[Artists-making-art] Chris Heckel

Wed Jul 3 02:24:32 UTC 2013

Ah, I am not there! I am in western Pennsylvania!
Have fun, everyone.
Lynda McKinney Lambert
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  From: Ann at acunningham.com 
  To: An exploration of art by and for blind persons 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 8:11 PM
  Subject: Re: [Artists-making-art] Chris Heckel

  this is indeed very exciting to hear of two more artists. If either of you are in Orlando this week we have a drop in art room with lots of things to explore. I think you are here Chris, correct? Did you come in today? We are open Wednesday too from 1pm to 6pm. We have five artist exhibiting tactile artwork. Three are blind and two sighted but all touchable. 

  We are in room W202A which is in the Orange County Convention Center but easy to get to from the Rosen Center Hotel. Take the bridge from the second floor and it is the first door on the right  along the main hallway after you pass the escalators on your right. Hope to see you both there and be sure to introduce yourself I would love to meet you. 

  We have home made play dough and Sensational BlackBoards, the raised line drawing boards that you can play with until your heart is content. I can show you some techniques that we have been using at the Colorado Center for the Blind. 

  All the best,  

  Ann

  Ann Cunningham
  Tactile Art - a creative way to see the world!
  303 238 4760
  ann at acunningham.com
  http://www.acunningham.com
  http://www.sensationalbooks.com 

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    Subject: Re: [Artists-making-art] Chris Heckel
    From: "Lynda Lambert" <llambert at zoominternet.net>
    Date: Tue, July 02, 2013 12:04 pm
    To: "An exploration of art by and for blind persons"
    <artists-making-art at nfbnet.org>

    this is very exciting to me! I am a visual artist who lost my sight 6 years ago - and have learned how to create again by learning how to adapt to non-visual techniques and adaptive technologies.  After nearly 6 years of working very hard, I have come back to "full steam ahead" with my work.
    Thank you for sharing this information.

    Lynda McKinney Lambert, Author and Fine Artist

    http://www.lyndalambert.com
    http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com

    Recent feature stories on my career: see attachment.

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      From: Chris Heckel 
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      Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 2:27 PM
      Subject: [Artists-making-art] Chris Heckel

      Hi
      My name is Chris Heckel.  I’m a student of Dr. Paul Gabias, a leader in the National Federation of the Blind who lives in Canada, and works as a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna BC.  I have taken two of his courses, the Psychology of Touch I and the Psychology of Touch II. 
      In the Psychology of Touch II course, I Learned about the research to date on how blind and sighted people take  lines and patterns of lines to represent objects, layouts of objects and events. 
      During one class, I had the opportunity to meet Dr. John Kennedy, the pioneer in the field of haptic pictures of and for the blind.  My respect for Dr. Kennedy and Dr. Gabias, among other things, led me to pursue this line of investigation.  I am fascinated by the similarities and possible differences with respect to how blind and sighted people deal with representational systems for depicting objects, scenes and events.  I’m interested in drawings, because that’s what I’ve studied so far.
      Dr. Gabias and I will be meeting with Dr. Al Maneki and his team at E.A.S.Y. LLC.  They have the beginnings of an entire line of products that allow for the creation, editing, digital transmission and reproduction of raised line drawings.  In  a draft article that Dr. Maneki has sent to Dr. Gabias, entitled:
      The Dawn of the Age of Tactile Fluency:
      Let the Revolution Begin!
      Dr. Maneki wrote: “Up to now, parents of every blind child have inevitably run up against this vexing problem: “My blind child will be taking Geometry next year. Now, what do we do with all of those drawings?””
      Indeed, what do we do with “all of those drawings”?  And further, what meanings can lines and patterns of lines take on, in “all of those drawings”?
      That’s the question that I would like to explore in my studies with Dr. Gabias
      So, Dr. Gabias suggested that I become familiar with the National Federation of the Blind, its people, its philosophy of blindness and its structure.  That’s what I’m coming to the convention to do.  I anticipate that this convention will only be my first, in a long line of future conventions.
      I’m writing this article, simply to introduce myself to you, and to ask for your help.
      Because my explorations are very preliminary, I’m wanting to have conversations with people about all kinds of things, but particularly depiction.  In the course of our conversations, I hope to be able to show you a few drawings and ask you for your impressions about them.
      I wanted you to  know a little something about me, before the convention, should I get the opportunity to meet you.  Please look me up if you are interested in meeting me.  I’m staying at the Rosen Centre Hotel.  I’ll be arriving on the 30th of June, at around 10 PM.  You just have to look me up, by asking to be connected to my room by the hotel switch board.
      I’m looking forward to meeting you all,
      Best Regards
      Chris Heckel

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