For Immediate Release
Contact: April Sullivan
512-323-6626
Email: [email protected]
VSA Texas Presents an Installation at Access Gallery
A Community of Non-Normative Beings
January 17 – February 25, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 22, 2011 6:00-8:00 pm
Janet Morrow is an MFA candidate from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Her work has been shown nationally and internationally, most recently at the
Smithsonian International Gallery with VSA. After losing her ability to
hear, Janet received bilateral cochlear implants (CI) and has regained some
hearing with her implants. Morrow’s newest installation is based on how her
implants translate sounds she hasn’t heard before and themes of
“otherness” and disability. A Community of Non-Normative Beings uses
transparent materials to form abstracted structures, which are inflated to
create sculptural bodies that float and shimmer in the gallery. Accompanied
by industrial interiors and a “CI Sonatina”, Morrow’s art transcends human
frailty, and identifies the joy that may be found in even painful
situations.
A Community of Non-Normative Beings will be on view at Access Gallery,
located at 3701 Guadalupe, Suite 103, at the corner of 37th and Guadalupe,
from January 17 through February 25, 2011. An Opening Reception will be held
on Saturday, January 22 from 6-8 pm. Access Gallery promotes artists with
disabilities from across the state of Texas. Gallery hours are Mondays
through Friday, 12 – 5 pm. For more information contact Access Gallery at
512-323-6626 or [email protected].
About VSA arts
VSA Texas is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization that works to create a
society where people with disabilities freely learn through, participate in,
and enjoy the arts. Our mission is to promote the creative power in people
with disabilities by working with all community members to facilitate full
access to the cultural and educational arts. VSA Texas is a member of the
international network of VSA, an affiliate of The John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts.
Access Gallery is supported in part with federal funds available to the
Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities from the US Dept of Health and
Human Services; VSA under an award from the US Dept of Education; City of
Austin Cultural Arts Division and Texas Commission on the Arts.
To learn more about VSA of Texas, go to http://vsatx.org/