“The beginning of the twenty-first century has forced us to experience a transcendent homelessness—an oscillation between an unnatural physical world and a spiritless phenomenal world. This constant shifting is a state of non-dwelling, of non-being. To dwell and participate in a community, one must have a relationship with a genuine place and Eyes Wide Open Worldwide has extended us an invitation..” Cara Armstrong, Curator of Education, Fallingwater
March, 1 2008 EWOW is featured in The National Trust of Historic Preservation's member newsletter National Trust of Historic Preservation
January 10, 2008 EWOW will be a recipient of a VIP Charity Luncheon hosted by Springfield's own Justin Chambers. Justin, currently known as Dr. Alex Karev on ABC network's TV show "Grey's Anatomy" will host a Q&A session with his fans and sign autographs. Justin is also a former model for Calvin Klein and Giorgio Armani.
December 23, 2007 EWOW will exhbit work at the John Legend Christmas Benefit Concert at Springfield North high School in Springfield, Ohio. To learn more about this amazing artist please visit his website John Legend
November 17, 2007 EWOW will present at The International Conference on The Inclusive Museum June 8-11, 2008 in Leiden-The Netherlands. The presentation is a collaborative effort of Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pa., The Gibson House, Boston, MA, The Westcott House, Springfield, OH and Eyes Wide Open Worldwide. Our virtual presentation will examine ways that house museums can spark and nurture creative thinking in any subject area, while addressing various learning styles and multiple intelligence using an activity-based inquiry approach with an emphasis on problem solving. It will become clear that house museums offer an innate value of place that in themselves become valuable resources used by these programs.
August 16, 2007 Eyes Wide Open Open Worldwide has been invited to participate in the 2008 Contact Photography Festival in Toronto, Canada. As the largest photography event in North America, and a premiere cultural event in Toronto, CONTACT stimulates excitement and discussion among a diverse audience that has grown to almost 1,000,000
August 7, 2007 Eyes Wide Open Worldwide wraps up its current project "The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright through the Eyes of a Child". This three site project (Fallingwater, Unity Temple and The Westcott House) included 17 children from age 8-14 years old and will be exhibited October 6-13 at Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois. Thursday October 11 we will present this exhibit to the International Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy Convention.
August 1, 2007 Eyes Wide Open Worldwide is selected for the second year to to be a representative at The Angkor Photography Festival in Siem Reap, Cambodia. We will be exhibiting our work from our 2006 Cambodia project.
March 31, 2007 Eyes Wide Open Cambodia exhibit raises over $1,300.00 for the children of Cambodia.
March 16, 2007 Eyes Wide Open Worldwide secures funding to work on a collaborative project with 3 Frank Lloyd Wright sites Fallingwater in Pennsylvania, Unity Temple in Chicago, and The Westcott House in Ohio. EWOW joins 42 programs across the country in receiving a 2007 Award of Merit from The American Architecture Foundation for Best Practices in K-12 Architectural Education.
August 27, 2006 Eyes Wide Open Worldwide has been selected to represent the United States at the Second Annual Angkor Photography Festival in Siem Reap, Cambodia this November. We will be presenting a free workshop on our last two projects and speaking about the purpose of Eyes Wide Open to teach and inspire the children of Cambodia. Go to our links page to learn more about this fantastic festival.
July 15, 2006 Eyes Wide Open @ The Westcott House exhibit raises over $7,000.00 for the children of Springfield.
March 14, 2006 Eyes WIde Open Worldwide begins project at The Westcott House. We are working with twelve children from the age of 6 to 17 years old of very diverse backgrounds. They will be photographing the interior and exterior of the Westcott House and learning about the history of the Westcott House and Frank Lloyd Wright. EWOW will be the first group to photograph, display and sell images of the interior of The Westcott house.
December 3, 2006 Eyes Wide Open's first exhibit "Everyday Life in Springfield, Ohio" raises over $1,200.00 for the children of Springfield.
July 18, 2006 Eyes Wide Open Worldwide begins its first project "Everyday life for a child in Springfield, Ohio". Our nine children range from age 6 to 14 years old and attend Springfield City Schools. They have been given emotion based icons and disposable cameras and have been granted permission to photograph their school day as well as their home life. These nine children will base their images on the emotion icons eg. what makes you happy, jealous, sad, scared. Twelve emotion icons total.
