<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928956728301961758</id><updated>2012-02-16T07:48:13.441-08:00</updated><category term='Mission Statement'/><title type='text'>Unconventional Beauty</title><subtitle type='html'>&lt;center&gt;Art is for EVERYONE&lt;/center&gt;</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://uncommonbeauty.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8928956728301961758/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://uncommonbeauty.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jamie Austin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-uECmia47CZ8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/63b-x_ydBsE/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928956728301961758.post-3624922610872488737</id><published>2011-01-23T19:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T19:09:37.912-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mission Statement'/><title type='text'>Know</title><content type='html'>For the blind or those with&amp;nbsp;developmental&amp;nbsp;disabilities art is largely&amp;nbsp;inaccessible. &amp;nbsp;Think about it. &amp;nbsp;When you visit an art museum you see a collection of beautiful, inspirational pieces that you can look at, but not touch. &amp;nbsp;This prevents many individuals from experiencing the power of art. &amp;nbsp;Children, in particular, are secluded from the art world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We create pieces that aspire to produce a powerful tactile, auditory, olfactory, and visual experience so that EVERY person can experience art. &amp;nbsp;Our&amp;nbsp;pieces&amp;nbsp;are made mostly from recycled and&amp;nbsp;discarded&amp;nbsp;materials. &amp;nbsp;This means that our works aren't precious, they don't need conservation, protection, or preservation. &amp;nbsp;They are meant to be touched, felt, heard, and experienced. &amp;nbsp;If they&amp;nbsp;sustain&amp;nbsp;damage during the process, so what? &amp;nbsp;Art isn't meant to be forever fixed in time and space, it is a living breathing form of expression that should be constantly changing and growing. &amp;nbsp;We invite you to experience our art.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8928956728301961758-3624922610872488737?l=uncommonbeauty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://uncommonbeauty.blogspot.com/feeds/3624922610872488737/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://uncommonbeauty.blogspot.com/2011/01/know.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8928956728301961758/posts/default/3624922610872488737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8928956728301961758/posts/default/3624922610872488737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://uncommonbeauty.blogspot.com/2011/01/know.html' title='Know'/><author><name>Jamie Austin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-uECmia47CZ8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/63b-x_ydBsE/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
