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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Patricia, my friend tried to send you a note but it
was rejected by the source as she is not a member of NFB. If you should want to
talk with her, I can give you her phone number or else you could send her an
email with her address.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>I think it's so interesting that you have always
made art and had a life-long interest in art. It's so very different than what
most people would think about, isn't it. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>She does not have a personal website. This will be
her first exhibition of her art work, ever! She has never participated in
anything like this before.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>I think the way she is making the art is not
tactile at all because she uses a CCTV to do it. That would indicate to me that
she is working visually, but she is intentionally making some of the paintings
tactile so that people with sight loss can feel the images in them. She
has stargardts disease, so have been very gradually losing her sight over many
years. She has just been diagnosed about a year ago as being "legally
blind" so she still had a lot of vision, sees detail and color very clearly, she
says. I would be at the opposite range of the scale as I am about two
steps away from completely blind. My sight was lost very quickly, with Ischemic
Optic Neuropathy - that means something happened to make my optic nerve swell
and shut off oxygen to the brain and made me blind nearly instantly.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>All of my pottery is made non-visually from
beginning to end. I have help with mixing my glazes - my hubby helps me with
that. And, he helps me when glazing to be sure that glaze has gone where I
expected it to be. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>How did you begin drawing? what inspired you
to begin doing it, as a child? Can you talk a little bit about how it all began
and how you experienced it during the process of art making? I am so interested
in learning more of what you do, Patricia.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Lynda</FONT></DIV>
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<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
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blind persons</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 01, 2014 2:21
PM</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4>Linda,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4>wonderful new venues (hospital/therapy
settings) to appreciate art and artists and the Inner Artist in each
person.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4>Does your partner in these two exhibits,
Suzanne, have a web site? I am curious how she uses paint in a tactile way.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4>Your "story" is inspiring. My dream was to go
to art school, but growing up blind in Maine, I was told that "blind people
can't do art"...even though I was drawing with different leads, charcoal, etc
for hours daily. And now, as I come back to my art (which had gone the oil on
canvas route and now I "stick stuff to stuff", as you know), I have been
diagnosed with MS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4>I take courage in your energy and persistence
and imagination and that you see clearly the spaces in daily life for beauty
and creativity.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4>Patty Estes</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=llambert@zoominternet.net
href="mailto:llambert@zoominternet.net">Lynda Lambert</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=hkdawn@yahoo.com
href="mailto:hkdawn@yahoo.com">Heather Kirkwood</A> ; <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> Saturday, January 25, 2014 9:10
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Artists-making-art]
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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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Lynda</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
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<A title=hkdawn@yahoo.com href="mailto:hkdawn@yahoo.com">Heather
Kirkwood</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=artists-making-art@nfbnet.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 22, 2014
4:49 PM</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>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: large">Vice President/Chief Communications
Officer</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>One South Road</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Personal blog: <A
href="http://www.heatherkirkwood.blogspot.com/" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>www.heatherkirkwood.blogspot.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Search the Web at <A href="http://www.goodsearch.com/"
target=_blank rel=nofollow>www.goodsearch.com</A> and choose the HPS
Network as your charity! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=5><B>HPS New York Conference - March 7 - 9,
2014</B></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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>This is so exciting on so many levels!
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Lynda</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></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/wordpress" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>http://www.lyndalambert.com/wordpress</A></FONT></DIV>
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