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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hi TAGSers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>This came in over the transom, and although it’s only tactile-art adjacent, I thought I’d send it along.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Peter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Kate Robertson [mailto:kate@susangrantlewin.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 29, 2018 1:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> pslato@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> June 8–July 29 | Cincinnati, Ohio Exhibition | "The Persistence of Vision" | Artists Affected by Macular Degeneration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=1 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:600.0pt'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img width=371 height=63 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://ymlpsend5.com/imgz/vbtg_visionlogo.jpg"> <img width=191 height=85 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://ymlpsend5.com/imgz/vbtg_UniversityofCincinnatilogo--1.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>THE PERSISTENCE OF VISION</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>A</span></em><em><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>n Exhibition of Early and Late Work by Artists with Macular Degeneratio</span></em><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>n</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The <span style='color:#222222;background:white'>DAAP Galleries::</span> Philip M. Meyers, Jr. Memorial Gallery</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>University of Cincinnati </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>June 8–July 29, 2018</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img width=415 height=250 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://ymlpsend5.com/imgz/vbtg_ThonDeepWinter1976--1.jpg"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></strong><img width=336 height=250 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://ymlpsend5.com/imgz/vbtg_ThonFarnsworthInsightPainting22--1.jpg"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Left: William Thon, <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Deep Winter</span></em>, 1976. Pre-macular. Collection of the Caldbeck Gallery. © Portland Museum of Art, Maine. All Rights Reserved. Right: William Thon, <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Birch Trees</span></em>, 1996. Post-macular. Collection of Nancy Warren.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>CINCINNATI, OH <span style='color:#1A1A1A'>–</span></span></strong><em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>The Persistence of Vision: Early and Late Works by Artists with Macular Degeneration</span></em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>, an</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A1A1A'> exhibition that </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>explores the versatile, inventive, and personal ways artists respond to the challenge of working with the loss of sight, will be on view at The <span style='color:#222222;background:white'>DAAP Galleries:</span> Philip M. Meyers, Jr. Memorial Gallery at the University of Cincinnati from June 8 to July 29 2018. The exhibition is curated by A’Dora Phillips and Brian Schumacher, from the Vision and Art Project, and Aaron Cowan, Director, DAAP Galleries, and is supported by The American Macular Degeneration Foundation. There will be an opening reception on Friday June 15 from 6-8 pm.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>The Persistence of Vision</span></em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> brings together 50 works by eight artists affected by <span style='color:#222222'>macular degeneration</span>, a common disease of the retina that results in central vision loss. Artists included in the exhibition are: Lennart Anderson (1927–2015), Serge Hollerbach (1923), Dahlov Ipcar (1917–2017), David Levine (1926–2009), Robert Andrew Parker (1927), Thomas Sgouros (1927–2012), Hedda Sterne (1910–2011), and William Thon (1906–2000). By juxtaposing art produced both before and after the onset of symptoms<span style='color:#222222'>,</span> this exhibition <span style='color:#222222'>demonstrates how deteriorating sight can inspire new and </span>unique images. These artists honed their other faculties, drawing from remembered gestures, memories and their imaginations. Through adapting their practices, these artists forged new insights into familiar subjects, and discovered a clarity of inner-vision.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img width=424 height=200 id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://ymlpsend5.com/imgz/vbtg_Picture113.png"></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img width=419 height=200 id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://ymlpsend5.com/imgz/vbtg_meh.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><div style='margin-top:.1pt;margin-bottom:.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Top: David Levine, <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Front</span></em>, 2004. Pre-macular. Private Collection.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-top:.1pt;margin-bottom:.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Bottom: David Levine, <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Last Battle</span></em>, 2007-2008. Post-macular. Private Collection.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>This exhibition considers how, when faced with vision loss, artists transformed their approach to art making, including changing their technique and medium. Through this, there emerges a profound insight into the evolution of each artist’s oeuvre, inviting an examination of the themes, feelings and intentions woven throughout their careers. Importantly, this draws attention to an issue that is prevalent in the lives of many artists, as macular degeneration will affect three in ten people, something that is rarely acknowledged or discussed.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Co-c<span style='color:#222222'>urator</span> A’Dora Phillips, Director of the Vision and Art Project, remarks that <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>“Artists affected by vision loss have extraordinary inner resources that allow them to continue working and producing compelling images. Serge Hollerbach speaks of drawing on his ‘third eye,’ which for him is ‘something that your spirit, or your mind, or your soul, sees.’ William Thon spoke of the presence of instinct and feeling that allows an artist to work like a sailor does, by ’throwing his bowline in the dark.’ Dahlov Ipcar spoke of the hand knowing what line to draw from long experience and body memory. This exhibit shows how powerful art can be when derived from these sources.”</span></em></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img width=312 height=250 id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://ymlpsend5.com/imgz/vbtg_AndersonIdyll3--1.jpg"><em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></em><img width=301 height=250 id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://ymlpsend5.com/imgz/vbtg_AndersonThreeNymphsonaBluff--1.jpg"></span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4C4C4C'>Left: Lennart Anderson, <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Idyll 3</span></em>, 1979–2011. Pre- and post-macular. Estate of Lennart Anderson, Courtesy Leigh Morse Fine Arts. Right: Lennart Anderson, <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Three Nymphs on a Bluff</span></em>, 2014-15. Post-macular. Estate of Lennart Anderson, Courtesy Leigh Morse Fine Arts.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#332F30'>An exhibition catalog is available, which includes essays by Phillips, </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Schumacher and Phyllis Tuchman.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>About The Vision and Art Project</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-top:.1pt;margin-bottom:.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4C4C4C'>The Vision and Art Project’s mission is to raise awareness about the presence of macular degeneration in the lives of artists, to educate the public about the disease and what it gives to art, and to help support artists experiencing vision loss by bringing attention to their extraordinary lives and work. To learn more, see: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://ymlpsend5.com/wwhqapaebqqbaiabjeanabjwum/click.php" target="_blank">visionandartproject.org</a><span style='color:#4C4C4C'>. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>About <span style='color:#222222;background:white'>The American Macular Degeneration Foundation</span></span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>The</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <a href="https://ymlpsend5.com/wwhyaiaebqqbaaabjeatabjwum/click.php" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC;background:white'>American Macular Degeneration Foundation</span></a><span style='color:#222222;background:white'> (AMDF) is a nonprofit organization committed to the prevention, treatment, and cure of macular degeneration. Their mission is to offer support and hope to the individuals affected by macular degeneration, as well as educating the public, raising funds, and supporting scientific research into the disease. Founder and President Chip Goehring started AMDF following his own diagnosis of macular degeneration, and his personal interest in the plight of artists with this disease led to his decision to support this exhibition.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'><img border=0 width=326 height=75 id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://ymlpsend5.com/imgz/vbtg_AMDFLogocrop--1.jpg"></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Exhibition Details</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dates: June 8-July 29, 2018.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Location: The Philip M. Meyers, Jr. Memorial Gallery, <span style='color:#222222;background:white'>University of Cincinnati</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Opening hours: Sunday-Thursday, 10am-5pm.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://ymlpsend5.com/wwwsalaebqqbaoabjeagabjwum/click.php" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://daap.uc.edu/galleries.html</span> </a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=229 height=60 id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://ymlpsend5.com/imgz/vbtg_DAAPGsizedLogoVectorcopy--1.jpg"></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Press Contacts</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dan Schwartz | Kate Robertson</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Susan Grant Lewin Associates</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>+ (212) 947-4557</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'><a href="mailto:dan@susangrantlewin.com" target="_blank">dan@susangrantlewin.com</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> | <span style='color:#1155CC'><a href="mailto:kate@susangrantlewin.com" target="_blank">kate@susangrantlewin.com</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=1 width="50%" noshade style='color:black' align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://ymlpsend5.com/ugejsjjwgsgbjwumgjbmjsggeequy" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>Unsubscribe / Change Profile</span></a> <br><a href="https://ymlpsend5.com/m/" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>Powered by YMLP</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/msv5/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="Web Bug from https://ymlpsend5.com/zbjwumzzhmueepmbsl/footer.gif" /><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>