”Allée” by Robert Giannetti

Perceptions Audio Book:

"Allée"

By: Robert Giannetti

 

"Perceptions" Audio Book is Produced by: The Niagara Arts & Cultural Center

1201 Pine Ave, Niagara Falls, NY, USA

https://thenacc.org/

 

Sponsored by: VIA (Visually Impaired Advancement) & Humanities New York

Project Organizer: Kelly Lang-Buckley

Engineered/Recorded by: Dave Riffel  

 

Writing instructors: Norah A. Perez; Michelle Ann Kratts; Michelle Deluca; Robert M. Giannetti, Ph. D

Facilitator: Lauren Petrocelli

Oversight Committee Chair: Katherine Johnson, Ph. D

A PATHWAYS THROUGH THE DARK PROJECT:

 

The Niagara Arts & Cultural Center hosts creative writing & art workshops focused on sharing the personal stories of those who have visual impairments, their friends and family. 

 

Our project is about learning to tell your story and about discovering the underlying common human experience of loss, grief and resilience. Storytelling is the core of culture. Storytelling brings people together to entertain each other, to learn from each other, and often to teach about life and ways of interacting with the world. The stories gathered by our group will focus on the challenges, hardships, victories and coping mechanisms incorporated by those impacted by vision loss. These will become someone else's guide post, passing on knowledge, creating empathy, and helping create a shared understanding among those individuals dealing with vision loss as well as those dealing with other types of loss, or life altering circumstances.

 

This project is important because so many people are currently dealing with loss and are searching for ways to redefine themselves and their relationship to the world around them.

 

Sponsored by Humanities New York

Using dialogue, reflection, and critical thinking, Humanities New York applies the humanities to strengthen democratic society.

In Partnership with VIA

VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT