Issues and Theories in Art Education
Geoffrey Mikol
is a professional artist that owns River Bend Gallery with his family, in historic Galena, Illinois. As a person born with Down syndrome, Geoffrey has found a special connection with photography as a means of expressing himself. His artwork is stunning and often technically difficult, catching elusive light that the eye sees but that cameras often miss. He has a talent for capturing moments in nature that still the soul and quiet your senses.
https://www.riverbendgalleries.com/about
Pete Eckert
More than two decades after entirely losing his sight to retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease, Eckert has established a successful career as a self-taught photographer. "I view my work, and the blind photography movement, as an extension of the impressionist movement from a hundred years ago," he said. "A lot of the impressionists had vision problems, they showed a different way to interpret things. The blind photography movement is the next logical step."
http://peteeckert.com/
Victorine Floyd Fludd
Victorine lost all of her vision around 35 years ago, when, in a short span of time, she went from fully sighted to complete blindness. Vicky has a tremendous sense of space and motion. Often she will dance around the room while we work, never bumping into a thing even amid all the chaos. She is able to incorporate the rhythmic waves of motion of Caribbean song and dance into her photographs, making the lights dance as she does.
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JC Sheitan Tenet
JC Sheitan Tenet, there wasn’t another option. He lost his right arm below the elbow 22 years ago. Sheitan Tenet didn’t allow the setback to stop him from pursuing a life as an artist. He taught himself how to draw with his left hand and progressed from there to tattooing. It wasn’t easy. Sheitan Tenet admits that he had a hard time finding an artist willing to take him on as an apprentice because of his disability. But where there’s a will, there’s a way, and now he has a new way to tattoo.
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Sue Austin
Susan Felicity Austin is a British disabled artist working in multimedia, performance and installation. Austin is best known for her work "Creating the Spectacle!" in which she uses a specially modified wheelchair to move underwater, using scuba diving equipment; it was performed as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Austin's underwater wheelchair has been seen by more than 150 million people worldwide.
http://www.wearefreewheeling.org.uk/sue-austin-home
Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus was an American photographer best known for her intimate black-and-white portraits. Arbus often photographed people on the fringes of society, including the mentally ill, transgender people, and circus performers. Interested in probing questions of identity and burned out on commercial work, Arbus began roaming the streets of New York with her camera, documenting the city through its citizens
http://www.artnet.com/artists/diane-arbus/
Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg was an American painter and graphic artist with Dyslexia whose early works anticipated the pop art movement. Rauschenberg is well known for his "Combines" of the 1950s, in which non-traditional materials and objects were employed in innovative combinations. Rauschenberg was both a painter and a sculptor and the Combines are a combination of both, but he also worked with photography, printmaking, papermaking, and performance.
Nancy Willis
Nancy Willis is a London based artist whose work includes painting, printmaking, sculpture, mixed media, and moving image. Nancy has exhibited in the Whitechapel Open, Diorama Art Gallery, London, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle and BBC Television Centre. She was Artist in Residence at Hammersmith Hospital and Byam Shaw School of Art. In 2003 she received the Arts Council Innovate Award. Her film ‘Elegy for the Elswick Envoy’, commissioned by Channel 4, won ‘Best Documentary’ at film festivals in the USA, Australia, and Africa.
Ceridwen Hughes
Ceridwen's images have appeared in publications throughout the world. At last count the images from her Rare Project series appeared in over 21 different countries from the BBC and ITV to Huffington Post. She is passionate about capturing that moment in time that draws the observer in to want to know more. If it ignites interest or simply makes someone pause then she is happy. My passion for photography began through curiosity and has resulted in a growing awareness of the world around me. I hope that my images portray some of that interest and passion" said Ceridwen.
