Bright

Helminski is a visually impaired artist who earned a master’s degree in weaving and textiles from Edinboro University. Her art, she says, is a combination of her deep love of art history and her deep musical and spiritual side. To address her right hand’s fine motor control problem, Helminski plays the flute, guitar and viola to build strength in her hand and to increase her visualization of forms and colors. “The result of pushing the combination of art and music became the instrumental composition of irregular forms you see here.”