From fnugg at online.no Mon Apr 4 08:56:43 2016 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 10:56:43 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_educators] {Spam?} Twitter alt text Message-ID: <57022C4B.7030300@online.no> Visually-impaired students call lack of Braille script in SLC unfair Visually-impaired students appearing in School Leaving Certificate (SLC) exams have complained of inconvenience while writing answers in lack of Braille script.According to the Office of the Controller of Examinations (OCE), blind students can get an assistant writer but the writing helps are not allowed to draw figures and diagrams even in subjects such as Science, Social Studies, and Environment, Health and Population. There is no system of taking exams using Braile script in SLC exam although courses taught in Braille at some schools."I am sorely disappointed as I have to skip questions that involve drawing maps and figures. This will surely decrease my marks and percentage in the SLC result," said Anamika Chaudhary, of Laborotary School in Kirtipur of Kathmandu. http://www.myrepublica.com/society/story/39756/visually-impaired-students-call-lack-of-braille-script-in-slc-unfair.html SMU-SIS students develop mobile app for the visually impaired in Singapore http://www.mis-asia.com/tech/industries/smu-sis-students-develop-mobile-app-for-the-visually-impaired-in-singapore/ Wilmington Public Library and DVI are creating a 3D map for the visually impaired About this time last year, folks from the Division for the Visually Impaired (DVI) and the Wilmington Public Library were in talks about possible projects to help the community?s visually impaired. They had a eureka moment after Derek Alexander , DVI?s entrepreneurial specialist and business consultant on employment, helped a visually impaired woman working in an administrative position by making her a tactile map of a desktop phone. With it, she knew how to use the phone more easily. Alexander and Carl Shaw , the library?s inspiration space coordinator (that means he?s in charge of providing outreach and career development resources), talked about similarly using 3D printing to make downtown Wilmington more navigable. http://technical.ly/delaware/2016/03/16/wilmington-public-library-dvi-creating-3d-map-visually-impaired/ 3D printer creates braille maps for visually impaired Rutgers University have created a Braille map from a 3D printer for visually impaired people to easily navigate their surroundings. Describing the map the professors said that the maps are a form of GPS for the blind and visually impaired. http://www.bgr.in/news/3d-printer-creates-braille-maps-for-visually-impaired/ Twitter wants its users who have visual impairments to become more involved with user images, which have become very common with tweets, in a way like they never could before. People who use screen readers or assistive technology to read Twitter will be able to read images to ?see? what the image is. According to Tech News Today, users who upload photos to Twitter along with their tweets will have the option of adding descriptive information about those images using alternative text, or ?alt text.? http://www.inquisitr.com/2942792/twitter-visually-impaired-ability/ http://www.technewstoday.com/29125-twitters-big-step-towards-accessible-images-for-visually-impaired/ Twitter Makes Photos Accessible to the Visually Impaired .... Once enabled, when you compose a tweet with an image, a button will appear in the lower left corner of the image that says 'Add description.' Tapping on that button allows you to add a description of up to 420 characters ? three times the normal length of a tweet. Unlike some recent innovations at Twitter, photo descriptions will be available as part of Twitter's REST API and Twitter Cards, which means third-party developers can add the feature to their own Twitter clients too. Twitter should be commended for what is an important, and I think will prove to be a popular, feature. Not only does it bring photography to the visually impaired, but it also brings text shots, which have been widely used to get around Twitter's 140-character limit, but criticized for being inaccessible, to a wider audience . Here's a short video I made with a text shot of one of my recent reviews: https://www.macstories.net/news/twitter-makes-photos-accessible-to-the-visually-impaired/ Cheil Hong Kong and Samsung extend campaign which turns photographs into braille Cheil Hong Kong and Samsung are extending a social media drive which turns photographs into braille and enables the visually impaired to share views of the Hong Kong skyline. http://www.mumbrella.asia/2016/03/cheil-hong-kong-extend-betheireyes-campaign-which-turns-photos-into-braille/ Cheil Hong Kong creates Samsung #BeTheirEyes translating social photos into printed braille http://www.campaignbriefasia.com/2016/03/cheil-hong-kong-creates-samsun.html From fnugg at online.no Mon Apr 4 10:48:56 2016 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 12:48:56 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_educators] Blind with Camera School of Photography, Bramblitt Documentary Message-ID: <57024698.5030301@online.no> Hi, Lots of links about John Bramblitt - one very interesting note - every Friday he sends a live stream of him painting - check website for time. Blind artists share their vision Visitors encouraged to touch photos http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/blind-artists-share-their-vision-369073041.html Blind artists' photos focus of new exhibit at human rights museum 'I don't need eyesight. I have vision,' says visually impaired photographer http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/blind-artists-photos-focus-of-new-exhibit-at-human-rights-museum-1.3452345 Her Highness Sheikha Arwa Al Qassimi One of Primary Sponsors Bringing About a Ne http://www.examiner.com/article/her-highness-sheikha-arwa-al-qassimi-one-of-primary-sponsors-bringing-about-a-ne Sightsavers Shows a Different Vision of Life by Showcasing Photos of Visually Impaired Artists at Event Sponsored by HH Sheikha Arwa Al Qassimi http://news.sys-con.com/node/3623442 Blind with Camera School of Photography http://www.blindwithcameraschool.org/ Blind artist returns for Arts & the Park festival Artist John Bramblitt and his loyal companion and guide dog, Echo, will once again be included in the Arts & the Park 2016 lineup April 29-May 8. Bramblitt has twice been to Hot Springs, first as a guest artist for Arts & the Park 2015 and again when the documentary made about his life, "John," premiered at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival last fall. http://www.hotsr.com/news/2016/apr/02/blind-artist-returns-for-arts-amp-the-p/ Interesting comment by Bramblitt about painting in the 2D helps him in the 3D Bramblitt Documentary part1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-8bmGSYQZo Bramblitt Documentary part2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM82Shp9cGk John Bramblitt website http://bramblitt.net/ Painting - Bramblitt explains blind technique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrXCYJRZ0Kk Second annual Dining in the Dark event hosts acclaimed blind painter http://www.westplainsdailyquill.net/news/local/article_1974510c-f6be-11e5-8f27-cf1d8bf19e60.html John Bramblitt painting Jim Morrison http://www.examiner.com/article/john-bramblitt-painting-jim-morrison Visual arts conquered by legally blind painter http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/west/visual-arts-conquered-by-legally-blind-painter/news-story/022034b2c367991b05d6024fb4d7b6ea *?Long- Sighted at the Library? * http://www.emuleonaygazette.com.au/ This artist 'visualizes' world for the blind Vadodara: This 29-year-old artist from the city paints not what he sees but what the blind feel. And, his sole aim behind creating artworks is to create awareness about eye donation. At Bhavsing Bambhaniya's exhibition, the visually challenged also have the opportunity to relish some artworks. Bambhaniya, a former student of M S University's Faculty of Fine Arts, now paints to create awareness about eye donation. Since childhood, Bambhaniya has been concerned about the difficulties faced by disabled people. He would spend hours understanding their state of mind. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/This-artist-visualizes-world-for-the-blind/articleshow/51608502.cms From fnugg at online.no Mon Apr 4 10:53:35 2016 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 12:53:35 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_educators] {Spam?} American Council of the Blind/Audio Description Project 2016 ADP Conference Message-ID: <570247AF.4090703@online.no> Forwarding: As of April 2, 2016 JOIN US! 2016 Audio Description Project (ADP) Conference An Initiative of the American Council of the Blind (ACB) "AUDIO DESCRIPTION: DESCRIBERS TELL IT LIKE IT IS!" Hyatt Regency - 1300 Nicollet Mall - Minneapolis MN July 3-5, 2016 * * * * Audio Description (AD) makes visual images accessible for people who are blind or have low vision. Using words that are succinct, vivid, and imaginative, media describers convey the visual image from television and film that is not fully accessible to a significant segment of the population (more than 21 million Americans experience significant vision loss). The signing of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act has spawned a virtual cottage industry for the development of description for broadcast television. BE A PART OF IT! Who Should Attend ** Anyone interested in: -working as freelance description writers for broadcast television -becoming involved with* a local performing arts program * -being a describer for visual art exhibitions and -experienced audio describers wishing to network with leaders in the field from around the globe * * * ** Per* forming arts and museum administrators * * * * * ** Audio description consumers * * ** Media industry representatives * Topics Include (see complete agenda below) - Getting the Most Out of the ADP Website: How to Access Audio Described TV, Movies, and Videos - * The ADA + 504 + 508 = Accessibility * * * * - ** Teachers and Audio Description * - Minneapolis-Audio Description Heaven! - Audio Description and Broadcast Television * - Audio Description-The Best It Can Be - analysis of audio described excerpts * * * - AD Around The World - Meet the Audio Description Consumer - Legislative Update - Keynote presentation by Rick Boggs of Audio Eyes HOW TO JOIN US: Registration Fee - - ACB Members: $149.00 - Individuals/Non-Profit Organization representatives: $199.00 - For-Profit Organization representatives: $299.00 A Tuesday, July 5 luncheon will be provided. Please contact jsnyder at acb.org concerning any special dietary requirements. Registration for the ACB 2016 Conference and Convention is included. NOTE: Individuals who register for the ADP Conference (July 3-5) as well as the AD Institute training sessions (July 6-8-tuition: $495) qualify for a special discounted rate: $599.00 For information regarding the AD Institute, visit www.acb.org/adp . Lodging Room rates at the Hyatt Regency hotel are $89.00 single or double. There is an additional $10.00 per night charge per person for up to four people in a room. Applicable state and local taxes are currently 13.4%. For reservations by telephone call Central Reservations at 1-888-421-1442. Make sure to mention you are attending the ACB convention in order to obtain our room rate. To make reservations online go to https://resweb.passkey.com/go/2016ACBMeeting To Register On-line, AS OF APRIL 15, 2016, visit http://www.acb.org/adp . For questions or additional information, contact Joel Snyder at jsnyder at acb.org 202 467-5083 or 301 920-0218. AGENDA Day I - Sunday, July 3, 2016 1:00 pm-1:45 pm Welcome/Introduction to the ADP - Kim Charlson, President, American Council of the Blind Dan Spoone, Chair, ADP Committee Jo Lynn Bailey-Page, Chair, ADP Conference Sub- Committee Dr. Joel Snyder, Director, ADP 1:45 pm-2:45 pm Getting the Most Out of the ADP Website: How to Access Audio Described TV, Movies, and Videos - Fred Brack, ADP Webmaster 2:45 pm-3:00 pm break 3:00 pm-3:45 pm Legislative Update - A review of the current status of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act's mandates for broadcast description; broadcast description in the digital era (via smart phone apps, for example) and the FCC; Department of Education funding for broadcast description. Eric Bridges, Executive Director, American Council of the Blind Anthony Stephens, Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs, ACB Eliot J. Greenwald, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, * Federal Communications Commission * * Matt Kaplowitz, Bridge Multimedia (Department of * * Education grant recipient) * 3:45 pm-5:15 pm The ADA + 504 + 508 = Accessibility - Chaired by Pat Sheehan, Section 508 Coordinator, Department of Veterans Affairs. How does existing law at the federal level support audio description? The Americans With Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended) and Section 508 of the Workforce Rehabilitation Act mandate accommodations for people with disabilities. Experts in access and legislation will outline how these important legislative actions provide for audio description. Panelists include: Beth Bienvenu, Director of AccessAbility, National Endowment for the Arts (via Skype) Anita Walker, Executive Director, Massachusetts Cultural Council (invited) Mark Urban, Section 508 Coordinator, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (invited) 5:15 pm-6:00 pm Mentoring Meet-Up - Chaired by Susan Glass, ADP Steering Committee. For the second time, the ACB Audio Description Project is offering its unique "mentorship" program: sighted attendees of the Audio Description Project Conference will be paired with a blind or visually impaired mentor. The best describers develop an understanding of the audience for whom they are providing a critical service. What better opportunity for such interaction than at the ACB Conference and Convention, where some 1500 blind people will likely be present? (Sunday evening on July 3 and mornings on Monday and Tuesday, July 4 and 5 are kept open for attendance at ACB Convention plenary sessions.) At this meet-and-greet session, ADP Conference attendees will have the opportunity to meet and be mentored by an ACB member/description enthusiast and join him/her for the opening plenary session of the ACB Conference and Convention AND at least two other activities during the sessions over the next two mornings-e.g., touring the exhibit hall together, attending an affiliate meeting or an additional ACB general session, taking a walk, eating a meal together, or watching an audio described film. We hope that these interactions will give you lots of practical experience interacting with a blind person-and you may forge a new friendship and increase understanding between the sighted and the blind communities. Dinner on your own 7:00 pm-10:00 pm - ACB Opening Session Day II - Monday, July 4, 2016 1:30 pm-3:00 pm Teachers and Audio Description -- Chaired by Jo Lynn Bailey-Page and Susan Glass, ACB Steering Committee Programs like the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) and several published papers have demonstrated how teachers can use audio description as a classroom aide and can build literacy for all students. Panelists include: - a representative from the DCMP (invited) * - Judy Dixon of the National Library Service (invited) * * - Hillary Kleck, mother of the vibrant 9-year-old Madilyn who happens to be blind (invited) * * - Carla Hayes, First Vice-President, American Association * * of Blind Teachers * * - Kim Charlson, President, ACB and Librarian, Perkins * * School for the Blind. * * * * Our special guests attending this session are members of the American Association of Blind Teachers. * 3:00 pm-3:15 pm break 3:15 pm-4:45 pm Minneapolis-Audio Description Heaven!- Chaired by Jon Skaalen, Executive Director, VSA MN Minneapolis has a wealth of audio description available at area theaters, museums, performing arts centers, in media, in museums, and at and other venues. Jon Skaalen will provide an overview of all of this activity and the secrets of its success. Local describers and consumers of audio description will share their perspectives. Panelists TBD. 4:45 pm-6:00 pm Audio Description and Broadcast Television - How and where do audio describers become employed, especially for film and TV? What about opportunities for AD consumers to contribute to the process? Matt Kaplowitz, Bridge Multimedia, supervisor of description for nationally broadcast television and feature films, will chair the session with panelists: Rick Boggs, Audio Eyes Peter Burke, Accessible Media, Inc. (Toronto) Diane Johnson, Descriptive Video Works (Vancouver) via Skype A representative from CaptionMax based in Minneapolis. Dinner on your own * * Day III - Tuesday, July 5, 2016 1:00 pm-2:30 pm Luncheon with guest speaker - Rick Boggs Mr. Boggs is the Founder and General Manager of Audio Eyes, Inc. based in Los Angeles. Rick Boggs is a leader in making audio production tools accessible for audio professionals with vision loss. He has demonstrated a strong commitment to developing strategies to improve the quality of audio description through inclusion of blind professionals in the production process. In 2003, Mr. Boggs, then President of We See TV, received the California Governor's Trophy at the National Business Leadership Conference for his inclusive employment practices. He employs numerous blind and disabled voice-over artists and recording engineers at We See TV. Among a range of issues, Rick will address the future of AD delivery via apps and smartphones and how consumers can most effectively provide feedback to description producers. Rick Boggs was the 2013 recipient of the ADP's Barry Levine Memorial Career Achievement Award in Audio Description. 2:30 pm-2:45 break 2:45 pm-4:15 pm Audio Description-The Best It Can Be - Coordinated by Dr. Joel Snyder, this session will provide all attendees an opportunity to evaluate excerpts from audio described films. As a group, we'll try to answer: How do providers of description know they are doing a good job? What criteria can be used to assess quality in audio description? How do describers/description producers know if AD consumers are getting the most out of a described video or film? Film clips with audio description provided by the U.K.'s Your Local Cinema, a comprehensive list of described videos, films and DVDs. Derek Brandon, coordinator of the Your Local Cinema website will join us via Skype. 4:15 pm-5:45 pm AD Around The World (panelists in person and via Skype) - Chaired by Dr. Joel Snyder What in the world? AD, actually. This session will introduce you to the world-wide spread of audio description with presentations by: Dr. Bernd Benecke of Bayerischer Rundfunk (German television), and author of Audio Description * As Partial * * Translation - Model and Method * Dr. Pilar Orero, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Sonali Rai, Royal National Institute of Blind People Dr. Francisco Lima, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil and Andrea Garbelotti, * Founder, AG- * * Tradu??o, Interpreta??o e ?udio-descri??o, Sao Paulo, * * Brazil * Diane Johnson, President, Descriptive Video Works, Vancouver, Canada (via Skype). Shakila Maharaj, AD Consumer, Durban, South Africa, and Dr. William Rowland, AD Consumer * and former President, * * World Blind Union, Pretoria, South Africa * Nicola Owen, freelance describer, Auckland, New Zealand 5:45 pm-6:00 pm Conference Conclusion/Wrap-Up - Acknowledgement of 2016 ACB-ADP Audio Description Achievement Award winners * * Evening - Meeting/Reception with the ACB International Committee (separate fee) www.acb.org/adp From fnugg at online.no Mon Apr 4 12:05:46 2016 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 14:05:46 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_educators] {Spam?} art Message-ID: <5702589A.8000607@online.no> Library Company & Gershman Y Partner for Archival Exhibition and Performance Art Event on April 20 Visual art and performance art come together in a special program presented jointly by the Gershman Y and the Library Company of Philadelphia on Wednesday, April 20. The evening begins at 5:00 PM at the Library Company of Philadelphia (1314 Locust Street) with an exhibition viewing and reception for*/Common Touch: The Art of the Senses in the History of the Blind/*, a multi-sensory exhibition curated by Philadelphia installation artist *Teresa Jaynes*. /Common Touch/ explores the nature of perception through original works by Jaynes and historical collections that document the education of the blind in the 19th century. Following the viewing and reception, the evening moves to the Gershman Y (corner of Broad and Pine Streets) at 6:30 PM for a live performance by the renowned *Terry Galloway* of */You Are My Sunshine - A Kind of Love Story/*. Galloway offers her humorous perspective on life after receiving a cochlear implant and being thrust into a world of sound. /You Are My Sunshine/ is a comic, sometimes moving, sometimes profane exploration of what happens to a woman after she literally regains her senses. The performance will be followed by a discussion with Galloway and *Haverford College Professor Kristin Lindgren, PhD*. Lindgren was a key organizer of Haverford College?s 2012 exhibition, /What Can a Body Do?/ which explored disability through the visual arts, poetry, and scholarship. Admission to the exhibition viewing and reception, as well as the performance, is free, but advance registration is required by calling 215-545-4400 or visiting GershmanY.org . https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/press/2016/03/library-company-gershman-y-partner-for-archival-exhibition-and-performance-art-event-on-april-20.phtml The art of never giving up: Blind painter inspires Raynham class http://raynham.wickedlocal.com/article/20160327/NEWS/160326512 2016 SBIFF Movie Spotlight: John http://www.keyt.com/news/2016-SBIFF-Movie-Spotlight-John/37582490 John film Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JOHNDOCSHORT Sioux City artist lets loose with sightless scribbling http://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/sioux-city-artist-lets-loose-with-sightless-scribbling/article_4f862a16-89cd-5471-96a4-479df6e16cb7.html Blind contour drawing - interesting to see articles about this - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/blind-contouring-may-just-be-the-new-adult-coloring-book-craze_us_56e1e10fe4b065e2e3d549f9 Letter of Recommendation: Blind Contour Drawing http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-blind-contour-drawing.html?_r=0 The Art of Blind Contouring: An Interview with Sophie Kipner http://artefuse.com/2016/02/13/interview-with-sophie-kipner-124394/ Legally blind artist paintings https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/art/5499011145.html 10 paintings from Russian artist that battled demons in art and life https://rbth.com/multimedia/pictures/2016/03/17/vrubel-160-years_575959 Please Touch http://www.bangkokpost.com/lifestyle/whats-on/56531/please-touch Do Lafzon Ki Kahani: Review, Trailer, Story, Star Cast, Release Date http://jbhnews.com/do-lafzon-ki-kahani-review-trailer-story-star-cast-release-date/10454/ Friends and family said Mr. Stubbs was generous with his time, teaching art to blind students at the Philadelphia Museum of Art since 1974, and at a senior center in Norristown for 14 years, stopping in 2000. http://articles.philly.com/2016-02-28/news/71006453_1_fine-arts-west-philadelphia-center-city St Ives Tate to put on art event for people with visual impairments http://www.cornishman.co.uk/St-Ives-Tate-art-event-people-visual-impairments/story-28722356-detail/story.html Art beyond sight http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/art-beyond-sight-116012901350_1.html A spectrum full of shades he likes ?Edwardsville artist embraces color-blindness https://thetelegraph.com/news/77165/a-spectrum-full-of-shades-he-likes-edwardsville-artist-embraces-color-blindness Local artist does his work sight unseen http://www.athensnews.com/culture/arts_and_entertainment/local-artist-does-his-work-sight-unseen/article_c4cf674e-d8d7-11e5-9bf3-773e5622f37e.html Artist Uses Surfboards as His Canvas http://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/artist-uses-surfboards-as-his-canvas Seeing art through touch http://www.nuvo.net/indianapolis/seeing-art-through-touch/Content?oid=3741407 Half-Blind Enterpise Artist Paints In Vivid Color http://www.opb.org/artsandlife/article/half-blind-enterpise-artist-paints-in-vivid-color/ Loss of sight doesn't stop blind artist Stanley Knapp's paintings being a hit at West Cliff Theatre http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/clacton_frinton_news/14204422.Artist_stages_first_one_man_show_after_going_BLIND/ Blind students create amazing art http://www.12news.com/entertainment/television/programs/evb/blind-students-create-amazing-art/110237230 From fnugg at online.no Mon Apr 4 12:57:13 2016 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 14:57:13 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_educators] {Spam?} Steven Erra photographer Message-ID: <570264A9.3070402@online.no> Jo Adamson, registered blind and previously known as "the singing vendor", displays her artwork in a Glasgow art shop http://www.bigissue.com/the-mix/news/6389/almost-blind-ex-big-issue-vendor-launches-debut-art-exhibition Canadian museum presents exhibit that blind people can "see" http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/canadian-museum-presents-exhibit-that-blind-people-can-see-300237176.html Famous paintings go 3D for a blind experience https://www.enca.com/life/famous-paintings-go-3d-blind-experience The Tactile Technology That's Helping Blind People Experience Priceless Paintings http://www.fastcodesign.com/3057221/the-tactile-technology-thats-helping-blind-people-experience-priceless-paintings Sight Unseen Exhibit: Blind Artists are True Visionaries with Photos, Videos & 3D Printed Works https://3dprint.com/120864/sight-unseen-photos-3d-print/ Blind photographers hope exhibit of work will expose talent, shatter stereotypes http://www.canadianinquirer.net/2016/02/19/blind-photographers-hope-exhibit-of-work-will-expose-talent-shatter-stereotypes/ Helping Blind People 'See' Great Artwork http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/helping-blind-people-see-great-artwork/3183717.html This Blind Photographer Paints with Light in the Midst of Darkness http://petapixel.com/2016/02/01/this-blind-photographer-paints-with-light-in-the-midst-of-darkness/ Steven Erra https://www.flickr.com/people/48819675 at N06/ Arts groups benefit from collaboration http://www.communitynews.com.au/news/Arts-groups-benefit-from-collaboration/7681749 Gallery curator uses art to explore themes in Weathervane productions ... When ?Wait Until Dark? was presented, I worked with the Akron Society for the Blind and The Cleveland Sight Center. http://akronist.com/weathervanegallery/ Bolton Point artist Enid King has works chosen in Vision Australia calendar http://www.lakesmail.com.au/story/3689856/bolton-point-artist-has-calendar-covered/ 3D Printing Process Brings Art to Blind People http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/features/3d-printing-process-brings-art-blind-people/ 3D Printing Process Brings Art to Blind People http://cbs4indy.com/2016/01/14/art-exhibit-designed-for-blind-and-visually-impaired-individuals-opens-in-indy/ Legally blind painter embraces special gift http://www.fox5dc.com/news/73277405-story Making others see through colours and brushes http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/qatar/365623/making-others-see-through-colours-and-brushes Paintings expo by three blind females at Katara http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/qatar/365360/paintings-expo-by-three-blind-females-at-katara Art exhibition organised by Janice Kirby-Brown to help RNIB AN ART exhibition is being organised by a partially-sighted woman to help raise money for a national charity for the blind. Janice Kirby-Brown started to lose her sight five years ago and is now hoping to raise money for the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). The exhibition, which will be held in the Mulberry Gallery of the library in Weymouth, which will showcase some of Janice?s best work that she spent days perfecting. Janice explained how the RNIB has helped her. http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/14189549.Art_exhibition_to_help_national_blind_charity/ From fnugg at online.no Mon Apr 4 16:15:25 2016 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 18:15:25 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_educators] audio description Message-ID: <5702931D.9060807@online.no> Shakila Maharaj?s world isn?t dark In Hyderabad for HLF 2016, Durban-based Shakila Maharaj talks about the importance of audio description for the visually impaired http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/shakila-maharajs-world-isnt-dark/article8077003.ece How 3D-Printed Maps Are Helping the Blind and Visually Impaired http://www.citylab.com/tech/2016/02/3d-printing-gives-maps-a-high-tech-boost-for-the-visually-impaired-blind/471231/ Former Home Secretary visits Hereford blind college http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/14282826.Former_Home_Secretary_visits_Hereford_blind_college/ Mass Portal & Tactile Eyesight 3D print tactile books for visually impaired children http://www.3ders.org/articles/20160401-mass-portal-tactile-eyesight-3d-print-tactile-books-for-visually-impaired-children.html From fnugg at online.no Wed Apr 13 07:49:46 2016 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 09:49:46 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_educators] {Spam?} DIAGRAM webinar Message-ID: <570DFA1A.7020309@online.no> * Hi, Forwarding email Dear DIAGRAM Community, * ** *Registration is now open for the next DIAGRAM webinar:* ** *Title:***Accessible Images and Beyond: ?DIAGRAM Center +? *Date:***Wednesday, April 26, 2016 *Time:***11:00am Pacific Time (2:00pm Eastern Time) *Presenter:***Anh Bui, VP of Benetech Labsand Lead P.I. of the DIAGRAM Center *Register at:https://cc.readytalk.com/r/e7z50lplmwhv&eom* ** *Description:***By now you?ve probably heard about Benetech?s new award from the Department of Education?s Office of Special Education Programs to expand the work of the DIAGRAM Center. But may not know exactly how the new award will affect DIAGRAM?s work or DIAGRAM community members like yourself. What does having an expanded scope and mission actually involve? How will DIAGRAM build new tools for accessible educational materials for students with disabilities? What?s in store for the next five years? Join Anh Bui, Vice President of Benetech Labs, as she gives an encore presentation of her 2016 CSUN conference session ?Accessible Images and Beyond: ?DIAGRAM Center +?. Webinar participants will learn what to expect from DIAGRAM under the new award, exactly how DIAGRAM?s scope and mission has been expanded, and how you can benefit from the new resources and technologies DIAGRAM will develop. Registrants will be introduced to our new five-year initiative for Born Accessible content, our upcoming projects and of course, all that we hope to accomplish as we enter this next phase of DIAGRAM. We hope that you will be able to join us and please share this announcement with any of your networks that may be interested in learning more about DIAGRAM and our new work. Thank you for spreading the word! Amaya Webster Communities | Global Literacy DIAGRAM Center |Benetech amayaw at benetech.org From fnugg at online.no Wed Apr 13 09:01:11 2016 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:01:11 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_educators] Born Accessible Benetech - Google Impact Challange Message-ID: <570E0AD7.8010409@online.no> Hi, Thought this could be of interest to us all. Benetech has a new initiative directed, I think, at publishers and other content providers. That is that books etc are accessible from the start. That is not "retro-fitting" content. (liked that term) Not up on history of universal design, but hope this is a more concerted effort directed directly at publishers. Born Accessible "The digital revolution and ongoing advances in technology have made it possible to get more content, in more ways, to more people. At the same time, they have also given publishers and content creators a new digital imperative?if content is ?born digital,? it can?and should?be ?born accessible.? ... " http://www.benetech.org/our-programs/literacy/born-accessible/ Benetech Google Impact Challange http://google.org/impactchallenge/disabilities/grantees/benetech.html Benetech Receives Google Impact Challenge Award to Expand Bookshare?s Global Reach http://www.benetech.org/2016/04/12/benetech-receives-google-impact-challenge-award-to-expand-bookshares-global-reach/ Anyway like that term "Born Accessible". Next - born accessible graphics - your thoughts? Regards, Lisa From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Tue Apr 26 05:19:31 2016 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 05:19:31 +0000 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_educators] Forwarding: : The new DIAGRAM webinar is happening tomorrow! Message-ID: Forwarding Hi DIAGRAM Community, I wanted to send a quick reminder about the newest DIAGRAM Center webinar taking place tomorrow, Tuesday, April 26 at 11am Pacific Time. If you are interested in learning more about the DIAGRAM Center + award and what DIAGRAM will be working on over the next five years, then this is the webinar for you! Pre-register at https://cc.readytalk.com/r/e7z50lplmwhv&eom. All the best, Amaya Amaya Webster Communities | Global Literacy DIAGRAM Center |Benetech amayaw at benetech.org -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Wed Apr 27 12:55:11 2016 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 12:55:11 +0000 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_educators] Thinkable motorised drawing arm - product concept Message-ID: <2a372e4858bb4afea7fb216e0beba83a@MAIL2.statped.no> Hi, Thinkable would like to hear from you about a tool they are developing - a motorized drawing arm that would accompany their drawing pad and program. Thinkable motorized drawing arm http://thinkable.nl/mda/ Best regards, Lisa -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From art_beyond_sight_advocacy at nfbnet.org Sun Jun 5 01:30:12 2016 From: art_beyond_sight_advocacy at nfbnet.org (Raynor, Olivia U. via Art_beyond_sight_advocacy) Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2016 20:30:12 -0500 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_educators] Invitation to Participate in a Careers in the Arts for People with Disabilities Dialogue! Message-ID: I would like to request your participation in an upcoming online dialogue about Careers in the Arts for People with Disabilities hosted by The National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with the National Arts and Disability Center at UCLA and U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy. Please also distribute this announcement through your networks! I hope to see you online. - Olivia Don't miss your chance to join the conversation: Careers in the Arts Online Dialogue June 6 through June 19, 2016 The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Arts and Disability Center (NADC), and the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) warmly invite you to participate in our upcoming Careers in the Arts Online Dialogue. Through this virtual conversation, we are gathering insights from artists with disabilities and their allies on the progress that has occurred over the past 10 years for people with disabilities in the arts, and seeking ideas from the community on how best to continue making positive change in the field. The Careers in the Arts Dialogue will take place from June 6 through June 19, 2016. Please join this important conversation and spread the word to other participants who may be interested. Register for the dialogue today! Olivia Raynor, Ph.D. Director, Tarjan Center at UCLA Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences Immediate Past President, Association of University Centers on Disabilities University of California Los Angeles 760 Westwood Plaza 58-217 Semel Institute Los Angeles, CA 90095-1759 Tel: 310-794-1141 oraynor at mednet.ucla.edu tarjancenter.org ________________________________ UCLA HEALTH SCIENCES IMPORTANT WARNING: This email (and any attachments) is only intended for the use of the person or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. You, the recipient, are obligated to maintain it in a safe, secure and confidential manner. Unauthorized redisclosure or failure to maintain confidentiality may subject you to federal and state penalties. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately notify us by return email, and delete this message from your computer. From fnugg at online.no Tue Jun 21 07:20:14 2016 From: fnugg at online.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:20:14 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_educators] {Disarmed} Facebook description generation, photography Message-ID: <8aa148f3-f878-8d91-6449-6e060223a856@online.no> Facebook Helps Blind People ?See? Photos With AI Facebook rolled out a new accessibility feature to help the blind or visually impaired people ?see? photos on their news feed.... Introducing /automatic alternative text/, it enables Facebook?s AI to generate description for photos to be read aloud. ?This is possible because of Facebook?s object recognition technology, which is based on a neural network that has billions of parameters and is trained with millions of examples,? said Facebook in a blog post . According to BBC , Facebook?s AI can now recognize over 80 objects and activities. http://www.thebitbag.com/facebook-helps-blind-see-photos/145615 Facebook AI technology describes photos to blind users http://www.biometricupdate.com/201604/facebook-ai-technology-describes-photos-to-blind-users How Facebook Is Helping Blind People 'See' Photos http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2016/04/07/facebook-automatic-alternative-text/#13607f8d4a34 Facebook Adds New Feature Using Artificial Intelligence To Allow Visually Impaired Users 'See' Photos http://www.parentherald.com/articles/35216/20160406/facebook-uses-artificial-intelligence-blind-users-see-photos.htm Facebook helps blind users 'see' photos The feature provides users with a text description of an image using a software which recognises 100 objects, activities and food. http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/tech-news/facebook-introduces-new-feature-helping-visually-impaired-users-see-photos-11364050163274 Broken Screen: Living With Blindness She began the project by visiting Visions in New York, a center that offers courses to visually impaired people. She was led to a photography class taught by a sighted person. http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/broken-screen-living-blindness/story?id=38144138 Seeing with Photography http://www.seeingwithphotography.com/ From fnugg at online.no Tue Jun 21 11:10:48 2016 From: fnugg at online.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 13:10:48 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_educators] Flo Fox, and more photography Message-ID: New audio offering helps visually impaired picture museum exhibit at KU http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2016/jun/20/new-audio-offering-helps-visually-impaired-picture/ Facebook's AI that can spot hateful, pornographic or violent pictures now flags more offensive photos than human users http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3620220/Facebook-s-AI-spot-hateful-pornographic-violent-pictures-flags-offensive-photos-human-users.html 3D printed model lets visually impaired woman see face of boyfriend as baby http://www.3ders.org/articles/20160519-3d-printed-model-lets-visually-impaired-woman-see-face-of-boyfriend-as-baby.html Doin? Work, Flash Interviews With Contemporary Photographers: Flo Fox http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tara-wray/doin-work-flash-interview_7_b_10046752.html Follow Tara Wray on Twitter: www.twitter.com/tara_wray http://www.flofox.com/index.html http://www.flofox.com/documentaries.html *Visually-impaired photographer Bhavesh Patel wins Gold for Katrina Kaif portrai*t http://www.bollywoodmdb.com/news/visually-impaired-photographer-bhavesh-patel-wins-gold-for-katrina-kaif-portrait http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/090516/unseen-clicks-visually-impaired-photographer-won-gold-for-portrait-of-katrina.html Donovan conquers the world through photography Donovan Botha was born virtually impairment but managed study photography. http://rekordeast.co.za/91112/donovan-conquers-the-world-through-photography/ PICS: Visually impaired photographer shares some of his work http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/pics-visually-impaired-photographer-shares-some-of-his-work-20160421 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/visually-impaired-student-gets-diploma-in-photography-20160420 Facebook helps blind people 'see' photos http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/entertainment/14434324.Facebook_helps_blind_people__see__photos/ Microsoft's Captionbot https://www.captionbot.ai/ CaptionBot is Microsoft's latest AI experiment - and at least it isn't racist https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/14/captionbot-microsoft-latest-ai-experiment-it-isnt-racist From fnugg at online.no Tue Jun 21 11:59:30 2016 From: fnugg at online.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 13:59:30 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_educators] {Spam?} Tactile Art Center, Message-ID: <7e93a8fb-4743-78ba-a01e-a5f8c3d9e5a5@online.no> Hi, Sending links to an exhibition about two artist and tactile art plus, video about it - excerpt from the explanation with the vimeo video which I thought was very interesting. "Prior to the mid-1800s, tactile interaction was commonplace for visitors experiencing collections of art, but as museums of art evolved, rules forbidding touch became the norm. In some cases, these were to protect artwork that truly was not meant to be touched, but in large part these norms had nothing do with preservation and everything to do with nineteenth century politics of gender, race and class control." This new gallery show encourages you to get hands-on with art When we think of going to an art gallery , we tend to expect to be walking around, looking at pieces with our eyes and considering them from a few feet back. With a show opening on June 24, one West Hollywood gallery is challenging those preconceptions. /Please Touch the Art/ at Cantor Fine Art features a group of artists? works which all share one thing in common: an invitation to get a little hands-on. They call the idea "tactile art." As the gallery?s co-owner, Sam Cantor, told LAist , inspiration for the show grew out of a story he was told by Laguna Beach artist Andrew Myers. Myers specializes in crafting elaborate mosaic-like pieces from screws which he arranged at various heights and then painted, creating portraits with depth and texture evocative of topographical maps?and one day, a blind stranger walked in and put his hands on the art, almost as if it were printed in Braille. This lead Myers and Cantor to find the man, who turned out to be a furniture maker and artist in his own right, George Wurtzel, about whom Cantor made a short documentary, which you can see below. The experience left Cantor fascinated with the idea of tactile art and using the sense of touch in art and story-telling. Next up for Wurtzel and the tactile art movement is a project to convert a former grape crushing barn in Napa into the first Tactile Art Center, a space fully dedicated to encouraging the blind to create, observe and sell art. https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/blog/this-new-gallery-show-encourages-you-to-get-hands-on-with-art-061716 Please Touch the Art video https://vimeo.com/166149898 http://www.gmwurtzel.com/ Please Touch All Of The Art At This West Hollywood Show http://laist.com/2016/06/16/please_touch_the_art.php http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/a-rare-sight-app-allows-the-blind-to-see-photos-34631371.html http://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/facebooks-new-feature-for-visually-impaired-users All in the Family: Artist Larry Walker Debuts at His Daughter?s Gallery "The earliest works in the exhibition are from his 1960s Children of Society Series. The artist?s Remnant Series is made up of acrylic abstracts with collaged remnants of paper. When Larry started painting again in Atlanta, he continued the Figurative Series he had started in California. That work evolved into the Blindfold Series, a response to learning he had glaucoma. ?Contemplating the notion that I might go blind at some point in time, I started doing these figures that had blindfolds on. In another series, I did figures that had no eyes,? Larry said in the BOMB conversation." http://www.culturetype.com/2016/06/19/all-in-the-family-artist-larry-walker-debuts-at-his-daughters-gallery/ Art Of The Visually Impaired On Exhibit In Plattsburgh http://wamc.org/post/art-visually-impaired-exhibit-plattsburgh#stream/0 Artist volunteer wins volunteering award http://www.charitytoday.co.uk/artist-volunteer-wins-volunteering-award/ Meet young artist Jamie Thomas ? who cannot see, hear, taste or balance http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/meet-young-artist-jamie-thomas-11463649 Art exhibtion opens at Bradford College http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/14550734.Blind_artist_s_loss_of_vision_influenced_her_exhibition_work/