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Andrew Heiskell Seeing with the Senses: Question 5

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Channel: The New York Public Library · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Seeing with the Senses, Andrew Heiskell Braille & Talking Book Library
Saturday, June 1, 2013, 1-4 p.m.
Staff from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney and the Guggenheim present "Seeing with the Senses"—an afternoon of art-making workshops, verbal description and touch tours for those with low vision or blindness. Coordinated by Fotis Flevotomos, Visiting Fulbright Artist.
Closed-captioned.

Panel Discussion. 
Panelists discuss whether they strictly use visual description or also incorporate context and artists' biographies when presenting programs for those with blindness/low vision, and whether they seek interpretations of the works from participants in the programs.
Moderator, Jessica Jones, Artist/Art Instructor
Panelists:
Olivia Swisher, Guggenheim Museum of Art
Melanie Adsit, Whitney Museum of American Art
Deborah Lutz, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pamela Lawton, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rebecca McGinnis, Metropolitan Museum of Art
 June 1, 2013, 1-4 p.m.
Staff from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney and the Guggenheim present "Seeing with the Senses"—an afternoon of art-making workshops, verbal description and touch tours for those with low vision or blindness. Coordinated by Fotis Flevotomos, Visiting Fulbright Artist.
Closed-captioned.

6 (of 10 videos): Panel Discussion. 
Panelists discuss how working with blind/low vision populations has changed their idea of what perception is, and if/how this has changed how they do presentations to other groups.
Moderator, Jessica Jones, Artist/Art Instructor
Panelists:
Olivia Swisher, Guggenheim Museum of Art
Melanie Adsit, Whitney Museum of American Art
Deborah Lutz, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pamela Lawton, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rebecca McGinnis, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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