The return of the tactile tour of the Arisia Art Show

Kes: This was a really fabulous event last year--Fabrisse did an amazing job describing things and the artists present were wonderful. I am hoping to show up to this specific event and this event only--if anyone is interested in getting together for dinner afterward, leave a comment.

The tactile tour will be conducted on
Saturday from 5-6 p.m.
We will meett in front of the art show and cotton gloves will be provided for attendees. Artists are invited to be present in order to give brief descriptions of their work and answer questions.
Note: the non-visually impaired are welcome to participate in this event but people with disabilities will be given priority if the size of the group becomes an issue.

Art and music

Kes: I'm particularly excited about this pairing of music and art as I think it has potential for allowing blind individuals to access art through its associations with the art form of music. It reminds me of a book which combines art and poetry titled _The Gazer's Spirit: Poems Speaking to Silent Works of Art_ by John Hollander which also possesses this sense of shared aesthetics between the visual and the audible.

All this month on WCDB in Boston host Cathy Fuller will be featuring a work of classical music that complements one of the works of art in the new Art of the Americas wing of the MFA.
Read about it by going to
995allclassical.org
and browsing to the link titled
Music and Art for January
Kes: I can't find any more specific info about when this airs on the radio, but I do know that it is between noon and four in the afternoon.