Art Beyond Sight: A Demonstration of Practical Techniques
Exceptional Vision: the Able Arts North Carolina Japan Exchange Project
Reaching Out: A Creative Access Guide for Designing Exhibits and Cultural Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
Part of Your General Public Is Disabled: A Handbook for Guides in Museums, Zoos, and Historic Houses
Project Arts
Art Beyond Sight: A Demonstration of Practical Techniques for Teaching Art to People With Visual Impairments
- Art Beyond Sight: A Demonstration of Practical Techniques for Teaching Art to People with Visual Impairments features a 23-minute overview of how to make art accessible plus vignettes detailing how to use verbal descriptions, touch tours, tactile diagrams, and art making in museums and classrooms. The 504-page companion book, Art Beyond Sight: A Resource Guide to Art, Creativity, and Visual Impairment, addresses all aspects of developing museum and community art education programs for individuals with visual impairments. This boos-and-video set serves as a training tool for anyone working directly with adults or children with sight loss.
- This video can be acquired from the Museum of Modern Art on-line store, at www.momastore.org, for $59.95.
Exceptional Vision: the Able Arts North Carolina Japan Exchange Project.
- Yohei Nishimura, Japanese artist and veteran school-for-the-blind teacher shares his expertise and methods for working with children who are visually impaired in this inspiring 30 minute video. It documents the Able Arts North Carolina/Japan Exchange Project, which involved 26 students, 12 teachers, and 3600 pounds of clay, and culminated in an exhibition of the students’ art work.
- Mr. Nishimura taught children at Chiba Prefecture Elementary School for the Blind in Japan for more than 22 years. In the summer of 1999, Duke University Eye Center in Durham, North Carolina and Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh, North Carolina hosted this Japanese artist and teacher for a four week residency, the focus of the Able Arts North Carolina/Japan Exchange Project.
- $25 + 10 shipping & handling. Make checks payable to DUMC Cultural
Services Program - Cultural Services - your arts and health connection at Duke
Duke University Medical Center
DUMC 3017
Durham, NC, 27710
- 919.684.0401
FAX 919.681.805
Reaching Out: A Creative Access Guide for Designing Exhibits and Cultural Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
- By Elga Joffee, Mary Ann Siller
Price: $39.95
Format: VHS (also available in PAL)
Length: 22 minutes
ISBN: 0-89128-949-6
Publisher: AFB Press
Year of Publication: 1997
To buy, go to www.afb.org, bookstore
Part of Your General Public Is Disabled: A Handbook for Guides in Museums, Zoos, and Historic Houses.
By Janice Majewski. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1987.
Well-trained docents may be your most important accessibility resource. This book and video make a strong training package. The book is an excellent resource of specific accessibility information. Available as a book/video package or as a book alone from ASTC and AAM, http://www.aam-us.org.
Contact: Carol Lacks – send her an e-mail if you’d like to purchase the film
carollacks@aol.com
Length: 10 minutes
Educational Vision Services has been participating in Project ARTS ( a NYC Department of Education initiative to bring the arts back to our school system) since 1997. Our 10-minute video includes footage of visually impaired and blind students involved in theatre, art and dance workshops, visits to museums with pre-existing programs for the visually impaired and interviews with several of the professionals who have impacted our program. In order to sustain the project an important part of Project ARTS has been professional development. The video depicts some highlights of the teacher workshops.
