[Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools Digest, Vol 94, Issue 3
Scott Rains
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Wed Aug 29 17:49:44 UTC 2012
Re: Lis'as quation about graphics databases. This is one of the technical
issues we were addressing while I was at Benetech working with their
DIAGRAM Center
http://diagramcenter.org/about.html
Scott Rains
The Rolling Rains Report
http://www.rollingrains.com/
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Today's Topics:
1. Database for tactile /accessible graphics (Lisa Yayla)
2. Vincent Van Gogh: Colorblind?,?About Seeing? exhibition -
Madison (fnugg at online.no)
3. Art exhibitions (fnugg at online.no)
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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:56:01 +0200
From: Lisa Yayla <Lisa.Yayla at statped.no>
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Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Database for tactile
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Hello all,
Have not sent emails for awhile. Will try to remedy this.
Have a question and hope you can help. Do you have any suggestions or
experiences with databases for tactile/accessible graphics? Could be either
for just inhouse use or free online database.
Even if you do not have one now, do you have any wishes, thoughts,
suggestions about how they should be?
Thanks for any help.
Best,
Lisa
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Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Vincent Van Gogh:
Colorblind?,?About Seeing? exhibition - Madison
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Vincent Van Gogh: Colorblind? App Sheds Light On Master Painter's Work
excerpt
Was van Gogh colorblind? At first blush, the question seems absurd. But
a new tool developed by Kazunori Asad, a Japanese vision expert,
breathes fresh life into the seemingly-preposterous theory.
Asad says he first noticed certain characteristics of van Gogh's work
could indicate colorblindness while giving a speech in Hokkaido, Japan,
on color deficiencies. An exhibit there cast the artist's masterpieces
in various lights, attempting to replicate how they'd be perceived by
people with one or more defective sets of cones, a structure in the eye
used to view color.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/27/vincent-van-gogh-colorblind-app_n_1
834226.html
?About Seeing? offers visions from artists with limited sight
When the lines on the tennis court began to wave and wobble, Dan O?Neal
knew something was wrong.
excerpt
?I kept blinking my eye and blinking my eye,? he said. There was ?a
giant gray area? in the center of his left eye.
When O?Neal went to the doctor, the diagnosis was crushing: macular
degeneration, which robs a person of the central part of his vision in
one or both eyes. O?Neal, a Stevens Point artist, makes his living as an
oil painter of still lifes and portraits.
?To take away something that you cherish the most ? is like cutting you
at the knees,? O?Neal said. ?You are knocked down. I did not know what
was going to happen.?
A chronological series of O?Neal?s paintings, from pre-degeneration
through surgery to his post-op work, are part of a new exhibition called
?About Seeing? at the James Watrous Gallery on the third floor of the
Overture Center. The show opens Friday, Aug. 31
...
Chuck Close is a contemporary artist with prosopagnosia, or face
blindness ? he can?t recognize faces, even those he?s closest to. A 1981
portrait on display in ?About Seeing? looks like a pixilated gray blur.
The second half of the show focuses on work by O?Neal and two other
artists ? Madison artist Tom Linfield, who works in pencil, oil pastels
and mosaic, and Heidi Lasher-Oakes, a sculptor who taught at the
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. ...
ABOUT SEEING
James Watrous Gallery, third floor of Overture Center, 201 State St.
Aug. 31-Oct. 14; exhibition opening Sunday, Sept. 9, 2-5 p.m.
FREE
wisconsinacademy.org/gallery/about-seeing
Additional talks in the gallery:
Saturday, Sept. 29, 3-4:30 p.m.: Color: More than Meets the Eye, a
gallery talk and demonstration with chemist Rodney Schreiner (in
conjunction with the Wisconsin Science Festival).
Friday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m.: Gallery talk with artist Tom Linfield in
conjunction with MMoCA?s Gallery Night.
Sunday, October 7, 2?3:30 p.m.: Gallery talk with artist Dan O?Neal and
ophthalmologist Barbara Blodi on the changes in O?Neal?s color
perception after he developed macular degeneration, and the ?eye-mind?
relationship revealed through brain-imaging.
http://host.madison.com/entertainment/arts_and_theatre/visual/about-seeing-o
ffers-visions-from-artists-with-limited-sight/article_f94b088c-8364-5445-bed
b-d42eb8abe2e4.html
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Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Art exhibitions
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New NT Art Gallery Exhibit Helps Visually Impaired
NORTH TONAWANDA, NY-- A young North Tonawanda graduate student has taken
an old storefront and turned it into an unique art gallery in the heart
of the Lumber City.
Project 308 Gallery is located at 308 Oliver Street in NT. They opened
their doors about 2 weeks ago.
The curator is 24-year-old Natalie Brown, who's working on a Master
Degree in Art History and Museum Studies at the University at Buffalo.
Her first installation is called "Tactile Optics: Seeing through
Feeling". And it's attracting a special audience.
http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/179533/37/New-NT-Art-Gallery-Exhibit-Helps-
Visually-Impaired
article
What the world looks like for the colour blind
An insight into the art of Vincent Van Gogh may allow us to see what
it's like to live with colour blindness.
The famed 19th century artist has long been suspected to have been
colour vision deficient, or colour blind, when he painted his famous
pieces of artwork.
Van Gogh is famed for his bold brush strokes and use of colour, which
have led many to speculate that he was over-compensating for his colour
blindness
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/14686997/what-the-world-looks-like-
to-the-colourblind/
The incredible images that show how a colour-blind person sees the world
(and why it might explain Van Gogh's genius)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2194293/How-insight-Van-Goghs
-vision-shape-understanding-colour-blindness--change-view-Masters-work.html?
ito=feeds-newsxml
article
Deaf and Blind School Teaches Under One Roof
This is very innovative on a campus that has both deaf and blind
students," said Assistant Principal Keith Van Fossen. "Having them both
within the same facility in unique. We're one of the first, that I know
of in the United States."
"An art teacher who is deaf is going to teach blind students art with a
voice interpreter," said Superintendent Nancy Armstrong. "Our ASL
instructor who is deaf will teach some blind, visually impaired students
ASL, which is American Sign Language, using interpreters."
http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/Deaf-and-Blind-School-Teaches-Under-One-R
oof-167488945.html?ref=945
blog
Design Details No. 8 - Tactile Map at the Musiikkitalo, Helsinki...
A few images of the tactile guide map at the Musiikkitalo
<http://www.musiikkitalo.fi/web/fi/etusivu> (Music House) in Helsinki,
which not only includes a tactile/ topographical representation of the
building's various layers and spaces, but also uses a select set of
different materials - each with its own unique texture and temperature -
to distinguish and amplify the readability (including visual clarity) of
the guide...
http://smarchitecture.blogspot.no/2012/08/design-details-no-8-tactile-map-at
.html
tactile maps
aerbvi.org
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://aerbvi.org/2012international/docume
nts/brauner-Mapdirections-handout1.doc&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAEoBDAAOABAl8bogQV
IAVgAYgJlbg&cd=r4yckKtA3c4&usg=AFQjCNFj52F_pzbZvHc_16iQqUyuj2z03w>
.../documents/brauner-Mapdirections-handout1.doc
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://aerbvi.org/2012international/docume
nts/brauner-Mapdirections-handout1.doc&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAEoBDAAOABAl8bogQV
IAVgAYgJlbg&cd=r4yckKtA3c4&usg=AFQjCNFj52F_pzbZvHc_16iQqUyuj2z03w>
Arty Margaret wins art contest - despite being blind
ARTISTIC FLARE: Care home resident Margaret Whittaker has won a national
art competition -- despite being almost completely blind.
The 85-year-old, who lives at Hempstalls Hall Care home, Newcastle, used
paints and felt tip pens to create a picture depicting the events of 2012.
http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Arty-Margaret-wins-art-contest-despite-
blind/story-16766519-detail/story.html
Louisiana Association for the Blind offers creative arts program
Mattie Johnson discovered her inner vision as her eyes failed.
Johnson draws, paints and practices sculpture techniques in an art
program at the Louisiana Association for the Blind in Shreveport. Her
works are among those hanging in the halls of the LAB's Low Vision
Rehabilitation Center.
Instructor Patty McAllister --- who's losing her sight to macular
degeneration --- started the program in January. The classes are part of
a multi-pronged approach to help people facing blindness or limited
vision learn independent living skills.
McAllister covers art history, theory and design techniques. Besides
allowing creativity, the program lets clients practice learning with
their sense of touch. Field trips to Norton Art Gallery in Shreveport
also give them a chance to navigate with canes, an essential skill
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20120825/LIVING02/120824037/Louisiana
-Association-Blind-offers-creative-arts-program
Silhouette artist Karl Johnson works his magic at Hicklebee's in San Jose
Snipping his way through approximately 90 sittings, silhouette artist
Karl Johnson made his second visit in two years to Hicklebee's bookstore
on Aug. 14.
Following in his father Edward's footsteps, Johnson started making
silhouette portraits at the age of 12 and has been working
professionally at this now rare art form since 1985. It is all the more
remarkable since he was born legally blind in his left eye.
Using a single pair of German steel surgical scissors handed down to him
by his dad, Johnson travels around the world approximately 100 days a
year, creating lasting memories in just 90 seconds.
"There's a rhythm to the cutting," Johnson says as pieces of paper
flutter to the floor while he works on creating a silhouette of his
current client, a squirmy 3-year-old sitting on his mother's lap.
Johnson's work has also become a favorite of Hollywood celebrities, and
he has created his timeless keepsakes for the likes of Steven Spielberg,
Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Lopez, to name just a few.
For more information about Karl Johnson and his silhouette artistry,
visit www.cutarts.com <http://www.cutarts.com>.
http://www.mercurynews.com/san-jose-neighborhoods/ci_21387990/silhouette-art
ist-karl-johnson-works-his-magic-at
Link sent by Simon Hayhoe
Festival de Cinema de Gramado exibe filme 'Colegas' com audiodescri??o
http://g1.globo.com/rs/rio-grande-do-sul/noticia/2012/08/festival-de-cinema-
de-gramado-exibe-filme-colegas-com-audiodescricao.html
Blind and Low-Vision Artists Translate Their "Mind's Eye" Through Artwork
MILWAUKEE---An art exhibition held here last month featured the work of
nine artists, some blind and some with low vision, working in a variety
of media: photography, sculpture, watercolors, collage and tactile.
Hosted by a coalition of non-profits in Wisconsin that support people
with vision loss, "Through the Lens of Others: A Tribute to the Vision
of the Mind's Eye" was held at the Froedtert & Medical College of
Wisconsin Eye Institute
<http://www.froedtert.com/SpecialtyAreas/EyeInstitute/> in conjunction
with Connections in Sight
<http://connectionsinsight.org/art-contest/all-art-entries/>.
http://www.visionmonday.com/ViewContent/tabid/211/content_id/36215/catId/307
/Default.aspx
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