[Artists-making-art] Hello fellow artist

Mon Nov 28 22:06:29 UTC 2011

Hi Bridgit, I'm glad that you like my ideas! Thank you! I hope that your 
work in writing goes well!
Kendra Schaber
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From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: "'An exploration of art by and for blind persons'" 
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Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Artists-making-art] Hello fellow artist


> Kendra,
>
> Thanks for the suggestions. I agree that making it a multi-media
> installation is the best route in terms of accessibility. And with both
> the print and Braille vinyls, a shalack of some sort would protect them
> so people could touch it
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
>
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> [mailto:artists-making-art-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kendra
> Schaber
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 2:45 PM
> To: An exploration of art by and for blind persons
> Subject: Re: [Artists-making-art] Hello fellow artist
>
>
> Hi Bridgit, I know that you asked for ideas. Heare are my ideas that I
> have
> for you.  I would incourige you to go for more than one format because
> that
> will cover everyone in the end. The audio route covers sited people,
> braille
> readers, people who are not literite and people who can't read in any
> other
> form due to disability. Print works for anyone who can't use the audio
> route
> due to hearing disabilities and those who choose not to read audio books
> and
> who can still read print. Braille works for any braille user who also
> has
> hearing disabilities as well as blindness. Electronic format works for
> anyone who has their own computer because their computer will have the
> technology on it to access that format. Even people with disabilities
> have
> their own computers afterall. What do you think?
> Kendra Schaber
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> To: "'An exploration of art by and for blind persons'"
> <artists-making-art at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 12:08 PM
> Subject: [Artists-making-art] Hello fellow artist
>
>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> I'm Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter and live in Omaha, Nebraska. I'm
>> 30-years-old, a writer and live with my husband, Ross, and our
>> chocolate labradoodle, Nessa. We also consider ourselves the surrogate
>
>> parents of a two-year-old, Penny, who just celebrated her second
>> birthday this past Sunday. She's technically our niece on my side, but
>
>> my sister was very young when she had Penny, and my husband and I have
>
>> helped. Pen calls me mama, and we have her almost every weekend. She's
>
>> been a huge joy to us, and I can't imagine loving a person so much,
>> and yet I do. I'm a mother in every way but biologically to her.
>>
>> My art is writing, but since childhood, I've been drawn to any
>> artistic expression. I have a deep appreciation for the arts and arts
>> education, and I think everyone should be exposed to art regardless of
>
>> a disability.
>>
>> Growing up, I danced (ballet, pointe, tap and jazz) as well as was
>> involved with music and theatre. I found ways in which to incorporate
>> visual media along with physical expressions. I did not lose my sight
>> until I was 22, but I continue to find ways in which to incorporate a
>> visual element with other expressions. I not only want to learn, and
>> share, how others view, create and incorporate artistic expressions
>> into their lives, but I want to learn how to make art accessible in a
>> nonvisual way, and how we, as blind artist, can experience different
>> art formats.
>>
>> I recently had an idea and have started working on fusing an essay I
>> wrote with a visual element. The visual aspect isn't exactly
>> accessible however, but I'm, well not actually me, but a friend, is
>> handwriting, in a silver ink, an essay I wrote onto old vinyls. The
>> essay weaves music lyrics throughout connecting different sections of
>> the essay. We're trying to find vinyls with album titles that fit the
>> theme of the essay too, which is about acceptance and bullying, in a
>> nutshell. I invite suggestions of how something like this can be more
>> accessible. I have of course thought of Braille, but this then makes
>> it readable only to those who can read Braille. I've also considered
>> adding audio with the actual installation so viewers could hear me
>> reading the essay as well, which would at least make the written part
>> accessible to everyone.
>>
>> I'm excited to meet others and learn what you're doing. Whether for
>> fun or professionally, art is a representation of beauty, and everyone
>
>> should experience this beauty. In past generations, it was the artist
>> community that affected the most change in terms of pushing for
>> equality and demanding rights for a minority. The Harlem Renaissance,
>> the Beat culture, Civil Rights- we still feel the power and influence
>> of the artistic expressions blooming from these eras. Race, ethnicity,
>
>> gender, war, sexual-orientation- change happened when various artist
>> forced the world to view equality and suffering through art. Perhaps
>> it's time the disabled community followed suit and let our artistic
>> expressions rise up in a harmony that is so beautiful, so powerful, so
>
>> gritty, so poignant, the world has to stop and finally, truly notice
>> us.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
>> Read my blog at: http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>>
>> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down." The
>> Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>>
>>
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