Delight All Your Senses at EXPERIENCE
A One-of-a-Kind Exhibit
Sight+Sound+Smell+Touch
Forget the "Please don’t touch" rules normally found in museums and art galleries. Experience is an exhibit that revels in all your senses. In fact, it is Florida’s only collection of art created by Florida artists for people of all abilities.
Thanks to a grant from VSA arts of Florida, this collection of fine crafts was selected by Florida Craftsmen, Inc., for a travelling exhibition. The premiere showing at Lighthouse of Pinellas from April 23 to June 17 is made possible by a sponsorship from Wal-Mart Store #1712. The exhibit is designed to enhance awareness and help everyone enjoy art in ways they have never done before.
Among the exhibit pieces, you will discover:
Love You Make, Love You Take by St. Petersburg artist Enne Abelman is two sets of black, grey and strawberry velvet scrolls with title and printed words evoking lyrics used by a documented 130,879 American song writers in the past 50 years. Each set has both English words and a corresponding Braille scroll.
Renaissance Psaltery by Gene Jaeger offers the gift of music to all who run its flexible bow across its strings. Try it and be surprised by the complex and romantic sounds that come from this exquisitely crafted instrument.
Sweetgrass Basket by 2008 McArthur Fellow Mary A. Jackson is more than a craft; it is a hands-on education on American history and the marriage of form and function that has been the trademark of American fine crafts.
Free and Open to the Public, April 23rd to June 17th
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays
8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 25
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16
Group tours by special request
Contact Stephanie Smith
(727) 544-4433
ssmith@lighthouseofpinellas.org
A State of Vision
Did you know that Lighthouse of Pinellas is one of the 15 agencies in the state of Florida that receive support through the sales from the new license plate, "A State of Vision"? Sales from the new license plate generate monies for direct support services to Floridians statewide through a network of 15 local non-profit agencies which comprise the Florida Association of Agencies Serving the Blind (FAASB). Lighthouse of Pinellas is a member of the FAASB network. That means that the sales generated by "A State Of Vision" license plates in Pinellas County will help to support the programs and services right here at Lighthouse of Pinellas! This year when you renew your vehicle registration, please consider purchasing this new license plate... make a statement that YOU support A State of Vision!
2009 Tour of Kitchens
Over $37,000 in proceeds was raised to benefit individuals who are blind or visually impaired in Pinellas County.
On behalf of the board, staff & clients of the Lighthouse of Pinellas, we extend our sincere appreciation to everyone who participated with the Fifth Anniversary Tour of Kitchens event! Most of the hard costs associated with the Tour are based on in-kind donations, so the expenses are minimal. That allows for the majority of the proceeds to go directly to the programs and services offered by Lighthouse of Pinellas ~ enabling a significant benefit to the clients. Lighthouse of Pinellas has been meeting the needs of individuals who are blind or visually impaired for over 50 years, and with your help we will continue for another 50.
Thank you for your generous support!
