[Nfb-krafters-korner] Crafting a Show

[River Woman]

Thanks, Annette. Yes we are so excited. The "art committee" of the museum 
"voted enthusiastically" to accept our proposal!
I will keep you updated as it progresses. Right now, I am sending out word 
of the exhibition to possible venues where it could travel to -
Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Crafting a Show


> That is so exciting.  Please keep us up to date on how it is progressing 
> and
> all of the wonderful things that come out of it.
>
> Annette
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On
> Behalf Of River Woman
> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 11:51 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
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> Good Morning, Krafter's-Korner Friends,
>
>
>
> I have been fairly quiet lately because I am "up to my EYES"  in an 
> exciting
> new project. I will most likely be inactive for the next few months 
> because
> I have to focus my attention on the project. For those of you who are
> interested in art, I wanted to pass along my news to you to give you an 
> idea
> of how our passions in making beautiful things can sometimes be so 
> uplifting
> to others in a very different way.
>
>
>
> My news to share this morning is this:
>
>
>
> I have begun work on a new  museum exhibition with Suzanne Gibson; she is 
> a
> blind painter and the owner of River's Edge Gallery, New Brighton, PA.
>
>
>
> Our two-person show is tentatively set to open in the Spring, 2014. Dates
> will be confirmed in late July by the Merrick Art Gallery and Museum, New
> Brighton, Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> We have titled our show, "Vision and Re-Vision."
>
>
>
> Suzanne and I are both blind artists who have encountered profound 
> changes
> through loss of vision. I have Ischemic Optic Neuropathy, and Suzanne has
> Stargardt disease. My sight loss was nearly instantaneous; Suzanne's loss 
> of
> vision has been gradual and progressive. We both faced the "What to do 
> now?"
> question when sight loss forced us to consider how we would continue to 
> make
> art without seeing what we are doing.
>
>
>
> We gave our forthcoming exhibition the title, "Vision and Re-vision"
> because  we have both had our "normal" lives changed and have had to 
> refocus
> our ways of living and making art.  Our exhibition will  focus on how we
> make art without sight, or with greatly altered vision.   Suzanne will be
> creating paintings for the show. I am working on new pottery pieces and 
> bead
> worked fiber pieces and texts.  "Vision and Re-Vision" will bring visitors
> into our  world through Video, Literature, Photography, Paintings, and 
> Mixed
> media fiber arts.
>
>
>
> We plan to have wall texts done in Braille as well as print for visitors. 
> We
> are going to have a Video Loop made of us working and talking about our 
> art
> and our sight loss experiences - it will play continuously in the show on 
> a
> large monitor. We are creating  a book that will be introduced the  night 
> of
> our opening. The book will feature personal reflections on our sight loss,
> poems, photos of our art, and descriptions of how we work with adaptive
> technologies for the blind.
>
>
>
> Let's see, yes, we are creating posters  and will create a  display on "
> Vision and Re-Vision" as an introduction to our show; visitors will
> experience this display as they  enter the gallery.
>
>
>
> Suzanne's background training is in Design and mine is in Fine Art and
> English Literature. We will combine our mutual passions to create an
> exhibition that we believe will be intelligent, informative, educational,
> and beautiful.
>
>
>
> This exhibition will likely travel to other venues following it's launch 
> in
> the spring of 2014. We want to share our work with as many people as we 
> can
> through this exhibition.
>
>
>
>
>
> Lynda McKinney Lambert, BFA, MA, MFA
>
> Author of Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage
>
>
>
> http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>
>
>
>
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