[Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] U N C exhibits works by blind artists

[Shelley L. Rhodes]

Greeley Tribune, Colorado
Friday, April 22, 2005

U N C exhibits works by blind artists

By Jack Schneider

Close your eyes.

That's what tactile artist Ann Cunningham wants viewers to do when they 
enter the Mari Michener gallery at the University of Northern Colorado.

It may be an odd thing to do when viewing art and sculpture, but Cunningham 
wants people to experience how some artists create their work: Vision 
without sight.

Cunningham is curator of the "Sharing Worlds through Touch" exhibit, a 
display of 27 pieces of art from five Greeley-area artists. The pieces were 
created by artists who are either blind or have a certain degree of 
blindness, she said.

For the past year and a half,

Cunningham has taught art to visually impaired students at the Colorado 
Center for the Blind. This exhibit marks the first time students will have 
their work displayed at the gallery.

Cunningham noticed in her classes that no matter how visually impaired a 
person may be, everyone has the ability to create some form of art.

Some mediums presented in the display include bronze sculptures, painted 
plasters, embroidery and even a maze called the "Maze of Life" by Tina 
Ektermanis.

In addition to student displays, Cunningham will display her bronze and 
cherrywood sculpture "Winking, Blinking and Nod."

Cunningham said she is excited to not only have her and her students' art 
displayed but to have viewers talk to the artists.

"I'm looking forward to observing artists talk to general public on what 
they're trying to express," she said.

TO GO

"Sharing Worlds through Touch," an art exhibit, will be on display through 
May 20 at the Mari Michener Gallery at the University of Northern Colorado. 
A reception is 4-6 p.m. today. Details, 356-8593.


http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20050422/ENTERTAIN/104220067




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