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Shining light on Art history and Art appreciation for
Students with Vision Impairments
How has the Statewide Vision Resource Centre (SVRC) Support Skills Program (SSP) Art sessions shed light on the often intangible world of ‘Visual’
Art?
Michael Donnelly
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ACloseEncounter
Image: BrettWhitely “Self Portrait” oil and collaged elements on canvas, Collection: AGNSW.
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YourFirstCloseEncounter?
Image: In Melbourne - Frederick McCubbin, ‘The Pioneer’, 1904, Oil on canvas, NGV.
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YourFirstCloseEncounter?
Image: In Brisbane –Mrs Marj Drohanwith Richard Godfrey Rivers, "Under the Jacaranda", Oil on canvas, Collection: QAGOMA
TheSVRCArtRoom
Byastudentwhouseslargeprint
Image:EntrancetoSVRCArtRoom
TheSVRCArtRoom
Images:InteriorofSVRCArt
Room
TheSVRCArtRoom
Images:LargeComputerFlatScreen,“old”CCTVforenlarging,sink&workbench,inSVRCArtRoom
Audio/visual-descriptionEnlargedimagesTactileimagesScalemodelsOnlineresourcesRelatedaudioExposuretomaterialsAwarenessraisingofcurrentexhibitionsFacilitatingspecialaccesstoArtExhibitionanddisplayofStudentArtwork
Strategiescaninclude:
Physicaldescriptions,WESSSTdescriptionmatrix,Story-telling
Audio/visual-description:
Image: Photo and tactile image of Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain” sculpture, 1917, an enamelled, upside down, individual urinal.
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Definition:Puttingpicturesintowords.Toapproximatetheexperienceoflookingatart;toenabledialogueandinteractionwithart;toexcite,inspire,todoallthethingsartdoes.AnneHornsby,MindsEyeProfessionalDescriptionServices,
UK.
Image: Picasso Collage: Still Life of Bowl of Fruit with violin on Table
Audio/visual-description:
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Ananswertothequestion:
Howtoexploreartwork,especiallypieceswheretouchwon’thelp?
Mustinvolve• Collaborationwithpeoplewithwhoareblindorhavelowvision
• directdescription• powerfulmetaphors• poeticanddescriptive
Image: Picasso ‘Weeping Woman’ 1937Oil on Canvas, NGV.
Audio/visual-description:
W.E.S.S.S.T.Weight howheavy,heavierthan,lighterthan,sameweightas...Ends/Edges curved,flat,sharp,rounded,howmanysides,size
ofeachside.Size large,small,largerthan,smallerthan,samesizeas...,
howhigh,howlong,howdeep,howwide...Sound loudness,softness,highersound,lowersound,deeper
than..samesoundas..hollowsound,solidsound,soundstheobjectsmake whenhit
Shape square,circle/ular,rectangle/ular,boxetc,sameshapeas.Texture Soft,hard,smooth,rough,bumpyetc,whattheobjectis
madeof– carpet,glass,paper,etc
Audio/visual-description:
ElementsofArtandDesign1Line2Shape2Tone3Colour4Texture5Space6Form
PrinciplesofArtandDesign1Unity2Point,Line,&Plane(PLP)3Balance4Hierarchy5Scale6Dominance7Similarity&Contrast
8Movement9Rhythm/Pattern
Audio/visual-description:
Image: students in front of Fernand Leger mosaic, NGV.
laserprints,digital/screenimagesonPCandiOSplatforms,magnifiers,CCTV,highcontrast,alternativeviewingmodes;
Enlargedimages:
Image: screwdriver and washer enlarged under a CCTV.
Braille-embossedimages,PIAF(swell-paper)images,othertactileimageformats
Tactileimages:
Images: students studying tactile images of artwork on PIAF or swell paper, as well as mock-up replica art works.
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ArtHistorythroughTouchandSound(ArtBeyondSight&Amer.PrintHouse)SVRChassomebooks.Onlineprojecthasstalled.
Images: Cover of Art History through touch and sound plus part of Early 20th Cent. volume. AHTTS website homepage.
http://www.artbeyondsight.org/ahtts/
Tactileimages:
Scalemodels:
Image: Experiments in 3D printing by
researchers at Monash University partnering
with SVRC.
Replicasofpublicsculpture
Interactionwithdomesticandsmall-scalesculpture;
Scalemodels:
Image: students explore a Bruce Armstrong
maquette for a large scale sculpture at the
NGV.
Artapps,YouTube,Wikipedia,GoogleArtProject
Onlineresources:
Images: screenshots of the Tate Modern and Google Art Project websites.
Soundscapes,Music,Respondingtomusic
Relatedaudio:
Image:Markerdrawingof
BolerofromMoulinRouge
Drawing– toMusicinthemovies
StudentswithLowVisionusingSlantboardslisteningtomoviemusic.
Libertango fromFranticBolerofromMoulinRougeTheMissionTheme
Drawing– toMusicinthemoviesStudentwhousesbraille
usingRaisedLineDrawingKit
TheDarthVaderthemefromStarWars
DrawingBirdsbasedonsoundsfoundonlineattheBurrinja CulturalCentrewebsiteandthroughstudentgeneratedcallsrecordedandmixedonAudacity.
Bystudentswhousebraille
Artmaterials,image-relatedmaterials,relatedobjects
Exposureto/contactwith:
Image: student studying a would sculptors mallet at the Bruce
Armstrong exhibition, NGV.
Currentexhibitions,LinkingArtmakingwithexhibitions;
Awarenessraisingof:
Images: promotional material for popular
public gallery exhibitions at the
NGV in 2016.
Artworksatpublicgalleries;ConnectionswithArtists;
FacilitatingspecialaccesstoArt:
Images: students encountering artworks by touch or via a camera on an iPad, and an artist, NGV.
StudentArtwork.
Exhibitionanddisplayof:
Images: student artwork on display during professional development days and special events at SVRC.
Themes:TheLondonOlympicsCeramics– SculptingwithSlabs
Glazingusingmaskingforblindstudent
Images:slab-builtfiguresbasedonArtDeco-style
postersfromLondonOlympics,bystudentswho
usebraille
Themes:TheLondonOlympicsCeramics– SculptingwithSlabs
Images:slab-builtfiguresbasedonArtDeco-stylepostersfromLondonOlympics,by
studentswhousebraille
Themes:TheBrazilOlympicsCeramics– GoldMedalsImages:claycircleswithappliedandimpresseddecoration,firedandpaintedgold,inspiredbytactileandenlargedimagesofBrazilOlympicandParalympicmedals.
Themes:Bullying– NoWay!Images:ProtestBannercreatedinverylargeprintandlargebrailleinspiredbyschoolscampaign andprotestartusingtext,especiallyworkofDavidMcDiarmid,AustralianGayActivistArtist.
Images:Postercardsbeingheldby
studentsspellingout:BullyingNoWay!
TakeaStandTogether!
Themes- TheNightSky:Drawing– Scratching
Images:TactileimageofStarryNightbyVanGoghandscratchpicturebyastudentwhousesbrailleandlargeprint
AncientEgyptian:Ceramics– Modellingwithpinch-pots
Images:FourEgyptianFuneraryCanopic JarswhichinspiredCeramicbirdsbyamixofstudentsusingbrailleorlargeprint
AncientEgyptian:Plaster– Modellingwithplasterbandage
Student“mummifying”ateddybearusingModroc.
Use“Modrock”toemulatemummificationandprovideanexampleofEgyptianartandculture
Pre-Columbian:Aztec&MayanArt:3DModels
Image:ResinmodelspurchasedfromMelbourneMuseum
Pre-Columbian:Aztec&MayanArt:Ceramics– Hand-buildingtileswithSlabs
Image:Glazedtilesbyblind&lowvision
students
Pre-Columbian:IncaArtMetalwork– EmbossedAluminium
ImageEmbossedaluminiumby2studentswhousesbrailleand1whouseslargeprint.
Images:ExhibitfromNGA,Canberra,2014.
CelticArtlink:Ceramics–Hand-buildingwithCoils
Image:OpenCoiledPotbyastudentwhousesbraille
Image:CelticKnotdesignsusedfortactileimages.
VienneseArt&Design:
Images:TactileimagesbasedonartworkfromViennaArt&Design,NGV,2011.
VienneseArt&Design:Ceramics– Hand-buildingwithSlabs
Images:Processofmakingclaywork basedonartfromViennaArt&DesignexhibitionatNGV,2011.
Images:sculpturesby
Claes Oldenberginspiredplastercastbasketsof
fruit.
PopArt(Claes Oldenberg)Casting– withPlaster
PopArt(GeorgeSegal)Casting– withcellotape
Images:sculpturesbyGeorgeSegalinspiredcellotape cast
objects.
AbstractSculptureModelling– withcellotape
SculpturesbyRyoSehata,Japan.
Sculpture– Carving:Michelangelo,Gaudier-Brzeska.
Images:gardenstatueofMichelangelo’s“David”and“Birdfish”sculptureandtactileimagebyHenriGaudier-Brzeska.
Sculpture- Carving:withpolystyrene
Sculpture- Carving:withsoapstone
ImagesSoapstonecarvinginprocessandfinalpieces.
JeanPaulGaultier /fashiondesign
Images:TactileImagesfromTheFashionWorldofJeanPaulGaultier:FromtheSidewalktotheCatwalkatNGV,2014
JeanPaulGaultier /fashiondesignTextiles– collage
Designsovertactilefashionfiguretemplatesbystudentswhousebraille.
Cubism– Painting
Images:ObjectsanddiagramsrelatedtoaPicassoStillLifepainting.
Image:PicassoCollage:StillLifeofBowlofFruitwithviolinonTable
Cubism– Sculpture
AboveImage:mock-upof
Picasso’sViolinSculpture,1915.
Image:Studentsworkingonenlargedpapersculptureexercise,basedonAGNSWactivity.
Cubism– Sculpture
Worksbytwostudentswhouse
braille
Workbyastudentwhouseslarge
Acubistviolin,basedonartactivityfromAGNSW
Pointillism
Images:ReplicaoilpaintingofdetailofpointillistpaintingbyPaulSignac,from“Radiance”exhibition,NGV,2012.
Pointillism
Images:3DPointillismusingplasticineonwiremeshinsteadofoilpaint,byonestudentwhousesbrailleandtwostudentswhouselargeprint
20th CenturyAbstractArtDrawing– Tape
Image:tapedrawingbyastudentwhousesbraille
Image:paintingbyPietMondrian
Images:3Dcardboardmodelandtactile
imageofworkbyIngeKing,“Wave”or“ForwardSurge”)
ModernArt– Sculpture
ModernArt– Sculpture
SculptureMaquettesinspiredbyworkofIngeKing(topleft)bystudentswhousebraille.
Image:TwostudentswhousebrailleandonewhouseslargeprintrespondtoanAiWeiWei artworkinvolvingacoathanger.
ModernArt- Dada...
DuchampProfile,AiWeiWei,NGV,2016.
Byastudentwhouseslargeprint
Images:asaspin-offfromAiWei
Wei/AndyWarholexhibition,students
investigatedanddrewtheteacher’s
bicycle.
ModernArt- Dada...Drawing- Bikes
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TouchAccessinRegionalGalleriesMcClellandRegionalGalleryandSculpturePark
Incl.SculptureSurveyShowheldeverytwoyears.
Heide MuseumofModernArtandSculpturePark
Images: Student who is blind investigating a Peter Corlett’s “Tarax Play Sculpture” at the McClelland Art Gallery + Sculpture Park.Adults investigating “The Seed” at Heide MOMA.
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SSPBigArtsDayOut2011SSP’sfirstvisittotheNationalGalleryofVictoria!TheNGVSculptureGardenisavailablefortouchaccessbypeoplewhoareblind,alongwithotherselectedsculpturesforthefirsttime!March,2011.
Images: Students prepared to enter the NGV and then investigate a marble bust of Alfred Felton while a conservator explains carving tools during the SSP visit in 2011.
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SSPBigArtsDayOut2011SSP’sfirstvisittotheNationalGalleryofVictoria!
Images: A student uses a monocular to look at the Great Hall Ceiling of the NGV and students exploring Willem de Kooning’s “Standing Woman” in the sculpture garden.
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SSPBigArtsDayOut2012
Images:StudentsexploringthepublicsculpturesinSwanstonSt,SSPArtBigDayOut,2012.
SSPvisitstheMelbourneCBDanddoesasculpturewalk. May2012
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SSPBigArtsDayOut2013SSPvisitstheNGV,May2013
Images: Students being prepared to enter the NGV; Model of NGV made from shoebox; students enjoying the NGV Great Hall Ceiling using iPad and tactile images while lying on the carpet.
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SSPBigArtsDayOut2013SSPvisitstheNGV,May2013
Images: Students experiencing Céleste Boursier-Mougenot ‘s
installation: Clinamen in the NGV foyer, and tactile image.
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SSPBigArtsDayOut2013SSPvisitstheNGVMay2013
Images: Students
exploring 20th
Century Sculpture in
NGV by touch and tactile
images
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SSPBigArtsDayOut2014SSPvisitstheIngeKingSculptureRetrospective,NGVAustralia,June2014
Images: Students exploring explore Inge King’s metal sculptures having been given permission by the 99 year old artist.
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SSPBigArtsDayOut2014SSPvisitstheIngeKingSculptureRetrospective,Images: and students check out Inge King’s large “Forward Surge” at the Vic Arts Centre, including tactile image and model.
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SSPBigArtsDayOut2015SSPvisitstheNGVSculptureGarden,May2015.
Images: students discover sculptures by Henry Moore, Willem de Kooning, and other artists.
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SSPBigArtsDayOut2016SSPvisitstheBruceArmstrong:“AnthologyofStrangeCreatures”,NGVAustralia,Sept2016.
Images: students explore the Bruce Armstrong exhibition assisted by Bruce Armstrong, along with Mrs Catherine Andrews, wife of the Premier, NGV Education staff, and tactile images.
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SSPBigArtsDayOut2016SSPvisitstheBruceArmstrong:“AnthologyofStrangeCreatures”
Images: students explore sculptures by
Armstrong on all 3 levels of the Gallery, including “Bête Noire”, and “Horse”.
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SSPBigArtsDayOut2016SSPvisitstheBruceArmstrong:“AnthologyofStrangeCreatures”
Images: Students were able to have touch access to big and small works, including, “The Guardians” and “Stretch”.
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SSPBigArtsDayOut2016SSPfollow-upinArtSessions
Images: Students reviewed what they had encountered at Bruce Armstrong show, inspected some very small wooden sculptures and followed Bruce’s suggestion that they try modelling their own hybrid creature (out of plasticine).
How has the Statewide Vision Resource Centre (SVRC) Support Skills Program (SSP) Art sessions
shed light on the often intangible world of ‘Visual’ Art?
Did you count the ways?
More is possible in theSVRC
Support Skills Programbut,
Also in schools . . .
Michael DonnellyArt Teacher
Support Skills ProgramFridays
Statewide Vision Resource CentreHeatherwood School
370 - 380 Springvale Road, DonvalePO Box 201 Nunawading 3131
Ph (03) 9841 0242 Fax (03) 9841 0878Mob. 0438 674 247
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