Art Show Recognizes Deafblind Awareness Week

AUSTIN – The Texas Well being and Human Companies Fee is celebrating nationwide Deafblind Consciousness Week from June 26 to July 2 by internet hosting the inaugural HHSC Deafblind Consciousness Week Artwork Present: Empowerment by way of Artwork. The in-person artwork present opening shall be held on Friday, June 24, on the HHSC North Austin Complicated.

“These youngsters put their hearts and souls into their paintings. That is only a small sampling of the creativity that deafblind Texans possess when given equal entry to communication, data and different instruments primarily based on their distinctive wants,” stated Sarah Karmacharya, HHSC Blind Kids’s Vocational Discovery and Growth Program coverage and program growth supervisor. “When given the right help, the chances are infinite.”

The artwork present will function items produced by deafblind youngsters, skilled paintings by a deafblind artist, a pre-recorded artwork discuss and remarks from HHSC workers.

WHAT: Opening of HHSC Deafblind Consciousness Week Artwork Present: Empowerment by way of Artwork

WHEN: Friday, June 24, 2022

WHERE: Texas HHSC
North Austin Complicated
4601 W. Guadalupe St.
Austin, TX
First Ground Foyer

“Empowerment by way of Artwork” shall be on show and open to the general public from June 24 to July 8. To register for the artwork present opening, go to the HHSC Deafblind Consciousness Week Artwork Present: Empowerment by way of Artwork web site.

On Monday, June 27, from 11-11:45 a.m., HHSC will even host a Digital Artwork Opening and Deafblind Consciousness Week Kick-Off occasion. The digital occasion will function remarks from HHSC workers, a pre-recorded Artwork Discuss from a deafblind artist and images from the in-person artwork present opening. To register for the webinar, go to the Digital Artwork Opening and Deafblind Consciousness Week Kick-Off web site.

About Deafblind Consciousness Week
Deafblind Consciousness Week is noticed yearly over the past week in June to honor the birthday of Helen Keller, who misplaced her sight and listening to at simply 19 months of age. After growing her personal type of communication, she realized learn 5 languages, attended faculty, wrote books, and traveled the world. As a approach to commemorate Helen Keller and her contributions for these within the deafblind neighborhood, the Workplace of the Governor of Texas has declared June 26 – July 2, 2022 as Helen Keller Deafblind Consciousness Week.

About Deafblind Sources
Texas HHSC Blind Kids’s Vocational Discovery and Growth Program (BCVDDP) makes a speciality of addressing the wants of youngsters who’re blind or visually impaired, together with youngsters who’re deafblind. HHSC supplies abilities coaching, father or mother schooling and case administration to assist youngsters attain targets and change into as unbiased as potential. For extra data go to the HHS web site.