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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Anna, thank you for the name and author of that
book. I would love to read it and I hope I can find an audio
version.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Brainstorming does get the creative juices going,
but I have to hand it to Linda and all of the effort that went into preparing
her work for exhibit...essays and all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>I guess an artist knows what type of art they do.
But Wicky notwithstanding, I was thrilled to let my mind roam with the larger
meaning of "conceptual art" and am going with that. I like this new
found limitless view. My mother may not have been a conventional teacher,
but the "creativity" in our home was very conventional and traditional...even
geometrics was risky. .</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Great stuff, Anna! Thank you-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Patty</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>There is so much to learn isn't there? I trust Lynda isn't against touch
art, she just isn't focused on it.</DIV>
<DIV>Lynda is creating conceptual art and I am creating tactile art and Pete
Brown is creating multi-sensory art. </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Wikipedia's definition of Conceptual Art is:</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Conceptual art</B>, sometimes simply called Conceptualism, is <A
title=Art href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art">art</A> in which
the <A title=Concept
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept">concept</A>(s) or <A
title=Idea href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea">idea</A>(s) involved in
the work take precedence over traditional <A title=Aesthetics
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetics">aesthetic</A> and material
concerns. Many works of conceptual art, sometimes called <A
title="Installation art"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Installation_art">installations</A>, may be
constructed by anyone simply by following a set of written instructions.<SUP
id=cite_ref-1 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptual_art#cite_note-1">[1]</A></SUP> This
method was fundamental to American artist <A title="Sol LeWitt"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_LeWitt">Sol LeWitt</A>'s definition of
Conceptual art, one of the first to appear in print:</DIV>
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<DIV>In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of
the work. When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of
the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a
perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.<SUP
id=cite_ref-2 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptual_art#cite_note-2">[2]</A></SUP></DIV>
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<DIV>I am a big fan of Conceptual Art and I can hardly wait to see what
Lynda is up to. My art being tactile is all about the mind / hand
connection. I love seeing what kind of acrobatics I can get them to do. It
is endlessly fascinating to me to make amusement parks for my hands and to
see how my mind reacts. </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>We should get Pete Brown in on this discussion because he is very
focused on multi-sensory art, perhaps the most intentionally inclusive of
all. Maybe yes, maybe no. I would love to hear what he has to say about
it.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I would also like to suggest Busser Howell, he is the author of 20/20
Blindsight and his input would be really interesting to have too. He has
very strong opinions and they are not at all mine. If you haven't read his
book you might pick it up. He is a blind painter and he interviews about 20
or so blind artists and asks specific questions about how they conceive of
art. It is a book unlike any other and it has given me lots to think
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<DIV><SPAN
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I think you are genius, maybe we can put together an art fair at NFB in
Baltimore and all decorate the barricades! I would love nothing
better!</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Back to work - thanks to you all this conversation is very fun.
Ann</DIV>
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creative way to see the world!</SPAN></EM></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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[Artists-making-art] In the NEWS today!<BR>From: "Patricia C. Estes" <<A
href="mailto:pece03@gmail.com">pece03@gmail.com</A>><BR>Date: Wed,
January 22, 2014 3:16 pm<BR>To: "An exploration of art by and for blind
persons"<BR><<A
href="mailto:artists-making-art@nfbnet.org">artists-making-art@nfbnet.org</A>><BR>Cc:
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>AnnaAnna,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>I told you that I am learning as fast as I
can. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Let me share with you Lesson Number
One:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>You can't say "tactile art" in front of
Linda...she does not want to exclude the sighted, or even imply it. Isn't
this genius?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Lesson Number Two:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>It is called "Conceptual Art"...I think I've
got that right. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Words mean things and this word "conceptual"
is so freeing to me, and inclusive, too!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>It is exciting and I have no idea how many
are receiving our e-mails...this list serve may think this Mainiac is just
that! But I feel this will spread, precisely because of no
boundaries.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Ahhh! "Art without Borders"!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Here's to the Tipping Point forshared
experience in art and the message of Dr. Jernigan (in my little
opinion...hey! "on the barricades"...what if we decorate it???)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Have a good evening-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Patty Estes</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=Ann@acunningham.com href="mailto:Ann@acunningham.com"
target=_blank>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" target=_blank>An exploration
of art by and for blind persons</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 22, 2014
4:22 PM</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Lynda, I have been reading yours and Patty's exchange and am very
excited to hear what you guys are cooking up. I would love to be included
if I could in the next program and the discussion with the organizers. I
teach art at the Colorado Center for the Blind. I am a tactile artist who
is sighted. I would love to take workshops from artists who are blind.
That is a great idea. </DIV>
<DIV> I am on my way out to purchase materials for our next
exhibit at the Denver Art Museum. We have a new Access Coordinator who is
wonderful and we are now making tactile as well as other accessible
elements for all the shows. We have been working together on this program
since the early 2000s but it seems like now it is really ready to take
off. It helps a great deal that the Denver Art Museum has placed enough
value on the role of the Access Coordinator to make it a full time job and
not an additional part to someone's job.</DIV>
<DIV> All the best wishes for your upcoming show. </DIV>
<DIV> Ann </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: andale mono,times">Ann
Cunningham</SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Tactile Art - a
creative way to see the world!</SPAN></EM></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: andale mono,times">303 238
4760</SPAN></DIV>
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Re: [Artists-making-art] In the NEWS today!<BR>From: "Lynda Lambert"
<<A href="mailto:llambert@zoominternet.net"
target=_blank>llambert@zoominternet.net</A>><BR>Date: Wed, January
22, 2014 1:56 pm<BR>To: "An exploration of art by and for blind
persons"<BR><<A href="mailto:artists-making-art@nfbnet.org"
target=_blank>artists-making-art@nfbnet.org</A>><BR><BR>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Good Afternoon, Patty,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>So very nice to get your comments - and the
humor you have here made me smile and sit back and reflect awhile as i
listened to the note.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>I just send off the publicity blurbs for
our March show, and sent off the labeling to the Blind Association here
in my county - they will be doing the labeling for us. I am so excited
to do this! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>OH, I forgot to mention that the Touch Art
program is NOW beginning to think about and brainsorm the next round of
workshops. AND, we have the notion that the next time we can be doing
BLIND artists TEACHING blind folded sited persons how to make art the
way WE DO IT. HOW does that sound? I think it is very
exciting - WE are the TEACHERS, they are the LEARNERS perhaps.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>If you want to contact the program
directors who put that all together I will give you their email
addresses by sending an introductory note to them so you THREE can have
communications. OK? They can answer any questions you have since they
are the founders and owners of the Touch Art Program in Pittsburgh,
PA. Perhaps something could be done to connect what they do with
NFB artists in the future in some way. Just thinking out loud.
lol</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Lynda</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
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<A title=pece03@gmail.com href="mailto:pece03@gmail.com"
target=_blank>Patricia C. Estes</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=artists-making-art@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:artists-making-art@nfbnet.org" target=_blank>An
exploration of art by and for blind persons</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=AMooney@theiris.org
href="mailto:AMooney@theiris.org" target=_blank>Amber Mooney</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 22, 2014
10:18 AM</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Oh, Linda! Thank you for your time and
teaching! You are exactly right and Dr. Jernigan would be pleased.
He'd be winking at me,"Ahhh, Patty! You are not thinking this
through!" I love learning and to combine it with philosophy and
art...just wonderful.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>I don't mean to gush, Linda, but oh
well!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Thank you and I am sharing this
information from you with Amber Mooney from the Iris
Network.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Patty Estes</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=llambert@zoominternet.net
href="mailto:llambert@zoominternet.net" target=_blank>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" target=_blank>An
exploration of art by and for blind persons</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 22,
2014 6:53 AM</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Enclosed: 3 essays to accompany 3 of my
art works - </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial><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 size=4 face=Arial>I had to laugh at the tactile art
description you gave here. I understand!!! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial>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>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 <A href="http://work.My"
target=_blank>work.My</A> 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>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial>Lynda McKinney Lambert</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial><A href="http://www.lyndalambert.com"
target=_blank>http://www.lyndalambert.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
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<A title=pece03@gmail.com href="mailto:pece03@gmail.com"
target=_blank>Patricia C. Estes</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=artists-making-art@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:artists-making-art@nfbnet.org" target=_blank>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>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Hi Linda,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Patty Estes in Maine
here.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>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 size=4 face=Georgia>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>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>This is so wonderful-thank you for
opening doors for the rest of us!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Patty Estes</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=llambert@zoominternet.net
href="mailto:llambert@zoominternet.net" target=_blank>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" target=_blank>An
exploration of art by and for blind persons</A> </DIV>
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2014 5:47 PM</DIV>
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[Artists-making-art] In the NEWS today!</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Hi Ann,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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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<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
class=MsoNormal 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></DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face=Arial>Fibers_ Talisman: 8<O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
class=MsoNormal 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></DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face=Arial>Pottery_ For flat display:
<O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face=Arial>Boxes:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>16<O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face=Arial>Platters:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>3<O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face=Arial>Installation Group: 1<O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face=Arial>Bowls: 10</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face=Arial>Lynda</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re:
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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>
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today!<BR>From: "Lynda Lambert" <<A
href="mailto:llambert@zoominternet.net"
target=_blank>llambert@zoominternet.net</A>><BR>Date:
Sat, January 18, 2014 8:08 am<BR>To: <<A
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Hello friends!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Click here to read the
article:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial><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>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>This is your PERSONAL
invitation from ME!!! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Thanks a million for your
long-time support of my art career.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>With best regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>You can visit my website
(above) for current information on publications,
exhibitions, lectures, and new work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
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