On both email lists (the old and the new) she has been added as a
digest recipient. Which puts her right between jasonhoblit and some
guy named jayres.
To write her directly (and sidestep the digest), just use this:
jaynes.teresa(a)gmail.com.
--Mike
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From: tlgalloway via Shakespeare at Winedale Email List
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Date: Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: Teresa Jaynes-- The Moon Reader
To: robertpees(a)gmail.com, mnemonic(a)gmail.com
Cc: jayres(a)cvctx.com, shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list(a)googlegroups.com
Hey Folks!
I thought some of you would like to hear about (and support) this
project by one of the most distinguished visual artists from our
shared Winedalean past-- Teresa Jaynes.
A few years ago, my sweetie Donna and I happened to be in Philly and
were able to see the city wide exhibits that she had curated for
Philadelphia International Festival Celebrating Print in the
Contemporary Arts. She's started another incredible project called
The Moon Reader. I've copied an pasted a description of that project
at the end of this missive.
When I was reading about the Moon Reader I stumbled upon a message
Teresa put out on her facebook page. You can read for yourselves but
in short it says she is starting a hatchfund campaign to take the Moon
Reader to other libraries in the U.S.
Those of you (including Rando, Bruce, Robin, Alice among others) who
know Teresa's work will vouch for her brilliance and vision. Please
read her appeal. And of course the description of the work itself. I
took it upon myself to send this out to others who know her and her
art and are in a position to support it, because, well, we're that
kind of community.
Love to you all
Terry
HERE'S TERESA'S MESSAGE ON HER FACEBOOK PAGE
Dear friends and family,
Most of you are aware of my latest art project "The Moon Reader". What
you may not know is that it's the first of a two-part plan. The second
phase is to complete two more sets of The Moon Reader with shipping
crates for them to travel to other libraries in the U.S. (The two
installations that are currently on exhibit will continue to circulate
to local libraries in the Philadelphia area.)
So here's the pitch that you knew was coming!
I started a campaign with Hatchfund.org -- a great artist project
crowd sourcing site. I've raised 40% of the goal and just got a pledge
of $500 if I can raise $250 by the end of the day on Friday, October
17. Yep, that's in 3 days! It's short notice but it would be great if
you're able to donate something. No amount is too small - for real!
$10 is terrific. The idea is to build on the momentum and my number of
donors is as important as the amount. Your donation is tax deductible
and there are "perks" for gifts above $15. (It's also absolutely ok if
you're not able to do anything at this time. I also accept good
vibes!)
Thanks to everyone who helped me get this far. Your generosity
provided me the momentum that is so critical if I'm to reach my
ultimate goal by October 27.
Here's the address and there's more information and images at the end
of this post.
http://www.hatchfund.org/project/the_moon_reader
Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you!
HERE'S THE DESCRIPTION OF THE MOON READER PROJECT
The Moon Reader
The Visual Culture Program (VCP at LCP) will
host an installation of the first new work by
Teresa Jaynes since her directorship of the
acclaimed print festival Philagrafika 2010. The
Moon Reader, created with the assistance of
Katherine Allen, is a multimedia installation
that invites participants to learn to read
Moon, a raised-letter writing system for the
blind invented by blind educator William
Moon in 1845.
The Reader is based on two handmade books. The first is set in Moon
type and has embossed
illustrations. The second book, a translation of the first, is printed
in both braille and large
type. The texts and an accompanying audio recording are designed to be
read against one
another to enable readers of varying visual ability to decipher Moon.
Modeled after Victorian
primers, the books are based on research in the Library Company's
Michael Zinman Collection of
Printing for the Blind.
Beginning with an exercise to learn Moon, readers deepen their
involvement with the writing
system through a series of lessons inspired by history, music, and
science textbooks in the Zinman
Collection. The experience----touching, deciphering, translating and
finally comprehending----is
intended to be a serene act of discovery. The Moon Reader seeks to
challenge participants' ideas
about visual culture, in ways that elicit curiosity, humor, and
empathy and expand their
understandings of historical and contemporary connotations of sight. A
touch screen with access
to the Moon Reader Facebook page and blog enable visitors to further
interact with the project.
William Moon lost his sight at 21. He became a teacher at a school for
blind boys in Brighton, East
Sussex, Great Britain. Finding that his pupils had difficulty learning
the existing embossed dot
codes in use at the time, in 1845 he devised a new reading code, "Moon
Type," based on a
simplified Roman alphabet. Moon's system used just nine basic marks
that were turned at various
angles to produce the 26 letters of the alphabet. The text was meant
to be read from left to right, hen back from right to left on the next
line, so that the finger never had to leave the page. It was
an excellent method for people who had lost their vision after already
having experienced the
Roman alphabet, as the marks bear a resemblance to the letters they
represent. Although braille
has since replaced Moon type in popularity, Moon is still used in some
parts of Great Britain
today.
The Visual Culture Program's collaboration with Jaynes will continue
through the fall on
development of a main-gallery exhibition also based on her work with
our historic material
printed for the blind. Provisionally entitled "Talking to the Fingers
in the Language of the Eyes,"
the exhibition will combine historic collections with new work and
multimedia experiences
designed to challenge the privileged status of sight. "Talking," which
is being funded by a major
grant from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, is scheduled to open in
February 2016.
On September 23, 2014, to celebrate this collaboration, the Library
Company will host a
conversation with project advisors from the blind community who will
discuss changing relations
between sighted and visually impaired people over the centuries. A
three-set, limited edition, The
Moon Reader will also be on display at the Magill Library at Haverford
College and the Library for
the Blind and Physically Handicapped. The Moon Reader was made
possible by an Indep
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