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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Enclosed: 3 essays to accompany 3 of my art works -
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>I had to laugh at the tactile art description you
gave here. I understand!!! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>My own art is made exactly as I made my art for
the past 30 plus years - I do not think "tactile" at all, but I think
"conceptual art." Since I lost my sight 7 years ago, this is something I have
encountered, that a blind artist would not be held to the same standards as a
sighted artist. That would put me in a very tenuous position, as an
artist. When I enter my work in exhibitions it is almost never known by
the juror that I have sight loss. It is only after the work is on
exhibition that anyone comes to know that about the artist who made it. Blind
artists must be held to the same standards as any other artist who expects to be
included in high quality exhibitions, I believe.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>The event that occurred last week was a culmination
of a series of workshops taught by professional artists who worked with blind
people - the artist had to learn HOW blind people learn things and how they
envision concepts, and how to place or use the tools and materials so that they
are usable to the blind person. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>All of the people who took these workshops were
blind - and some of them were artists in other mediums than what they did at the
workshops, but most had no art background. They had the desire to learn and as
with all people, no sight is ever necessary to use the imagination and intuition
- which all artists must have to produce their work.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>I have no experience in putting together a show
that is blind accessable - I will be doing it in March for the first time, at
the Merrick Art Gallery, New Brighton, PA. It is a two-person exhibition with my
pottery and mixed media fiber works, and a painter who is legally blind. We both
use the Acrobat CCTV to produce our work. I use it for doing my mixed media
pieces, but I use only touch for my pottery work.My vision is very low,
considered to be "profound sight loss." The painter I am doing the show will is
at the opposite end of the spectrum, and is "legally blind." </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>One problem for many people with a small amount of
vision is the colors of the gallery and the pedestals - white and white. It is
blinding to most people with sight loss. They need strong contrast to "see" the
space - and to walk in the space. Since most shows have white pedestals,
white walks, and wooden floors - it is a nightmare to navigate for a blind
person. I can only see strong contrasts, and in such a light space, I have to
have on special glasses because that much light would give me severe headaches,
and make me unable to see anything at all. With contrasts, I do not even need to
use my white cane as I can navagate the space very well.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>The show we are doing in March will have braille
labels along with text labels for the works. My pottery would be
considered tactile and could be seen by touch - my mixed media works could not
be touched at all - so they would hav to have a description. We will have a
short video that will run on a loop - it will show the progression of some of
the works from beginning to end - and it will have voices behind the photos of
the works that will be describing the work and the process. But, it will not be
an instructional kind of description - it will be carefully written essays
or poems, that will be read. The essay will focus on the CONCEPT, with mention
of process in it. I will enclose one of my essays that will accompany one
of the pieces so you can get the idea I am working with.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>If I can be of any further help, please just ask
me. This is a very exciting thing, TOUCH ART, isn't it! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Lynda McKinney Lambert</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4><A
href="http://www.lyndalambert.com">http://www.lyndalambert.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pece03@gmail.com href="mailto:pece03@gmail.com">Patricia C. Estes</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=artists-making-art@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:artists-making-art@nfbnet.org">An exploration of art by and for
blind persons</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 21, 2014 7:28
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Artists-making-art] In the
NEWS today!</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4>Hi Linda,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4>Patty Estes in Maine here.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4>I am working with a woman from the Iris Center
for the Blind to help to make our state museum and a couple of our more famous
art museums (Portland Art Museum and the Farnsworth Museum with the Wyeth
Center) accessible to the blind through audio description. We are just
starting and I am wondering if you could point me to a process or standard
that is used successfully.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4>Also, we have had an art exhibit by disabled
people, but I am wondering if an art exhibit by blind artists
needs/should/would be expected to be all tactile entries? Were there any
visual pieces with description at the event you just participated
in?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4>This is so wonderful-thank you for opening
doors for the rest of us!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4>Patty Estes</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=llambert@zoominternet.net
href="mailto:llambert@zoominternet.net">Lynda Lambert</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=artists-making-art@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:artists-making-art@nfbnet.org">An exploration of art by and for
blind persons</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 21, 2014 5:47
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Artists-making-art] In
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Hi Ann,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>A film was made during the course of these
workshops and it was launched at the seminar last Thursday afternoon.
It was a two hour program, with an enormous attendance of blind and sighted
people. There were many conversations happening between the two groups
and lots of mingling and mixing - not a situation where blind people are
here, and sighted people are there, and the two never really mix which is
often the case. It was a most wonderful day, celebrating an entire series of
interactive workshops since last summer. Discussions are now going on for
developing the next round of programming and grant funding.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>For the March show, I will be showing pottery
and mixed-media fibers (bead working). AS for how many pieces:</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Arial>Fibers_ for
Walls:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>14<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Arial>Fibers_ Talisman:
8<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Arial>Pottery for
Walls:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>10<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Arial>Pottery_ For flat
display: <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Arial>Boxes:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>16<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Arial>Platters:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Arial>Installation
Group: 1<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Arial>Bowls:
10</FONT></SPAN></P>
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align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </P>
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align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face=Arial>Lynda</FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<A title=Ann@acunningham.com
href="mailto:Ann@acunningham.com">Ann@acunningham.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=artists-making-art@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:artists-making-art@nfbnet.org">An exploration of art by and
for blind persons</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 21, 2014 1:04
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Artists-making-art] In
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<DIV>This is really fantastic, both the article and your art! Beautiful. I
wish Be nice to get in touch with that piece. Do you think the other
artists might want to join us on this listserv? It would be nice to get
more threads going. Congratulations. </DIV>
<DIV>Is there any chance I could listen to a recording of the panel
discussion? </DIV>
<DIV>How many pieces do you anticipate having ready for your March
exhibit?</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: andale mono,times">Ann
Cunningham</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: andale mono,times"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Tactile Art - a
creative way to see the world!</SPAN></EM></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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Sat, January 18, 2014 8:08 am<BR>To: <<A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Hello friends!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>I am so excited to be able to share this
beautiful story with you today. It is in the today's issue of the
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - you can read the story, and click on the
photos. You'll find ME there, with my art work. The photo was taken
after the Touch Art Seminar on Thursday, at the Pittsburgh Center for
the Arts. I was one of the four panelists at the seminar - and
there was a large audience in attendance. It was such a fulfilling and
educational day for all of us!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>My piece I am with in the photo in today's
Tribune Review is: <FONT color=#800000><STRONG><EM> The Dragon's
Healing Breastplate. <FONT color=#000000>It's</FONT>
</EM></STRONG></FONT> on display at the Pittsburgh Center for the
Arts, just two more days, as part of The New Collective
exhibition. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Click here to read the
article:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4><A
href="http://triblive.com/aande/moreaande/5340854-74/art-arts-vision#axzz2qftU80BU"
target=_blank>http://triblive.com/aande/moreaande/5340854-74/art-arts-vision#axzz2qftU80BU</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>This particular art work is so
special to me because it's creation became my pathway to
the healing of my personal and professional life after I suffered
profound sight loss in 2007. I had started work on this
piece just prior to my sight loss. The piece became the driving
force that propelled me to wholeness. I was determined to be the
ARTIST I had been my entire life, and I struggled through the creation
of this work for nearly 6 (SIX) years before I was able to complete it.
</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>You will be able to see this work, and many
other of my newest pieces in an upcoming exhibition at the Merrick Art
Gallery, New Brighton, PA. I'll be doing a 2 person show with Suzanne
Gibson. The opening will be <STRONG><U><FONT color=#008000>Friday
night, March 7th - from 6 - 9 pm.</FONT></U></STRONG> It will be a Wine
and Cheese reception and I would be so pleased if you would mark your
calendar and come see the new works in pottery and mixed-media bead
working I have done especially for this exhibition. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>This is your PERSONAL invitation from ME!!!
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Thanks a million for your long-time support
of my art career.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>With best regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Lynda McKinney Lambert, MFA<BR>Artist,
Educator, Author<BR>104 River Road, Ellwood City, PA 16117<BR><A
href="http://www.lyndalambert.com"
target=_blank>http://www.lyndalambert.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>You can visit my website (above) for
current information on publications, exhibitions, lectures, and new
work.</FONT></DIV>
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