From fnugg at online.no Fri Oct 16 07:00:46 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 09:00:46 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] ABS Awareness Month 2015: A Part Of, Not Apart From Message-ID: <5620A09E.7030207@online.no> Forwarding ABS Awareness Month 2015: A Part Of, Not Apart From *Welcome to Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month!* Museums and cultural institutions around the world are joining Art Beyond Sight to raise awareness of disability, accessibility, and inclusion throughout the month of October. This year we have even more to celebrate, because 2015 marks the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Here?s how YOU can be a part of it: *Dial in to our 13th Annual Crash Course*. Our annual professional development teleconference is bigger and better than ever. We?re offering at least one hour?s worth of programming every weekday in October. Conversation highlights will include: * 25 Hours of Accessible Tech: Honoring 25 Years of the ADA with Alvaro Gutierrez, * The Artist?s Insight: Talking with Culture Creators about Disability * Building Accessibility in Museums: Topics from ABS?s Disability and Inclusion Curriculum Resource And more! For a full schedule and dial-in information, visit our Crash Course web page *Share your access adventures on the Stories from the Field blog*. It?s easy! Tell your story by creating an account and writing a short blog post to share how you honor the spirit of the ADA every day. The best part is, the blog will now live on year-round in the Project Access Newsroom ! *Support inclusive programs.* Learn more about the dynamic and diverse Project Access for All partner organizations . Follow Art Beyond Sight on *Facebook* and *Twitter* using hashtag *#ABSAwareness15 *for the very latest Awareness Month news. http://www.projectaccessforall.org/abs-awareness-month-2015-part-not-apart From fnugg at online.no Fri Oct 16 07:02:36 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 09:02:36 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Calendar of events ABS A Part of, Not Apart from Message-ID: <5620A10C.1010803@online.no> Hi, Sending information from Art Beyond Sight about their yearly telephone crash course. "The 2015 theme ? *A Part Of, Not Apart From*? is all about inclusion, and that includes you! As we had mentioned last week, our goal with this year's Awareness Month is to facilitate a year-round platform for direct engagement for the Awareness Month community, particularly cultural organizations, disability membership, advocacy and service organizations. We hope that you had the chance to check out this platform and noticed we already started to make changes to better fit everyone?s needs. Share your events on the calendar, your thoughts and articles in the newsroom and, importantly, your feedback with us in October and November. We know the website might have a few ?kinks?, so please help us improve by telling us what you find that needs fixing. In October, help us celebrate how you?ve gone above and beyond the ADA to widen your welcome for people with disabilities and enable them to become active contributors to the life of your institution. In November, we'd like to turn the focus to employment for people with disabilities within cultural organizations. Here are a few ways you can join us in the celebration: *Dial in to our 13^th Annual Crash Course*. Our annual professional development teleconference has undergone a makeover this year, and it?s bigger and better than ever. Instead of one day-long intensive conference, we?re offering at least one hour?s worth of programming every weekday in October. Session topics will range from technology and art to multi-sensory learning and museum accessibility, with a few fun surprises along the way. For a full schedule and dial-in information, visit our events page and calendar ." link to calendar of events http://www.projectaccessforall.org/calendar/2015-10 From fnugg at online.no Fri Oct 16 08:26:03 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:26:03 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] {Disarmed} Album cover, animator Message-ID: <5620B49B.8050101@online.no> Vibrant vision Hospital walls splashed with 'blind' artist's early work Ransom Memorial Hospital?s conference room offers a visual treasure visitors might not realize at first glance. Decorated with art from Jeff Hanson?s collection ?Sight for Sore Eyes,? the paintings bring vibrant splashes of color to an otherwise beige room. http://www.ottawaherald.com/news/local/hospital-walls-splashed-with-blind-artist-s-early-work/article_41be43a3-c08e-5840-b13c-64c46a484656.html Roy Nachum, the Artist Behind Rihanna?s /Anti/ Cover, Explains What It /All/ Means The cover image is actually part of the Israeli-born artist?s ?Blind? series, which largely focuses on the concepts of inner and outer vision and the metaphor of ?opening? viewers? eyes. Most of Nachum?s works include subjects with obstructed eyesight and corresponding messages in Braille. ?I wanted to do something that opened people?s eyes and let people think,? he said. ?On the other side, it?s an opportunity [for] people who cannot see [to] experience visual art as well.? Nachum was so dedicated to this idea that he once spent a week blindfolded to further evolve his artistic vision. ?I think it was one of the most important things that I did,? he said http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/10/rihanna-anti-cover-what-it-means-roy-nachum Meet The Man Behind Rihanna?s ?Anti? Artwork, Roy Nachum */On its meaning:/* ?I?ve been doing experimental work of human perception and sight. So for the last seven years, I?m writing Braille poetry, which encompasses sculpture in it on the canvas, and then I paint over it. So I kind of want to open people?s eyes to the real things in life ? so I close /my/ eyes. The process for that was me closing my eyes for a whole week to experience how it is to be blind. If I want to do art, if I?m going to do an experiment with sight, then I need to close my eyes and start from that. That?s the first step I need to do. So I did it for a whole week, and since then, I started creating. I started creating all those paintings and installations, sculptures.? http://www.vibe.com/2015/10/rihanna-anti-artwork-artist-roy-nachum/ Rihanna Artist Roy Nachum on 'Anti' Album Cover: 'A Lot of People Can See It & Connect With My Art' http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6722685/rihanna-anti-album-cover-artist-roy-nachum-interview Bloomfield Hills painter mixes it up for emotional expressions Being partially color-blind never kept artist Jon Parlangeli of Bloomfield Hills from experimenting with color while painting. If anything, it motivated him to learn all he could about color, pigments, tones and what happens when you combine them. His latest exhibit, ?Coming Home ? Color and Light? will be displayed at The Woods Gallery through Nov. 13 with an opening reception 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15. http://www.theoaklandpress.com/arts-and-entertainment/20151013/bloomfield-hills-painter-mixes-it-up-for-emotional-expressions New art exhibit provides sensory experience Lydia Olvera Blanchard has made it her mission to teach visually impaired children that the word ?impossible? really means ?I?m possible.? Blanchard is the creator of the Sensory and Perception Experience art exhibit, which opened Friday night at the Historic Brownsville Museum, at 641 East Madison in Brownsville. Instead of seeing the exhibit, the artwork is meant to be felt. She and other local artists banded together to bring an unusual experience that, to her knowledge, is the first of its kind in the Rio GrandeValley. http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/premium/article_7f5739f8-6fbe-11e5-9201-b320db7c34f1.html Color me blind. The story of a blind artist Despite a visual impairment, Joshua Baker could not be more passionate about his major. As a sophomore at Longwood University, Baker is not your average student, with a major in Graphic Design and Animation he is an artist that is unique to say the very least. He was born with a genetic condition called Ocular Albinism with Nystagmus, a condition that primarily affects the eyes? capability to produce pigment according to the National Organization of Rare Disorders, causing him to be legally blind. http://www.therotundaonline.com/features/color-me-blind/article_9a5200f8-6d4d-11e5-92c4-fbbb78b889d0.html From fnugg at online.no Fri Oct 16 08:53:51 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:53:51 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Paper pavement, app, downtown Miami architecture, Justin Wadlington Message-ID: <5620BB1F.3050303@online.no> Meet Roy Nachum, the Artist Behind Rihanna's Dope 'Anti' Album Cover http://www.complex.com/style/2015/10/roy-nachum-rihanna-album-cover-artist Resource Day Saturday for The Blind & Visually Impaired chance to learn from a blind pottery artist, and experience sitting at a pottery wheel and experience how to create pottery bowls without using your sight. http://www.actionnewsnow.com/news/resource-day-saturday-for-the-blind-and-visually-impaired/ Art from a new perspective http://www.helena-arkansas.com/article/20151005/NEWS/151009832 Paper Pavement: The History of Miami?s Streets Preserved Through Art To Gilmore, the project is a ?way of being in three different time periods at once.? He described how the prints reflect the past by showing the history of the streets and their use. The steamrolling process then records the streets in their current historical moment, while the artist and viewers of the work are poignantly aware that the area will be dramatically changed in the imminent future. Due to the tactile nature of the prints, ?the projects ended up being in great conversation with each other,? says Ricardo Mor of MCAD. ?This way, people who are blind will be able to experience the art as well. http://wlrn.org/post/paper-pavement-history-miami-s-streets-preserved-through-art Young artist heading to Kentucky to claim big prize ?It was the first day of school,? said Elizabeth Holkko, mother of Maddie Vorase. ?I dropped Maddie off at Lakeview and her principal said ?oh, Maddie won a contest!? I?m like, ?really? What kind of contest?'? Seven-year old Lakeview student Maddie Vorase recently won first place in a nationwide self-portrait contest that featured 300 competitors. While she?s already an accomplished young artist, Maddie has been blind since birth due to a condition called optic nerve hypoplasia. http://abc10up.com/young-artist-heading-to-kentucky-to-claim-big-prize/ Feeling the art, this artist makes paintings even the blind can see http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Feeling-the-art-this-artist-makes-paintings-even-the-blind-can-see/articleshow/49122467.cms Blind veteran produces work of art to thank charity A blind artist, Matthew Rhodes, 40, says he owes his life to Blind Veterans UK and has produced a special painting to thank and mark the centenary of the charity. The ex-Service man from Preston, has painted a modern version of the iconic John Singer Sargent painting ?Gassed?. The original, now hanging at IWM London, depicts a line of wounded soldiers walking towards a dressing station following a mustard gas attack in the First World War. http://www.charitytoday.co.uk/blind-veteran-produces-work-of-art-to-thank-charity/ Vision-impaired art lovers get chance to 'see' SculptureNow works at The Mount http://www.berkshireeagle.com/local/ci_28873369/vision-impaired-art-lovers-get-chance-see-sculpturenow Mendoza, NMSU alumnus and artist, to visit NMSU New Mexico State University alumnus George Mendoza will visit the Barnes & Noble at NMSU at 1 p.m. Saturday to read and sign copies of ?Colors of the Wind: The Story of Blind Artist and Champion Runner George Mendoza,? a book illustrated by him and based on his experiences. http://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/2015/09/22/mendoza-nmsu-alumnus-and-artist-visit-nmsu/72647844/ NMSU Alumnus, Artist to Visit Barnes & Noble at NMSU http://krwg.org/post/nmsu-alumnus-artist-visit-barnes-noble-nmsu New app lets colour blind people see for the first time - their reactions are amazing This app lets colour blind people see the colours around them - helping them navigate and see the world in all its glory http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11882403/New-app-lets-colour-blind-people-see-for-the-first-time-their-reactions-are-amazing.html Podcast about living blind is not just for the blind What began as a way to spotlight issues involving blind people has morphed into a fascinating podcast on a wide variety of topics, with guests that have included Tommy Edison, who reviews movies as the Blind Film Critic ; blind photographer Tammy Ruggles, who has retinitis pigmentosa and focuses her camera on landscapes and flowers, and Lucy Edwards, a British woman who lost her eyesight at 17 and posts makeup tip videos on YouTube. http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/podcast-about-living-blind-is-not-just-for-the-blind-b99576877z1-328435071.html Through Dizzy Array of GIFs, Blind Artist Challenges Our Sense of Order http://www.psfk.com/2015/09/blind-artist-dynamic-gifs-george-redhawk-effect.html This artist creates beautiful looping GIFs even though he?s legally blind http://www.women24.com/HomeAndAway/NewsAndTrends/This-artist-creates-beautiful-looping-GIFs-even-though-hes-legally-blind-20150916 Blind artist makes incredible GIFs to record how losing his sight let him see http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/blind-artist-makes-incredible-gifs-6452405 Miami Lighthouse celebrates 85th anniversary with exhibit by blind artists http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/visual-arts/article35329038.html Blind Eye Art Show exhibits incredible photo-realistic works Justin Wadlington to create art live for first solo show http://www.phillyvoice.com/blind-eye-art-exhibits-incredible-photo-realistic/ New exhibit helps the blind and those with sight ?see? downtown Miami architecture Outside, by MCAD?s front steps, an audio installation features narratives of people describing attributes of each of the exhibit?s ten featured downtown buildings; it?s accompanied by a large, vinyl floor applique inviting the passersby to ?LISTEN? to the building. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/article34389720.html#storylink=cpy http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/article34389720.html Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/article34389720.html#storylink=cpy From fnugg at online.no Fri Oct 16 09:42:48 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:42:48 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Keith Salmon, BLIND CREATIONS audio archive, Floyd Johnson Message-ID: <5620C698.20908@online.no> State Fair Police Seeking Person who Stole Local Artist?s Painting Minnesota State Fair Police are seeking a person who stole a painting from a professional artist at the fair Friday. According to State Fair police, the painting was stolen inside the Education Building. The artist from whom the painting was stolen is Annie Young. She?s blind and a member of the Minnesota State Council on Disability. http://kstp.com/article/stories/s3898464.shtml An Artist: How Technology Helped Emilie Gossiaux Overcome Blindness to Rediscover Her Process http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/09/an-artist-emilie-gossiaux-on-rediscovering-her-pro.html Feeling is believing at art show for the blind http://www.southflorida.com/theater-and-arts/sf-miami-listen-building-blind-architecture-20150902-story.html Local doc ?Glen Rosa? showcases Scottish artist?s creative vision What?s it like walking through the hills of Scotland with a blind painter? Just ask Dan Thornton. Thornton, a Seattle-based filmmaker and film instructor, met Scottish landscape painter Keith Salmon in 2013 while studying visual impairment and cinema at the University of Edinburgh. After a number of interviews and studio visits with Salmon, who was a subject in a university research study, Thornton was invited along on the artist?s *hill walks through the Scottish countryside.....* Salmon is an award-winning, classically trained artist whose landscapes range from incredibly detailed to entirely abstract. Salmon *lost most of his eyesight to diabetic retinopathy* about 15 years ago ? but he never stopped making art.http://www.seattleglobalist.com/2015/08/24/local-doc-glen-rosa-showcases-scottish-artists-creative-vision/40711 New UK documentary: Walking with Keith http://alibipictures.com/blog/2015/01/04/new-uk-documentary-walking-with-keith/ Glen Rosa: the life and art of Keith Salmon A film about creativity, hardship, Scottish landscapes and the life and art of acclaimed Scottish painter Keith Salmon.http://www.seedandspark.com/studio/glen-rosa-life-and-art-keith-salmon#wishlist How the arts can help change attitudes to blindness Thinking creatively about formats such as Braille and audio description can help improve accessibility and perceptions about blindness http://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/2015/aug/03/arts-change-attitude-blindness-blind-creations http://www.greenwichtime.com/printpromotion/article/Art-is-only-the-beginning-6430378.php *BLIND CREATIONS:* Announcement of Lecture *On Tuesday 13th October, at 6pm, one of our speakers, Dr Simon Hayhoe (FBCS, FRSA), will give a Fulbright Lecture entitled 'Why do we think that Blind People cannot understand Visual Art?' in the Michael Berry Lecture Theatre, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, UK.* The lecture looks at the philosophy of blindness and its relationship to visual art and education since the late Renaissance and the earliest years of the Enlightenment. In particular, it looks at the fascination with blindness and its relationship to perception of the visual world by da Vinci, Descartes, Boyle, Locke, Berkeley, Hume and Diderot. This literature is then compared to case studies of blind people?s experience of creating and learning about the visual arts in universities and museums. http://blindcreations.blogspot.co.uk/ Blind Creations Conference Audio archive http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2015/07/blind-creations-conference/ Floyd Johnson Featured as August Artist of the Month The Mesquite Fine Art Gallery is featuring Floyd Morris Johnson as the Month for August. His art will be displayed at the gallery July 27?August 29. The gallery, 15 West Mesquite Blvd., is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m.?4 p.m. http://mesquitelocalnews.com/2015/08/floyd-johnson-featured-as-august-artist-of-the-month/ From fnugg at online.no Fri Oct 16 11:57:06 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:57:06 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] The Blind View, photography Message-ID: <5620E612.9030803@online.no> Sightsavers in association with Beyond Sight Foundation exhibit photographs captured by Visually Impaired Photographers Sightsavers, a development organisation that works to prevent avoidable blindness, restore sight and advocate for social inclusion and equal rights for people with disabilities recently organised a photography exhibition of the photos clicked by visually impaired photographers at the Garuda Mall. The event took place in the week of World Sight Day which is an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October, to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. The exhibition showcased a display of 30 photographs depicting different themes which blind participants had taken of other blind or visually impaired participants doing a series of interesting activities. Each picture portrayed a unique story in itself representing different aspects of the blind experience. http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=36152 Photographers who made a vision statement with their snaps *With a camera in one?s hand, everyone can become a photographer, but when the pictures are taken by people with no sight and their subjects are also blind, the outcome is bound to be extraordinary. That is precisely the outcome of an exhibition of 30 photographs taken in Mumbai and Bengaluru, titled aptly The Blind View, at Garuda Mall. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/505708/photographers-made-vision-statement-their.html * Seeing through the mind?s eye The first time Melip Sangma (24) held a Sony digi camera, a shiver of apprehension went down her spine. But two days later, she is no longer intimidated. Her pictures of other visually-impaired people, trees, parks, cars, and the bustle of city life - among 15 photographs she has taken during The Blind View: More Than Meets the Eyes (a workshop organised by the Beyond Sight Foundation in association with Sightsavers) ? are testimony to her newfound confidence. Sangma is one of five blind students who attended this workshop under the tutelage of Partho Bhowmick, founder of Beyond Sight. The first time Melip Sangma (24) held a Sony digi camera, a shiver of apprehension went down her spine. But two days later, she is no longer intimidated. Her pictures of other visually-impaired people, trees, parks, cars, and the bustle of city life - among 15 photographs she has taken during The Blind View: More Than Meets the Eyes (a workshop organised by the Beyond Sight Foundation in association with Sightsavers) ? are testimony to her newfound confidence. Sangma is one of five blind students who attended this workshop under the tutelage of Partho Bhowmick, founder of Beyond Sight. http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Seeing-through-the-minds-eye/articleshow/49290991.cms The best photographs produced from "The Blind View" will be showcased at three exhibits to be held later this year, according to Mr. Partho Bhowmick, founder of the BSF. * Mumbai: Inorbit Mall, Malad West, August 01-02, 11AM ? 08 PM * Bangalore: Date and location for October 2015 to be determined * Delhi: Date and location for December 2015 to be determined http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/visually-impaired-photography-workshop-sponsored-by-her-highness-sheikhaarwa-al-qassimi-300156000.html Training them to have an eye for photography Can a visually impaired person take a photograph? Can he/she take a glamorous photograph of a famous Bollywood actor and get paid for it? Well, all this and more is possible post ?The Blind View? workshop, which, having seen success in Mumbai, reached the city on Friday. ?A blind man cannot see the sunrise or the sunset, he cannot distinguish between the light of the day or the evening, but what he can do is sense the shadows retreating or the heat of the sun. He is sensitive to touch and sound. And, we use all of these things to teach the blind man how to take a photograph. A good photograph,? says Partho Bhowmick, founder of the Beyond Sight Foundation that has been conducting such workshops since 2006. http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/training-them-to-have-an-eye-for-photography/article7669495.ece Visual impairment not a hurdle for him Bhavesh Patel, a well-groomed, articulate, 26-year-old visually impaired photographer, says he does not want to be defined by his blindness. Listing out his achievements, he mentions how elated he was when he got to shoot a soap commercial featuring actor Katrina Kaif. The main purpose behind it was to prove to people that a person with visual impairment could also do as well as any ?normal? person. ?I remember visiting galleries with my uncle in Mumbai while growing up and wondering if I could ever do anything like that,? he says, adding that one day in the middle of his political science class, when he was pursuing second-year B.A. in 2010, an important announcement was made. ?Partho Bhowmick walked in and started talking about his photography workshop for the blind, and I was hooked.? http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/visual-impairment-not-a-hurdle-for-him/article7669497.ece 3DPhotoWorks Turns Art & Photography into a 3D Printed, Multi-Sensory Experience http://3dprint.com/91488/3dphotoworks-art-photography/ The life story of this blind photographer will leave you amazed http://www.iamin.in/en/mumbai-north/news/life-story-blind-photographer-will-leave-you-amazed-67179 Blinded Spanish photographer keeps snapping, helps visually-impaired ?see? his images Almost total blindness hasn?t put off artist Juan Torre from producing photographs that are appreciated by those with and without perfect vision. The Spaniard has managed to achieve this by creating photos which the public can literally feel and touch. https://www.rt.com/news/312060-torre-photograph-blind-touch/ This exhibition by blind photographers will leave you amazed Remember Katrina Kaif?s Lux commercial from last year? The advertisement shows her twirling around in a purple gown, as visually impaired photographer Bhavesh Patel photographs her. The resultant pictures weren?t all perfectly framed, but they were beautiful nonetheless. http://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/this-exhibition-by-blind-photographers-will-leave-you-amazed/story-EjwTeQIvVmAUpm0cuSCgFL.html Through the lens of the visually impaired: An eye for detail - See more at: http://www.mid-day.com/articles/through-the-lens-of-the-visually-impaired-an-eye-for-detail/16407181#sthash.O0fcEnMD.dpuf http://www.mid-day.com/articles/through-the-lens-of-the-visually-impaired-an-eye-for-detail/16407181 An iPhone feature most people never find is doing something amazing for the visually impaired You wouldn't expect Luis Perez to be an amateur photographer. Perez, a higher education learning consultant in Florida, has retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that essentially gives him tunnel vision. He only has about seven degrees of total vision, and his condition could progress to the point where he's completely blind. Even with his limited vision, Perez is already considered legally blind. But he's still able to take photos like the ones you see below with his iPhone and share them on Instagram: Perez makes this happen with a setting called VoiceOver, a setting built into all Apple devices that makes Perez's iPhone almost as functional for him as it is for a sighted person. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-voiceover-works-on-iphone-and-ios-2015-7 In new light: Four visually-impaired photographers on overcoming their 'disability' and making a mark in their profession From celeb shoots to portraits, these visually-impaired lensmen are doing it all and breaking shackles imposed by their 'disability', writes Jayadev Calamur http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-in-new-light-four-visually-impaired-photographers-on-overcoming-their-disability-and-making-a-mark-in-their-profession-2103763 From fnugg at online.no Fri Oct 16 12:14:38 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:14:38 +0200 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Praise from the President to a young photographer, photography India, China, Canada, US Message-ID: <5620EA2E.2010008@online.no> Visually impaired shoot into limelight by taking pictures January 2015, an ad for soap featuring Katrina Kaif drew four million hits online. The still photographs had been shot by 26-year-old Bhavesh Patel who was born blind. He had judged Katrina's height by her handshake, and followed her movements through her voice and the rustle of fabric. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Visually-impaired-shoot-into-limelight-by-taking-pictures/articleshow/47808332.cms Non-visual photography helping more people express themselves Sun Zhiyuan uses photography to express his feelings of encountering obstacles in the outside world as a person with impaired vision. Photo: Courtesy of Sun Zhiyuan "I can see sensations in my mind," says Sun Zhiyuan, a visually impaired photographer. http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/925924.shtml CNIB hosts photo exhibit by visually impaired artists The CNIB Centre, 1929 Bayview Ave., is hosting The Mind?s Eye, its first contact photography exhibit featuring visually impaired artists. http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/5628416-cnib-hosts-photo-exhibit-by-visually-impaired-artists/ Visually impaired woman excels in photography One recent college graduate from New Underwood got the plug of a lifetime at her commencement ceremony last weekend. Black Hills FOX reporter Heather Janssen caught up with Maysa Hackens today to find out more about the woman behind the lens. A picture is worth a thousand words. A shout out from the president... President Obama says, "From the time she was an infant, Maysa Hackens, has been blind in her right eye and has 75 percent of vision in her left." ....is something money can't match. Maysa is 20 years old and just last week, she graduated from Lake Area Technical Institute with a degree in photography and business. A career field that many would find difficult to succeed in with her visual impairment, but for Maysa... http://www.blackhillsfox.com/home/headlines/Visually-impaired-woman-excels-in-photography-303531021.html Oraien Catledge, 86: Cabbagetown photographer ?saw with his heart? ? Visually impaired since childhood, Atlanta photographer and social worker Oraien Catledge ?saw with his heart,? said his friend Constance Lewis. ?His passion and authentic approach to photography was prolific.? http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/oraien-catledge-86-cabbagetown-photographer-saw-wi/nj2FX/ OMG! Katrina Kaif Photographed By Visually Impaired, Looks Stunning http://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/news/2015/katrina-kaif-stunning-pics-visually-impaired-photographer-171267.html Photography for the visually impaired Kaustubh Tapal was born blind with a little light perception. A failed surgery took away his light perception too at the age of 8 years. But he found a new vision through photography when he was introduced to Partho Bhowmick in 2010, who is the founder of Beyond Sight Foundation that trains visually-challenged people with photography. http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-photography-for-the-visually-impaired-2051739 From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Wed Nov 11 09:47:26 2015 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 09:47:26 +0000 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Forwarding ONLINE CONFERENCE ABOUT VISUAL IMPAIRMENT Message-ID: <601e1c8dd8fd43ed8daf1d4d8ef9687f@MAIL2.statped.no> Forwarding email Hello everyone This is Camila, from the International Institute on visual impairment team. I'm writing to invite you to register for free in the 1ST INTERNATIONAL ONLINE CONFERENCE ON INCLUSION AND REHABILITATION FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. The online conference will take place from December 11th to 13th, via video conference and will be translated into english, spanish and portuguese. There will be over 30 lectures, divided into seven panels and taught by speakers from countries like USA, Canada, Germany, Israel, India, Chile, Colombia, Argentina and Brazil. One of the most important lectures we'll have in this event is the lecture of Daniel Kish. Daniel is the Creator of the technique of echolocation as applied toorientation and mobility for the visually impaired, and the founder of the World Access for The Blind, a United States-based organization that gives courses in the area of echolocation. To know all the schedule, please access: http://www.deficienciavisual.org/schedule/ We already have more than 600 registered persons, from 33 different countries and we invite you to be with us in this magnificent interchange of ideas and experiences on visual impairment living. The registration is free, and you can register accessing http://www.deficienciavisual.org/conference/ Please, give us all the information is being required in the registration form, it's really important we can comunicate you about what's happening during the conference. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Coordination: Prof. Wagner Alves Ribeiro Maia - educator, a graduate degree in teaching in higher education, an expert in visually impaired education, director of the International Institute of Visual Impairment Editorial coordination: Prof. Ms. Drd. Decio Guimaraes Birth: Master and doctoral candidate in cognition and language from the State University of North Fluminense, director of the Culture Institute and Knowledge International relations: Dr. Camila Gandini - Psychotherapist, member of the INSS rehabilitation team, and English teacher Visual Disability Portal. Voiceovers and translations: Harrison Tu - University of California, USA, and Prof.. Karina Guadalupe Rosales Martinez, Instituto Universitario del Centro de M?xico Technical manager: Felipe Pereira de Souza Bento - Systems Analyst PS: If you know anyone who would be interested on this information, please forward this message. About us: The International Institute on Visual Impairment is an institution thhat provides face-to-face and online courses around the world, individual assistance, and training and consultation to people who are blind, low vision, their families and professionals who work with visually impaired people. If you haven't heard of us, please visit: http://www.deficienciavisual.org/ You can read our website in your language, you just need to select your favorite language in a combobox you can find in the top of the page. -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Wed Nov 18 09:36:37 2015 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 09:36:37 +0000 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Accessible Books and Literacy: Supporting and Encouraging a Love for Literacy Message-ID: Accessible Books and Literacy: Supporting and Encouraging a Love for Literacy Perkins eLearning is recording a conversation with Sandra Kenrick, a dedicated mother to two young sons as well as passionate about reading and literacy. This webinar will explore experience and concept books, as well as story and conversation boxes. In addition, you'll learn how to effectively and creatively adapt classroom materials while enhancing a Braille-rich environment for your students. The recorded presentation will be available online in January, 2016. We want to add your voice to the presentation. Please submit your comments or questions through the button below by November 24, 2015 to include them in our interview with Sandra. http://www.perkinselearning.org/videos/webinar/accessible-books-and-literacy?utm_campaign=accessible%20books%20and%20literacy&utm_source=webinar%20announcement&utm_medium=email -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From dandrews at visi.com Thu Nov 19 03:21:56 2015 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 21:21:56 -0600 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Elegant Insights Message-ID: > >Hi everyone, it's Laura Legendary of Elegant >Insights! It's the season of giving thanks at >Elegant Insights Braille Creations, and we've >got the attitude of gratitude! It was so much >fun meeting so many of you at the NFB 75th >National convention in Orlando this summer, and >we hope you are all enjoying your >purchases. This holiday season, we have some >great gifts for you to give to your friends and >loved ones who read Braille, and we invite you >to create a custom gift of your own design! We >love tech gadgets as much as anyone, but when >you want something personal, sentimental, >fashionable, or romantic, check out >our distinctive collection of jewelry and >accessories, all handcrafted, made in the USA, >and embossed in Braille! See our >gorgeous lineup at >http://www.elegantinsightsjewelry.com >or call 509-264-2588 to discuss a custom gift >idea. We bring out the beauty in Braille! > >Sent from the mobile office of Elegant Insights Braille Creations >(509) 264-2588 >www.elegantinsightsjewelry.com >Twitter: @ElegantInsights >FB: facebook.com/Elegant.Insights >Cofounder of the Fashionability Channel, your >guide to accessible style. Finally, style within reach Of everyone. >http://fashionabilitychannel.wordpress.com David Andrews and long white cane Harry. E-Mail: dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org From fnugg at online.no Thu Nov 19 07:56:01 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 08:56:01 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Crowd sourcing project: Unseen Art: experiencing art for the first time Message-ID: <564D8091.1000502@online.no> The Unseen Art project - 3D printed art for the visually impaired & blind https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/unseen-art-experiencing-art-for-the-first-time#/ *We are creating a new opportunity for blind and visually impaired people *to experience art. The project is involving people from all over the world to recreate classical art paintings in 3D so that they may be touched and felt, both in exhibitions and in people's homes. 3D models of the paintings are free and printable anywhere in the world where there's access to a 3D printer. *"It would be a revolution to get blind people going to art galleries, people hate them because there is nothing there to touch!"* There are many people in the world who have heard of classical artworks their whole lives but are unable to see them. **Your contribution will give people the opportunity to experience paintings for the first time in their lives. ** Many people around the world have heard of many classical artworks but never been able to see them. Very few in the world have ever touched any of them. *Anyone will be able to experience them for the first time through touch*, and create their own impressions and opinions. Make a global impact together with us allows blind and visually impaired people and anyone interested in art to personally experience the inspiration, education, and thought-provoking feelings that meaningful art creates. ***Creating equal access for art globally is our passion and goal.*** By backing our campaign we will be able to approach 3D artists to contribute their interpretations of 3D art, and anyone in the world can download them for free and print them anywhere there is a 3D printer, such as many libraries, Universities, in their homes, or from a local business. * * *We cannot do it without you!* Backing this campaign will help at any level. All perks will be sent out regardless of the amount raised. We believe in creating connections of people and making the world's art freely available. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/unseen-art-experiencing-art-for-the-first-time#/ From fnugg at online.no Thu Nov 19 11:10:53 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:10:53 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Film review - paradigm shift? Message-ID: <564DAE3D.6040200@online.no> Hi, I have just read the film review of "Than Than Gopal", an Indian film about a boy that is blind. And I got a pretty big surprise while reading it. After years of reading articles this is the first that I have ever read in the general media that seems to take the idea of artists being blind as a matter of fact. In the article the reviewer writes: "In real world, there are accomplished blind painters, and there is nothing wrong in showing the protagonist aspiring to be an artist" It seemed such an "off the cuff" statement, if you could call it that. I thought it was a sign that beliefs are really changing - that the reviewer took it as a given that Gopal could of course be an artist. However the next statement is, one might say, the proverbial " taking one step back" part of the "one step forward": "but Warli painting is the wrong sort of art for a visually-challenged person. It is very geometric, and will be impossible for a blind person to learn quickly, if at all." But besides that do you think it shows a paradigm shift in views about visual impairments and the arts? What do you think? FILM REVIEWS: BLIND MAN?S BLUFF http://www.punemirror.in/entertainment/marathi-reviews/FILM-REVIEWS-BLIND-MANS-BLUFF/articleshow/49587055.cms Regards, Lisa From fnugg at online.no Thu Nov 19 11:56:00 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:56:00 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Forwarding: Usability Testing Opportunities (corrected) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <564DB8D0.9040002@online.no> Forwarding: *Help us test the usability of a website!* Simply Accessible is a consulting firm that works with clients to make their sites more accessible to all people. We???re looking for people with differing abilities to participate in brief usability studies with our team. We will be conducting several one-on-one usability sessions with individuals who are sight impaired, have low vision, or use assistive technologies to browse the internet. Each session participant will receive a $75 honorarium in the form of a gift card delivered upon session completion. If you are interested, here are the details: * You'??ll be asked to fill out a pre-participation survey. * If you're chosen to participate, each session will last about an hour. * Most sessions will be conducted remotely. An internet connection will be required. * In person sessions may be available depending on need and location. * After completing the session, you'll recieve a $75 gift card in appreciation for your time and input. If you would like to help, please complete the pre-participation survey by November 30, 2015 at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/aa11y and we???ll be in touch with the specifics. In the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns, please email usability at simplyaccessible.com , and we???ll respond as quickly as possible. Thank you! The Simply Accessible Team -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Nfbnet-members-list mailing list Nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org List archives: To unsubscribe from Nfbnet-members-list: goto http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbnet-members-list_nfbnet.org/fnugg%40online.no From fnugg at online.no Thu Nov 19 12:04:14 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 13:04:14 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Ann Cunningham - Almost Ready to Go Message-ID: <564DBABE.4070809@online.no> Hi, In case you are not subscribed to Ann Cunningham's blog here's the link to her latest update. Almost Ready to Go https://sensationalarts.wordpress.com/2015/11/18/almost-ready-to-go/ Regards, Lisa From fnugg at online.no Thu Nov 19 14:27:45 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:27:45 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] 3D Message-ID: <564DDC61.3070808@online.no> Seeing-Eye Vest? Vibrating Clothing Helps Blind Navigate http://www.livescience.com/48760-vibrating-vest-blind-navigation.html Public Art Highlight ? Tactile Wall at Industries for the Blind http://www.camelcitydispatch.com/public-art-highlight-tactile-wall-at-industries-for-the-blind-7985/ 3D-EYE Seeks to Create 3D Models of Artistic Masterpieces for the Visually Impaired http://3dprint.com/23715/3d-eye-greek-startup-blind-art/ Visionary technology: Westport Library's 3-D printer helps blind children read Every Friday morning, Micki McCabe spends time at the 3-D printer at the Westport Library making an array of plastic items like a crescent moon and cow. Those are some of the characters featured in the popular children's book, "Goodnight, Moon," a book many parents and their young children know by heart. http://www.westport-news.com/news/article/Visionary-technology-Westport-Library-s-3-D-5831426.php Japan Prepares to Make 3D Printed Topographic Maps Available for the Blind http://3dprint.com/16574/japan-3d-printed-maps-blind/ 3-D printing technology could benefit the blind http://www.technicianonline.com/news/article_c4e33910-3e21-11e4-a583-001a4bcf6878.html Tactalis Origin Tactile Computer https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tactalis-origin-tactile-computer#/ Tactalis http://tactalis.com/ Supporting the Mind?s Eye Through 3D Printed Tactile Learning Objects ? For the Blind & Sighted Alike http://3dprint.com/12908/3d-printed-tactile-objects/ From fnugg at online.no Thu Nov 19 14:31:58 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:31:58 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] art reviewer, open source 3D art project, exhibitions Message-ID: <564DDD5E.9080704@online.no> DACC's 'White Cane Day' brings awareness to challenges faced by blind Throughout the day, several presentations were also given, including an appearance by the nationally renowned artist, runner and author George Mendoza of Las Cruces, talking about his new children's book "Colors of the Wind: The Story of a Blind Artist and Champion Runner." http://archive.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_26734215/daccs-white-cane-day-brings-awareness-challenges-faced Kamar-deen Olanrewaju Adebayo is a blind journalist and later became a lawyer. As journalist, working in /The Guardian/, his reviews on visual art works, stage plays, films and home videos, baffled people and made them asked, ?why is he seeing what other reviewers couldn?t see?? http://sunnewsonline.com/new/barr-kamar-deen-lanre-adebayo-blind-yes-see-just-well/ Legally blind artist paints from the heart Nearly 100 artists from all over the country are showing their work at the 14th annual Lincoln Arts Festival. Organizers say the event draws around 10,000 people to SouthPointe Pavilions each year. From sculptors and glass blowers to photographers and painters, organizers say they try to find a good balance for people to enjoy. For six "emerging artists," the festival is a chance to get their work seen by thousands for the first time. These artists are selected by the Arts Council, which sponsors their booth. http://www.klkntv.com/story/26643826/legally-blind-artist-paints-from-the-heart Blind Saudi sculptor to exhibit work in UK A student with a visual disability has been selected to exhibit her work at an international event in the United Kingdom. Zahra Al-Dhamen a Saudi media student at King Saud University said the British Council has offered her an opportunity to join other artists with disabilities to participate in the 'Fragile Light and Vision' exhibition in Britain. http://www.menafn.com/1093956477/Blind-Saudi-sculptor-to-exhibit-work-in-UK Unseen Art Is Crowdfunding An Open Source Platform To Make Fine Art Accessible Via 3D Printing Making art more accessible to blind and visually impaired people is founder Marc Dillon?s new mission. After almost a quarter century working in the mobile industry ? latterly at alternative mobile OS maker, Jolla, from where he finally departed this fall ? he says it?s time to give back. Unseen Art Is Crowdfunding An Open Source Platform To Make Fine Art Accessible Via 3D Printing Making art more accessible to blind and visually impaired people is founder Marc Dillon?s new mission. After almost a quarter century working in the mobile industry ? latterly at alternative mobile OS maker, Jolla, from where he finally departed this fall ? he says it?s time to give back. http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/12/unseen-art/ to crowd-sourced 3D art projects Unseen Art: experiencing art for the first time https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/unseen-art-experiencing-art-for-the-first-time#/ Bringing the World's Greatest Art to Blind People. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/3dphotoworks/bringing-the-worlds-greatest-art-to-blind-people Nelsonville's SAVAGE ART Gallery filled with work by self-taught artists Rick Crooks, a metal sculptor featured at the gallery, has been blind since he was 16 years old. ?I don?t see it as a problem, an inconvenience maybe,? Crooks said. He said he was lucky in that before becoming blind he was able to travel and see Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon. ?Anything you would have seen I?ve seen a lot of it,? he said. ?I?ve got an idea of what I?m wanting to do when I (work).? Crooks? sculptures range from little bugs made of spark plugs to tall, intricate animals. He uses unconventional materials such as shovels, saw blades and horseshoes, and often buys old farm equipment from auctions, markets and yard sales. ?Most of (my works) are repurposed, recycled,? he said. After establishing himself in the ?90s with shows at Lindsay Gallery in Columbus, he became acquainted with Wayne, who judged a competition he had entered. http://www.thepostathens.com/culture/nelsonville-s-savage-art-gallery-filled-with-work-by-self/article_42b75468-87df-11e5-98c3-effeb4fd108f.html November art exhibit sparks opportunities for local special needs students If anything has the power to draw people together and highlight our shared humanity, it?s the creation of art. Jennifer Compau Boyd, instructor of art at the Central Valley School District, witnesses the potential of art every day through her work as the director of Spark, an art partnership program that integrates recently graduated special needs students with local high school students. http://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2015/11/05/art-exhibit-sparks-opportunities-for-special-needs-students 20-20 vision not necessary to create works of art Quinonez, who has limited vision, takes part in an art program at The Lighthouse of Houston, a private, nonprofit rehabilitation and education agency for the blind and visually impaired. It is the largest agency of its kind in the Southwest and provides educational programming, vocational services, adaptive technology, community outreach and recreational services. Quinonez has taken part in The Lighthouse's art program at 3602 W. Dallas St. for more than a year, and some of her ceramics and mono-print work are even on display there. http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bellaire/news/article/20-20-vision-not-necessary-to-create-works-of-art-6609831.php Blind artist receives surgery to regain sight A South Florida artist's ability to create masterpieces is simply amazing, especially when you consider that he is blind and deaf. http://www.wsvn.com/story/30415206/blind-artist-receives-surgery-to-regain-sight Artist can finally see the incredible paintings he created while he was BLIND after an operation to restore his sight A legally blind artist is finally able to see his work for the first time after Miami doctors restored his sight free of charge. Selris James, 41, had severe cataracts which diminished the quality of his eyesight to such an extent he had to almost touch his canvas when painting. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3300207/Artist-finally-incredible-paintings-created-BLIND-operation-restore-sight.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1225880/Partially-blind-artist-Selris-James-operation.html From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Fri Nov 27 08:54:15 2015 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 08:54:15 +0000 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] designing tactile- visual graphics - Message-ID: Hi, I've got a question about designing tactile and visual graphics together. By tactile-visual graphics I mean tactile graphics with visual (print) information. I've been doing this for many years but I would like to hear what you think if you also design tactile-visual graphics, and also if you don't but have thoughts about it. Basically this is how I design: 1. Use a visual graphic as source material - to start the tactile design 2. Once basic tactile design is down erase the original visual information and try to make sure the tactile is very legible. I feel that if the original visual is there I get "tricked" as to the legibility. That is why I remove it so to evaluate the tactile better. 3. To the tactile graphic add visual information to make it accessible for the sighted. This visual information is different than the original visual source. Note: since a visual graphic is often many layers of information, a tactile can result in pages of tactile information. That is perhaps one reason why not to re-insert the original visual information onto the tactile. What do you think? What is your experience? Thanks, Lisa -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From b.ginley at vam.ac.uk Fri Nov 27 10:38:15 2015 From: b.ginley at vam.ac.uk (Barry Ginley) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 10:38:15 +0000 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] designing tactile- visual graphics - In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Lisa I would suggest you contact Sue King at RNIB who will be able to advise on tactile images. Her contact details are: Email: sue.king at rnib.org.uk Tel: 01733 37513 Best wishes Barry -----Original Message----- From: Artbeyondsightmuseums [mailto:artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Yayla via Artbeyondsightmuseums Sent: 27 November 2015 08:54 To: accessibleimage at freelists.org; 'Access to Art Museums' (artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org) ; 'Art Beyond Sight Advocacy' (art_beyond_sight_advocacy at nfbnet.org) ; art_beyond_sight_educators at nfbnet.org; art_beyond_sight_learning_tools at nfbnet.org; art_beyond_sight_theory_and_research at nfbnet.org Cc: Lisa Yayla Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] designing tactile- visual graphics - Hi, I've got a question about designing tactile and visual graphics together. By tactile-visual graphics I mean tactile graphics with visual (print) information. I've been doing this for many years but I would like to hear what you think if you also design tactile-visual graphics, and also if you don't but have thoughts about it. Basically this is how I design: 1. Use a visual graphic as source material - to start the tactile design 2. Once basic tactile design is down erase the original visual information and try to make sure the tactile is very legible. I feel that if the original visual is there I get "tricked" as to the legibility. That is why I remove it so to evaluate the tactile better. 3. To the tactile graphic add visual information to make it accessible for the sighted. This visual information is different than the original visual source. Note: since a visual graphic is often many layers of information, a tactile can result in pages of tactile information. That is perhaps one reason why not to re-insert the original visual information onto the tactile. What do you think? What is your experience? Thanks, Lisa -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- _______________________________________________ Artbeyondsightmuseums mailing list Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Artbeyondsightmuseums: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org/b.ginley%40vam.ac.uk ________________________________ The Fabric of India 3 October 2015 - 10 January 2016 at V&A South Kensington Book now on vam.ac.uk/fabricofindia See the exhibition for free if you join as a V&A Member vam.ac.uk/members Part of the V&A India Festival vam.ac.uk/indiafestival On Their Own: Britain's Child Migrants 24 October 2015 - 12 June 2016 at V&A Museum of Childhood Admission free Keep in touch Sign up for V&A e-newsletters vam.ac.uk/content/email/signup Become a fan on Facebook.com/VictoriaandAlbertMuseum Follow us on Twitter.com/V_and_A ________________________________ This message is intended solely for the use of the individual or organisation to whom it is addressed. It may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please notify the originator immediately. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not use, copy, alter, or disclose the contents of this message. All information or opinions expressed in this message and/or any attachments are those of the author and are not necessarily those of The Victoria and Albert Museum or its affiliates. The Victoria and Albert Museum accepts no responsibility for loss or damage arising from its use, including damage from virus. Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL, Tel: 0207 942 2000 ________________________________ From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Thu Dec 10 08:08:59 2015 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 08:08:59 +0000 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] ACB's Audio Description Project--WASH. DC AREA AD INSTITUTE 2016 Message-ID: <1449734937409.1538@statped.no> REGISTER TODAY! ACB logo AD ADP logo ACB logo Audio Description logo Audio Description Project logo The American Council of the Blind's Audio Description Project Announces Its Ninth AUDIO DESCRIPTION INSTITUTE February 27-29, 2016 (Saturday through Monday) In Conjunction with ACB's 2016 Presidents' Meeting (ACB Affiliate Presidents) Crowne Plaza Old Town Alexandria (Virginia) Second time in the Washington, DC area! 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 implementation 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 - working as a describer in a local performing arts program - working as a describer for visual art exhibitions - Experienced audio describers desiring an updated refresher course. NOTE: freelance writers for broadcast television projects can often be based anywhere in the world--computer equipment capable of accommodating high-speed downloads is a must. Topics Include-- 1) audio description history and theory 2) the "Four Fundamentals of Audio Description" ? 3) active seeing/visual literacy-developing skills in concentration and observation 4) the art of "editing" what you see 5) vivid language: "The Visual Made Verbal"? 6) "Speak the speech, I pray you"--using the spoken word to make meaning Program - Three full days of intensive, interactive training; - A Monday luncheon will be provided; - Each registrant will receive a copy of Dr. Joel Snyder's ACB-published The Visual Made Verbal: A Comprehensive Training Manual and Guide to the History and Applications of Audio Description. The interactive sessions (limited use of lecture, questions/discussion throughout, generous use of media, and individual and group writing exercises) are designed to provide immediate feedback and "give and take," allowing for adaptation according to a sense of participants' grasp of the material. In addition, experienced users of description are a part of the Institute's faculty, providing an important perspective throughout the sessions. This Institute will begin at 9:00 am on Saturday, February 27, 2016 and conclude at 4:00 pm on Monday, February 29, 2016 (detailed agenda below). Participation is strictly limited. The Institute will issue ACB-sponsored certificates to all successful participants confirming completion of this professional description training program. Institute Director/Staff Joel Snyder, Ph.D.-- One of the first audio describers, Dr. Snyder began describing theater events and media in 1981; he is the President of Audio Description Associates with clients around the world (see www.audiodescribe.com for more information) and Director of ACB's Audio Description Project. For six years, he led a staff that produced description for nationally broadcast films and network series including "Sesame Street" broadcasts and DVDs. Snyder has trained describers in 30 states and the District of Columbia and he has brought description to over 40 countries. In addition, DC-area audio description consumer consultants (audio description enthusiasts who are blind or have low vision) will offer their perspectives. Tuition - $495.00 - credit card payment accepted by secure on-line registration Lodging Crowne Plaza Old Town Alexandria 901 N. Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 (703) 683-6000 or website Room rates will be $109.00 per night for singles and doubles plus state and local taxes (total-$125.81). Parking is $20 per day. Reservations can be made by telephone at 877 317-5752. Be sure to let the customer service representative know that you are with ACB. Or you can reserve a room on-line by clicking here. To Register Visit: https://register.acb.org/DCADI The number of participants we can accept is limited-- so please register on-line and soon to avoid being left out. Contact Joel Snyder at jsnyder at acb.org -- 202 467-5083 with any questions -- see you in Washington, DC! JOEL SNYDER Director, Audio Description Project American Council of the Blind jsnyder at acb.org -- 202 467-5083 www.acb.org/adp President, Audio Description Associates, LLC "The Visual Made Verbal" ? AD logo? ADA logo--an eye within an ear 6502 Westmoreland Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 jsnyder at audiodescribe.com -- 301 920-0218 Cell: 301 452-1898 -- Fax: 208 445-0079 For more information about audio description, please visit: www.audiodescribe.com AGENDA 2016 ACB-Audio Description Project - AUDIO DESCRIPTION INSTITUTE Crowne Plaza Old Town Alexandria - Alexandria, Virginia February 27-29, 2016 DAY I - Saturday, February 27, 2016 9:00 am - 5:00 pm * 9:00 am-9:30 am: Introductions * 9:30 am-11:00 am: Opening Workshop - The Visually Impaired User - Audio Description History and Theory - Overview of Fundamentals of Audio Description - Concentration / Observation - Editing What You See Language - Vocal Skills: Speech and Oral Interpretation Fundamentals * 11:00 am - 11:15 am: break * 11:15 am-12:30 am: - Opening Workshop (continued) * 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - Lunch on your own * 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm: - Opening Workshop (continued) * 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm: break * 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm: - Audio Description exercises - Viewing / analysis of audio described excerpts Forwarding: DAY II - Sunday, February 28, 2016 9:00 am - 5:00 pm * 9:00 am-11:00 am: - Viewing / analysis of audio described excerpts - Audio Description practicum--Individual description sessions with selected video scenes * 11:00 am - 11:15 am: break * 11:15 am-12:30 pm: - Viewing / analysis of audio described excerpts - Audio Description practicum--Individual description sessions with selected video scenes * 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - Lunch on your own * 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm - Viewing / analysis of audio described excerpts - Audio Description practicum--Individual description sessions with selected video scenes * 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm: break * 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm: - Viewing / analysis of audio described excerpts - Audio Description practicum--Individual description sessions with selected video scenes DAY III - Monday, February 29, 2016 9:00 am-4:00 pm * 9:00 am - 10:45 am: - Audio Description practicum--Individual description sessions with selected video scenes * 10:45 am - 11:00 am: break * 11:00 am - 12:30 pm: - The Mechanics of Audio Description * 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm - INSTITUTE LUNCHEON * 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm: - Audio Description practicum--Individual description sessions with selected video scenes * Audio Description in the U.S. and around the world * Review / Discussion Graduation! -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From fnugg at online.no Thu Dec 10 09:27:56 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 10:27:56 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Flags, 3D Message-ID: <5669459C.5050302@online.no> Blind New Zealanders get equal access to flag referendum You don't need to see the New Zealand flag choices to love them or hate them. For many blind and visually impaired Kiwis, the flag referendum has been a decision made with not just their eyes, but with their fingers, ears, and imaginations. Blind Foundation spokesman Neil Jarvis has been blind since birth, so has never seen colours. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/the-flag-debate/74926990/blind-new-zealanders-get-equal-access-to-flag-referendum At National Gallery, an Effort to Bring Visual Art to the Blind On a recent Tuesday afternoon in the cafe at the National Gallery of Ireland, Sophie Lawler is sat at a table with a sheet of paper in front of her. It?s not just any paper. It?s ?swell? paper. Not groovy stationary, but a special type of paper designed to expand in the places where it?s been marked and heated. On this sheet of swell paper, there are simple raised line figures, and raised blotches like splashes of ink, which are touchable, like Braille. ?It?s a religious work,? explains Caomh?n Mac Con Iomaire, an education assistant at the gallery, as Lawler feels the swell-paper version of the artwork. ?The right hand is against her heart and her robes are coming down. And the lines represent a halo.? http://dublininquirer.com/2015/12/09/at-national-gallery-an-effort-to-bring-visual-art-to-the-blind/ NCERT to publish tactile books for visually challenged Tactile books with maps and diagrams for visually challenged students will become a reality soon with the National Council of Educational Research and Training introducing them in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. So far, books in Braille had no maps and diagrams. The NCERT is seeking suggestions from the States before it can start the process. ?The exercise calls for a special training for teachers, but we are keen on getting it off the ground as soon as possible,? B.K. Tripathi, Joint Director, NCERT, said. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ncert-to-publish-tactile-books-for-visually-challenged/article7942605.ece A Burlington Company Is Creating Drawing Tools For The Blind Most of us start to draw at a young age and it can be an important skill especially in math and science. However, for people who are blind, getting that early exposure to drawing is difficult. A Burlington company called E.A.S.Y. is working to change that by giving the blind much needed tools to draw. They call their tools the inTACT sketchpad and eraser . The sketchpad bright red or blue and roughly the size of an iPad. A magnetic frame secures a special piece of plastic, and a stylus is used to draw. Whenever lines or shapes are drawn, the plastic pops up so the image can be felt. http://digital.vpr.net/post/burlington-company-creating-drawing-tools-blind#stream/0 The Promise of Introducing the Mona Lisa to the Blind The /Mona Lisa/ is among the most famous paintings in the world?revered for centuries, owned by emperors and kings, and visited in the Louvre by approximately 6 million people annually. Still, its beauty and impact are diminished for people who cannot see it because of visual impairment. But that may be about to change if either of two crowdfunding campaigns currently on Indiegogo and Kickstarter succeeds. The one on Indiegogo is a campaign proposed by Unseen Art that?s ?raising $30,000 to create a software platform that would allow those without sight to download famous artworks and 3D-print them.? https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2015/11/20/the-promise-of-introducing-the-mona-lisa-to-the-blind/ 3DPhotoWorks brings art & photography to the visually impaired thru 3D Tactile Fine Art Printing As someone that has spent countless hours in art and photo galleries around the world, I am aware of the profound emotional impact original creative works can have on the observer. Earlier this year, I spent an afternoon exploring the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The award-winning photography hanging on the gallery walls gave me a genuine view of what things looked like during some of the most horrific periods of the Vietnam War. It provided a way for me to gather an honest impression of what was taking place without the typical blurry bias of war. http://www.3ders.org/articles/20151116-3dphotoworks-brings-art-photography-to-the-visually-impaired-thru-3d-printing.html 3D printed Tactile Stave Notation helps visually impaired to better read music notations http://www.3ders.org/articles/20151109-3d-printed-music-notation-system-for-the-visually-impaired.html Musical system bridges gap between blind and sighted musicians https://badgerherald.com/news/2015/11/04/musical-system-bridges-gap-between-blind-and-sighted-musicians/ 3DPhotoWorks Brings Great Art To The Blind Art belongs to everyone and enlightenment is available to all. Thus we present 3DPhotoWorks, a project that aims to bring the ?world?s greatest art? to the blind. The team, led by John Olson wants to convert famous paintings into digitally sculpted objects that blind people can touch and experience. http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/05/3dphotoworks-brings-great-art-to-the-blind/ Mysuru railway station is nation's first visually impaired-friendly With a view to facilitating visually impaired train passengers, tactile maps of the railway station and train schedules in Braille were unveiled at the Mysuru Railway station on Tuesday. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/mysuru-becomes-first-blindfriendly-railway-station/article7837144.ece ?I hope you won?t need it? That was a decade ago. To date, Annette has helped fund computers and desktop braille printers to pilot schools in the Philippines, provided equipment for young students with severe low vision, created the program Touch the Artist?s Vision (in partnership with Metropolitan Museum of Manila and the Rotary club) that turned art works into tactile material and added audio technology for visually impaired citizens to appreciate art, and co-authored and published the book TouchBooks: The Tactile Textbook Project, a publication project with educational images http://thestandard.com.ph/lifestyle/sunday-lifestyle/190792/-i-hope-you-won-t-need-it-.html The Bradley is a captivatingly stylish tactile watch http://the-gadgeteer.com/2015/10/30/the-bradley-is-a-captivatingly-stylish-tactile-watch/ Crowdfunding Campaign Aimed at Helping Blind Experience Artwork http://www.pddnet.com/news/2015/10/crowdfunding-campaign-aimed-helping-blind-experience-artwork Kickstarter: 3DPhotoWorks Fills in the Gaps Left by Art Museums with 3D Tactile Fine Art Prints & Audio http://3dprint.com/102613/kickstarter-3dphotoworks/ 3D Printing Creates Major Breakthrough for Blind People http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/3d-printing-creates-major-breakthrough-for-blind-people-300166064.html Please touch: Tactile textile exhibit - Petting Zoo: The Art of Mrs. Vera http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Tactile-Textile-Exhibit-Please-Touch-Petting-6579859.php From fnugg at online.no Thu Dec 10 11:36:12 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:36:12 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] {Spam?} Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UK, US, 3D Message-ID: <566963AC.1030105@online.no> *Smithsonian American Art Museum **December 2015 Programs* *America InSight : Tours for Visitors who are Blind or Have Low Vision *Thursday, Dec. 17, 3:30 pm Join a docent-led tour designed for visitors who are blind or have low vision. Discover highlights of the collection through rich verbal description and discussion. *Location: *Smithsonian American Art Museum, Meet in F Street Lobby*Tickets: *None http://patch.com/district-columbia/georgetown/december-smithsonian-american-art-museum-0 Brave patient?s art of survival A brain tumour survivor from Sheffield who lost an eye to the disease has rebuilt her life through a passion for art ? and now she is helping other patients with her first exhibition. http://www.thestar.co.uk/what-s-on/out-about/brave-patient-s-art-of-survival-1-6849043 Blind Saudi sculptor to exhibit work in UK A student with a visual disability has been selected to exhibit her work at an international event in the United Kingdom. Zahra Al-Dhamen, a Saudi media student at King Saud University, said the British Council has offered her an opportunity to join other artists with disabilities to participate in the ?Fragile Light and Vision? exhibition in Britain. The project includes art exhibitions and the production of cartoons and digital films, supervised by the British Council to promote a positive public attitude toward people with disabilities. http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/631426 Colour-blind artist hears colours with skull implant http://cbc.sh/epHP5OM https://twitter.com/CBCNews/status/507370016548093952/photo/1 ?I try to assign a face to emotion? Ashvin, aka Docart, on his first solo show and how being partially colour blind ushered in more freedom http://gulfnews.com/i-try-to-assign-a-face-to-emotion-1.1377699 Turkish painter offers hands-on art experience for the blind In 2010, Turkish artist T?rel S?t created an art project "Renkleri Hissetmek" (Sense the Colors) for the blind and partially sighted people, allowing them to touch paintings through embossed panels. His project was introduced in 15 European countries, and will be turned into a museum next year in Switzerland. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, the Germanybased artist criticized the practice of forbidding visitors to touch artwork in museums and galleries. His project aims to enable blind people to access art and has received very positive feedback. "Art is for everyone, not only for those who can see the world," S?t said. The artist's creative works were previously displayed in Germany and Switzerland. "I focused on the eyes and faces of animals in my works. I tried to express their suffering and make them heard," he continued. http://www.dailysabah.com/arts-culture/2014/08/27/turkish-painter-offers-handson-art-experience-for-the-blind At National Gallery, an Effort to Bring Visual Art to the Blind http://dublininquirer.com/2015/12/09/at-national-gallery-an-effort-to-bring-visual-art-to-the-blind/ Amon Carter Museum Gives Blind Hands-on Art Experience Fort Worth's Amon Carter Museum of American Art is filled with visual masterpieces. But the museum is now reaching out to a particular group of visitors and their other senses. http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Amon-Carter-Museum-gives-blind-hands-on-art-experience-361333641.html Blind man creates incredible vibrant paintings using only his sense of touch Though he is blind, John Bramblitt, now 44, from Denton, Texas, has learned to paint using only his sense of touch. http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/01/blind-man-creates-incredible-vibrant-paintings-using-only-his-sense-of-touch-5537556/ 3D artwork and crowd funding links: This 3D artwork could help the blind 'see' famous paintings http://www.techinsider.io/unseen-art-project-helps-the-blind-see-art-2015-12 Unseen Art project aims to recreate classic paintings in 3D http://www.metro.us/entertainment/3-d-technology-allows-the-blind-feel-art/zsJolb---8fXk45ViNiqM/ These 3D-Printed Pictures Could Help The Blind Experience Classic Art http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/12/these-3d-printed-pictures-could-help-the-blind-experience-classic-art/ http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2015/12/01/mona-lisa-goes-3d-for-blind-art-lovers/ http://www.themarysue.com/unseen-art-3d-printing/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3337939/Classical-artwork-printed-3D-allow-blind-feel-world-s-famous-masterpieces.html Art for the blind and visually impaired, thanks to 3D printing http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national/3d-printing-ventures-making-classic-artworks-blin/npXR3/ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/3d-printed-classic-paintings-allow-the-blind-to-see-fine-art-for-the-first-time-a6750186.html Local company helps blind population experience art http://news10.com/2015/11/25/local-company-helps-blind-population-experience-art/ http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/please-touch-the-art-3d-printed-masterworks-for-the-blind http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/20/3d-printing-is-helping-blind-people-see-mona-lisas-smile-for-the-very-first-time-5516197/ VIDEO: Blind Artist Creates Mesmerizing GIFs http://www.ryot.org/video-blind-artist-creates-mesmerizing-gifs/947013 From fnugg at online.no Thu Dec 10 13:06:43 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:06:43 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] photography, maps Message-ID: <566978E3.2020607@online.no> Beauty through the mind?s eye *A photography exhibition featuring works by visually challenged people offers a glimpse of the world through their senses* The very idea of ?blind photography? sounds a little impossible and absurd. But a group of visually challenged people recently showcased a collection of fascinating pictures representing the world through their senses in the capital. In the run-up to World Disability Day, Sightsavers, a development organisation that works to prevent avoidable blindness, teamed up with Beyond Sight Foundation to showcase photographs clicked by visually impaired people who rely on sound, texture, intuition and other senses to become visual artists. The two-day exhibition titled ?#TheBlindView? featured works by six visually impaired photography enthusiasts. http://www.asianage.com/ideas/beauty-through-mind-s-eye-955 Home : Photographs by the blind provide rare glimpses of their world An exhibition of photographs by the visually impaired took place at the British Council here on December 1 and 2 on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. On display were about 30 photographs depicting different themes which blind participants had taken of other blind or visually impaired participants doing a series of activities, including their routine work. http://netindian.in/news/2015/12/04/00035900/photographs-blind-provide-rare-glimpses-their-world Seeing differently: Visually impaired and sighted photographers collaborate to create unique images The New York-based Seeing With Photography Collective brings together both visually impaired and sighted photographers, who collaborate to create beautiful, unique works of photographic art. In addition to holding numerous exhibitions around the world, it also published a book titled /Shooting Blind: Photographs by the Visually Impaired/ http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2015/12/03/seeing-differently-visually-impaired-photographers-create-unique-images Exhibition of and by the visually challenged http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/exhibition-of-and-by-the-visually-challenged-115120200245_1.html The image is changing http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-image-is-changing/article7941922.ece Raleigh thrift store employs blind and visually impaired workers Nathan Southern, assistant manager at Sightly Worn, stands near the special photography corner he created in the Raleigh store that employs people who are visually impaired or blind. Southern, who has limited vision, studied photography in college Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/north-raleigh-news/article46809170.html#storylink=cpy http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/north-raleigh-news/article46809170.html 3D project aims to help the blind 'see' art http://www.king5.com/story/news/features/2015/10/31/3dphotoworks-luc-gandarious-art-mona-lisa-van-gogh-blind-vision-impaired/74906220/ Photography for the Visually http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-photography-for-the-visually-impaired-2051739 Sangmyung University Exhibits Photos by Visually Impaired http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20141125001110 Ability is in the Mind http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/ability-is-in-the-mind/article6544715.ece Startup Wayfindr gets $1M from Google to help the visually impaired get around The British nonprofit wants to set a global standard for using audio descriptions to guide people with little or no vision. A trial run is under way on the London Underground. http://www.cnet.com/news/startup-wayfindr-aims-to-help-the-visually-impaired-get-around/ Versoteq Completes Mobile App & Indoor 3D Printed Tactile Maps, Testing TactMap Platform http://3dprint.com/106430/versoteq-tactile-maps-slush/ http://www.3ders.org/articles/20151118-versoteq-displays-3d-printed-tactile-maps-at-slush-2015-plans-launch-of-3d-printable-map-service.html Versoteq http://versoteq.com/work http://tactmap.com/ Tactile maps at Mysuru station http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/tactile-maps-at-mysuru-station/article7839603.ece BlindWiki is a new app that creates a sensory map of a city to help people who are vision impaired http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/inner-west/blindwiki-is-a-new-app-that-creates-a-sensory-map-of-a-city-to-help-people-who-are-vision-impaired/story-fngr8h4f-1227551940050