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kestrell“How the Blind View Art”
6pm at the Open Door Gallery, 89 South Street, Boston
Simon Hayhoe, will introduce his research project being conducted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Panel Discussion: Reactions to the current gallery show, Who is a Deaf artist?, featuring the work of Jiayi Zhou with audio description by Vince Lombardi. Preview the show and access the Audio Description at http://www.vsamass.org/gallery.php
Panelists:
Janet LaBreck, Commissioner, Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.
Bill Henderson, retired Boston Public School principal
Kim Charlson, director of the Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library
Carl Richardson, Massachusetts State House ADA Coordinator.
Simon Hayhoe, from the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the London School of Economics, is currently a Fulbright Fellow undertaking research on visually impaired people's understanding of exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the exhibits presented in their database of art works online. He wrote the monograph, Arts, Culture and Blindness, God Money and Politics, and Arts Culture and Blindness.
Earlier in the day:
“Is Belief More Important Than Perception to Blind Students Studying Fine Art?”
12:00pm at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in the Eliot-Lyman Room, Longfellow
Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
Simon Hayhoe will present a lecture on visual culture and blindness. Contact Scott Ruescher in the AIE program at scott_ruescher@harvard.edu for other information.
6pm at the Open Door Gallery, 89 South Street, Boston
Simon Hayhoe, will introduce his research project being conducted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Panel Discussion: Reactions to the current gallery show, Who is a Deaf artist?, featuring the work of Jiayi Zhou with audio description by Vince Lombardi. Preview the show and access the Audio Description at http://www.vsamass.org/gallery.php
Panelists:
Janet LaBreck, Commissioner, Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.
Bill Henderson, retired Boston Public School principal
Kim Charlson, director of the Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library
Carl Richardson, Massachusetts State House ADA Coordinator.
Simon Hayhoe, from the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the London School of Economics, is currently a Fulbright Fellow undertaking research on visually impaired people's understanding of exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the exhibits presented in their database of art works online. He wrote the monograph, Arts, Culture and Blindness, God Money and Politics, and Arts Culture and Blindness.
Earlier in the day:
“Is Belief More Important Than Perception to Blind Students Studying Fine Art?”
12:00pm at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in the Eliot-Lyman Room, Longfellow
Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
Simon Hayhoe will present a lecture on visual culture and blindness. Contact Scott Ruescher in the AIE program at scott_ruescher@harvard.edu for other information.
