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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Hi Ann,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>I wish you could be here, too. Wouldn't that be
fun!!! I have been at the gallery the past two days installing my work. My
partner does paintings and she put her paintings up on Tuesday - but my work is
far more complicated to install so I am glad it is finished as of late this
afternoon. My granddaughter came to help today, too. She has been involved
with art exhibitions since she was a little girl, so she is an amazing helper -
she is 34 years old now. She even took home my packages of cheese to cut
up for the reception - and all I have left to do is make a nice salsa and cheese
dip. We delivered everything else today, and the wine, so now we just have to
deliver ourselves for the party.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Yesterday, a reporter photographer came to do a
photo shoot of the installation and some portraits of us with our work, too. I
am not sure when that will come out, but maybe tomorrow or Saturday. I don't
know for sure. He was actually there for a few hours, so it should be really
good - we are thankful for that. This will be the second newspaper who has
covered this event. And, I am certain we will get a lot more coverage when it
moves to the next venue because a reporter has been keeping track of the
progress of the show since last fall. That will be three papers for
sure.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>On Tuesday I did two presentations on sight loss
and next steps to recovery and rehab - at a university. A photographer came
there and did an entire photo shoot of me with my work, and speaking, and a
student videoed my presentation for one of her classes. What fun it all
was - I am a retired professor, so I am in heaven when I am at a university
conference and with other profs and students. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>I am taking your Black Board to the opening
tomorrow night - each of us will be doing a very short gallery walk with the art
- and I intend to show the audience your board and speak about how a blind
person can draw with it - and some other things that I use for my own art
making, too. It is a good opportunity - also, I put a link to you on the
handout I made for both events so maybe you may hear from someone who has taken
the handout. That would be nice.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Lynda</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Lynda,</DIV>
<DIV> You guys are getting some great coverage for your event.
All my best wishes are with you tomorrow at your opening event. I hope you
have a wonderful time and that the weather plays nice so that lots of people
are there. I can't wait to hear how it goes, I wish I could be there. All the
best, Ann</DIV>
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[Artists-making-art] (no subject)<BR>From: "Lynda Lambert" <<A
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Mon, March 03, 2014 11:10 am<BR>To: "An exploration of art by and for blind
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>This appeared in the Ellwood City Ledger (PA)
last week. The focus is on rehabilitation for blind
people.</FONT></DIV>
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fades, but vision remains strong<O:P></O:P></SPAN></B></DIV>
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Louise Carroll For The Ledger | Posted: Monday, February 24, 2014 12:15
am</SPAN></B><SPAN
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BRIGHTON The art show Vision and Revision, an exhibit by Suzanne Gibson
and Lynda Lambert, opens on March 7 at the Merrick Art Gallery and brings a
message of hope. Both artists are legally blind but continue to
create.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">When
the show opens, the artists will be there to greet visitors and give a short
talk.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">A
year ago, Lambert, who uses a voice reader to read to her any electronic
message, email, newspaper or website, read Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention statistics that said 3.4 million people will have sight loss in
2014.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">As
I read this, it made me think of how, as an artist, I could bring a positive
message through my own work, said Lambert, whose vision is 20/700. I got
the idea to develop a traveling art exhibition that would be on view in six
galleries over a two-year period. I called it Vision and Revision, because
we have lost our sight, but we have not lost our vision. We have just
refocused it and continue to create.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">When
Lambert met Gibson, whose vision is 20/200, Lambert helped her get
rehabilitation and mobility training, and now together they have created an
art exhibition of Gibsons paintings and Lamberts mixed-media bead works
and pottery to bring hope to vision-impaired people.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">We
want to share our positive story to show that life is not over. Find a way
to keep doing what you love to do, just rethink it. Dont give up and hide,
Gibson said.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Lambert,
of Ellwood City, had been in exhibitions all over the United States, Japan,
Austria and New Guinea for nearly 40 years. She was a college professor of
fine arts and humanities at Geneva College when she suddenly lost her sight
in 2007. She was diagnosed with ischemic optic neuropathy, a strokelike
condition.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Everything
in my life changed when I lost my sight, Lambert said. At first I was
stunned, but after going away for several months for rehabilitation at the
Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services in Homestead, I learned to do the
simplest tasks but in a new way.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Lambert
learned to use adaptive technologies for the blind. As she learned these
skills, she again began to dream of making art. In 2009, when she had been
through rehabilitation for the blind, she expanded her talents to make
exquisite beaded jewelry pieces. She created encrusted beadwork using
Swarovski crystals, natural gemstones, freshwater pearls, fragments of
pottery shards, cabochons, other objects.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
things I love most are the powerful talismans that I imagine would be worn
for spiritual and healing purposes in ancient and medieval times. A talisman
is an object that dates back to pre-history used for healing, safety and
protection. They are precious treasures that harks back to the ancient to
medieval world that I used to lecture my students on in the humanities
courses I taught when I was a professor. They carry the magic that we
experience when we look at great works of art from another time, Lambert
said.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">My
goal was high-quality art that could compete in art exhibitions, Lambert
said. It took me about five years to get back to where I was, but I got
there.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
Lawrence County Blind Association is making Braille labels for the
show.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Gibson,
of New Brighton, is a painter who has owned and operated Rivers Edge Studio
and Gallery in New Brighton, for four years. About six years ago, she began
losing her sight due to Stargardts disease, which has caused her to lose
most of her central vision. She was inspired by an exhibit by John
Bramblitt, a totally blind artist.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I
had to find another way to make my art. I thought How do I get you to feel
what I want you to feel? Gibson said. My work has become much more
abstract, and I use color in a much different way to emphasize mood and
depth. I feel Im now doing the best art Ive ever done; other people say
its the best work Ive ever done. It has taught me a lot artistically,
because I have to think about the essence of something without the detail.
Less is more.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Currently,
Gibson is developing a series of acrylic paintings on canvas. She is doing
commissions for the aviary in Pittsburgh, teaching art classes and managing
the Rivers Edge Studio.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">With
the right help, we were able to continue our creative lives, Lambert said.
With the help I received at BVRS, I learned there wasnt anything I
couldnt do, other than drive. I could look at anything and figure out the
tools and methods to make things work.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial size=4>Lynda</FONT></O:P></DIV></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> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>"Human beings are creatures who conceal an
interior of uncharted chaos which lies beneath the surface reality"James
Baldwin, The Creative Life (1962)</FONT></DIV>
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