How would you like to be NASA’s artist-in-residence?

The offer was legit: The space agency was bestowing a $20,000 commission on the 57-year-old Anderson to produce a piece of work completely at her creative freedom.

NASA began its art program in 1963 but never before had it tapped a resident artist, nor had it pushed the aesthetic envelope so boldly by choosing a performer whose large-scale theatrical productions blended ‘Star Trek’ and Melville. Anderson is no Faith Hill.” (Washington Post)