The top of the painting is a beautiful blend of analogous colors that portrays the tree’s canopy and the vibrant blue sky. Through overlapped varied tones of green and blue the tree comes to life. The green and blue paint is overlapped by a stamped print design that features a mystical animal in the center, which appears to be a combination of a dragon and a rooster. This print design is overlapped by delicate, blue rhinestones that resemble the forms of clouds and sit in the area of the painting that consists of the blue sky coloring making it difficult for the viewer to discern which parts of the tree are the leafs versus the blue sky.

It seems like the plot of an ironic sitcom to have a visual artist and a daughter who is visually impaired, but this was the reality for Georgina Kleege. I thought it was really interesting to see the contrast between Georgina, a blind writer, and her father, an artist and a sculptor who valued what was visible much more than what could be said. I thought it was particularly interesting (and heartbreaking) towards the end, when her father became less and less capable of communicating with Georgina as he could say less and less with each breath, and their conversations were reduced to solely what was absolutely necessary.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/ikrd/people-are-loving-this-clothing-range-made-by?bfsource=ovthpvariant

In my high school Anatomy class, a burn victim visited our class to discuss the differences bewteen third, second, and first degree burns as they pertain to damaging the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis. When she walked into our classroom I could have sworn I let out an audible gasp, I could hardly recognize her as human. Her face was flat with smoothened skin and saggy eyes that seemed to impair her vision. Her hair was mangy and stringy, as if with one tug, I could manage to pull it all out. I couldn't focus on the presentation, and instead, fixated on her body, trying to imagine what horrible incident she must have lived through to have such a "distorted" appearance.

PORTRAITS OF DISABILITY AND DIFFERENCE

Writing Seminar 118a                                                                          Prof. Kristin Lindgren

Fall 2018                                                                                            Stokes 118IA             

T-Th 2:30-4                                                                                        klindgre@haverford.edu

Stokes 301                                                                                          610-220-3670

COURSE DESCRIPTION              

Riley Wheaton

            The central question here tackled is, what are the benefits and costs of folks with disabilities being counted in the US census.  There’s one coming up in 2020 and time is running short for us to make up our minds.  The science of statistics was born wrapped up in the ideology of eugenics and there are some still reluctant to trust state sponsored statistical analysis for fear it will be misused.  This fear is understandable.  However, today the science of statistics is being approached more conscientiously than at many times in our history, and it is poised to be a relevant and important tool to the disabled community in the United States at a critical juncture.

I have attached two documents which contain most of my project which ended up being a collection of resources that could help make a museum more accessible. I created audio descriptions of some art too but was not able to upload them to Serendip. The transcripts are in one of the documents along with a picture of the piece. If you want to hear the actual audio file I'm happy to email it to you!

CDS Portfolio:  Final Reflection

Fiona Smith

            Looking back at my understanding of disability theory and applications at the beginning of the semester, I clearly held limited and flawed views of the field as a whole.  This class has made me ask questions of myself, of my surroundings, and even of my other coursework and major that I had never before considered.

[Here is my final project!  The work consists of a short essay, two paintings, and an image-description file.  Enjoy!]

Reframing the Art:

Making Museum Exhibitions Accessible to Autistic Children

by Fiona Smith