Mark Your Calendar for Our Upcoming Programs:
Wednesday, April 11, 2001- Evaluating Exhibitions
Check us out on the web at  www.museum-ed.org/culturalconnections/ for details.


Cultural Connections presents:
Wednesday, February 14, 2001, 2:30-5:00 p.m

ACCESSIBILITY IN EXHIBITIONS FOR VISITORS WHO ARE BLIND AND DEAF
at the Asian Art Museum/Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art & Culture


    How can an individual who is blind experience a painting? How can
a visitor who is deaf participate in a docent tour? Two museum
professionals will discuss program ideas and useful materials for
visitors with these special needs. In the galleries of the Asian Art
Museum people with disabilities will share their museum experiences
and offer suggestions. Participants will discuss challenges and
opportunities, and brainstorm ideas using the existing displays.
Speakers:

Elana Hornstein, Visitor Services Manager, Education Department, San
Jose Museum of Art
Elly Wong, Docent Coordinator, Asian Art Museum (former Access
Coordinator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York)

Program (please note change in our regular format - program precedes
networking)
2:15-2:30                       Arrival/Check-in, Museum Classroom
2:30-3:15                       Speaker Presentations and Q&A
3:15-4:30                       Gallery Session
4:30-5:00                       Wrap Up, Networking & Refreshments

Program Fee
Free for Cultural Connections members
$10 for non-members


Location
Asian Art Museum/Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture
   (same location as the de Young Museum)
75 Tea Garden Drive in Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA  94118
(415) 379-8895
http://www.asianart.org
Free parking is available on surrounding streets.


Directions
 From North Bay: take the Golden Gate bridge. Stay in the right lane.
Exit onto 19th Avenue South (a.k.a. Park Presidio Blvd). Turn right
on Fulton, just before you enter Golden Gate Park. Take the next
right, and the next right onto Cabrillo. Turn right on 10th Ave.
Enter the Park, and turn left onto John F. Kennedy Drive. You are
directly behind the Museum.

 From the East Bay: After crossing the Bay Bridge stay in the right
lanes. Exit at Fell Street and continue several blocks. After
crossing Stanyan (in the Panhandle) veer right onto John F. Kennedy
Drive. Turn left onto Tea Garden Drive. The Museum is on your right.

 From the South Bay: Take 280 North and exit at 19th Avenue. Continue
on 19th Avenue across Lincoln Avenue into Golden Gate Park. Once in
the park, take the first available right onto Martin Luther King, Jr.
Drive. Follow MLK Dr. until you are alongside the Arboretum. The
museum will be to your left.


--
Chelsea Pickslay

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