Open AccessA Docent’s Perspective: From Tour Guide to Advisor
Author(s) -
Donnelly Wilburn
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
disability studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2159-8371
pISSN - 1041-5718
DOI - 10.18061/dsq.v33i3.3753
Subject(s) - blindness , perspective (graphical) , art , visual arts , passion , art history , painting , key (lock) , computer science , psychology , optometry , medicine , computer security , psychotherapist
This is a personalaccount of a dedicated museum docent who lost her vision in 2007, but retainedher passion for art. For the past five years, she has been an advisor on theSeattle Art Museum’s docent committee for access. She discusses what a museumcan do to enable her to form a distinct mental image of an artwork and a deepconnection to the artist. Key words: Blind museum access, blindness, low-vision, Seattle Art Museum, verbal description of visual art, audio description