Touching Craft is the opening celebration for Undue Burden's “Haptic Gallery” of touchable art by sick and disabled visual artists. The event also includes a gallery tour and two workshops on making visual art more accessible. By expanding and disrupting our ideas of the “visual,” we can create change around systemic oppression and build more robustly creative art worlds.
We welcome:
- Sick, disabled, Mad, neurodivergent, blind, and D/deaf gallery goers and artists
- Those interested in integrating more access into their arts spaces
- Artists and craftspeople of all kinds
- Anyone who gets a little thrill out of touching art!
The “Haptic Gallery” will be on view through November as part of Undue Burden (Oct. 19 – Nov. 23, 2024), a community archive and event series celebrating the experiences of Disabled people.
Accessibility Notes
The venue and restroom are wheelchair accessible. For more notes on accessibility including nearby parking, please visit our Accessibility landing page.
Masks required and provided. Please rapid test before you attend and stay home if you are sick. Tests will be provided if you forget.
Air purifiers provided. Unmasking area for gallery snacks is curtained off but not totally separate.
Auto captioning provided.
QR codes available for audio descriptions of archive materials.
Low sensory areas provided.
Comfy and larger seating provided.
Share accessibility needs through the ticket registration page, or by emailing Mary Zhou ([email protected]). Please share by Oct. 26 to allow us adequate time to prepare. We will do our best for requests received after this date.
Event Schedule
2:15-2:45pm: Workshop – Audio description for Visual Art
- Learn how to create greater access for visual art by drafting your own image descriptions.
2:45-3:15pm: Workshop – Haptic Tours: What to Know When Organizing
- Learn how to organize creative access for a haptic gallery or gallery tour.
3:15-4pm: Deep Touch Gallery Tour
- A deep touch tour of the “Haptic Gallery” by project artist Shannon Brooks.
4-6pm: Gallery Opening Reception
- Opening reception with light refreshments available.
4-6pm: Stamping Practice Station
- Interact with the central UNDUE BURDEN archive exhibit through stamping.