Events & Programs

Event 

Evenings with an Expert: Frances P. Ryan - Visual Literacy
Title:
Evenings with an Expert: Frances P. Ryan - Visual Literacy
When:
Thu 01 October 2009 19h30
Where:
The American Library in Paris - Paris
Category:
Special Events & Programs

Description

Oh, now I can see it! - A brief insight into how different ways of "seeing " are as valid as each other whether in photography or education - a reflexion on reflections! Right brain connected to left brain.

About Frances P. Ryan

Frances Ryan, a psychomotor therapist, remedial educator, photographer and adventurer who has lived and worked in England, Australia, India, France and Malta, Frances was a nomad and, still is in her heart. Amongst other adventures she drove overland from Paris to India and back, has driven around Australia living with the aborigines, lived with the headhunters in Borneo and finally met Mother Teresa in Calcutta. Following this encounter which changed her life, she did a paramedical degree at the Sorbonne.

As a bilingual psychomotor therapist and remedial educator, Frances has over 30 years experience working with international, French and Anglophone schools, bilingual children and their families and in counselling and remedial teaching. She continues he work with Special Needs Children but finds the time to carry on her nomadic excursions into the city. Her photos have been exhibited in many galleries and are exported to four out of five continents by the expatriates who share her love of Paris.

This presentation is in conjunction with a photo exhibit by Frances P. Ryan - Looking & Seeing, a Reflexion on Reflections.