[stylist] Vision and Re-Vision

Mon May 20 13:15:21 UTC 2013

Thanks so much, Jackie!
There is the notion by non-artists that art is made with only the eyes, and 
the vision we get from looking through our eyes. That is really a one 
dimensional view, and any working artist knows this is not so. Art is 
created with the entire being - using all senses, particularly the 
intuition. That is what separates the working professional artist from the 
amateur, hobby artsy crafter-type of art person. I am very excited to be 
curating and marketing our exhibition-in-the-making. My friend is a painter 
and gallery professional, and designer. She will create all the design ideas 
for the show - my role is promotion, and writing all the texts for the book 
and the gallery walls. And, of course, we both have to be working in our 
studio every day from now till March, to have the work ready, too. This 
particular museum has worked with me on exhibitions for about 30 years - 
there is nothing better than developing long-term relationships with the 
people who can make our vision come to life on the walls.

 This is true of our writing, as well. Writers develop long term 
relationships with a lot of different people along the way.

One of the projects we are developing for the show is to write poems and 
reflections on the art works - using them as imagery and inspiration for the 
writing part of the show.  And, our work is all TACTILE and can be explored 
by blind visitors, as they read the Braille texts on the walls. This is an 
entirely new thing for me - and I have to thank Robert for his suggestions 
to me when we had the phone chat in February. Robert urged me to begin to 
write about my own sight loss, so this show was developed with his 
suggestion in my mind after that phone call. My friend is doing this as 
well, both in her writing, and in the paintings she is doing. Her paintings 
emerge from the imagery she has of the world, through her eyes that are 
affected by Stargadt -

OK, been to the gym, back home and have to get to the studio and begin 
working!
Lynda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Vision and Re-Vision

> Lynda,
> My thoughts will be with you both as you carve out these new horizons. You
> are a credit and a blessing to the world of people with impaired vision. 
> You
> have made a difficult transition without the loss of your essence. It can
> give us all hope.
> I am sending your e-mail to a poet friend who, when I was sharing some of
> your words of wisdom and accomplishments with out class, said, she just
> could not understand how anyone could do art.
> Good luck. We will miss you.
> Jackie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda 
> Lambert
> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 8:19 AM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Vision and Re-Vision
>
> Good Morning, Writing Friends,
>
>
>
> I have been fairly quiet lately because I am up to my ears 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.
>
>
>
> 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 announced 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 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 may travel to other venues following it's launch in the
> spring of 2014.
>
>
>
>
>
> Lynda McKinney Lambert, BFA, MA, MFA
>
> Author of Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage
>
>
>
> http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
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