[Art_beyond_sight_educators] Art Beyond Sight Telephone Crash Course
Lisa Yayla
fnugg at online.no
Fri Oct 16 07:52:54 UTC 2009
Hallo,
Again Art Beyond Sight hosts it's wonderful telephone course this coming
Monday.
So in the comfort of your own living room or office, a cup of coffee
within reach Art Beyond Sight
brings you stimulating speakers, conversation, ideas. Have a notepad
ready. It is really a lift,
I think to listen to all the speakers and those that call in. So many
ideas and thoughts. And the
whole thing is free. So forwarding the program sent out by AEB
Regards,
Lisa
Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month: Alert III
October 15, 2009
Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month:
October 2009
Alert III
Dial In and Speak Up: Here’s your chance to learn from the experts, ask
questions, and network!
Seventh Annual Telephone Conference Crash Course:
Monday, October 19, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Art Education for the Blind’s Annual Telephone Conference Crash Course
will be held from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) on Monday,
October 19. Callers-in pay normal long-distant phone charges, but NO
additional fees.
The teleconference number is (712) 432-0220.
Our conference access code is 232-2009.
9 – 9:30 a.m.: Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to the President for
Disability Policy, with Elisabeth Axel and Joan Pursley, Art Education
for the Blind.
9:30 – 10 a.m.: Highlights of the 2009 Art Beyond Sight International
Conference
Discussion Leader: Marie Clapot, Art Education for the Blind
Speakers: Lotfi Merabet, Harvard Medical Center
Rebecca McGinnis, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wilford Scott, National Gallery of Art, DC
10 – 11 a.m.: Diversity and Inclusiveness at Museums: Museums Reflecting
their Communities.
Discussion Leader: David Ross, Independent Curator
Speakers: Connie Wolf, Contemporary Jewish Museum, CA
Aaron Betsky, Cincinnati Museum of Art
Lauren Schloss, Queens Museum of Art
Maxwell Anderson, Indianapolis Museum of Art
11 – noon: Perspectives from Curators and Conservators
Discussion Leader: Rosalyn Driscoll, Artist/Educator
Speakers: Daniel Mason, Independent Curator
Lynda Zycherman, Museum of Modern Art, NYC
noon – 1 p.m.: Accessibility Programs and Visitor Studies
Session Leader: Christine Reich, Museum of Science, Boston
Speakers: Kirsten Ellenbogen, Science Museum of Minnesota
Theano Moussouri, Audience Focus
Carey Tisdal, Tisdal Consulting
1 – 2 p.m.: Museum Practices: New Strategies and Approaches
Session Leader: Marsha Semmel, Institute of Museum and Library Studies
Speakers: Debra Hegstrom, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Hope McMath, The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, FL
Joel Snyder, Audio Description Associates; Audio Description Project,
American Council of the Blind
2 – 3 p.m.: Small Museums, Outreach and Community Resources
Discussion Leader: Lauren Silberman, Jewish Museum of Maryland
Speakers: Jayne Griffin, Creative Discovery Museum, TN
Judy Kirk, The Mathers Museum, IN
Mary Anne Meagher & Paul Hammock, Columbus Museum of Art, OH
3 – 4 p.m.: Re-representing Disability: Artists with Disabilities in
Museums/Galleries [Marker]
Discussion Leader: Marie Clapot, Art Education for the Blind
Speakers: Busser Howell, Artist
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Emory University
Riva Lehrer, Artist
4 – 5 p.m.: Inclusive Education and the Role of Art and Cultural
Exposure: Resources, Challenges and Strategies
Discussion Leader: Nina Levent, Art Education for the Blind
Speakers: Kenneth Eklindh, UNESCO
Jim Modrick, VSA arts
Bernadette Kappan, New York Institute for Special Education
Rodrigo Mendes, The Rodrigo Mendes Institute
5 – 5:30 p.m.: Reflections on the Day
Discussion Leaders: Nina Levent & Marie Clapot Art Education for the Blind
Speakers: Callers-in (Open Discussion. Participants are invited to share
their views, suggest topics for future teleconferences, etc.)
The fruit of partnership: news from the museums and galleries
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR) formally inaugurated its new access
program for people who are visually impaired on October 7th. Thanks to a
grant from the Department of Education of Puerto Rico and the Institute
of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Museum has acquired computer
equipment and assistive technology to enable the accessibility of MAPR’s
Research Center. In close collaboration with Puerto Rico’s Department of
Education and the Puerto Rico Assistive Technology Program (Programa de
asistencia tecnológica para personas con impedimento, PRATP), The
Research Center’s librarian, Prof. Sofía Cánepa, was able to make this
venture a truly innovative project.
Javier Gonzáles (PRATP), Hugo Mardales, Sofía Cánepa and Manolo Álvarez
(PRATP)
Other programs at MAPR include:
- Touch Tours of selected works from the Museum`s Sculpture Garden
offered by a museum educator in collaboration with Luis Passalacqua, a
blind Puerto Rican Sculptor and long time consultant for MAPR.
- A collaboration with the University of Turabo, which has Puerto Rico’s
only BA degree program in sign language interpretation, to assign
graduate candidates to interpret public programs and events.
The Charlotte Art League (CAL) partnership with the Metrolina
Association for the Blind (MAB) in NC
CAL opened its Art Beyond Sight 2009 exhibit on October 2nd.The
exhibiti9on features tactile and multi-sensory artworks created
specifically for people who are blind or visually impaired to actively
explore. Many of the works were created by students participating in
CAL’s art classes for the visually impaired. These classes, which are
part of CAL’s Outreach Program, are held in collaboration with The
Metrolina Association for the Blind, which provides the students with
opportunities to experience and create art. These students work with
paint, clay, mosaics, fabric, and papier mché for a full art experience.
During the exhibit opening, visitors were invited to experience low
vision or blindness while creating small clay shapes (see pictures).
Timmy Hord, who has been working closely with the Outreach Director at
CAL, Sandra Gray, and has been involved with the project since its
inception, says: “When I first heard about CAL’s desire to hold
workshops for the visually impaired, my first thought was clay. Months
later I was invited by Outreach Director, Sandra Gray, to attend a
‘sensitivity training’ workshop with the MAB’s director, Laura
Park-Leach. Being a professional photographer, painter and potter, it
was a heart-opening experience for me to wear goggles simulating some
form of eye disease and be led around the building ‘blind.’ Even though
I knew the building very well, it was quite disconcerting.”
Mother and son Community Participants in one of the Workshops
Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) and the Indiana School for the Blind
and Visually Impaired
On October 1st, twenty-five students from the Indiana School for the
Blind and Visually Impaired visited the IMA
Following a picnic lunch, the group toured the museum’s extensive
gardens. Master Gardener Sue Arnold escorted the group to the fruit and
vegetable garden, where horticulturalist Geoff Von Burg passed around
berries, green beans, limas, and a kohlrabi. Students guessed what the
items were based on the feel/shape of each object. The berries, beans
and asparagus plumes were tasted by some and felt by others.
The group then discussed and touched the “Spider Boy” and “Mother and
Child” statues, and the “LOVE” and “Number” sculptures (see pictures
below). From there they went to the Garden for Everyone – a garden
designed for all five senses.
They walked around “Deer Zink” and past “God's Tree” and the wall with
the secret stone cowboy boots and back across the historic bridge toward
the Rain Garden. They visited an area where the ginkgo fruit is falling
on the road and is quite pungent and then split into smaller groups for
visits to the greenhouse, Lily House, and the Cutting Gardens.
Meaningful Access Programme (MAP) organized at the Iziko South African
National Gallery for Students from the Athlone School for the Blind
An exhibition of works by the internationally acclaimed architect Jo
Noero inspired discussions about architecture at the Iziko South African
National Gallery’s workshop for students from the Athlone School for the
Blind. Special attention was paid to carved wooden doors that students
were able to touch in the museum’s atrium, where the workshop was held.
Also included were a drumming session that emphasized rhythm and balance
(it attracted other visitors, who became involved and were intrigued by
the MAP concept) and an. art workshop at which individual dream rooms
were designed to be entered through grand doors (see pictures below).
Don’t forget
Display this year’s Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month poster and give
brochures to the public (insert a sheet re your own programs). If you’re
out of brochures and need another batch, contact Marie at:
aeb at artbeyondsight.org
v If you know of organizations that should be a part of this
international initiative, please send contact information to
aeb at artbeyondsight.org and we will get in touch with them next year.
spread the word to everyone in your community! FORWARD THIS EMAIL to
friends and colleagues!
Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month: Alert III
October 15, 2009
Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month:
October 2009
Alert III
Dial In and Speak Up: Here’s your chance to learn from the experts, ask
questions, and network!
Seventh Annual Telephone Conference Crash Course:
Monday, October 19, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Art Education for the Blind’s Annual Telephone Conference Crash Course
will be held from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) on Monday,
October 19. Callers-in pay normal long-distant phone charges, but NO
additional fees.
The teleconference number is (712) 432-0220.
Our conference access code is 232-2009.
9 – 9:30 a.m.: Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to the President for
Disability Policy, with Elisabeth Axel and Joan Pursley, Art Education
for the Blind.
9:30 – 10 a.m.: Highlights of the 2009 Art Beyond Sight International
Conference
Discussion Leader: Marie Clapot, Art Education for the Blind
Speakers: Lotfi Merabet, Harvard Medical Center
Rebecca McGinnis, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wilford Scott, National Gallery of Art, DC
10 – 11 a.m.: Diversity and Inclusiveness at Museums: Museums Reflecting
their Communities.
Discussion Leader: David Ross, Independent Curator
Speakers: Connie Wolf, Contemporary Jewish Museum, CA
Aaron Betsky, Cincinnati Museum of Art
Lauren Schloss, Queens Museum of Art
Maxwell Anderson, Indianapolis Museum of Art
11 – noon: Perspectives from Curators and Conservators
Discussion Leader: Rosalyn Driscoll, Artist/Educator
Speakers: Daniel Mason, Independent Curator
Lynda Zycherman, Museum of Modern Art, NYC
noon – 1 p.m.: Accessibility Programs and Visitor Studies
Session Leader: Christine Reich, Museum of Science, Boston
Speakers: Kirsten Ellenbogen, Science Museum of Minnesota
Theano Moussouri, Audience Focus
Carey Tisdal, Tisdal Consulting
1 – 2 p.m.: Museum Practices: New Strategies and Approaches
Session Leader: Marsha Semmel, Institute of Museum and Library Studies
Speakers: Debra Hegstrom, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Hope McMath, The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, FL
Joel Snyder, Audio Description Associates; Audio Description Project,
American Council of the Blind
2 – 3 p.m.: Small Museums, Outreach and Community Resources
Discussion Leader: Lauren Silberman, Jewish Museum of Maryland
Speakers: Jayne Griffin, Creative Discovery Museum, TN
Judy Kirk, The Mathers Museum, IN
Mary Anne Meagher & Paul Hammock, Columbus Museum of Art, OH
3 – 4 p.m.: Re-representing Disability: Artists with Disabilities in
Museums/Galleries
Discussion Leader: Marie Clapot, Art Education for the Blind
Speakers: Busser Howell, Artist
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Emory University
Riva Lehrer, Artist
4 – 5 p.m.: Inclusive Education and the Role of Art and Cultural
Exposure: Resources, Challenges and Strategies
Discussion Leader: Nina Levent, Art Education for the Blind
Speakers: Kenneth Eklindh, UNESCO
Jim Modrick, VSA arts
Bernadette Kappan, New York Institute for Special Education
Rodrigo Mendes, The Rodrigo Mendes Institute
5 – 5:30 p.m.: Reflections on the Day
Discussion Leaders: Nina Levent & Marie Clapot Art Education for the Blind
Speakers: Callers-in (Open Discussion. Participants are invited to share
their views, suggest topics for future teleconferences, etc.)
The fruit of partnership: news from the museums and galleries
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR) formally inaugurated its new access
program for people who are visually impaired on October 7th. Thanks to a
grant from the Department of Education of Puerto Rico and the Institute
of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Museum has acquired computer
equipment and assistive technology to enable the accessibility of MAPR’s
Research Center. In close collaboration with Puerto Rico’s Department of
Education and the Puerto Rico Assistive Technology Program (Programa de
asistencia tecnológica para personas con impedimento, PRATP), The
Research Center’s librarian, Prof. Sofía Cánepa, was able to make this
venture a truly innovative project.
Javier Gonzáles (PRATP), Hugo Mardales, Sofía Cánepa and Manolo Álvarez
(PRATP)
Other programs at MAPR include:
- Touch Tours of selected works from the Museum`s Sculpture Garden
offered by a museum educator in collaboration with Luis Passalacqua, a
blind Puerto Rican Sculptor and long time consultant for MAPR.
- A collaboration with the University of Turabo, which has Puerto Rico’s
only BA degree program in sign language interpretation, to assign
graduate candidates to interpret public programs and events.
The Charlotte Art League (CAL) partnership with the Metrolina
Association for the Blind (MAB) in NC
CAL opened its Art Beyond Sight 2009 exhibit on October 2nd.The
exhibiti9on features tactile and multi-sensory artworks created
specifically for people who are blind or visually impaired to actively
explore. Many of the works were created by students participating in
CAL’s art classes for the visually impaired. These classes, which are
part of CAL’s Outreach Program, are held in collaboration with The
Metrolina Association for the Blind, which provides the students with
opportunities to experience and create art. These students work with
paint, clay, mosaics, fabric, and papier mậché for a full art experience.
During the exhibit opening, visitors were invited to experience low
vision or blindness while creating small clay shapes (see pictures).
Timmy Hord, who has been working closely with the Outreach Director at
CAL, Sandra Gray, and has been involved with the project since its
inception, says: “When I first heard about CAL’s desire to hold
workshops for the visually impaired, my first thought was clay. Months
later I was invited by Outreach Director, Sandra Gray, to attend a
‘sensitivity training’ workshop with the MAB’s director, Laura
Park-Leach. Being a professional photographer, painter and potter, it
was a heart-opening experience for me to wear goggles simulating some
form of eye disease and be led around the building ‘blind.’ Even though
I knew the building very well, it was quite disconcerting.”
Mother and son Community Participants in one of the Workshops
Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) and the Indiana School for the Blind
and Visually Impaired
On October 1st, twenty-five students from the Indiana School for the
Blind and Visually Impaired visited the IMA
Following a picnic lunch, the group toured the museum’s extensive
gardens. Master Gardener Sue Arnold escorted the group to the fruit and
vegetable garden, where horticulturalist Geoff Von Burg passed around
berries, green beans, limas, and a kohlrabi. Students guessed what the
items were based on the feel/shape of each object. The berries, beans
and asparagus plumes were tasted by some and felt by others.
The group then discussed and touched the “Spider Boy” and “Mother and
Child” statues, and the “LOVE” and “Number” sculptures (see pictures
below). From there they went to the Garden for Everyone – a garden
designed for all five senses.
They walked around “Deer Zink” and past “God's Tree” and the wall with
the secret stone cowboy boots and back across the historic bridge toward
the Rain Garden. They visited an area where the ginkgo fruit is falling
on the road and is quite pungent and then split into smaller groups for
visits to the greenhouse, Lily House, and the Cutting Gardens.
Meaningful Access Programme (MAP) organized at the Iziko South African
National Gallery for Students from the Athlone School for the Blind
An exhibition of works by the internationally acclaimed architect Jo
Noero inspired discussions about architecture at the Iziko South African
National Gallery’s workshop for students from the Athlone School for the
Blind. Special attention was paid to carved wooden doors that students
were able to touch in the museum’s atrium, where the workshop was held.
Also included were a drumming session that emphasized rhythm and balance
(it attracted other visitors, who became involved and were intrigued by
the MAP concept) and an. art workshop at which individual dream rooms
were designed to be entered through grand doors (see pictures below).
Don’t forget
Display this year’s Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month poster and give
brochures to the public (insert a sheet re your own programs). If you’re
out of brochures and need another batch, contact Marie at:
aeb at artbeyondsight.org
v If you know of organizations that should be a part of this
international initiative, please send contact information to
aeb at artbeyondsight.org and we will get in touch with them next year.
spread the word to everyone in your community! FORWARD THIS EMAIL to
friends and colleagues!
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