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”Call for
Artists: "Shared Visions 2007-2008"
The Eye Care Center at the Southern California College of Optometry announces
the "Call for Artists" for "Shared Visions 2007-2008",
the third annual juried art exhibit by artists who are blind or legally
blind. Works selected will be exhibited in the Eye Care Center for a period of one year. The deadline for entries is May 15, 2007.
For application and information on entering the third annual exhibit,
(September 2007- August, 2008), please visit
http://www.scco.edu/.
Contact:
Rebecca L. Kammer, O.D.
Assistant Professor
Chief, MaryAnn Keverline Walls Low Vision Center
Eye Care Center
Southern California College of Optometry
Phone (714) 449-7473
Fax (714) 992-7848
rkammer@scco.edu.”
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Touching Art, Touching You
“Touching Art, Touching You; BlindArt’s Boundless
Festival 1st – 5th May 2007…
This May, BlindArt holds an exhibition of its Permanent Collection of
inclusive artworks at the Menier Chocolate Factory as part of Boundless
festival a celebration of inclusive arts, culture and sport in Southwark.
www.southwark.gov.uk/boundless
BlindArt is an innovative, all-inclusive charity, founded in 2004, that
promotes contemporary works of art that can be explored through all five
senses, especially touch. The BlindArt Permanent Collection is the world’s
first permanent showcase of visual art accessible to visually impaired
people, and includes paintings, sculpture, installations and other works of
art. Promoting artistic excellence regardless of visual ability.
The BlindArt Permanent Collection provides a platform for the works of both
visually impaired and sighted artists on an equal footing, showcasing
exceptional works that appeal to a multitude of senses; questioning the
nature of artistic perception and whether visual ability is essential for
artistic excellence and aesthetic appreciation.
The exhibition is part of ‘Boundless’, a festival celebrating inclusive arts,
culture and sport, in Southwark, which will take place across the borough in
May and June. www.southwark.gov.uk//boundless
After a successful run at the New York Public Library in October 2006,
selected works from the collection will be shown at the Menier Chocolate
Factory: the first exhibition of the collection in the UK.
Address:
Menier Chocolate Factory, 51-53 Southwark Street, London SE1
Tube: London Bridge
Opening Hours: 10am-6pm
Prices: Free
The collection comprises 25 works, acquired from BlindArt’s Sense &
Sensuality 2005 and 2006 exhibitions. Only three works were purchased through
the BlindArt Permanent Collection purchase prize, all others were kindly
donated by the artists, demonstrating great support for BlindArt’s work.
“I am thrilled as I really believe in the work and approach of BlindArt, and
know that “Life Line 01” will have a good life in your hands.” Linda
Lierberman, Artist
“I’m really delighted that you’re happy to have “Chromosphere” as part of the
BlindArt permanent collection. I know it will be put to excellent use
so to speak. It makes all the hard work making it worthwhile.” Jenny
Cordy, Artist
All works in the collection come with visual descriptive text and large print
and Braille labels to make them accessible to a diverse audience. All works
can be explored through touch.
BlindArt’s aim is to tour the collection nationally and internationally so
that it can be enjoyed by as many people as possible. It will be exhibited at
the Museum of Modern Art, Wales in 2008…
Artists Donations
The following works were kindly donated by the artists to the BlindArt
Collection:
“Palpation”, Sarah Barber; “Mirror”, Frances Aviva Blane; “Musical Hirst”,
Alexandra Conil-Lacoste; “Chromosphere”, Jenny Cordy; “Lolly Gobble Choc
Bomb”, Stephen Farley; “Elvis (What do you want me to do?)”, Nigel Foster;
“The Lost Reels”, Matthew Humphreys; “Blood Cells”, Natasha Lewer;
“Barnacles”, Natasha Lewer; “Head, Liz Munro & Nuala Watt; “Pulse”,
Hermanti Patel; “Braille Rail”, Maggie Rose; “Untitled, Image No 8”, Keith
Salmon; “Aspen Tree Yorkshire”, Gary Sargeant; “Men as Trees Walking”, Gary
Sargeant; “Threadbare”, Pnina Shinebourne; “Large Bowl of Strange Fruit”, Jon
Williams; “Life Line 01”, Linda Lieberman; “Spinning Out of Control”, Jocanta
Jagiello.”
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