[Art_beyond_sight_advocacy] newbie searching for advice on making community art shows accessible

[Shirley Confino-Rehder]

I have created very a successful tour guide, will be glad to send it off to
you, and am instrumental in having eight different kinds of tactile tours
this month in Tidewater.

Tell me what you are looking for.  Do you want an interactive tour for
everyone, a tactile tour of ptgs and sculptures, how many attendees are
expected?  What are you thinking of?  Will you have volunteers as guides?
When will it be? What kind of convention is it?

Shirley Confino-Rehder


On 9/28/09 4:06 PM, "Kestrell" <kestrell at panix.com> wrote:

> Hi, listers
> 
> I'mnew to this list and am hoping to get some pointers on making community art
> shows accessible.
> 
> I am heading the access services of a Boston area science fiction convention
> called Arisia
> http://2010.arisia.org/
> and one of the goals I have is to make the art show accessible. One specific
> element of this is attempting to organize a described tour of the art show.
> 
> Does anyone have any advice on how to create such a thing? I already haved the
> art show committee on board with the idea, but could use more specifics.
> 
> I am also hoping to locate an electronic copy of the book _Art Beyond Sight_;
> I requested that Bookshare attempt to acquire it, but they turned down my
> request because it is not for a class (I'm blind and a Bookshare member and
> volunteer). I would scan it myself but the book costs, according to
> Amazon.com, over $150.
> 
> Are there any less expensive books about making art accessible?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Kestrell
> Reading in the Dark
> http://kestrell.livejournal.com
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