New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped - Yearbook (Alamogordo, NM)

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he kids gove me o sur- P ■■ prise perry when it was rime for me ro rerurn M home. They song ' for she ' s a jolly good orrisf. ' Ir was incredi- ble . . . working or NMSVH is nice. If ' s o ideal ormosphere for on arrisr ond rhe fociliries ore good. These ore rhe words of Susan York, o ceramic arrisr from Same Fe, who spenr rime on rhe cam- pus in rhe foil. She wos here lasr year ond worked wirh srudenrs ro complere a ceramic mural for rhe educorionol building. Hoyle Osborne, a musician from Albu- querque, worked wirh srudenrs in rhe primary ond secondary program. He has on oursronding reperroire of America ' s fovorire popular songs which he ploys in a spirired, imoginorive ond melodic swing piono style. 13 artists in residence

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KlfWilip! • ' f f : . ■ ■ «dHNMlBp ■. ■ i obert Sucher, o mime artist, | speaking actor and playwright from Albuquerque, spent several weeks on the campus as part of . the Artists-In-Residence program spon- sored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Mexico Arts Divi- sion. Sucher worked with students in what he terms movement emotions.” This is an art form that involves people in a dramatic depiction of moving and emoting,” Sucher explains. I try to get the students to think like playwrights . . . one of the good things about these ac- tivities is that poeple learn to accept others ' ideas over their own at times. Nothinq teaches this better than theater.

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•o ' rv ' ng • leotha Dovis, David Sillers and Jody Sanchez par- ticipated in a week-long ed- cuational experience in Washington D C. in January. CLOSE UP, sponsored by a multipartisan foundation in Arl- ington, Virginia is designed to involve students in the democratic process ond give them a better understanding of our government. Fred Baker, coordinating counselor, accompanied the students to Washington. 14