The Citadelle Art Museum welcomed students into an out-of this-world experience Tuesday as Tape Artists Michael Townsend and Leah Smith prepared this summer’s exhibit and art camp. 

The tape-placing duo transformed the museum’s art gallery into a spaceship made entirely of blue and green tape, with one side of the ship in ruin due to space pirates.

Students attending the three-day-long art camp were tasked with repairing the ship’s hull and finding out what happened to the original crew.

To become fully-fledged astronauts, students made their own personalized space suits, each with a unique helmet and body shape modeled after every student’s respective body. 

Once the suits were made, each space cadet oversaw the making of their own laptop made entirely from cardboard, tape, and paper. Some cadets chose to draw pictures of what happened to the space station while others drew pictures of their loved ones back home.

The art camp’s first session concluded Thursday, with each student’s artwork being put on display in the Museum’s gallery. The spaceship’s story will pick back up July 1 and 2 for students attending the second session. The third session will take place on August 5 and 6.