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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Hi Heather,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Wish you were near here, too! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Suzanne Gibson and I are working on two exhibitions
for this year - they are scheduled to be in western Pennsylvania.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Exhibition Title: Vision and Revision: Two
artists with limited sight, not limited vision.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Suzanne Gibson: Paintings on canvas
(tactile)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Lynda Lambert: Pottery (Tactile) and Mixed
Media Fibers/Bead Working (Visual)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Show one: Merrick Art Gallery, New Brighton,
PA</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4> March 7
- April 3</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4> On March 22,
we will be in the gallery making art and will have a "meet the artist and
demo"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4> At the
opening reception, we will do a short "Artists Walk Through" of the show for
people - each of us will talk about 2 of
the works we have created for the show.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4> On another afternoon, I will
meet with students in the "Women in the Arts" course, at Geneva
College.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4> I was the professor who created
this course and taught it before my retirement six years ago.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4> I will meet the class in the
gallery. My discussion will focus on three aspects:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4> historical context of the
work in the show;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4> blindness issues and art
making;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4> philisophical influences,
personal world view, and concepts that shape my work. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>The Second Show will be in a very different kind of
space. It will be in Jameson hospital, New Castle, PA in a brand new wing
that has been created for urgent care. When the rchitects designed this
place, they planned for an exhibition space for artists that would bring in
healing art. The shows change every three months. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>The show will be on display from April 14 - July
5th.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>The format will be the same for the opening
reception, and the artist's demo mid-way into the show's run.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>For both of these shows we will have Braille
labeling along with the regular wall text (thanks to the great advice I just got
from Ann! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4> We will have a video of the two
artists - with their work in progress and showing time lapse of the work being
created to the finished product. For the video we have written some very
short essays and poems about art, sight loss, and doing the work. In the
background of the video, you can hear the stories of the artists and the works.
This way a blind person can get insight into the work even when they cannot see
the work visually. They can not only experience the making of the work,
the finished pieces, but the thought process of the artist during creation of
the work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>The video will run on a loop in the gallery, and
will also be playing on small screens in other places for visitors to stop and
have a look and listen to the art/artists.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>One of the venues I am brainstorming with
plans to have my ehxibition available to all patients in the hospital (that is
not yet built) via their TV screen. So even if they are bed fast and cannot come
into the gallery space, they can still visit the show through technology.
That is in the planning stages but not for a year or two following completion of
the building. You know, 50 percent of all new construction of Hospitals is
including art galleries - this is a new way of thinking about art, isn't
it. People are recognizing that art has healing powers, and that people
who are sick and those who are discouraged can be uplifted and even helped in
the healing process through experiencing art. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Lynda</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>This work is so exciting. As you all get these shows organized,
please let us know! I'd love to advertise them to my membership if they are
open to the public. Wish I was in the areas myself so I could go -
grin! </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Heather Kirkwood</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>On Wednesday, January 22, 2014 3:06 PM,
Lynda Lambert <llambert@zoominternet.net> wrote:<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>I am connecting you three to each other via this
email as I think there is mutual interest and information you may each have
for sharing with each other. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Kirsten and Tirzah are the founders, owners,
and coordinators of the Creative Citizens Studio in Pittsburgh, PA. they
coordinated the Touch Art Seminar, a series of workshops that brought blind
and sighted people together last fall, to make art, at one of Pittsburgh most
notable art institutions. It is a very successful endeavor.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Patricia Estes is working on creating blind
friendly exhibitions at a couple of galleries/museums in Maine, and she is
connected with the National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore, MD. She
recently contacted me with questions about the Touch Art Seminar after seeing
the Tribune Review article - so I think she would love to have more
conversations with you both since you have the answers! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>This is so exciting on so many levels!
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Lynda</FONT></DIV>
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<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/wordpress" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>http://www.lyndalambert.com/wordpress</A></FONT></DIV>
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