"The Photograph as Language" Exhibit

April 30 to May 11
Rollins College, Cornell Campus Center, Darden Lounge; Winter Park, FL

This exhibit features photographs from a collaborative workshop involving University of Central Florida and Rollins College students and stroke survivors.

Rollins' majors in photography and psychology worked with seven stroke survivors attending the UCF Communication Disorders Clinic. Dawn Roe, assistant professor of art at Rollins, instructed the stroke survivors to take photographs as a form of self-expression.

UCF communication sciences and disorder' master's degree students worked alongside the Rollins' students, demonstrating communication strategies so the stroke survivors could communicate their intent. Clinical Instructors Janet Whiteside and Jane Hostetler directed the project at UCF.

The stroke survivors will attend the April 30 open house and share their thoughts about their photographs. Some of the stroke survivors use augmentative and alternative communication devices to communicate.