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Clara Ines Sebesta art_beyond_sight_learning_tools@nfbnet.org
Thu, 27 May 2004 14:42:40 -0400


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We would like to invite you to an Art Beyond Sight event. (We apologize if =
you have received multiple notices of this event...we wanted to make sure w=
e got the word out!)

Art Beyond Sight Event

[Re]-visioning Art, Art History, Aesthetics, and Creativity

Celebrating 17 years of Art Education for the Blind

Date: Thursday, June 3, 2004 begin at 10:30 a.m. sharp

Location: American Museum of Folk Art

45 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
10:30 Art Beyond Sight Book and Video Launch. Art Education for the Blind, =
the Museum of Modern Art, and American Foundation for the Blind launch an i=
nnovative book and companion video on making art accessible to people who a=
re blind or have low vision. Coffee and refreshments served.

Meet some of the authors and contributors in the book and the video: New Je=
rsey Historical Society, Jewish Museum, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Me=
tropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, NY, Queens Museum of Art, J=
ewish Guild for the Blind, American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), America=
n Printing House for the Blind (APH), Arts and Health Outreach Initiative (=
AHOI), Pennsylvania State University, National Center for Disability Servic=
es, National Exhibits by Blind Artists (NEBA), National Federation of the B=
lind (NFB), Baltimore, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Lighthouse International

12:00-1:00 Break for Lunch in the Neighborhood

1:00 Re-visioning Art, Art History, Aesthetics, and Creativity: Presentatio=
ns and Workshops by Master Educators=20=20

2:30 Stunning Artwork -- both realistic and abstract -- by the artist who h=
as never seen light or shadow. View the work of Esref Armagan and see him d=
emonstrating his techniques.

Recognition Awards given to selected docents and educators by Esref Armagan=
 on behalf of the Art Beyond Sight Collaborative

YOU ARE ALSO INVITED to preview paintings by Esref Armagan, the self-taught=
 Turkish folk artist who is congenitally blind, on June 2, 2004 6-9 PM, at =
the Turkish Culture and Tourism Office, 821 UN Plaza, First Avenue and 46th=
 Street, Ground Floor. Cocktails and hors d'ouevres.  RSVP:  AG Krakow 212 =
285 2370




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We would like to invite you to an Art Beyond Sight event.
(We apologize if you have received multiple notices of this event...we want=
ed to make sure we got the word out!)
Art Beyond Sight Event
[Re]-visioning Art, Art History, Aesthetics, and Creativity
Celebrating 17 years of Art Education for the Blind
Date: Thursday, June 3, 2004 begin at 10:30 a.m. sharp
Location: American Museum of Folk Art
45 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
10:30
Art Beyond Sight Book and Video Launch
=2E
Art Education for the Blind, the Museum of Modern Art, and American Foundat=
ion for the Blind launch an innovative book and companion video on making a=
rt accessible to people who are blind or have low vision. Coffee and refres=
hments served.
Meet some of the authors and contributors in the book and the video
: New Jersey Historical Society, Jewish Museum, Lower East Side Tenement Mu=
seum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, NY, Queens Museum o=
f Art, Jewish Guild for the Blind, American Foundation for the Blind (AFB),=
 American Printing House for the Blind (APH), Arts and Health Outreach Init=
iative (AHOI), Pennsylvania State University, National Center for Disabilit=
y Services, National Exhibits by Blind Artists (NEBA), National Federation =
of the Blind (NFB), Baltimore, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Lighthouse Inte=
rnational
12:00-1:00 Break for Lunch in the Neighborhood
1:00 Re-visioning Art, Art History, Aesthetics, and Creativity: Presentatio=
ns and Workshops by Master Educators=A0
2:30 Stunning Artwork
--
both realistic and abstract
--
by the artist who has never seen light or shadow. View the work of Esref Ar=
magan and see him demonstrating his techniques.
Recognition Awards given to selected docents and educators by Esref Armagan=
 on behalf of the Art Beyond Sight Collaborative
YOU ARE ALSO INVITED to preview paintings by Esref Armagan, the self-taught=
 Turkish folk artist who is congenitally blind, on June 2, 2004 6-9 PM, at =
the Turkish Culture and Tourism Office, 821 UN Plaza, First Avenue and 46th=
 Street, Ground Floor. Cocktails and hors d'ouevres.=A0=A0RSVP:=A0 AG Krako=
w 212 285 2370

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