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the Newest AlbemarleKids Care Exhibit September 2000
AlbemarleKids.com, a publishing company serving families in Charlottesville/Albemarle, invites you to experience the magic of a very special AlbemarleKids Care Art Exhibit! Children will create a huge Harry Potter inspired sculpture at Foxfield Family Day September 24, with the help of UVa art students. The sculpture will be photographed for a virtual reality exhibit in our online Kids Museum then exhibited at Fashion Square Mall October 6th-12th. The Opening Reception for the KidsCare Exhibit at the Mall is tentatively planned for October 7 at 10am. It will include a special program of performances especially creted for an audience with visual impairments. The sculpture, created by children for children who have visual impairments, will be given to the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind in Staunton for their Tactile Center. The creation of this KidsCare Exhibit is a true community effort involving dozens of volunteers from many different local organizations and businesses.
The Creation of A Hippogriff
After the hippogriff is created at Foxfield it will go to RealitySmith Studios where it will be photographed by Joel Smith. He has generously volunteered to develop a virtual tour for our online Kids Museum which will allow visitors to rotate the hippogriff in 3-D space and walk around the sculpture.
The hippogriff is scheduled for exhibit at Fashion Square Malls Center Court October 6th thru the 12th. There is an Opening Reception tentatively planned for Saturday October 7 at 10am. At the reception we will have a presentation ceremony followed by a special program of entertainment geared towards children with visual impairments that will include storytelling by Peter Jones of WTJUs Kid and Kaboodle Radio Program, a performance from Magician David Grahm, and a special collection of childrens tunes performed by the Senior Center Band. We will also have an activity table arranged by the Virginia Department for the Visually Handicapped (VDFDH) and the RFBD that will allow children to read braille, play with specially designed toys, and try out a tape player used by children who have low vision. All performers and the VDFDH and RFBD are volunteering their efforts to make this event extra special! Guests at the Reception will include the families of the children who helped to create the sculpture, children and adults with visual impairments from around the state as well as other interested families and individuals in our community.
Alongside of the sculpture at Foxfield Family Day, in our online Kids Museum, and at the Fashion Square Mall Exhibit we will display an information sharing the special story of Charlottesvilles own hippogriff and how he was built by children for children who are blind. and how the hippogriff will be used at Virginias School for the Deaf and Blind (VSFDB) in Staunton in their Tactile Center after the exhibit ends. We will also have hands-on activities for children at Foxfield Family Day and at the Opening Reception to help them better understand what it is like to have a visual impairment. FOR MORE INFORMATION about AlbemarleKids publications, please call (434)984-4713, or us, or visit our virtual offices at http://www.AlbemarleKids.com. Press follow up: This was a very widely covered media event, please refer to The Buzz" section for articles.
Cville Weekly September 19, October 3 |