Federation of the Blind, and Blind Inc.

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF MINNESOTA.

Meeting with Shawn, the director of Blind Inc., will be a time to listen and work with her as well as other members who are visually impaired. The direction we are going in is based off of what the NFB and Blind Inc. in Minnesota already have; a goal to get visually impaired people involved in the greater community of where they live. By combining their artistic practices and passions with that of artists who are not visually impaired, we can embark on an interesting journey of learning from each other, art, communication, creative goals, and collaboration.

This statement is subject to change and evolve as we allow the project to unfold.

------For now------
-Continue Meeting
-Make connections of creativity and community
-Establish other contacts
>>within organizations for the Blind of Minnesota
>>outside community/organizations
-Let project unfold.....act on key connections/directions

LIST OF GROUP MEMBERS SO FAR.

-Alex Roche
-Emily Reile
-Dan Sinclair

Misson Statement

In order to nail down some ideas that everybody can agree with I think it would be a good idea for everybody to post

1. three or so overarching ideas that they gathered from the project

2. suggestions for how to write it

For example:

1. making communities aware of each other, crossing community boundaries, proactive involvement outside the MCAD bubble.

2. maybe everybody could write their own mission statement/manifesto, and we could combine them/edit them in to one next class period

Thanks guys! I think it would be helpful to get a few of these ideas down.

BIKE + COMMUNITY

BIKE + COMMUNITY

Our team is exploring the relationship between the bike community, and the community at large.

Our first meeting with Robert, a North Minneapolis resident that uses bikes and bike maintenance to reach out to his community is scheduled for this Friday.

Besides that we are also researching other possible connections with bike + community. And they are:

bike and the schools

bike safety for kids

biker friendly bike maps

biker friendly cities

community bike shops

Right now the group is:

Sonkarlay

Tousue

Christopher

Dan

Kasia

Mitch

Old Arizona

Here is a list of the team for Old Arizona: Alexa, Alex, Annie, Emily & Katie. We have a blog right now at : MCAD+OLD ARIZONA if curiosity strikes. We will be meeting this coming Wednesday and Saturday. Also here's the url to Old Arizona.

MN (heart) TYPE (two)

well here is my list of faces! not sure why really on most-based it on instinct. Lay some on me yo.

P.S. number 8 is the type face we used for US + THEM

US+THEM mission statement and goals

I haven't gotten any response in regards to the rough draft of the US+THEM mission statement, aside from Bernard's comment. At this point this will be the final statement for US+THEM:

US +THEM
This statement represents an awareness of individualism, and the relationship between individuals and all communities. It is a positive discourse that celebrates discussion, and discovery of all cultures within communities.

Goals:
1. Positive discussion.
2. Positive realization.
3. Positive celebration.

MN (heart) TYPE

Hey ya'll -

not sure what ya'll think about this, but I was interested in this idea of a typeface that is "Minnesotan" or a typeface that could be associated with the midwest. I have a small list that I feel that may work (I will post them when I get outta work here), but hoping that maybe the class offer up some ideas on this. It would be really badass if we made our own, the research could also be really fun!