<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hello all!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Performing Arts Division received this casting announcement in New York, so I wanted to pass along in case anyone fits the role. See below. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Casting Call</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We received the below announcement casting for a graduate student short film at the School of Visual Arts, where the lead is a blind painter. If you fit the description, please email <a href="mailto:casting@sva.edu" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">casting@sva.edu</a>directly with your headshot/photo and a resume if you have one. They are not just looking for actors, but also “real people“ who might fit the description as well, especially painters.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Blind Painter: (LEAD) Male, 65+, White/ Caucasian</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><p style="margin: 0in; font-stretch: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Desires to achieve greatness; sentimental and melancholic but he has a strong will to power. He has never seen the sea yet he is obsessed with painting it — till the sea overtakes him. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-stretch: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-stretch: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Shooting: <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">March 5</a>, 6, and 7, 2021</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-stretch: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Location: NY Tri-state area</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-stretch: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Pay: $300/day</span></p></div></div><br><div dir="ltr">~Katelyn MacIntyre, M.M.<div>www.katelynmac.com<br><div>www.facebook.com/KatelynMacMusic</div><div>@KatelynMacMusic</div><div>President, National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts Division</div></div></div></body></html>