SAVE-A-DATE:  October 14-15, 2005, Conference
 
Art Beyond Sight: Multi-modal Approaches to Learning
 
Organized by Art Education for the Blind, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
and the Museum Access Consortium
 
Friday, October 14, and Saturday, October 15, 2005

Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the 
Museum of American Folk Art
 
In a culture in which vision is by far the dominant sense, and life 
revolves around the visual, the potential for learning through other 
sensory modalities is too often ignored.  This innovative international 
conference will address the challenge faced by educators, artists and 
museum professionals, to create multimodal learning opportunities that 
better serve all audiences. Psychologists and educators will explore ideas 
and recent research findings relating to other learning modalities, 
including touch, sound, language, kinesthetics, and even smell. The 
conference will also examine the relationships between vision, non-vision, 
and the other senses, through discussions focusing on blindness and 
learning. Issues raised include the communication of ideas about visual 
culture through non-visual means, cross-modal interaction and multi-sensory 
integration, and the implications of Universal Design for learning. 
 
Friday, October 14, will be spent at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with 
presentations and panel discussions focusing on perspectives on multi-modal 
learning in practice (morning sessions) and new fMRI studies, cross-modal 
interaction and understanding learning (afternoon session). Among the 
presenters: Rebecca McGinnis and Deborah Jaffe (the Metropolitan Museum of 
Art), Hannah Goodwin (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), Georgina Kleege 
(University of California at Berkeley and author of Sight Unseen.), Dr. 
Alvaro Pascuale-Leone (Harvard Medical Center), and David Rose (Harvard 
Medical School of Education and CAST).
 
The Saturday, October 15, morning session will take place at the Museum of 
Modern Art, and will comprise two panel discussions: "Multi-Modal 
Approaches to Accessibility: Best Practices," chaired by Paula Terry 
(Director, Office of AccessAbility, National Endowment for the Arts), 
and "Teaching Through Touch: Touch and Interactive Exhibits and Tools," 
chaired by Francesca Rosenberg (Museum of Modern Art).
 
The Saturday afternoon session will be held at the American Folk Art 
Museum. Panel discussions on "Language and Communicating about Visual Art" 
and "Artists Response to Multi-sensory Challenges," chaired by Pam Rogers 
(Pure Visions Art Studio/The Shield Institute), will further explore the 
conference theme. 
 
In addition, there will be evening "Dining and Discussion" events and 
Saturday breakfast meetings. To receive complete conference details and an 
invitation (registration is $50), send your name, address, phone number, 
and e-mail address to [log in to unmask] Please 
put "October conference" in the subject line.

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