[accessibleimage] Re: Blind and art articles in the New York Times

Fascinating : I liked especially the one (London July 25 1913) How do the
blind know beauty? because it reminded me of an evening in Holland, in
Veldhoven, around 1989 I guess at the 7th (?) International Mobility
Conference . Memory perhaps embellishes the story but as I recall we had had
dinner, a few beers and wines too many, Dutch hospitality running out of
control and one of the blind delegates declared that he had fallen in love
with a statue in the foyer, marble, life size, Greek style dress. He held
her adoringly and danced with her. Very touching (pun intended).

Many years ago I did a tactile audio picture of a dog, it was my dog
"Sailor" (tatoo in ear). I took the image from a photograph, dog sitting
down. On being touched "Sailor" barked. A seven year old blind girl, reading
the picture and listening with a smile,  said, "He's beautiful", then my Old
English Sheepdog Sailor came into the room - having heard the recorded bark,
over and over again! He sniffed her and licked her and nudged her, being
about twice her weight. Hair all over his face: impossible to see his eyes:
needed a dog guide himself! She put her arms around him. They danced. No
doubt Sailor thought she was beautiful too.

Who really knows what senses and scents can lead to, and yes, 'beauty is
also in the hands of the beholder".

Don
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisa Yayla" <lisa.yayla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [accessibleimage] Blind and art articles in the New York Times


> Hi,
> The  on-line version of  The New York Times has a search option for past
> articles
> 1857-Current file. I searched in there for articles about art and the
> blind. From the search
> results you get the title, first paragraph, year etc. of the article. To
> get the full article one has
> to pay. The oldest reference I found was from 1879. Below are the partial
> results.
> Regards,
> Lisa
>
>
> A BLIND SCULPTOR.:FINGERS TAKING THE PLACE OF EYES IN FINE
> ARTISTIC WORK.
> New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 30, 1879.  pg. 3,
> 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   789
>
> First Paragraph
> Much might be written about the difficulties with which the blind have to
> contend. When they
> devote themselves to music, piano-forte-tuning, or ordinary hand labor, it
> is easy to
> understand that they may attain to a certain amount of proficiency. But
> when the question of
> art is concerned the want of sight would appear to be an almost
> insurmountable obstacle to
> success, rarely to be ...
> -----------------------
>
> Blind Are Given Art Experience:Program's Theory Explained
> By ROY R. SILVERSpecial to The New York Times. New York Times
> (1857-Current
>
> file). New York, N.Y.: May 20, 1973.  pg. 120, 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> Section:   GN
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   577
>
> First Paragraph
> GREENVALE, LI. -- What began as a doctoral dissertation proposal for a
> local Long Island
> artist has resulted in an unusual art experience for five blind students
> attending C.W. Post
> College of Long Island University.
>
> -----
>
> 6 Blind Children and a Woodcarver, 83, 'See' Special Show of Museum
> Sculptures
> New York Times (1857-Current File). New York, N.Y.: Apr 11, 1946.  pg. 27,
> 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   338
>
> First Paragraph
> Six blind children and an 83year-old woodcarver, members of The
> Lighthouse's class in clay
> modeling, visited yesterday the Junior Museum of the Metropolitan Museum
> of Art, where a
> special ...
>
> ---------------
>
> PRIZES GIVEN TO BLIND FOR ARTS AND CRAFTS
> New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 5, 1946.  pg. 17,
> 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   202
> ---------------------
>
>
> MUSEUM EXHIBITS ART BY CHILDREN:Paintings and Sculpture of Normal and
>
> Blind Students at Modern Art Gallery 'HAPTIC' TECHNIQUE SEEN Production by
>
> Tactile Sense Not Limited to Sculpture in Exhibition Classifications
> By EDWARD ALDEN JEWELL. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York,
> N.Y.:
>
> Mar 8, 1940.  pg. 24, 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> Section:   Society
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   561
>
> First Paragraph
> An interesting though in many respects a pretty puzzling little exhibition
> opened yesterday at
> the Museum of Modern Art, 11 West Fifty-third Street. It is called "Visual
> and non-Visual
> Art Expression." The work, by children who ...
>
> --------------------
>
> BLIND ART GROUP EXPANDS CLASSES:Foundation in Puerto Rico
>
> Teaches Students to Draw Using Braille and Holes
> Special to The New York Times.. New York Times (1857-Current File). New
> York, N.Y.:
>
> Jul 27, 1955.  pg. 25, 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   583
>
> First Paragraph
> SAN JUAN, P. R., July 26 -- Operating under the laws of the Commonwealth
> of Puerto
> Rico is a World Research Center for the Blind.
>
> -----------------------
>
> BLIND YOUNGSTERS LEARN FROM PLAYS:Dramatic Arts Project in 30
>
> Schools Teaches Them the Patterns of Behavior THEY QUICKLY GAIN POISE
> By F. FRASER BOND. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Oct
> 17,
>
> 1943.  pg. E7, 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   editorial_article
> Section:   REVIEW OF THE WEEK EDITORIALS
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   609
>
> First Paragraph
> " The play's the thing" in the education of sightless youngsters. This is
> the conclusion reached
> by the American Foundation for the Blind at 15 West Sixteenth Street,
> which for the past
> three years, with aid from the Rockefeller Foundation, has conducted a
> dramatic arts project
> in thirty schools for the blind throughout the country.
>
> ---------------------------
> TO SHOW ART BY BLIND:Gallery Will Open Exhibit of Sculpture Tomorrow
> New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Feb 3, 1941.  pg. 12,
> 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> Section:   amusements
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   178
> ----------------------
>
> Art of Blind to Be Exhibited
> New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Mar 20, 1939.  pg. 20,
> 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> Section:   Books
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   58
>
> ---------------
>
> 5 Blind Jurors Judge Sculptures; Fingers Pick 6 Winners Frown 100
> New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 8, 1951.  pg. 33,
> 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   340
>
> First Paragraph
> A five-member jury of the blind was called upon yesterday to judge 100
> sculptures in the art
> show, sponsored by Artists Equity Association and the New York Association
> for the Blind,
>
> ----------------------
>
> A BLIND SCULPTOR.:FINGERS TAKING THE PLACE OF EYES IN FINE
>
> ARTISTIC WORK.
> New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 30, 1879.  pg. 3,
> 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   789
>
> First Paragraph
> Much might be written about the difficulties with which the blind have to
> contend. When they
> devote themselves to music, piano-forte-tuning, or ordinary hand labor, it
> is easy to
> understand that they may attain to a certain amount of proficiency. But
> when the question of
> art is concerned the want of sight would appear to be an almost
> insurmountable obstacle to
> success, rarely to be ...
>
> ---------------
> TELLS OF PROGRESS IN TEACHING BLIND:Report of Association Shows
>
> Advance in Self-Support by Sightless Workers. MAKES APPEAL FOR FUNDS Has
>
> Helped Sixty-Two Individuals In Business Ventures by Sup- plying Capital.
> New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jan 8, 1923.  pg. 17,
> 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   313
>
> First Paragraph
> Notable advances in instructing the blind in the direction of self-support
> were described in the
> sixteenth annual report of the New York Association for the Blind, made
> public yesterday by
> its President, Dr. John H. Finley. Marked progress was reported in
> industry and in the fine
> arts by men and women using their "ten eyes," as the blind call their
> fingers.
>
> -----------------
> BLIND NOW TAUGHT MAKING OF POTTERY:Pioneer Lighthouse Finds New
>
> Course, Under WPA Teacher, Is Deeply Satisfying
> New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Dec 12, 1937.  pg. 2,
> 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> Section:   GENERAL NEWS, EDUCATION, SCIENCE, LOST AND FOUND, PUBLIC
>
> NOTICES, OBITUARIES, WILLS, ESTATES, ARMY ORDERS
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   542
>
> First Paragraph
> For the first time since its inception thirty years ago, the New York
> Association for the Blind,
> familiarly known as the Pioneer Lighthouse, 111 East Fifty-ninth Street,
> has introduced in its
> recreational activities the art of pottery making. The art, itself, has
> proved of deep satisfaction
> to the pupils.
>
> ---------------------
>
> Art Museum Exhibit Gives Blind the 'Feel' of Art
> By ISRAEL SHENKER. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug
> 4,
>
> 1977.  pg. 21, 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   568
>
> First Paragraph
> Four visitors, blind and mentally retarded, went to the Metropolitan
> Museum of Art
> yesterday to feel what artisits do.
>
> --------------------
>
> Blind Students Touch Way Through Art at a Museum:Sculptures Cold to the
> Touch
> New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Mar 13, 1979.  pg. B2,
> 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> Section:   Metropolitan Report
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   586
>
> First Paragraph
> Nobody said "Don't touch" to a group of Queens high school students
> visiting the Museum of
> Modern Art yesterday. Twenty-one of the students were blind and
> handicapped, and they
> were touring the sculpture galleries and garden. They were learning about
> art by touching it.
>
> ------------------
>
> Works of Blind To Be Exhibited:Display at Modern Museum to Compare Them
>
> With Norm --Art Sales for Week
> By THOMAS C. LINN. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Mar
> 3,
>
> 1940.  pg. 50, 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> Section:   Society News, Women's News
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   683
>
> First Paragraph
> A new departure in exhibitions is to be opened to the public next Thursday
> at the Museum of
> Modern Art, 11 West Fifty-third Street. It will be called "Visual and
> NonVisual Art
> Expression" and will oontrast the work of adolescents who are blind,
> partly blind, or have
> normal vision.
>
> ------------------
>
> BLIND, HE MASTERS SCULPTURE AT 25:Student Here Becomes Expert With
>
> Chisel, Using Finger as a Guiding 'Eye'
> New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Mar 27, 1937.  pg. 17,
> 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   504
>
> First Paragraph
> Although blind since childhood, Mark Shoesmith, 25 years old, has mastered
> the art of
>
> chiseling and whittling compositions out of stone. His sculptures, on
> their own merits, have
>
> been considered creditable pieces of art by sculptors, including Malvina
> Hoffman.
>
> -----------------------
>
> LIMITATIONS OF THE BLIND.:Educator Says They Are Not So Well Informed as
> Is Supposed.
> New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 10, 1913.  pg. 3,
> 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> Dateline:   LONDON, July 25
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   267
>
> First Paragraph
> LONDON, July 25. -- "How do the blind know beauty?" was one of the
> questions
>
> propounded at the Musuem Conference here. It was stated that by sense of
> touch blind
>
> visitors to art galleries had declared objects "beautiful" or "ugly," and
> that one visitor, after
>
> touching a statue of Venus, exclaimed, "She must have been a beautiful
> woman."
>
> ----------------------
>
> A Sculpture Is Created With the Blind in Mind
> By PHILIP GOOD. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Oct
> 23, 1988.
>
>  pg. NJ20, 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> Section:   NEW JERSEY WEEKLY
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   611
>
> First Paragraph
> IN museums and galleries, art is presented as something precious. Objects
> of art are
>
> protected from visitors, who might be asked to keep their distance.
>
> -----------------
> ONCE BLIND, MAN WINS PLACE IN ART EXHIBIT:C.A. Copson, Sightless
>
> for Years, Hopes His Work Will Encourage Others Who Are Handicapped.
> New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Mar 5, 1931.  pg. 22,
> 1 pgs
>
> Article types:   article
> ISSN/ISBN:   03624331
> Text Word Count   224
>
>
>
>
>
> Lisa Yayla
> Huseby Kompetansesenter
> Oslo Norway
> lisa.yayla@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>

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