Art Parlor for February, 2024 Presents: Andrew Leland

Hello, everyone, and welcome to our September edition of The Art Parlor! This month, our guest is author and historian, Mark Carlson! Mark Carlson is a witty writer, ravenous reader, historian, and author of nine books. He is a freelance writer and aviation historian. He is a member of several military, maritime, historical, and veteran organizations. A contributing writer for over a dozen national magazines, his articles run the gamut of topics from aviation, military history, classic film and television, dogs, humor, and essays. He started by writing stories about his first Guide Dog, Musket, and later, about his work at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. Carlson’s most recent project is preparing his next book for publication, When Yamamoto Ran Wild, the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway, to be released in the summer of 2024. He is currently writing the definitive account of the Lincoln Assassination, entitled Tyrannicide – The True Story of Booth and Lincoln. Carlson established FUNspeakable in 2009 and has given lectures for several local organizations, adult communities and schools. NLS BARD catalog #75126; approximate reading time ten hours (2011). The book is also available from Amazon and Kindle: <https://tinyurl.com/yksvv7aa> Come listen as Mark tells us about himself and his journey with writing, blindness, guide dogs, and beyond!

Welcome to our edition of Art Parlor for June, 2024! This episode is a recording of our first Town Hall meeting, which was recorded in May. You will be informed about what FIA has planned, hear feedback from members and other participants, and learn how to become a member, among other topics. As always, you can learn more about us at <www.friendsinart.org>. Thank you for listening!.

This month, we welcome author Elizabeth Sammons to the Art Parlor. She eloquently describes many aspects of her life and the myriad experiences that lead her to write her book, "The Lyra and the Cross". You can find out more about Elizabeth's book here and also, listen to her play the lyra, an ancient, Greek harp.

The Art of Disability Culture: Nontraditional Visually-Impaired Artist panel Originally Aired June 25, 2022, on ACB Media during the ACB Conference and Convention Visually-impaired artists from different creative springboards: pottery graphical art movement theater shared their experiences presenting and working with curators to provide interactive and accessible connections to their work.

This month, our featured guest is Andrew Leland, the author of the book, "The Country of the Blind: a Memoir at the End of Sight". Listen as we engage with him and he gives us background, tells his story of becoming blind due to retinitis pigmentosa, and all he continues to learn in the process.

Episode Notes In this episode, we turn back a year... We bid you season's greetings as we bring back FIA member, Jason Castonguay, to talk about how he goes about arranging music. In this case, we're talking Christmas music. Yes, you, our listeners, will get to enjoy some hand-picked selections from Jason's Christmas album, as well as some other pieces recorded for an accessibility development fundraiser. Happy Holidays and enjoy the program!

This episode is an archive taken from the 2022 ACB Conference and Convention when Friends in Art held its Writers Workshop on June 25, 2022.

Welcome to the October edition of The Art Parlor! This month, we feature a returning guest, Matthew Shifrin! He tells us of his college work, a one-man musical he's created, his company's continued efforts with Lego, and much more! This talented, clever, innovative man has a lot going for him and it was a pleasure to visit with him again.

Meghan Downing, the recipient of FIA's 2020 scholarship, is our guest in this edition of The Art Parlor! She tells us of her music interests ramping up in high school, learning the guitar, and takes us through her college adventures - the most recent of which was studying in Valencia, Spain. While there, she recorded her first song-writing effort and you will get to hear it on the show! Music Therapy is part of her studies, as well, and is a passion of hers. Near the end of the program, we learn Meghan has a talent from a young age that we didn't know until the recording of this program! What a pleasure it was to have Meghan as our guest.

Art Parlor for August, 2023 Presents: AI, Music, & Pictures In this edition of the Art Parlor, we visit an archive of the 2022 National ACB Conference and Convention. Held on June 23 of that year, our guest and FIA member, Derek Lane, along with attendees explore artificial intelligence, music, and pictures and how we, as blind people, can use these to our advantage.