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DIVISION ON VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS
A Division of the Council for Exceptional Children
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UAB Vision Science Research Center
Worrell Building #110 C
924 South 18th Street
Birmingham, Alabama 35294
1-866-975-0624 - Fax 205-934-6722
e-mail callison@uab.edu

TO: Superintendents of Residential Schools
Special Education Coordinators
Deaf-Blind Project Directors
Teachers of the Visually Impaired

FROM:            Carol Allison
Chair, Helen Keller International Art Show Committee

DATE:             August 9, 2010 

RE: 2011 Helen Keller International Art Show

April 25-28, 2011 - National Harbor, Md.

This is a call for the Helen Keller International Art Show sponsored by the Council for Exceptional Children Division on Visual Impairments and the University of Alabama at Birmingham Vision Science Research Center and School of Education. This invitation is for individuals who are visually impaired, blind, or deafblind to submit artwork. Students may select the preferred art medium. The contest is open to students of all ages. Each school system may submit up to seven pieces of art.
The winning entries from the international contest will be exhibited, beginning with the CEC International Conference in National Harbor, Md. on April 25-28, 2011.The purpose is to promote an awareness of the abilities of persons who are visually impaired, blind or deafblind.
Please submit art work by January 29, 2011 along with the student information form that can be downloaded from the website www.vsrc.uab/deafblind
 
Helen Keller International Art Show
“National Harbor, Md.  Edition”
Carol Allison
UAB Vision Science Research Center
Worrell Building #110 C
924 South 18th Street
Birmingham, Alabama 35294