Art Education for the Blind (AEB)

Contact Details

Main address: Exec Dir: Ms Elisabeth Salzhauer Axel, 589 Broadway - 4th floor, 10012, New York NY, United States of America, Tel: (1 212) 334 8721, E-mail: aeb (at) artbeyondsight.org , E-mail (2): director (at) artbeyondsight.org

URL: http://www.artbeyondsight.org/

Aims

Make art, art history, and visual culture accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired.

Official Relations

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)^* (Consultative Status).

Activities

Creates accessible art and art education programs for museums; provides educational materials and guidance to help museums establish and maintain these programs; coordinates activities of the 'Art Beyond Sight Collaborative'; advances knowledge in the issues of blindness, art, sensory perception and capabilities of blind people by bringing together professionals working in many different disciplines; encourages people who are blind or visually impaired to create art and helps them promote their work.

Publications

Art Beyond Sight: A Resource Guide to Art, Creativity, and Visual Impairment; Art History Through Touch and Sound: A Multisensory Guide for the Blind and Visually Impaired; Handbook for Museums and Educators - online. Videos.

Members

Not a membership organization.

UNESCO NGO Section Data

Type of Relation with UNESCOConsulatative Status

Admission Date2008

Programme sector: EDNo

Programme sector: SCNo

Programme sector: SHSNo

Programme sector: CLTNo

Programme sector: CIIYes

Programme sector: BSPNo

Programme sector: AFRNo

Name and contact details of NGO focal point at UNESCOM. Storti Davide
CI/INF/ICT

History1987 Creation 2008 Admission to Operational Relations (179 EX/35) (179 EX/Dec.35)

Contribution to UNESCO's programmes Autumn 2007: AEB has coordinated, in London and in New York, a two-part international conference on multi-modal learning where ADG/CI presented a keynote address, during the Art Beyond Sight Awareness month. AEB is planning to work closely with CI on accessibility standards for community multimedia centres, libraries and archives and on ICT and access to information and knowledge for people with disabilities.

Keywords Art education

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