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personnel in programs that train teachers of the blind
and deafblind. All students and teachers who enter
the show are ���winners��� and receive certificates of
participation. The exhibit pieces are selected by
judges representing art museums, teachers of the
sensory impaired, additional educational
professionals, staff members, and other interested
individuals. It travels with a booklet containing each
student���s name, grade, and brief biography.
The exhibit officially opens at the International
CEC Convention each year and then travels around.
has traveled
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to places such as the Virginia Sowell Center at Texas
Tech, Georgia Academy for the Blind, University of
Alabama Medical Center Library and Eye Foundation
Hospital-Low Vision Clinic, Duke University, Florida
State University, American Foundation for the Blind,
and the Washington National Cathedral. Selected
pieces have been purchased by publishing companies
to be included in specific chapters throughout
individual text. All pieces are available for purchase
by any interested individual or party. Money received
from these purchases is used to pay for framing and
shipping expenses for next year���s exhibit. At the end
of the yearly exhibit, the student���s work is made
available to the participant���s senator and
congressman to hang in their appointed state���s
Washington office. Families are invited to visit these
offices to see their artist���s work on display.
