A recent event from ART on the HILL
I put a short post on Facebook and a lady contacted me almost immediately on Messenger. She has a client who is sight impaired.
He loves art, but galleries have refused to let him touch sculpture. This is his only way of seeing so has been very disappointed. His carer asked if we would allow him to touch our sculptures. I said I thought this was possible under supervision and contacted Paul. He was delighted to be able to share the work with him. He went around explaining which he could touch and those he could not touch, he described why, the colour, the texture and the materials. Those he touched he was able to make deep and meaningful comments about. Both Paul and I were emotionally affected by this experience.Paul and Jude have had similar experiences at MFGS and Herring Island and I hope in the future we will be able to show more sight impaired art lovers our sculptures. Obviously, this would need supervision and organising but it is so worthwhile.
Gillian Govan
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