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October 2008 is celebrated as the Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month, an
international initiative to call public attention to the need for and
benefits of making art and visual culture accessible to people with vision
loss and other disabilities. Art Education for the Blind coordinates the
annual Awareness Month initiative, an activity of the loosely organized Art
Beyond Sight Collaborative. Participating organizations will be listed on
Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month brochures and the 2008 poster, which are
designed, printed and distributed to all participants at no cost.
Participants are asked to do what they can during the month of October to
promote their own accessible programs, and to help spread the word that
children and adults who are blind or visually impaired can and do enjoy the
life-enhancing beauty of art when learning tools such as visual description
and touch objects are made available to them.
If you want ideas for specific ways to celebrate Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month, look at Art Education for the Blind's Website, www.artbeyondsight.org (go to Change, then Awareness Month), or send an email to coordinator at artbeyondsight.org.