The Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama Comes to BPL
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| Phoenix King, Independence |
The Birmingham Public Library is privileged to host the Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama (HKAS) during the month of October. The exhibition features 40 pieces of art created by students with visual impairments, blindness, and/or deaf blindness from across the state of Alabama. HKAS is on display in the First Floor Gallery at the Central Library through October 30, 2024.
A reception will take place in the gallery on Friday, October 18, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Children who participate in the Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama use various media to create one-of-a-kind masterpieces. Most of the artworks in the exhibition have tactile components and can be experienced by viewing as well as through the sense of touch. The pieces are produced in public, private, residential, and home schools.
BPL is the sixth venue to host the show this year. So far, the exhibition has visited the Shelby County Arts Council (Columbiana), the Heritage Hall Museum (Talladega), the Wiregrass Museum of Art (Dothan), the Tennessee Valley Museum of Art (Tuscumbia), the Alabama Center for the Arts (Decatur), and the Museum of Pell City.
The mission of the Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama is to value, honor, and celebrate the artistic abilities and creative works of students with visual impairments, blindness, and/or deaf blindness. HKAS is a part of the educational outreach module for the School of Optometry’s Vision Science Research Center at UAB.
All the artworks in this exhibition are for sale. Proceeds from sales of the artworks go to the Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama.
Proceeds allow for the framing and transportation of the artworks to various museums and exhibition spaces in the next year’s show, as well as for the purchase of art materials for schools that do not supply them.
BPL’s Art for Everyone series is made possible by a grant awarded to the Friends Foundation of the Birmingham Public Library by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
By Margaret Splane, Library Assistant III|Art for Everyone, Community Engagement, Fundraising
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| Jewel Ostema, Rising Phoenix |
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| Angel Madrigal, My Rabbit in the Sun |
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