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Event Date
Date
Monday, September 24, 2018
Time
9:30 AM–1:30 PM
Category Workshops

For All Audiences: Museums as Welcoming Spaces

Duke student Adrienne Hawks works a digital scanner that, with infrared light, a depth sensor and geometry, stitches together images with shadows that help define shapes. She uses a 3D printer to create miniature sculpture models that visitors can explore with their hands, during special tours of the Nasher Museum's Medieval European Art Gallery. Photo by J Caldwell.

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Join the Nasher Museum and Arts Access N.C. for a workshop on how museums and visual art centers can implement best practices in accommodating visitors with disabilities. This motivating and practical workshop will address disability etiquette and offer strategies for success in reducing barriers at cultural institutions. Special guest Madison Zalopany, coordinator of access and community programs at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, will share ideas for progressive programming in museum settings.

9:30 AM: Welcome & Session I

Betsy Ludwig, Arts Access, Executive Director
Brandon Cordrey, VAE Raleigh, Director

  • The Why and How of Accessibility
  • Assessment, Planning, and Goal Setting
  • Terminology and Disability Etiquette
  • Accessible Exhibitions: the Basics
  • Innovative Practices in Museums and Galleries – An Overview

11:30 AM to 12:30 PM: Session II 

Madison Zalopany, Whitney Museum of American Art, Coordinator of Access and Community Programs

  • Stories from the Field
  • Implementing Innovative Programs

12:30 PM: Networking Lunch 

1:30 PM: Sensory Tour in the Nasher Museum’s Wilson Pavilion 

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Event Details

Date
Monday, September 24, 2018
Time
9:30 AM–1:30 PM
Categories
Tags
Accessibility, Workshop
Venue
The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
2001 Campus Drive
Durham, NC 27705 United States