[stylist] Thanks.

[Lynda Lambert]

I want to express my "thanks" to the writing contest "readers" for the two awards I received for 2 memoirs I wrote this past year. I very much appreciate your  choice of my work. And, "thank you" to the NFB for sponsoring the contest every year, as it greatly encourages all of the writers who participate. My check arrived this week, and another "thank you" for that! 

Latest news from me:  
My Sestina, "When We Dance Together" will be published in the September issue of Wordgathering.  I wrote it when we had a prompt, given by Chris, I think.  The prompt challenged us to  take a line or two from a song lyric, and create a poem from that idea. The song I chose was a very old country western song by Ernest Tubb.
I was really delighted to have this poem selected for my  first appearance in Wordgathering.  

My art and writing life has been super busy. Right now, I am working on developing a website for my art, and one for my writing, plus I will be moving my blog over to wordpress very soon.  

I did an interview with Suzanne Gibson (a blind painter). It was just published on Touch Art Blog.
You can read it at this link:

http://touchartblog.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/continuing-our-creative-lives-an-interview-with-artists-suzanne-gibson-and-lynda-lambert/

Touch Art is a unique program in Pittsburgh, PA - it's a series of workshops that teach blind people how to make art.
The blog is dedicated to telling the stories of blind people who are developing their creative talents. The program is in partnership with the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.

The final thing I want to let you know is that our two person exhibition (two blind artists) is called Vision and Revision. We are currently scheduling the venues where it will appear - and it will open at the first venue in March 2014. Very exciting for us and getting a lot of attention for our cause - though we might have sight loss, we do not have loss of vision.  If you know of a museum or gallery that may want to sponsor our show, let me know! We have already scheduled several venues at this early date. 

Lynda McKinney Lambert, MFA

http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com