[TAGS] Cross-posted: Graduate student requesting assistance in determining accessible assignments for creative arts in social work course

[Donald Winiecki]

Miranda,

I am replying to you outside of the NFB TAGS list.

I teach in a college of engineering, and am a sighted braille transcriber
and tactile graphics specialist on the side. I have also had a few art
shows of my paintings and drawings.

While I know full-well that you could produce visuals to fulfill these
things, I wonder if your faculty members would consider something like
conventional poetry, prose poetry, and flash-fiction as products of this
creative arts class?

Every single one of the assignments (except the flash mob, which you would
like to do as is!) could be fulfilled through those literary media.

Best,

_don 😷


On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 9:25 AM Miranda B. via TAGS <tags at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> This message is cross-posted to multiple lists, so please disregard if
> you’ve already seen this elsewhere.
> I am a graduate student pursuing my Masters of social work with a
> clinical specialization. My degree is online, and one of the elective
> courses offered through my university is a creative arts course.
> Assignments in this course are not as much focused on the product as
> much as the thoughts, feelings, moods, and relationship between the
> studied art forms and healing through expression. I will begin this
> course on October 21, and I’m in discussion with my university’s
> disability services office that is more than willing to support me in
> successfully engaging in this course. I’m meeting with the online
> disability services coordinator (who also happens to have a background
> in creative arts) tomorrow to further this discussion.
> With all of this in mind, I am coming to all of you for any tips in
> completing assignments in the following art forms. I will provide a
> final note of introduction in that I do have access to Aira. I will
> also share my own initial thoughts regarding assignment accessibility.
>
> Week 1 assignment: Expressing “in-the-moment” feelings/moods
> throughout the week via quick artistic expression (drawing) and
> reflect in writing what it was like to complete the artistic
> assignment, interpretations of mood/thoughts when creating the art,
> and self-evaluation of completed artwork. It should be noted here that
> the written journals follow the same/similar formats throughout the
> course.
>
> Week 2 assignment: Draw life as a line, journey or roadmap, focusing
> on past, present, and future. Include images (from magazines for
> instance) and things/people/places/events (through a map for
> instance), and art/writing can be combined. For this assignment, I
> considered creating a PowerPoint presentation. Any other ideas?
>
> Week 3 assignment: Draw a mandala of your life with the goals of
> Centering, focusing, expression of feelings through design, color, and
> images
>
> Week 4 assignment: Planning a flash mob about a problem (this one
> looks fun and accessible, but I’d love any creative ideas or sharing
> of experiences if you’ve planned a flash mob before!)
>
> Week 5: Make a mask (Focus is on drama/theatre and the use of masks in
> counseling; this seems accessible, but I’d love thoughts/ideas)
>
> Week 6 class discussion assignment: Documenting an economic/social
> problem in my local community through photography (use Aira and/or
> find pictures online???)
> Week 6 journal assignment: Select 4+ photos of yourself, the stories
> they tell, and the meaning they have for you (Aira for choosing
> photos?)
> Week 6 paper: Movie critique (I found 4 movies from the assigned list
> that I can choose from with AD)
>
> Week 7 (Music, dance, and movement) journal assignment:
> Draw or have someone draw an outline of your body as you lie in the
> position that best describes how you’re feeling on a large enough
> sheet of paper for the assignment. Attach the body outline to the wall
> and consider mapping areas of happiness/sorrow or pain, recognizing
> colors and images as seen/felt. It seems they want to focus on visual
> representation, but I don’t believe that’s necessary to get the point
> of the assignment. Thoughts?
> Considering the title of this week as noted above “music, dance, and
> movement”, might there be a more accessible form of artistic
> expression for this assignment?
>
> Week 8 assignments: Journaling and poetry (completely accessible as-is)
>
> Any thoughts and ideas regarding these assignments and my involvement
> in this course are very much appreciated.
> Thanks in advance for your time and assistance, and have a wonderful week!
>
> Best, Miranda
>
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