[Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Cummer Museum getting Art Beyond Sight Award in NY

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Jacksonville.com, Florida
Friday, October 14, 2005

Cummer Museum getting Art Beyond Sight Award in NYC

By TANYA PEREZ-BRENNAN, The Times-Union

Cummer Museum wins national art award

Today, three art education representatives from the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Hope McMath, Chrys Yates and Ali Fuderer, will attend the Art Beyond Sight symposium at the Metropolitan Museum in New York to receive The Art Beyond Sight Award 2005, an annual award bestowed by Art Education for the Blind, a national non-profit organization. The Cummer started its programming for blind and people with low vision nine years ago, and holds an Art Beyond Sight Awareness week each year.

McMath said this is the first time the Cummer has ever received the award.

"It is a big deal," she said. "The reason why it's important is it tends to raise awareness of accessibility in general . . . it arms us to continue these kinds of programs."

McMath and her colleagues will also serve on a panel at the Museum of Modern Art during the two-day symposium.



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