Friday, April 25, 2008

My Spirit is Free: The Life and Art of Peggy McCormack

Episode 33 is available for download.
(35:33 minutes, 44.1 MB, M4V)

Peggy McCormack was stricken with polio at the age of 16, and lived the rest of her life in an iron lung. She taught herself to paint by holding a brush in her mouth, and became a well-known artist in Northwest Arkansas. Peggy McCormack's inspiring life story is recounted here by Shiloh Museum outreach coordinator Susan Young at the 14th Annual Talking Ozarks Symposium held at the Shiloh Museum in September 2007. You will need QuickTime or iTunes.

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