ART BEYOND SIGHT AWARENESS MONTH
Calendar of Events
Beginning July 2009
Charlotte Art League, in collaboration with the Metrolina Association for the Blind, NC, is offering classes and workshops for students who are visually impaired. They are being held at the Art League building on Camden Road. Students will have opportunities to experiment with a variety of media, including ceramics, and with drawing, painting, and collage and assemblage. An exhibit of their work will be held in October (details below). For more information, contact Sandra Gray at (704) 376-2878 or sandramgray@earthlink.net.
September 25 - October 5
The 6th International Theater Festival of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Zagreb, Croatia, features companies from England, Slovenia, Spain, Italy, Belgium, and the United States, including Theater Breaking Through Barriers (TBTB). The New York City-based TBTB is presenting the international premiere of John Belluso’s play about disability, “A Nervous Smile.” For more information, call or email Ike Schambelan at (212) 243-4337 or ischambelan@nyc.rr.com.
September 29, October 1-6, 8, 9, 12-13, 15-19
Chicago Children’s Museum offers Texture Paintings workshops featuring projects that are as much fun for your hands as they are for your eyes. Use brushes, sand and your hands to create artwork you can feel. Workshops are held at 1, 2 and 3 pm unless otherwise noted; check www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org for details or contact Kim Koin, (312) 527-1000 or email kkoin@chicagochildrensmuseum.org. Workshops are free with museum admission.
October 1 - 30
Miami Art Museum has free Touch Tours of public art surrounding the museum (weather permitting) and audio description tours in the galleries. Tours can be scheduled Tuesday through Friday by calling the education department at (305) 375-4073. For directions and exhibition information please visit: www.miamiartmuseum.org .
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK, has no exhibition admission charge for people with disabilities or their caregivers. All V&A events are accessible to people with vision loss; in addition, BSL interpretation and other support is available. Anyone requiring assistance should arrange this in advance by calling 020 7942 2211 or emailing bookings.office@vam.ac.uk. Touch objects, large print and tactile books are available in a number of galleries. Screen readers and other magnification technology are available on computer terminals in the National Art Library. Call 020 7942 2211 if you would like to be added to the museum’s database or send an email to disability@vam.ac.uk if you prefer to receive our events programs by email. An access guide of the museum is available in accessible formats.
October 5 - 30
Charlotte Art League, in collaboration with the Metrolina Association for the Blind, NC, has an exhibition of works by artists who are visually impaired and art for the visually impaired by sighted artists. Artists who are interested in participating, or for exhibit hours, contact Sandra Gray at (704) 376-2787 or by email at: sandramgray@earthlink.net.
October 17
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI, offers its Art Beyond Sight workshop: Birds in Art from1 to 3 p.m. Docents make art accessible for all through a touch tour of the museum's sculpture garden, exploration of tactiles (raised-line drawings of artworks), and art making opportunities. For details, call or send an email to: Erin Narloch, at (715) 845.7010 or enarloch@lywam.org.
