Check out these 12 great crafts for blind people that are sure to help stimulate the senses. These are all great activities open to interpretation.
Claire Spector is a legally blind contemporary textile artist. She sews by feel.On June 7 at 5 p.m., join us in the LightHouse for the Blind Gallery to celebrate the opening of Claire’s textile show, Blind Stitching: Vis-AbilityTM.
If you can’t see, you can’t experience art, right? Wrong. Touch and sound tours of galleries can open up art to blind people
while most masterpieces hanging on museum walls are strictly off limits from physical contact, estudios durero wants to let gallery goers experience da vinci and el greco with their hands.
Description: From a collection of pictures for the blind (tactile graphics), created by M. Kunz, Director of the Illzach School near Mulhouse, France. Creator: M. Kunz Date: 1902 Format: pictures Physical Collection: AG227 M. Kunz Tactile illustrations and maps Digital Identifier: Kunz0035 Rights: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
Paths to Literacy Make Your Own Tactile Memory Game. For teachers, families, and others interested in literacy for children and youth with visual impairments
Playing with tactile mazes can be a fun way to talk about movement, getting lost, and plotting a course with your blind child.
Description: From a collection of pictures for the blind (tactile graphics with braille and print), created by M. Kunz, Director of the Illzach School near Mulhouse, France. Text reads ""Abbüdungen für Blinde. Images à l'usage des aveugles. Pictures for the Blind. Imamagini ad uso dei ciechi. von Direktor M. Kunz, Illzach." Creator: M. Kunz Date: 1902 Format: pictures Physical Collection: AG227 M. Kunz Tactile illustrations and maps Digital Identifier: Kunz0034 Rights: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
Introduce colors to your blind child with this fun game that incorporates tactile objects, braille and social play!
Description: From a collection of pictures for the blind (tactile graphics with braille and print), created by M. Kunz, Director of the Illzach School near Mulhouse, France. Text reads ""Abbüdungen für Blinde. Images à l'usage des aveugles. Pictures for the Blind. Imamagini ad uso dei ciechi. von Direktor M. Kunz, Illzach." Creator: M. Kunz Date: 1902 Format: pictures Physical Collection: AG227 M. Kunz Tactile illustrations and maps Digital Identifier: Kunz0030 Rights: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
Check out these 12 great crafts for blind people that are sure to help stimulate the senses. These are all great activities open to interpretation.
The Unseen Art project, which is being run by Helsinki-based designer Marc Dillon, is using 3D printing to give blind people the opportunity to experience classical art that many sighted people might take for granted.
Description: From a collection of pictures for the blind (tactile graphics with braille and print), created by M. Kunz, Director of the Illzach School near Mulhouse, France. Text reads ""Abbüdungen für Blinde. Images à l'usage des aveugles. Pictures for the Blind. Imamagini ad uso dei ciechi. von Direktor M. Kunz, Illzach." Creator: Martin Kunz Date: 1902 Format: pictures Source: "Boston Pupils as Actors" Perkins Insitution Scrapbook of Clippings, June 1911–Nov. 1913, pp. 39. Internet Archive. Digital Identifier: Kunz0009 Rights: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism
Picture of Mr. Armagan - found on the internet After my lesson on "The Black Book of Colors" I introduced my students to Esref Armagan - a blind painter. The youtube video talks about Mr. Armagan's genetic mutation that caused him to be born without eyes - yet he can paint with perspective - something he shouldn't be able to do according to science. (More on Esref Armagan) I had the students watch the above video - in which they were in complete awe. After the video I explained that they are going to try and paint like Esref Armagan - blindfolded with only their fingers. I did a quick demonstration on how to use their fingers to try and keep track of where they have painted. I paired the students up - one got a blind fold and the other is their spotter. The student who is blind folded is to try their best to draw a simple picture. The spotter's job is to make sure they don't paint someone else and to guide them to the color they want. After the student who is blindfolded is done - they switch spots. The students were eager to try. Many students found it much harder than they thought it would be. (I just learned of another blind painter, John Bramblitt, from another Art Teacher blog.)
Description: From a collection of pictures for the blind (tactile graphics with braille and print), created by M. Kunz, Director of the Illzach School near Mulhouse, France. Creator: M. Kunz Date: 1902 Format: pictures Digital Identifier: Kunz0037 Rights: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
Let’s talk about creating and using tactile schedules in the classroom. If you have a Teacher of the Visually Impaired that works with you, they may provide you with a kit or schedule pieces from the library of the blind. Here is a link to my local library. Check with your state and see if you […]
Free online resources for braille art and tactile graphics for blind and low vision students, with an emphasis on STEM content. Written for World Braille Day
“You can look but you can’t touch.” That’s one of the first rules of museums, which house priceless works of art. But what about the community of blind and visually impaired who use their sense of touch to experience the world? The Unseen Art Project is an initiative to make art more accessible and inclusive by using 3D-printing technology to create replicas of masterpieces that can be touched ’till your heart is content. “There are many people in the world who have heard of classical artworks their whole lives but are unable to see them,” says Marc Dillon, a Helsinki-based designer who wants to make works like the Mona Lisa touchable. More
Two paintings of the Oldenburg City Museum are no longer a feast for the eyes only. The tactile paintings invite you to grasp on all levels...
The Tactile Picture Books Project is creating children's books for a very special demographic: the blind.
I read with my hands books have helped teachers and parents to introduce reading in a fun way to young visually impaired/blind children.
Grasping the beauty of the Museum of Modern Art's collection on a tactile tour for the blind.
Description: From a collection of pictures for the blind (tactile graphics), created by M. Kunz, Director of the Illzach School near Mulhouse, France. Three individual leaves with dot system annotations (likely in New York Point) with the initials M. K. at the bottom right. Creator: M. Kunz Date: 1902 Format: pictures Digital Identifier: Kunz0036 Rights: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
DIY Sensory Board Book: A fun interactive sensory craft and activity for toddlers and young children that you're going to absolutely adore!
The St. Augustine Art Association is featuring its 12th Annual Tactile Art Show for the month of October, Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month. Partnering with the Florida School of Deaf and Blind, the Tactile Art show will feature touchable art that is visually intriguing while also engaging those that are vision impaired.
Multi-sensory learning- using more than one sense for learning is beneficial in many ways. With Touch & Feel cards, children use the visual and tactile sense to explore the objects on the cards, whether it
I was hanging in one of our preschool classes with my new fave preschool teacher, Annie, to co-teach with her. She had a fun lesson for dipping apples into different toppings. We did a quick brainstorm and turned her lesson into a Braille lesson with a few quick changes. Next thing we know, we have this fun ECC lesson and are making Braille sundaes. Annie's lesson started like this: And became an Expanded Core Curriculum lesson: We added an APH tray (any tray will do though) and arrange the toppings into a Braille cell. Easy update! For instruction, we reviewed the Braille cell and the corresponding numbers. For example, (look at the picture above), the chocolate chips are "dot one", the caramel sauce is "dot 2", etc. Students took turns selecting toppings but had to request it by the number (to teach the number configuration of a Braille cell). It was a success! The students did great requesting using the dot numbers. For example, "dot 6, sprinkles".We did a quick but direct instruction on the Braille cell to set the students up for success in the lesson. This wasn't just a Braille lesson though. We incorporated much of the Expanded Core, too! We addressed other areas of the ECC such as: Independent Living Skills: cooking skills at the preschool level Orientation & mobility: positional concepts Self-determination: making choices, trying new things and making opinions about them Social skills: turn taking, eating etiquette and conversation. These were the areas that also received special instruction during this Braille lesson. We had each of these areas in mind during instruction (that's the secret to implementing ECC!). This was a preschool lesson so the whole lesson was about 30-35 minutes. My favorite part: listening to these sweet little preschoolers request their toppings using it as a Braille cell ("dot 2, caramel sauce!").
Hey, this painting is the start of a new exploration for me. I've always been fascinated with different ways of communication. I also like painting my portraits with their eyes closed. To me when the eyes are closed it speaks peace and serenity, locking away all the negative, all the things in this world that we just a temporary break from. But what about those people whose eyes are permanently closed. This one is for you! This painting contains The Lord's Prayer in Braille. Enjoy! FIND ME: Facebook Instagram
Introduce colors to your blind child with this fun game that incorporates tactile objects, braille and social play!
Andrew Myers uses screws to make 3-D masterpieces for curious fingers
Individuals facing vision impairment will often require help with everyday tasks that were once easily managed independently. They may also require support to maintain their connections with the community, friends, and leisure pursuits.
3D Photoworks creates tactile art for the blind to experience in museums
