Upcoming Event: A Conversation about Blindness and Art

• Monday, March 27, 2023, from 5:30 – 8:00 pm in the Finley Gallery
• 5:30 – 7:00 pm: Artist Talk and Interactive Audio Description Practice
• 7:00 – 8:00 pm: Reception

Moderated by Dr. Elaine Gerber and Dr. María José García-Vizcaíno

Most discourse about “disability and the arts” focuses on access, and much less about participation and inclusion. In the field of blindness, the main tool for access accommodations is the use of “audio description” (AD). In this unique conversation between two visually impaired artists/consumers of art, we hope to go beyond using AD as “simply” an accommodation, and seek to push the boundaries around interactive and subjective/creative description. When blind people participate in the creation of audio descriptions, can we create new genres of art? Can their haptic insights be broadly useful to all museum patrons? Come join us for this exciting conversation!

There will be stimulating conversation, ad hoc and interactive audio description in the exhibit with our special guests, and light refreshments served afterward.