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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Again, thanks for this info...will see how to get
on the Crafters' Corner list serve.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Patty</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=llambert@zoominternet.net
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 02, 2014 8:38
AM</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Hi Amy and Patty,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>This conversation is for anyone who is interested
in participating, Amy. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Patty, I did not realize I had sent out the list
email address to Kirsten Ervan who runs the Touch Art program, so
she was not able to respond - I do think you have to be on the list to respond
and participate - which makes sense. In the event that there are some
folks here who can see a bit via use of Zoomtext or some other program like
that (this is how I see things on the computer) I will attach a photo of me
with a piece of my work and a copy of a recent article. The photo
appeared in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review newspaper a couple weeks ago, along
with a story on the Touch Art Seminar where I was one of the panelists.
I am not involved with the program, except for doing a discussion at the
seminar, but it is a very wonderful program that brings sighted and
blind people together to make art and have fun in the process. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> Amy, there is another list
through NFB that you may be interested in contacting, too. It is the
Krafters-Korner group, and through that group blind people can learn how to do
just about anything in arts or crafts you may want to do. They teach
classes through conference calls - which is amazing. I taught several classes
this way for the group - I taught an Intro. to Pottery, and several hands-on
pottery making courses. It was fun for all of us. I have also taken a
number of courses with the group, too. So, look them up and see what might be
there for you to learn. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> There are also "tools" that
can enable blind people to draw - there are so many things available for
learning how to make art through tactile means - that group can give you lots
of additional information on it all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> I will be a speaker at the
"President's Conference on Disabilities and Inclusion" at Slippery Rock
University of PA in March. I will do two different presentations at
this conference.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Presentation Number One: Myths of
Blindness: Next Steps to Recovery and Rehabilitation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Presentation Number Two: Vision and
Revision: Making Art with Limited Sight, Not Limited Vision.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> As part of both of the
presentations, I will have a display of my art, both pottery and
mixed-media fiber works.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>And, of course, I will have some pieces that are
"in-process" so that the people attending can understand how I work
non-visually and/or with technologies to produce my work. And, I will
talk about the possibilities that are taking form for artists who are
blind, exhibition opportunities, and how they can have a very creative and
satisfying life in the arts. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> I'd be interested in hearing
stories from others who are making art and exhibiting in galleries or
museums, too. Art is about communication and this is how we communicate
through our gifts in art, by showing what we do and bringing others into our
world through the work of our hands. I do believe, as Patricia has said,
that art is a common ground where everyone can meet - and everyone can
enjoy. And, yes, Patty, you mention the pure magic of it all - that is
what I feel, too. I say, 'My art is pure magic. Come and have an experience
for yourself when you enter the gallery." My sight loss has only
intensified my love of art, and in many ways, has expanded it and made it even
richer and deeper.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Love hearing from you all! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Lynda</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=belovedconsecrated2god@gmail.com
href="mailto:belovedconsecrated2god@gmail.com">Amy Ragain</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 01, 2014 10:42
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Artists-making-art]
making art</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>sorry to butt in here but I have been following along with
your convo. I wish you guys could somehow teach me what you do. I used to
love to draw when I was younger. now I can't see well enough to do or so I
thought anyway...
<DIV>anyway, perhaps the motterator can tell me if I'm correct or not but I
don't think you have to be a member of the NFB to message the list. I
thought you only had to join the list.<BR>
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<DIV>On Feb 1, 2014, at 8:31 PM, Patricia C. Estes wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Good evening,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Art in all forms is just plain fascinating.
You are kind to ask me about how I became "inspired." But
first...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>I didn't know one had to be in NFB to be on
this list. Too bad-for NFB! I am so glad that Suzanne tried to reach out
to me-have her try my personal email:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia><A
href="mailto:pece03@gmail.com">pece03@gmail.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>I, too, have Stargart's and was found to be
legally blind by age eleven. But before that I was far-sighted and can
recall that. I think the way to describe my vision, now at age 60, is that
it is like an Impressionist painting-it has gone from like a Renoir to
more washed out like a Monet (who they now think had RP). I would be so
pleased to speak with Suzanne, and you, too-but you are pretty
busy!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Linda, I have a conference call number that
I have used for my Holistic Healthcare & Psychology business and if
you ever want to talk as a small group, it is no problem to use that
line.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Our daughter-in-law's family is from
Scranton, is that anywhere near your exhibits coming up?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>I think art, details and writing is just in
me. But it didn't hurt to have a self-taught artist and art teacher for a
mom! All four of us kids produced several pieces through our up bringing
just as a part of normal activity in the house. Mom taught me by age five
or so about drawing perspective by using a square with a point on the
horizon line to draw a barn-kids find those "tricks" fascinating! Then to
corral us all and slow us down, she would put a piece of paper in front of
each of us. Then she would draw three lines of varying styles on our
paper and tell us to make a picture out of it and sometimes she would time
us. These were our games with her-no Candyland, thank
goodness.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Art pencils and erasers were always around
and I still had quite a bit of vision and loved to sketch and would draw a
portrait from a photo, sketch dried oak leaves but mostly spent hours
daily drawing fashion design. I went from realism to the minimalist and
suggestive lines of fashion. I didn't want to go through all of the intro
art at the Liberal Arts college (Colby) I went to-"The History of Art" was
a staple on our coffee tables and often part of discussion-especially as
Mom lectured on art appreciation and had a fun way to take apart the Mona
Lisa and then reconstruct the genius of it, in spite of the ill
proportioned body parts.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>I say it was all a part of me because
when my dad (Yankee that he was) suggested making money with art talents
(He told us to paint rocks and the tourists would buy them...what a silly
thought! and it sounded like work...the selling part.) and when my English
professor suggested that my writing could be published, that sounded like
work, too. I just do what I do. Sharing what I do for the fun and love of
it is entirely another thing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Now, as I have returned to art with much
less vision, I am sorting out what it is that I do. I like working with
mica, spraying paint and discover lots of uses for doo-dads like feathers
and sand paper and old lace and pressed flowers. But would love to work
with large clumps of oil paints!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Linda, I can't imagine losing sight so
suddenly. What you are doing is an illustration not only of your spirit,
but also of the creative drive. I certainly agree with you that most
people do not think of things like artists do or even those who appreciate
art do. Everything around us is magical. Painting a sky at sunset the way
it is truly playing out...well, people would find the painting or image
unbelievable. Nature is the Master Artist. And seeing balance and
composition in every day life is such fun and no accident.. It just all
shows up as a gift!! And then there's textures, textiles and a whole
'nother email!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>OK...enough. I have no formal training and
would not know how to do a Touch Art sort of event and guide people
through. But the concept is irrestable! It would be great to have an art
class in the large room at the center. It is wonderful how you describe
the sighted and the blind mingling at an exhibit and how you are bringing
art into hospitals...Do you really think that the person in the next bed
will turn down their TV??</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>I am exited about our discussion and know
that there are no coincidences-like Suzanne and I both having Stargart's,
for one thing. I do feel a sense of urgency because of the MS, but art and
the peace that it brings for me are my passion and can keep me in the
game. (oh, y'know after family, my faith and all that!) But what if art is
the way to common ground and a level playing field between sighted and
blind?? This is most exiting-Tipping Point exiting!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Off to bed with a head full of
ideas!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>Patricia Estes/Patty</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>207 344 8292</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; 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
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for blind persons</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 01, 2014
5:52 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Artists-making-art]
making art</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Lynda</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=pece03@gmail.com href="mailto:pece03@gmail.com">Patricia C.
Estes</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=artists-making-art@nfbnet.org
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and for 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 size=4 face=Georgia>Linda,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>wonderful new venues (hospital/therapy
settings) to appreciate art and artists and the Inner Artist in each
person.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>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 size=4 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Georgia>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 size=4 face=Georgia>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 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">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] Introduction</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Hi Heather,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Wish you were near here, too!
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Suzanne Gibson and I are working on two
exhibitions for this year - they are scheduled to be in western
Pennsylvania.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Exhibition Title: Vision and
Revision: Two artists with limited sight, not limited
vision.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Suzanne Gibson: Paintings on
canvas (tactile)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Lynda Lambert: Pottery (Tactile)
and Mixed Media Fibers/Bead Working (Visual)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Show one: Merrick Art Gallery,
New Brighton, PA</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4
face=Arial> March 7 -
April 3</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>
On March 22, we will be in the gallery making art and will have a
"meet the artist and demo"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>
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 size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> On another
afternoon, I will meet with students in the "Women in the Arts"
course, at Geneva College.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> I was the professor
who created this course and taught it before my retirement six years
ago.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> I will meet the
class in the gallery. My discussion will focus on three
aspects:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> historical
context of the work in the show;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> blindness issues and
art making;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> philisophical
influences, personal world view, and concepts that shape my
work. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial>The show will be on display from April
14 - July 5th.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> 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 size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial></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=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
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> Wednesday, January 22,
2014 4:49 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Artists-making-art] Introduction</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 size=2 face=Arial>On Wednesday, January 22,
2014 3:06 PM, Lynda Lambert <<A
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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.
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial>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 size=4 face=Arial>This is so exciting on so many
levels! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Lynda</FONT></DIV>
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<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/wordpress"
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