Beyond Sight Foundation Art Exhibit

Look okay, RantWoman is unlikely to be physically anywhere near the site of the exhibition described here. Nevertheless, RantWoman is posting this here in case some of her sundry readers from other strands of her life who might be in the vicinity can check it out! RantWoman is also posting it so she can keep track of it, but that is a separate problem:

Finally, RantWoman the multialphabetic language geek notes the presence of a number of word combinations that nicely illustrate the usefulness of Braille for helping people distinguish among words that phonetically sound the same but are distinct words.


http://blindwithcamera.org/


From the 23rd - 26th November, Leicester Grammar School's foyer is playing host to an exhibition of photographs by the Beyond Sight Foundation from Mumbai, India. This organisation is a highly successful charity and educational pioneer in India and last year won the Karmaveer Puraskaar - National Award for Social Justice and Citizen Action, given by the Indian Confederation of NGOs (ICONGO). They also have a strong web presence and their URL is http://blindwithcamera.org/ .

The photographs that will be on display are unique as they are taken by Indian photographers who are blind and partially sighted and students from Indian schools for the blind, some who have never seen. The artworks depict their daily activities and personal experiences. Thus the exhibition will not only represent an exhibition of interesting images, it will also give an insight into the lives of blind and visually impaired adults and students in India. The only other venues for this exhibition in the UK will be Liverpool Cathedral as part of the DaDa International Arts Festival and the Indian High Commission in London, which will also host a presentation by the head of the foundation, Partho Bhowmick.

We would like to invite you to visit the exhibition, and particularly attend the preview on the 23rd November, from 5 - 6 pm, which is free of charge and during which Partho Bhowmick will be in attendance. If you would like tickets for this event, please return the slip below with the number you would like.


As a postscript RantWoman notes mention of seveal other probably worthy entities. RantWoman does not have time to check out their digital presences and commends the search engine of her readers' choice for further checking. In several cases, RantWoman definitely hopes the places have digital presence.