<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>This is an issue that I have been thinking about since I started making tactile art. I made a lot of public art and I have always felt better about the work that is displayed outside. The sun and weather naturally cleaning the surfaces. I selected slate, bronze and wood just so it could be cleaned and maintained without getting damaged by fairly strong cleaning solutions. But I know that it has never been cleaned after each person and now that is a real concern. </div><div><br></div><div>For now I am concentrating on cut paper and embossed images so that people can own their own copy and not need to worry about sharing them. </div><div><br></div><div>Do you think they are going to stage the tactile exhibition and not postpone it? </div><div>Ann </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: andale mono,times;">Ann Cunningham</span></div><div><span style="font-family: andale mono,times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tactile Art </span></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: andale mono,times;">303 887-1713</span></div><div><span style="font-family: andale mono,times;"><a href="mailto:ann@acunningham.com">ann@acunningham.com</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: andale mono,times;"><a href="http://www.acunningham.com">http://www.acunningham.com</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: andale mono,times;"><a href="http://www.sensationalbooks.com">http://www.sensationalbooks.com</a> </span></div><div><br><br></div>
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Subject: Re: [TAGS] Tactile art and COVID-19<br>
From: Keri Svendsen via TAGS <<a href="mailto:tags@nfbnet.org">tags@nfbnet.org</a>><br>
Date: Thu, March 12, 2020 6:16 am<br>
To: Mike Kolitsky via TAGS <<a href="mailto:tags@nfbnet.org">tags@nfbnet.org</a>><br>
Cc: Keri Svendsen <<a href="mailto:keribcu@gmail.com">keribcu@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<div>Hey Mike,</div> <div><br> </div> <div>First I hope this email finds you well. I think wipes/a spray may be acceptable, but the question becomes how hard are the chemicals on the material. Perhaps art will need to be tested after creation or during stages by artists.</div> <div>I don't know how well gloves would or wouldn't work, but that is also something that could be tested too.<br> </div> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/12/2020 9:05 AM, Mike Kolitsky via TAGS wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:20200312060530.4f822353f8dacdaf6b8fa6e673374b86.b2732aecab.wbe@email15.secureserver.net"> <span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"> <div>Hi everyone, I just received news that an art show in NYC to which I had some tactile art works accepted for entry was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to think about bringing large groups of people together. That led to my thinking about how one can make tactile art so that it can be touched safely, i.e., that each touch is on a sterile or cleaned surface. Can tactile art be sprayed with a lysol-like cleanser between touching episodes or can art be designed to be touched with surgical gloves? Can Braille be read with surgical gloves on the reader's hands? I did a quick search on "tactile art and COVID-19" and found that the Exploratorium in San Francisco has temporarily closed the "Tactile Dome". Any thoughts about how to make art or objects for public touching safe from passage of COVID-19 from one person to another?</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Mike</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Michael A. Kolitsky, Ph.D.</div> <div>CEO</div> <div>nextgenEmedia <br mce_bogus="1"> </div> </span> <br> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">_______________________________________________
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