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From: "Leon Gilbert" <BlindNews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: BlindNews: Touching Art: Skinner Butte Sculpture Unveiled


> KVAL - Eugene,OR,USA
> Monday, February 21, 2005
>
> Touching Art: Skinner Butte Sculpture Unveiled
>
> By Tom Adams
>
> Eugene -  Four years of planning reach a climax tomorrow for a Eugene 
> artist. Her new bronze sculpture will allow many people to "see" the city 
> in a totally different way.
>
> Local sculptor Martha Snyder and her brother Tom did the heavy lifting at 
> Skinner Butte Monday.
>
> They mounted the city's newest piece of art, a bronze sculpture that 
> provides a tactile-view of the city, looking south from the top of the 
> butte.
>
> It's designed for the visually impaired. Snyder told KVAL, "I'm a 
> sculptor.  I work with these, to make the art that I do, and people who 
> are blind and visually impaired often use these to get more information."
>
> Snyder's project was made possible by grants from the Lane Arts Council, a 
> Lane County tourism special grant and other sources.
>
> And barely one minute after Martha and her brother erected the plaque, the 
> first admirers were raving about the piece. Visitors Jeff Waters and 
> Rachel Smirl were amazed with the detail of the city skyline in the 
> sculpture.
>
> Snyder thought of just about everything.  You can reach out and see the 
> Eugene Hilton, the Library, the Federal Courthouse, and even touch the 
> First United Methodist Church way down on Olive Street.
>
> Snyder has worked very hard to accurately portray the Eugene skyline as we 
> look south and on the artpiece.  But as she explained to us, there's a 
> fine artistic balance between putting not enough detail and having too 
> much detail.   According to Snyder, "I've been told that too much 
> information is not helpful for the blind.  It's more confusing; so what I 
> was trying to do was to reach the balance of vegetation and architectural 
> structures.
>
> Snyder has created tactile graphics of Crater Lake and the Fort Clatsop 
> National Memorial on the coast, but she takes the most pride in this 
> latest work.
>
> Tuesday at noon is the dedication ceremony for the new Skinner Butte 
> sculpture, and the public is welcome.
>
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