[TAGS] Artworks at Tactile painting exhibition

[Noel Runyan]

Aishwarya,
Great work!
Are your color reference write up and other text materials you used 
for the tactile art classes something you would be willing to share 
with folks on this list?  Can we talk you into sharing them with the 
rest of us, please?
Cordially,
Noel

>At 10:04 AM 6/8/2019, Aishwarya Pillai via TAGS wrote:Hi Don,


>Thank you for your interest in the workshop and exhibition. There is a
>lot that happened behind the scenes.  My work place is a
>rehabilitation centre for persons with vision loss.  So it became easy
>to mobilize participants for it.  I had also circulated the
>information on various social forums.  The first workshop had 35
>participants, both late and congenitally blind.  The sessions in this
>included;
>1. Understanding the  meaning of various colors:
>In this, I had briefed the participants about positive and negative
>meanings associated with each color, for example red can be associated
>with anger and passion, pink with unconditional love and silliness,
>etc.  I had also shared with them a color reference sheet consisting a
>list of various elements in nature and their colors.  this sheet was
>very useful to those who were congenitally blind as it helped them
>understand and choose colors for their painting.
>2. Usage of different types of tactile elements
>This included lessons on what tactile materials they can use.  For
>example, tissue paper, beads, ice-cream sticks, aluminum foil, etc
>3. Painting techniques:
>basic brush strokes and finger painting
>4. execution on canvas
>This included how they would paint the background of the painting and
>gluing the tactile objects onto it.
>
>I had also showed them four tactile paintings that I had made earlier
>so that they have an idea how the output would look.  In the end, we
>had an interactive session wherein I encouraged them to come up with
>different themes and ideas.  The second workshop was to be heled in a
>week.  During this time, I had personally talked to each participant
>and and understood what their ideas were.  We discussed and simplified
>it so that it would be easy for them to create as it was there first
>time.  16 participants were filtered based on their interest and
>willingness.
>On the scheduled date, we had provided the materials and assigned a
>volunteer to assist them.  It took one whole day to finish their
>paintings.  I was so elated to see the results.
>As for the exhibition, I had again circulated the information among
>various social forums.  I had also designed the booklets to give away
>to the visitors.  It consisted of images of the paintings along with
>their description. The Communications department at my work place
>helped me to invite local media.  Finally the day had arrived when the
>paintings were displayed and highly appreciated.  So that's it I
>think.  Sorry if my mail was too long.
>
>Aishwarya.
>
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