Donald Moffett, (nature cult, clockwise ruby red), 2019 Basel 2019 at Marianne Boesky Gallery Pigmented epoxy resin on wood panel support, steel 122.6 x 123.2 x 15.2 (cm) 48.3 x 48.5 x 6.0 (inch)

Donald Moffett, "LICK", 1990,

Backlit Cibatransparency mounted to utility light fixture,

279x279x100 mm (11x11x4 inches.)

Signed and dated in ink and numbered 4/25 on a Wessel + O'Connor Fine Art label, verso.

Courtesy: Swann Auction Galleries

Donald Moffett

Lot 062819 (nature cult, counterclockwise black), 2019

Pigmented epoxy resin, urethane paint, and UV clear coat on wood and urethane panel support, steel 122.5 x 120 x 19 cm 48 1/4 x 47 1/4 x 7 1/2 in

Donald Moffett

3 min read NASA and UC Berkeley Host Discussion on the Future of AI at Work  David Korsmeyer, acting deputy center director, speaks at the “The Future of Skills in the AI Era” symposium, Sept. 22, 2023, at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Korsmeyer highlighted the opportunities to utilize AI during missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond.NASA/Donald B. Richey What does the rise of artificial intelligence mean for the workers of tomorrow? What could it mean for NASA? Leaders from government, academia, and commercial industries gathered earlier this fall to learn, discuss, and collaborate at the inaugural “The Future of Skills in the AI Era” symposium at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The one-day event was organized by Ames, UC Berkeley’s Fisher Center for Business Analytics in the Haas School of Business, and the new College of Computing, Data Science, and Society. The event sought to drive dialogue around what the future of artificial intelligence could look like across different sectors and solutions for possible challenges. David Korsmeyer, Ames’ acting deputy center director, spoke to attendees about the history of AI and autonomous technology at NASA and how the agency could use it in the future. He highlighted the ways AI could support work on Earth. “AI tools can help parse through massive amounts of data and bring trends and information to light,” said Korsmeyer, who also discussed the role AI would play in future space exploration, including pre-training spacecraft to identify potential hazards and make decisions autonomously. “When planning missions to places like Mars, a spacecraft and its crew must be ‘Earth independent’ – it can’t come back, there’s no turning around.” Vincent Vanhoucke, senior director of robotics, Google DeepMind, discusses the application of AI in robotics as part of a panel discussion alongside Alexandre Bayen, associate provost for Moffett Field program development at UC Berkeley, Jeremy Frank, group lead of planning and scheduling at NASA Ames, and Terry Fong, chief roboticist at NASA Ames.NASA/Donald B. Richey The role of AI as a tool for school and business was a key theme of the symposium. Annette Bernhardt, director of the technology and work program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center, emphasized the balance between worker privacy and the benefit of highly productive AI tools. Frederick Wehrle, associate dean for academic affairs at UC Berkeley, spoke about the future of education in the era of advancing technology innovation.  Alonso Vera, NASA Ames senior scientist for distributed collaborative systems, dug deeper into the relationship between humans and AI, and the unique roles each needs to play when doing complex work. “Artificial intelligence is not on the same path as human intelligence. They’re both superior in different ways,” said Vera. “If you don’t understand a human’s role with AI, you won’t be able to develop and improve the right AI technologies.”  AI and autonomous design are embedded in the expanding partnership between Ames and UC Berkeley. The two organizations shared efforts aim to expand learning opportunities in aerospace research and development, including programs like NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility effort, which seeks to develop capabilities for autonomous vehicles to transport cargo and passengers. This area of research is a focus of future collaborations between the two institutions following the recent announcement of plans to develop the Berkeley Space Center at Ames.  For news media: Members of the news media interested in covering this topic should reach out to the NASA Ames newsroom. About the AuthorTara Friesen Share Details Last Updated Nov 16, 2023 Related Terms Ames Research CenterGeneral Explore More 27 min read The Marshall Star for November 15, 2023 Article 19 hours ago 3 min read NASA Engineer Earns Goddard Innovation Award for Sun-studying Photon Sieves Goddard Engineer Kevin Denis receives innovation award for photon sieves. Article 23 hours ago 4 min read NASA Telescope Data Becomes Music You Can Play Article 23 hours ago Keep Exploring Discover More Topics From NASA Missions In order to study the Earth as a whole system and understand how it is changing, NASA develops and supports… Humans In Space Our Solar System Overview Our planetary system is located in an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy. We call it the… Technology The Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) takes on the technical challenges of Earth observations by funding, developing and demonstrating cutting-edge…

Donald Moffett

Sanford Biggers (A '98, F '10), Harmony Hammond (F '08), Steve Locke (A '02), Donald Moffett (F '04), Ronny Quevedo (A '13) Annotations & Improvisations Miles McEnery Gallery 525 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011 December 09, 2021 - January 29, 2022 

Donald Moffett [USA] (b 1955) ~ 'Lot 032308 (O-oooo)', 2008. Oil, rabbit skin glue and poly vinyl acetate on linen (61 x 50.8 cm).

In celebration of Pride Month, we’re exploring LGBTQ+ artists and themes currently on view at the Brooklyn Museum. 

Donald Moffet is an artist, activist, and self identified gay man who participated in the ACT UP movement in the 1980s. With a background in Biology, he creates remarkably organic constructions in paint. The technique used to create the textured, three dimensional surface of this work was inspired by a cake-decorating class Moffett took in the early 1990’s to cope with the losses he experienced at the hands of the AIDS epidemic.

To learn and see more, be sure to check out our ASK Pride Tour, available at the Museum through the ASK Brooklyn Museum app.

Posted by Rachel Lewis Donald Moffett, Lot 043017 (multiflora, radiant blue), 2017. Oil on linen, wood panel, steel. Courtesy of the artist and @marianneboeskygallery © Donald Moffett. (Photo: Christopher Burke Studio) 

Today is World AIDS Day/Day With(out) Art. During the 1980s and 1990s, AIDS and complications from it killed nearly half a million people in the U.S., a disproportionate number of them gay men and people of color. The artist community lost thousands; still more friends, lovers, and family members faced lives transformed by grief, fear, indignation, and illness. Many artists made activist work that criticized government inaction, promoted awareness and treatment, and expressed support for people fighting and living with the virus. Here are two of those works from the Whitney’s collection, on view now in An Incomplete History of Protest

Donald Moffett Lot 031507 (Oolo), 2007 Oil, rayon, plated nickel, rabbit-skin glue, and polyvinyl acetate on linen in artist’s painted wood frame 31 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches (80 x 69.8 cm) The Rachofsky Collection

Warm biology, 2018 by Donald Moffett (b. 1955)

Pigmented epoxy resin on wood panel support, steel 34.2 × 27.2 × 4.5 in; 87 × 69.2 × 11.4 cm

Donald Moffett, Lot 062819 (nature cult, counterclockwise black), 2019, Pigmented epoxy resin, urethane paint, and UV clear coat on wood and urethane panel support, steel, 122.5 x 120 x 19 cm, 48 1/4 x 47 1/4 x 7 1/2 in, Courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York

Donald Moffett, 1987

via: International Center of Photography

DONALD MOFFETT

He Kills Me. Donald Moffett, 1987.