Cynt Marshall will get a 3D scan for one of many exhibit’s statues. [Photo: Alexander Simoes/courtesy IfThenSheCan]
Lyda Hill Philanthropies’ IF/THEN Initiative will debut a brand new assortment of “sheroes” this summer time through the 2026 FIFA World Cup Fan Festival at Fair Park in Dallas. #IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit: Game Changers is a monumental show of 26 life-size, 3-D printed statues celebrating leaders highlighting how science, expertise, engineering, and math gasoline the world of sports activities.
In partnership with the North Texas FWC Organizing Committee, the interactive exhibit will probably be on public show from Thursday, June 11, via Sunday, July 19, on the Fan Festival at Dallas’ Fair Park, positioned at 3809 Grand Avenue. Coinciding with the complete World Cup match, followers can take pleasure in free reside match screenings, meals, music, and leisure.
Entry to the Fan Festival and the exhibit is free.
Soccer nice Julie Foudy and former Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall speaking concerning the exhibit. [Photo: Alexander Simoes/courtesy IfThenSheCan]
Women and STEM innovation in sports activities
Each statue features a QR code that guests can scan to view movies and pictures that deliver these ladies’s journeys to life. Through these tales and movies in the IF/THEN Collection, audiences can discover how expertise enhances efficiency, how biomedical science prepares athletes for the sphere, how information influences sports activities technique on and off the sphere, and the way engineering and innovation can elevate the sport for each athletes and followers, IF/THEN stated.
The lime inexperienced statues, which will probably be 3D-printed in Dallas, are manufactured from a UV-cured acrylic gel. Each statue is a life-sized depiction of a Game Changer with instruments of her commerce, from soccer balls and drawing boards to ski helmets and microscopes.
“It’s an honor to display these incredible statues of influential women who have achieved remarkable accomplishments in sports during FIFA Fan Festival Dallas,” stated Monica Paul, president of the North Texas FWC Organizing Committee. “Dallas and the North Texas region will be on full display during the FIFA World Cup 2026, and FIFA Fan Festival Dallas will be a perfect place for guests to enjoy the matches while also observing and learning about the great achievements of these inspirational women in sports.”
IF/THEN Exhibit at NorthPark in 2021. [IF/THEN Initiative]
‘If they can see it, then they can be it!’
#IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit: Game Changers marks the second IF/THEN® statue exhibit, following the historic debut at North Park Center in Dallas of #IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit, which featured 120 statues of latest ladies in STEM. That first exhibit of life-size orange 3D-printed statues made historical past as the biggest meeting of statues of actual ladies ever displayed at one time. The mission was impressed by a research that discovered the ten largest U.S. cities displayed fewer than a half-dozen statues of actual ladies in publicly accessible locations.
Statues at NorthPark Center in 2021 [Image: courtesy IfThenSheCan]
In addition to NorthPark, the exhibit has been proven on the Central Park Zoo, Cambridge, Massachusetts’ Kendall Square, Love Field Airport, and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The show has reached greater than 5 million guests since 2021.
The IF/THEN Initiative was launched in 2019 to showcase STEM innovators that encourage the subsequent technology of pioneers by elevating ladies in STEM as function fashions. With the identical aim of visibility and inspiration, #IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit: Game Changers expands the initiative’s attain into sports activities, “one of the world’s most influential cultural platforms, during the largest sporting event on the planet,” the group stated.
NorthPark Center in 2021 [Photo: James Edward/IfThenSheCan]
“When we invest in STEM talent, we invest in solutions for our future,” stated Lyda Hill, founding father of Lyda Hill Philanthropies. “We hope these statues spark inspiration, conversation, and lasting impact on the next generation long after the final match. If they can see it, then they can be it!”
The exhibit is free and open to the general public all through the World Cup Fan Festival. More info, together with the whole listing of Game Changers, will probably be printed at ifthenshecan.org. The full IF/THEN Collection could also be seen at ifthencollection.org.
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