| Touching Art Touching You @ Hove Museum & Art Gallery, June - September 2010 |
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BlindArt @ Hove Museum & Art Gallery 12 June – 5 September 2010  Touching Art Touching You, a fresh and unique concept in the visual arts comes to Hove Museum & Art Gallery on 12 June. The exhibition breaks traditional barriers by actively encouraging visitors to experience and explore the art on display through touch and other senses. The experience challenges the notion that sight is essential for creating and enjoying exceptional art. The exhibition includes paintings, sculptures and installations, including sound, drawn from the permanent collection of BlindArt. BlindArt is a charity which promotes contemporary works by visually impaired and sighted artists, showcasing them side by side and challenging the public to tell the difference. Touching Art Touching You appeals to a wide ranging audience, including visually impaired visitors as well as children and families who can enjoy the freedom to explore the art through touch. Comments from exhibition visitors: "Over throwing years of not being allowed to touch art. Quite mind bending". "Touching the work added another dimension to the usual event of looking at art" "Felt nervous and excited touching the art. Taboo/freedom/liberating" All works in the exhibition are made accessible to a diverse audience through touch, audio description, large print and Braille labels. Family Workshops Tuesday 27th July Symphony of Scents Hove Museum Make beautiful fabric birds filled with delicious scents to give to your friends and relatives. In connection with Touching Art Touching You exhibition. 10am-12.30pm, 1.30pm-4pm £10, book in advance 8+ Tuesday 3rd August Musical Movement Hove Museum Use string to create tactile pictures inspired by the Touching Art Touching You exhibition 10am-12pm, 1.30pm-4pm Free, drop in All ages Wednesday 4th August Knotted Know-how Hove Museum Use string to create tactile pictures inspired by Touching Art Touching You exhibition 10am-12pm, 1.30pm-4pm Free, drop in All ages Saturday 14th August Audio tour of BlindArt exhibition Hove Museum Audio described tour of the Touching Art Touching You exhibition 2.30 – 4pm Free, book in advance Address: Hove Museum & Art Gallery, 19 New Church Road, Hove BN3 4AB Tel: 03000 290900 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: www.brighton-hove-museums.org.uk Opening Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday – Saturday 10am – 5pm; Sunday 2pm – 5pm. Closed Wednesdays. Admission: Free Fully accessible. Café. Shop. Please click here for press release. |
BlindArt Collection Donated to
Moorfields Eye Hospital
October 2012
Link to press release
BlindArt Permanent Collection @ Banbury Museum
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Link to press release (word doc)
Link to press release (pdf)
BlindArt Permanent Collection @ Hove Museum & Art Gallery
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BlindArt Permanent Collection @ RNC
June 2009
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BlindArt @ ART LONDON Fair
2 - 6 October 2008
BlindArt Permanent Collection @ Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
26 July – 4 October 2008
BlindArt Forum
Exciting new Feature
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BlindArt Permanent Collection @ MOMA, Wales
March - April 2008
BlindArt Permanent Collection @ Catmose Gallery
January - February 2007
BlindArt Permanent Collection @ Menier Gallery
May 2007
Sense & Sensuality @ Richard Attenborough Centre
December 2006 - January 2007
Sense & Sensuality Debuts in New York
October 2006
Winners of Sense & Sensuality 2006
Joint First Prize
Mauro Perucchetti
Nick Hornby
BlindArt Purchase Prize
Andrew Senior
Sense & Sensuality 2006
Bankside Gallery
14 September – 8 October 2006
Link to leaflet
BlindArt in New York
BlindArt @ Art Beyond Sight
October 2005
Education Projects
Sense2Sense Education Project
4Senses Education Project
BlindArt Needs Volunteers
to help us TOUCH ART.
Please email info@blindart.net for details.
• Sense & Sensuality 2005 catalogue
• Sense & Sensuality 2006 catalogue
• BlindArt Permanent Collection catalogue
• Postcards
• Tactile images
available.
Support BlindArt
Please email info@blindart.net for details.
