[Tn-talk] State Library and Archives Displays Artwork by Tennessee School for the Blind

[Sheri Anderson]

State Library and Archives Displays Artwork by Tennessee School for
the Blind Students
For Immediate Release from the Tennessee Secretary of State: October 8, 2012
The Office of Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett and the State
Library and Archives are again celebrating “Art Beyond Sight Awareness
Month” throughout the month of October. The library is exhibiting a
display of artwork created by students at the Tennessee School for the
Blind (TSB). Sponsored by Art Education for the Blind, a New
York-based nonprofit organization, “Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month”
is celebrated in October each year. This is the third year the
Tennessee State Library and Archives has hosted this free exhibit.
Items on display include paintings, shadow boxes and pottery. In
keeping with tradition, the centerpiece of the display is the school’s
mascot, Dot, a paper mache tiger made of scraps of braille paper,
which was created by TSB students in 2010. The tiger, on permanent
loan to the Tennessee State Library and Archives, is meant to be
touched, unlike the items in many art exhibits.
Other items include “Ugly Face Jugs,” created during a study of
Appalachian history and art. Historically, moonshiners were unable to
lock their product away from small children, so they created jugs...
Go to Press Release at
http://tnsos.org/Press/story.php?item=424