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Wheelchair Basketball: Lecture, Book Signing, and Exhibit

November 15, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Free
Dream Shot: The Journey to a Wheelchair Basketball National Championship
by Josh Birnbaum
 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2017, AT 7 P.M.
Lecture in Schoonover 145, with book signing and gallery reception immediately after. Open to the public.

In 2008, the men’s wheelchair basketball team at the University of Illinois set out to achieve their sport’s pinnacle: a college national championship. That lofty goal represented another stage of a journey begun in 1948 when Tim Nugent established them as the first collegiate wheelchair basketball team in the country.
Josh Birnbaum, photographer and lecturer at the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University, documented the lives of the players and coaches who made this dream a reality. Birnbaum’s recently released book, Dream Shot, memorializes a legendary team alongside its contribution to the progress of disability rights.

“Birnbaum’s respectful and big-hearted honest photographs show us that on the court, and especially off of the court during their everyday lives, this is a team and a community of champions.”–David Guttenfelder, National Geographic photographer 

“This book is a fantastic testament to the power, struggle, and triumph of wheelchair basketball and the program, coaches, and players at the University of Illinois. Dr. Nugent’s dream is alive and well and is personified by the team of individuals captured in Dream Shot: The Journey to a Wheelchair Basketball National Championship.”–Jim Scherr, Executive Director, National Wheelchair Basketball Association

Details

Date:
November 15, 2017
Time:
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
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Venue

Schoonover Center 145
20 East Union Street
Athens, OH 45701 United States
Phone
740-274-1650
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Organizer

Josh Birnbaum
Phone
740-597-1778
Email
birnbaum@ohio.edu
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