, supported by simple shapes and graphics. The piece is designed for social media and focuses on clearly communicating the May 2026 flyby.

March 27, 2026

Join the Journey

RILEY PERRY March 27th, 2026 Major: Communication Design & Environmental Biology Genre/Medium: Kinetic Typographic Animation About the Work: Join the Journey, Follow the Flyby is a kinetic...
A circular stained-glass panel shows the Psyche spacecraft passing close to Mars. The planet glows in layered reds, oranges, and golds, while the spacecraft appears in lighter metallic tones against dark space. The warm colors surround the craft briefly, suggesting a close flyby before it continues into the darkness beyond.

March 25, 2026

Borrowed Gravity

LACHAN MORLAN March 25th, 2026 Major: Physics (Astronomy) Genre/Medium: Stained Glass About the Work: In May 2026, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will fly past Mars, not to study it, and not to stay,...
The composition features a metallic, textured meteoroid-shaped base paired with a small vessel that appears deformed upon impact. Raku-fired with a white crackle glaze, the vessel takes on an otherworldly quality, evoking the fractured, dynamic surfaces found in extraterrestrial environments.

March 23, 2026

Meteoroid

Jacquelyn Sublett March 23rd, 2026 Major: Ceramics & Physics Genre/Medium: High-Fire Stoneware, White Crackle Raku Glaze About the Work: “Meteoroid” is a sculptural composition that visualizes...
A glowing orange asteroid floats in dark space filled with small stars. A bright molten trail wraps around it in a loop, forming a ring like a fiery orbit. At the bottom of the image, large bold white text reads “THE MAKING OF PSYCHE.” The scene feels intense and dramatic against the black background.

March 20, 2026

The Making of Psyche

ABHIGYAAN DEEP March 20th, 2026 Major: Aerospace Engineering & Cyber-Physical Systems Genre/Medium: Blender and Figma About the Work: The Making of Psyche is a real simulation-inspired Blender...
Psyche logo with overlapping circles in orange, pink, and purple, enclosed by a gradient diamond outline

March 18, 2026

Impact

JULIA STEPHENS March 18th, 2026 Major: Studio Art and Creative Writing Genre/Medium: Steel About the Work: The creation of the Psyche asteroid as we know it is proposed to have been formed by...