Abstract
The Art of Disability Culture exhibition was hosted by the Palo Alto Art Center, (PAAC), California in 2021 and featured the artwork of 35 artists with disabilities. The project included staff training sessions, community meetings with disabled artists and audio descriptions of artworks by each of the 35 artists whose work was shown. The exhibition aimed to establish best practices for working with disabled artists at the PAAC and to create a welcoming and responsive environment for all visitors with disabilities. Other access features included accessible in-person and online programming with live captioning and ASL. The PAAC continues to fold audio description by artists into its exhibitions and the exhibition has traveled to smaller venues where the impact of audio description continues to make an important contribution to a more accessible art world for artists and visitors alike. Academic scholarship in the fields of Museum and Disability Studies does not easily make its way to the exhibition floor without collaboration and innovation.
Presenters
Fran OsborneLecturer in Museum Studies, Museum Studies, San Francisco State University, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Inclusion, Accessibility, Disability, Art, Artists with Disabilities, Audio Description
