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 Art beyond sight’s awareness month
(september), worldwide
Information
on Art Beyond Sight’s Awareness Month
“September 8
Art Education for the
Blind, New York City, in collaboration with the Andrew
Heiskell Library offers an art making project, “Memory Boxes,” from 2 to 3
p.m. The library is located at 40 West 20th Street in Manhattan. For
program details, contact Marietta Briguglio at (212) 206-5400 or mbriguglio@nypl.org.
September 10 – January
6, 2010
S. Dillon Ripley
Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC and VSA arts
present an exhibition of 15 emerging artists with disabilities. The
exhibition illustrates the many personal reasons that accelerate the
desire to create. Following this debut at the Smithsonian, the exhibit
will tour for two years. For more information visit www.vsarts.org/accelerate
or call (202) 628-2800.
September 14
The Jewish Museum of
Art, NYC, has a verbal imaging tour at 1:15 p.m.
of the exhibition titled “They
Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland
Before the Holocaust.” For details, call or email Meredith Wong at
(212) 423-3225, mwong@thejm.org.
September 24
The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, NYC, invites you to Picture This! Workshops:
Portraiture, a 2 to 3:30 p.m. program for adults who are blind or
partially sighted. Held monthly, the workshops make works of art
accessible through detailed descriptions, touch, and other activities to
awaken the senses. Reservations are required by calling (212) 650-2010 or
sending an e-mail to access@metmuseum.org.
September 25 - October
5
The 6th International
Theater Festival of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Zagreb, Croatia, features
companies from England, Slovenia, Spain, Italy, Belgium, and the United
States, including Theater Breaking Through Barriers (TBTB). The New York
City-based TBTB is presenting the international premiere of John Belluso’s
play about disability, “A Nervous Smile.” For more information, call or
email Ike Schambelan at (212) 243-4337 or ischambelan@nyc.rr.com.
September 29
The Museum of Modern
Art, NYC, invites you to Art inSight, a 2 to 4
p.m. program for individuals who are blind or partially sighted. Each
month, specially trained MoMA lecturers highlight specific themes,
artists, or exhibitions through verbal description and touch. This month’s
tour will focus on the special exhibition “Ron Arad: No Discipline.”
Wheelchairs, portable stools, FM headsets for sound enhancement, and
large-print and Braille information brochures are available. Service
animals are welcome. This program is free of charge. Space is limited and
preregistration is required. For more information or to register, call
Access Programs at 212-408-6347 or e-mail accessprograms@moma.org.
September 29, October
1-6, 8, 9, 12-13, 15-19
Chicago Children’s
Museum offers Texture Paintings workshops featuring
projects that are as much fun for your hands as they are for your eyes.
Use brushes, sand and your hands to create artwork you can feel. Workshops
are held at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. unless otherwise noted; check www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org
for details, or contact Kim Koin, (312) 527-1000 or kkoin@chicagochildrensmuseum.org.
Workshops are free with museum admission.”
Art
Beyond Sight
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To contact us:
E-mail:
editor@blindnessandarts.com
We are based in:
Leicester, UK
Eco
Ancient Greek, Verb, pronounced Ekh-o. The
Transliterated word is Echo. New Testament Greek Lexicon
“[To] have (hold) in the
hand, in the sense of wearing, to have (hold) possession of the mind
(refers to alarm, agitating emotions, etc.), to hold fast keep, to have or
comprise or involve, to regard or consider or hold as.”
Source: http://www.crosswalk.com
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 shared Visions, eye care centre,
California, US
Information on Shared Visions
“Shared Visions
2008-2009 - Save the Date… International Art Exhibition Opening Reception Artwork by
artists who are blind or visually impaired. Tuesday, September 23, 2008…
7:00 - 8:30 pm [until mid August 2009]
Eye Care Center, Southern California College of Optometry,
2575 Yorba Linda Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92831, [US] ”
South
California College of Optometry
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