Welcome to Design Your Habitat (DYH) 2.0: What Would Be Your Ideal Community in Space?
We are moving beyond the focus on ideal individual habitats in DYH 1.0 to imagining whole communities in space. Now more people are flying into space, governments and industries are planning to live and work on the Moon, Mars and into deep space; thus a sustainable ecosystem is vital. To have a community in space, in a ship or on a planetary surface, you must design a sustainable ecosystem. What we learn to allow us to survive in space will help us better understand how to live more sustainably on "spaceship Earth. 

DYH 2.0 offers live collaborative sessions, virtual exhibitions, and global participation for artists worldwide, showcasing select artworks online and in person. In addition, we are partnering with the Texas Eclipse Festival in April 2024 to help showcase submitted DYH 2.0 artwork! 
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Design Your Habitat 2.0: Habitat Tales
Habitat Tales is a dynamic project within SciArt Exchange's Design Your Habitat (DYH) Campaign, a key theme of the nonprofit's Xpand Your Horizons Program. The first Habitat Tales initiative launched in Mexico City in collaboration with Google, running from September to December 2024. This innovative project engaged 200 middle school students, empowering them to explore the intersection of creativity, research, and technology.
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Using the Google CS First platform, students brought their visions to life through art and storytelling, focusing on designing and imagining communities in space. The program fostered critical thinking and skills in research, art, and coding, culminating in student projects that showcased unique stories and artworks inspired by their learning.

​Submit your visual art! 

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Daksh Sharma, Space Settlement, Age 13, India
​Create an artwork that imagines communities in space—a place where we're more than individuals, we’re vibrant neighborhoods, settlements, and interconnected spaces. Show us your vision of collaborative living in the cosmos through your visual unique art! 
Artwork guidelines: Images must be .jpg, .gif, .png or pdf files, with 25 Mb maximum file size. Open to all ages. If you are under 18 years old, you will need parental permission. 
This guide will assist you in thinking, exploring and creating a visual art of your ideal space community.
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Ahmad Alsaad, Adult, Germany
Participant Recognition
​Once you have created an artwork, share your creations on social media using #CommunitiesinSpace #DesignYourHabitat. 

Select participants of the virtual and in-person events receive acknowledgment, featured prominently and shared on our social media, enhancing the interactive and diverse artistic experience.

Participate in Virtual and In-person Activities!

In line with our Xpand Your Horizon Challenges, DYH 2.0 campaign is not a contest and no winners will be announced, but it connects participants of all ages - serving as a vibrant hub for interaction, collaboration, and creativity beyond traditional boundaries.
Virtual Creativity Workshops:
Join SAE for a live art session, fostering a global community. Guided by a professional artist, participants will learn, engage in live chat, and collaborate to broaden their artistic horizons across diverse styles. 
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Past Virtual Events
"Living and Working Space w/Nicole Stott" - JUNE 22, 2024
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Artistic Exploration with Adrianna Allen - Mar. 10, 2024 
Past In-Person Event
April Eclipse (In-Person) - Date April 5 - 9, 2024:  The Texas Eclipse Festival presented us with an awesome platform to speak about the fusion of art and science and help us foster a community that helps artists with exposure on a grand stage, The North American Solar Eclipse!
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Design Your habitat "1.0"

Banner artwork by artists Adrianna Allen and Ashley De Jesus
Explore Our Original Campaign, Imagining Our Ideal Spaces

Original Prompt: What would be the perfect space you imagine for yourself, either here on Earth, in space, or on another planet?
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During the beginnings of the pandemic we were all in isolation and confinement, and we imagined our ideal living spaces, whether on Earth, in space, or on another planet. We shared our ideas, drawing inspiration from our isolated lifestyles, to envision what it would be like to explore space or settle on distant planets.

​We enjoyed engaging in fun activities under 8 themes related to our current Earth habitats and those on space crafts, stations, and outposts. The activities were designed for all ages but were particularly accessible to youth aged 10-18.