[Art_beyond_sight_educators] Pete Eckert , Ann Cunningham,

[fnugg at online.no]

Hi,

Very nice talk by Pete Eckert about his work.
Regards,

Lisa


Blind Artist Pete Eckert uses Light Painting to Expose his Vision


Pete Eckert <http://www.peteeckert.com/> is a blind photographer that 
uses light painting <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_painting> to 
stencil his muses into otherwise opaque photographs; but he hasn't 
always been blind, and he hasn't always been a photographer.

http://garakami.com/20130715/blind-artist-pete-eckert-uses-light-painting-to-expose-his-vision/



Colorado Center for the Blind celebrates turning 25 
<http://www.ourcoloradonews.com/news/colorado-center-for-the-blind-celebrates-turning/article_220ecd00-1fd5-11e3-b9d1-001a4bcf887a.html?mode=story> 

Artist Ann Cunningham describes her new tactile art installation to 
celebrants at CCB's 25 birthday party as they feel their way around it.
http://www.ourcoloradonews.com/news/colorado-center-for-the-blind-celebrates-turning/article_220ecd00-1fd5-11e3-b9d1-001a4bcf887a.html



Blind artist James Newton uses sock monkeys to recreate famous artworks, 
pop culture icons
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-15/artworks-and-pop-culture-icons-recreated-with-sock-monkeys/4957942

Bits 'n' Pieces: Blind painter's watercolor vision rewarded
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/aug/30/blind-painters-watercolor-vision-awarded/#.UkwYrr44WRt




Deaf and blind artist wins award
A DEAF artist has been commended for his intricate work based on Chester 
Zoo -- made all the more remarkable because he has been blind since he 
was a teenager.

Minerva Hussain has Usher syndrome, which started to affect his sight 
when he was 18, gradually getting worse until he was left with just 
peripheral vision.

But the 44-year-old uses photographs, a magnifying glass and his memory 
to create vivid, incredibly detailed and tactile work that the viewer 
can see with their fingers as well as their eyes.
http://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/10623118.Deaf_and_blind_artist_wins_award/



Exhibit features artists inspired by Japanese painter

  A painting of downtown Los Angeles in the evening by Al Setton, who 
painted scenes inspired by the late Henry Fukuhara, a watercolorist. 
Fukuhara, who was sent to the Manzanar internment camp during World War 
II, recreated scenes of those tumultuous times and led a group of 
artists back to Manzanar some 60 years after the war had ended. Artists 
continue to gather annually at the site of the camp.
http://www.theacorn.com/news/2013-08-15/On_the_Town/Exhibit_features_artists_inspired_by_Japanese_pain.html