October 1 - 31
Contemporary Art Center of
Virginia, Virginia Beach, features “Beyond Boundaries!”
This exhibition of contemporary art was designed specifically for
individuals with impaired vision; it includes artworks by davmo
recreated in tactile prints, Gene Koss’ outdoor sculpture, and a
multi-sensory installation of Sandra Luckett’s work. Verbal
description tours of the exhibit are available by appointment for
children and adults on Tuesdays through Fridays between 10 a.m. and
3 p.m. To arrange a tour, contact Holly Ackiss, Gallery and Youth
Program Manager, by phone: (757) 425-0000, ext 23, or email:
holly@cacv.org.
For more on the exhibit, visit the museum’s Website:
www.cacv.org.
Miami Art Museum has free
Touch Tours of public art surrounding the museum (weather
permitting) and audio description tours in the galleries. Tours can
be scheduled Tuesdays through Fridays by calling the education
department at (305) 375-4073. For directions and exhibition
information please visit:
www.miamiartmuseum.org.
Victoria & Albert Museum, London,
UK, has no exhibition admission charge for people with
disabilities or their caregivers.All V&A events are accessible to
people with vision loss; in addition, BSL interpretation and other
support is available. Anyone requiring assistance should arrange
this in advance by calling 020 7942 2211 or sending an e-mail to
bookings.office@vam.ac.uk.
Touch objects, large-print materials and tactile books are available
in a number of galleries. Screen readers and other magnification
technology are available on computer terminals in the National Art
Library. Call 020 7942 2211 if you would like to be added to the
museum’s database or send an e-mail to
disability@vam.ac.uk
if you prefer to receive events programs by e-mail. An access guide
of the museum is available in accessible formats.
The
Children's Museum of Phoenix has two drop-in programs on
Tuesdays through Sundays. In the Junior League of Phoenix classroom
activities include Braille alphabet rubbings, raised-line drawings,
and texture and scent boxes. Hours alternate daily from 9 to 11
a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. In the Art Studio activities include Braille
number rubbings, sawdust spiders, and playing at a sand table. Hours
are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For details, contact Kelley Fitzsimmons
at 602-648-2753 or
kfitzsimmons@childmusephx.org.
The National Archaeological Museum
of Athens, Greece, has two special programs, one for
adults, titled: “Introducing the Drinking pots in Antiquity,” and
the other for children, titled: “Toys and Games in Antiquity.” Both
programs include a tour of the museum’s Vase Collection and hands-on
sessions with replicas of ancient Greek vases and toys. Please
contact
dimosiessxeseis.eam@culture.gr
for specifics.
The Rubin Museum of Art,
NYC, offers Verbal Imaging and Touch Tours. Free with museum
admission, tours are one-hour in length and take visitors on a
journey interweaving the arts, history, religion, and culture of the
Himalayas. Group and individual tours are offered. To schedule a
tour, please contact Group Visits at 212-620-5000 ext. 345, or email
reservations@rmanyc.org.
For directions and exhibition information, please visit:
www.rmanyc.org.
October 1 to
November 19
The Taha Hussein Library
for the Blind and Visually Impaired offers a Sculpting workshop for
students of all ages who are blind or visually impaired. Students
will work with modelling clay and the Workshop is free of Charge.
For reigstration or additional information please call Kariem Saleh
at (+203) 4839999 Extension: 1500 or by e-mail:
Kariem.Saleh@bibalex.org
October 1
Touch Tour at the Taubman Museum of
Art, Roanoke, VA, offers a Touch Tour from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
On the tour, visitors will explore the 19th century
American Art collection. This program is $6 per person, and
registration is required. Please contact Abbie Edens, Head of Youth
and Family Education at (540) 204-4107 or by email at
aedens@taubmanmuseum.org.
Dallas Museum of Art
offers Thursday Night Specials!
Make It/Take It
from
6:30–8:30 p.m. Participants are invited to try a new material or
technique to expand their artistic imagination. For more
information, visit
www.DallasMuseumofArt.org/C3
or call (214) 922-1311 or (214) 922-1822.
October 2
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,
offers audio description for the film “Fargo”
at 7:30 p.m. The movie is being screened as part of Joel and Ethan
Coen: Raising Cain, a film retrospective at the Walker in September
and October. Those interested in“Fargo” should contact Melissa
Schedler at (612) 253.3555.
October 3
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore,
MD, has a 10:30 a.m. touch tour focused on Greek and Roman
Art and Myths. Docents will tell Greek and Roman myths and visitors
may follow along in Braille. For details, contact Tyson Fogel at
(410) 230-2453 or by e-mail at
tfogel@lbph.lib.md.us
The
New Jersey State Library Talking
Book & Braille Center Biennial Fall Festival, Trenton, is
hosting a special event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its headquarters at
2300 Stuyvesant Avenue. The event kicks off New Jersey’s state-wide
celebration of Blindness Awareness Month. Speakers include author
Mary Jane Clark and members of the John Hopkins University
Engineering Department. The latter will discuss cutting edge white
cane technology using GPS and radar technology. Other events include
a children’s story hour featuring the Garden State Story Teller’s
League; a prototype NASCAR accessible race car with dual controls so
people with a physical or visual disability can experience sitting,
touching, and for a $10 fee driving a race car; the Philadelphia Zoo
Touch & Tactile Animal Workshop; touchable sculptures from Grounds
for Sculpture; and vendor exhibits. The event also provides an
opportunity to film your story for YouTube. For more on this
celebration, call (800) 792-8322, or visit
http://www.njlbh.org/fallfestival.pdf.
The Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha,
celebrates Especially Artful Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Events include Guided Touch and
American Sign Language-interpreted tours in the Sculpture Garden; a
noon drama workshop for children with autism; adaptable print making
conducted by the Octopuses Garden Art Alliance and other art making
opportunities provided by the Omaha
Public Library and Joslyn staff; a student art exhibit; and
entertainment by mime Ricky Smith. Special guest artist Ann
Cunningham will debut her new tactile art – her interpretations of
several works in the museum. Admission is free from 10 a.m. to noon.
For the full schedule, contact Matt Clouse at (402) 661-3878 or by
e-mail at
mclouse@joslyn.org.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC,
promotes artistic exploration for adults who are blind or
partially sighted and their companions through this monthly 11 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. drawing class titled “Seeing through Drawing.”
Reservations are required; call (212) 650-2010 or e-mail
access@metmuseum.org.
October 4
The Lithuanian Library for the
Blind presents the 4th annual tactile book competition. The
tactile books will be exhibited at the library through September and
October.
Library's Tiflotyros department invites to come to the library and
see the orginal book "Art beyond sight. A resource guide to art,
creativity, and visual impairment" and its Lithuanian version "Menas
anapus regėjimo. Žinynas apie meną, kūrybą ir regėjimo sutrikimus".
Also, librarians at Tiflotyros department will inform on the
holdings of tactile graphics, tactile maps, etc. Please contact
Audrone Gendviliene at
a.gendviliene@labiblioteka.lt
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC,
offers Met Escapes, aprogram for
people with dementia and their caregivers, as a way to explore art
and the Museum’s collections in a friendly, safe environment. Three
types of interactive workshops occur on select Wednesdays and
Sundays: gallery tours, art-making sessions, and exploring works of
art through touch. Reservations are required by calling (212)
650-2010 or e-mailing
access@metmuseum.org.
October 5 - 30
Charlotte Art League, in
collaboration with the Metrolina Association for the Blind, NC,
has an exhibition of works by artists who are visually impaired and
art for people with vision loss created by sighted artists. For
artist information on participation and for exhibit hours, contact
Sandra Gray at (704) 376-2787or by e-mail at:
sandramgray@earthlink.net.
October 5-December
17
The Woman’s Board of
The Hadley School for the Blind in
Winnetka, IL will hold its annual braille holiday card sale
with proceeds benefitting Hadley and supporting its tuition-free
distance education programs for blind and visually impaired students
and their families. $28 for a box of 25 cards plus shipping.
Imprinting available for an extra charge. Braille photo cards also
available. Beginning October 5, call 800-323-4238 or order online at
www.hadley.edu/holidaycard.
October 5
The Jewish Museum of Art, NYC,
offers “Culture
and Continuity: The Jewish Journey,”.a
verbal imaging tour at 1:15 p.m. For details, please call or send an
e-mail to Meredith Wong at (212) 423-3225 or
mwong@thejm.org.
October 6
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada,
offers Touch Tours introducing visitors to the splendor of the
Canadian landscape through two works by Group of Seven members
Lawren Harris and J.E.H. MacDonald; in addition, a bronze sculpture
by Canadian artist Louis-Phillippe Hébert and one from the gallery’s
European collection will allow visitors to interact with original
art. The tour will start at 2.00pm. For more information, please
e-mail or call Laurie Kilgour-Walsh at
laurie@artgalleryofhamiton.com
or (90) 527-6610, ext. 272
Andrew Heiskell Library, NYC,
in collaboration with Art Education for the Blind, offer, an
art-making workshop on Venetian masks. Learn about Venetian masks
and decorate your own. The workshop will be help in the conference
room of the library from 2 to 3 p.m. For more information and to
registration contact Rachelle Stein at
stein@nypl.org
or call (212) 206-5400. The library is located at 40 West 20th
Street.
October 7
Iziko South African National
Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, welcomes the Athlone
School for the Blind from 10 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. The students’ visit
will feature multi-sensory discussions of selected works on view in
the gallery, a related music workshop, and a practical art workshop
to encourage individual creative responses to concepts explored
during the walkabouts and making music. For information, send an
e-mail to Sandra Eastwood at
johneast@iafrica.com
October 8
Dallas Museum of Art hosts
its Thursday Night
Specials!Tech Lab: Open Lab
from 6:30 to
8:30 p.m. Ever wonder what it means to blog or tag? Curious about
podcasting? Visitors can experiment with these and other new media
and technology at this event. TEchXPERTS introduce new technology in
drop-in, hands-on sessions. For more information, visit
www.DallasMuseumofArt.org/C3.
or call (214) 922-1311 or (214) 922-1822.
October 9
The Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke,
VA, features artist Chris Youngblood at itsBox
Lunch Forum from noon to 1 p.m. The Floyd, Virginia, artist has
had low vision since birth and is legally blind. She will be
speaking about her experience and influences. This program is free,
but registration is required. Please contact Frank Giannini, Head of
Young Adult and Adult Education at (540) 204.4108 or
fgiannini@taubmanmuseum.org.
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore,
offers a 1 p.m. Studio activity: Greek and Roman Art.
Participants will experiment with ancient and contemporary
techniques and tools and create a relief sculpture in clay. Please
contact Tyson Fogel at (410) 230-2453 or
tfogel@lbph.lib.md.us
October 10
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,
offers three 11:30 a.m. public tours in October that feature touch
components and verbal description. The tours, which will focus on
the Walker’s collection galleries, are free with the price of
admission. Tours are limited to ten participants, first come first
served basis. For more information, call or e-mail Courtney Gerber
at (612) 375.7574 or
courtney.gerber@walkerart.org
The Envision Low Vision
Rehabilitation Center Arts Program, Wichita, Kansas -
Children who are blind or visually impaired will celebrate Eric
Carle’s 80th birthday and the 40th anniversary of
The Very Hungry Caterpillar! The
celebration will include creating paper mache caterpillars and
tissue paper butterflies as they explore Eric Carle’s art. Children
will play games, sing songs, listen to stories and eat Caterpillar
goodies!
For more information contact Bonnie Cochran @
bonnie.cochran@envisionus.com
Dallas Museum of Art offers
Family Workshops with Guest Artist John Bramblitt, at
1:00-1:45 p.m., 1:45-2:30 p.m., and 2:30-3:15 p.m. John Bramblitt
will join us for a hands-on family workshop and a demonstration of
his process and life as a blind painter. His workshops are unique in
the art world in that they not only span the gap between beginning
and professional artists, but also include adaptive techniques for
people with disabilities.
Workshops begin every 45 minutes, space is limited
Learn new ways of painting! Instead of using eyesight, families will
rely on their imagination, creativity, memory, and sense of touch to
create a unique painting. During the workshop, participants will
have the chance to discuss the process of painting with artist John
Bramblitt. Please contact Amanda Blake at
ablake@DallasMuseumofArt.org
or call (214) 922-1311 or (214) 922-1822.
October 11
Art Gallery of Hamilton,
Canada, has a Touch Tour
to introduce visitors with vision loss to the splendor of the
Canadian landscape. For details, contact Laurie Kilgour-Walsh at
(905) 527-6610, ext. 272, or
laurie@artgalleryofhamiton.com.
The Museum of Modern Art,
NYC, invites you to Create Ability,
a program for individuals with learning or developmental
disabilities and their families. The theme is Forms with Function:
Objects of Design. The program is free of charge. Space is limited
and preregistration is required. Reservations may be made one month
in advance. For more information or to register, call Access
Programs at (212) 408-6347 or e-mail
accessprograms@moma.org.
October 13
Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA,
has aguided Touch Tour from 11 a.m. to noon; the tour will
explore the art of Thomas Eakins and Susan MacDowell Eakins. This
program is $6per person and registration is required. Please contact
Abbie Edens, Head of Youth and Family Education, at (540) 204-4107
or
aedens@taubmanmuseum.org.
The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, offers
Meet Me at MoMA, a program for individuals with Alzheimer’s and
their family members or care partners.
Meet Me at MoMA provides a forum
for dialogue through looking at art. Specially trained MoMA
educators highlight themes, artists, or exhibitions during an
interactive program in the MoMA galleries. The 2:30 to 4 p.m.
program is free, but space is limited and preregistration is
required. Reservations may be made one month in advance. For more
information or to register, call Access Programs at (212) 408-6347
or e-mail
accessprograms@moma.org.
October 15
Touch Tour at the Taubman Museum of
Art, Roanoke, VA has a 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Touch Tour of itsContemporary
Art gallery. This program is $6.00 per person and registration is
required. Please contact Abbie Edens, Head of Youth and Family
Education, at (540) 204.4107 or
aedens@taubmanmuseum.org.
Dallas Museum of Art hosts
its Thursday Night
Specials! DIY@DMA at 7:30 p.m.
This monthly event enables museum visitors to join artists for
art-inspired Do-It-Yourself projects. For details, visit the
museum’s Web site:
www.DallasMuseumofArt.org/C3,
or call (214) 922-1311 or (214) 922-1822.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC,
invites you to Picture This! Workshops:
Robert Frank: The Americans for
adults who are blind or partially sighted. The workshops make works
of art accessible through detailed descriptions, touch, and other
activities to awaken the senses. The programs runs from 2 to 3:30
p.m. Reservations are required by calling (212) 650-2010 or
e-mailing
access@metmuseum.org.
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery,
Buffalo, NY, presents Art Sense-Actions for Individuals who
are Blind or Visually Impaired: a verbal description tour of the
permanent collection, followed by a hands-on art activity. The
program runs from 2 to 4 p.m. The program is free, but registration
is required. Contact Julie Cox at (71) 270-8249 or
jcox@albrightknox.org.
October 16 and 17
Art Education for the Blind (AEB)
and The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, NYC, present the third biennial
international conference on multimodal approaches to learning. The
conference addresses the challenges faced by educators, artists,
museum professionals, architects and designers to create learning
opportunities and inclusive learning environments that better serve
all audiences, and meet the needs of learners with sensory
impairment or those who use different learning styles. The official
registration form is posted on
http://www.artbeyondsight.org/change/aw-conference-2009.shtml
If you wish to have the form emailed to you, send your name and
email address to:
aeb@artbeyondsight.org;
put “October Conference” in the subject line.
October 16 -
November 20
VSA arts of Colorado and the
Colorado Center for the Blind, Denver, are hosting their
second annual six-week juried art show titled “Close Your Eyes, Open
Your Mind.” The show features tactile art, interactive art
experiences, and fun learning events. The show is held at VSA arts’
Access Gallery, located at 909 Santa Fe Drive. For details, contact
Ann Cunningham at (303) 238-4760 or
ann@sensationalbooks.com.
October 16 –
January 4, 2010
Utah State Library, Utah Arts
Council and Utah State History, Salt Lake City, are
co-sponsoring an exhibition of the work of Utah artists with
disabilities at the Mezzanine at the Rio Gallery, 300 South Rio
Grande Street. The gallery is open Mondays through Thursdays from 7
a.m. to 6 p.m. There is an opening reception for artists and the
general public on October 16, from 6 to 9 p.m.
October 17
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum,
Wausau, WI, offers its Art Beyond Sight workshop: Birds in
Art from1 to 3 p.m.Docents make art accessible for all through a
touch tour of the museum's sculpture garden, exploration of tactiles
(raised-line drawings of artworks), and art-making opportunities.
For details, call or send an e-mail to: Erin Narloch, at (715)
845.7010 or
enarloch@lywam.org.
Birmingham Museum of Art, AL,
presents Hands Across Art, a
tour for the visually impaired, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. This tour
engages visitors with a multi-sensory approach to the visual arts,
including music, verbal descriptions, and tactile reproductions. All
are welcome, but reservations are required. Please call Lauren
Williams at (205) 254-2571 to reserve a spot.
October 18
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,
has an 11:30 a.m. tour with touch components and verbal description.
The tour, which will focus on the Walker’s collection galleries, is
free with the price of admission. Tours are limited to ten
participants, on a first-come, first-served basis. For more
information, contact Courtney Gerber at (612) 375-7574 or
courtney.gerber@walkerart.org
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum,
NYC, offers a touch and
verbal description tour of its newest program, The Moores: An Irish
Family in America. Experience the heart of the immigrant saga
through the music of Irish America, then tour the restored home of
the Moore family, Irish-Catholic immigrants coping with the death of
a child in 1869. Compare the Moore's struggle to keep their family
healthy with that of the Katz family, Russian-Jewish immigrants who
left their “mark” on our building in the 1930s. The hour-and-a-half
tour will begin at the Museum’s Visitor Center at 108 Orchard Street
at 2:45 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and
seniors. Visit the Museum’s Web site at
www.tenement.org
for more information. To attend, RSVP by Wednesday, October 14, to
Sarah Litvin at
Slitvin@tenement.org.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
NYC, offers a combination
Verbal Imaging and Touch Tour focused on the Kandinsky retrospective
and the Frank Lloyd Wright building. The tour will begin promptly at
10:15 a.m. Admission is free. Please meet just inside the main
entrance to the museum. The Museum is located at 1071 Fifth Avenue
at 89th Street. Please contact Georgia Krantz at
gkrantz@GUGGENHEIM.ORG.
October 19
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.
Kareem Dale, Special
Assistant to the President for Disability Policy, will join
Elisabeth Axel, founder
and President of Art Education for the Blind, to open the course at
9 a.m. Experts will look, among other topics, into inclusiveness and
accessibility policy in museums, evaluation tools for accessibility
programs and visitors studies, and the re-representation of
disabilities in museums and galleries. For the full schedule and
list of speakers, go to:
http://www.artbeyondsight.org/change/aw-crashcourse.shtml
Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, CO,Touch
Wood: A Hands-on Tour of Lynne Yamaguchi’s Turned Bowl.
Tohono Chul Park invites the Tucson community and local vision loss
organizations to join us for Touch
Wood: A Hands-on Tour of Lynne Yamaguchi’s Turned Bowls. Lynne
Yamaguchi, the Park’s Artist of the Month for October, will have a
display of her bowls in the Exhibit House through the month.
Touch Wood is an opportunity to
meet her and to handle a selection of her elegant turned wood bowls.
Lynne will be in the Park’s Children’s Ramada on
Tuesday, October 13, from 10am to
noon and from 1pm to 3pm. Please contact, Peggy Hazard,
Assistant Exhibit Curator at (520) 742-6455 x217 or
peggyhazard@tohonochulpark.org
(after Oct 5)
October 20
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada,
offers Touch Tours introducing visitors to the splendor of the
Canadian landscape. The tour will start at 2.00pm. For details,
contact Laurie Kilgour-Walsh at
laurie@artgalleryofhamiton.com
or (905) 527-6610, ext. 272.
October 21
Iziko South African National
Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, welcomes the Lighthouse
Club for the Blind and the Helen Keller Hostel from 10 a.m. to 2.30
p.m. The program includes multi sensory discussions of selected
works on view in the gallery, a related music workshop, and a
practical art workshop to encourage individual creative responses to
concepts explored during the walkabouts and making music. Send an
e-mail to Sandra Eastwood at
johneast@iafrica.com
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC,
offers its Met Escapesprogram for people with dementia and their
caregivers as a way to explore art and the Museum’s collections in a
friendly, safe environment. Reservations are required by calling
(212) 650-2010 or sending an e-mail to
access@metmuseum.org.
October 22
Dallas Museum of Art
celebrates Thursday Night Specials!
Material of the Month: Uncovered, from6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The
display features the raw materials used in works of art in the
museum’s collections. For more information, visit the museum’s Web
site at
www.DallasMuseumofArt.org/C3
or call (214) 922-1311 or (214) 922-1822.
October 23
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore,
has a Mobility Tour on Renaissance Art beginning at 2 p.m. The tour
features the art of 15th- and 16th-century Italy. To register for
it, contact Tyson Fogel by phone at (410) 230-2453, or by email at
tfogel@lbph.lib.md.us.
October 24
Colorado Ballet, Denver,
is hosting an audio described performance of
Don Quixot at theEllie Caulkins
Opera House, located at 14th and Curtis. Contact Ticketing Services
at (303) 837.8888 and give the code SENS89 for discounted tickets.
Details about the ballet can be found at:
www.coloradoballet.org.
The American Folk Art Museum, NYC,
invites blind and partially sighted visitors to explore the
world of Folk Art with an educator though verbal descriptions and
discussion from 1 to 2 p.m. For more information, please call (212)
265.1040 x 148, or send an email to
jkalter@folkartmuseum.org
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,
has an 11:30 a.m. tour with touch components and verbal description.
The tour, free with the price of admission ($10; free for Walker
members), is limited to 10 participants, on a first-come,
first-served basis. For more information, contact Courtney Gerber at
(612) 375-7574 or
courtney.gerber@walkerart.org
The Envision Low Vision
Rehabilitation Center of Wichita Kansas – In collaboration
with Accessible Arts of Kansas City, Kansas, Envision Kids Club
members will attend 99 Drums! This is a music and cultural camp for
youth who are blind or visually impaired that offers a full day of
interactive music and dance workshops exploring Mexican, West
African, Middle Eastern and Brazilian cultures.
For more information contact Bonnie Cochran @
bonnie.cochran@envisionus.com
October 25
The Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke,
VA, continues its Sunday musical performances in the Atrium
with entertained by the 3-Ds. This local trio, in which two of the
members are visually impaired, plays Bluegrass, Irish and Folk
music. This program is free and registration is not required. For
time and other details, contact Abbie Edens, Head of Youth and
Family Education, at (540) 204-4107 or by e-mail at
aedens@taubmanmuseum.org.
Art Gallery of Hamilton,
Canada, offers Touch Tours
introducing visitors to the splendor of the Canadian landscape
through two works by Group of Seven members Lawren Harris and J.E.H.
MacDonald, a bronze sculpture by Canadian artist Louis-Phillippe
Hébert, and an artwork in the European collection. The tour allows
visitors to interact with original art. For more information,
contact Laurie Kilgour-Walsh at
laurie@artgalleryofhamiton.com
or (905) 527-6610, ext. 272
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC,
offers its Discoveries program
for children and adults with developmental and learning disabilities
and accompanying friends, family members, and staff. The workshop
includes a thematic gallery tour and art-making activity. It is
free, but advance reservations are required by calling (212)
650-2010 or e-mailing
access@metmuseum.org.
October 27
The Museum of Modern Art, NYC,
hosts Art inSight, a program for
individuals who are blind or partially sighted. The tour, from 2 to
4 p.m., focuses on a special exhibition,
Monet’s Water Lilies.
Wheelchairs, portable stools, FM headsets for sound enhancement, and
large-print and Braille information brochures are available. Service
animals are welcome. This program is free, but space is limited so
preregistration is required. Reservations may be made one month in
advance. For more information or to register, call Access Programs
at (212) 408-6347 or e-mail
accessprograms@moma.org
October 29
Dallas Museum of Art
continues its Thursday Night Specials!
Creative Process: Inside Out,
from 6:30-8:30 p.m. This week’s guest artists will discuss their
creative process and show samples of their materials. Join guest
artist John Bramblitt in a participatory workshop and demonstration
of his work and talk about his process as a painter.
For more information, visit
www.DallasMuseumofArt.org/C3,
or call (214) 922-1311 or (214) 922-1822."
