Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center – The Tactile Gallery

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The mission of the Tactile Gallery is to enrich the museum experience of each visitor to the Fine Arts Center, with particular emphasis on those with disabilities, through interactive exhibitions and programs.

In the Tactile Gallery, visitors are encourages to experience art, not only visually, but with their hands. The gallery design enables the visually impaired to tour on their own, and specially-trained docents are available to conduct group tours. Braille signs and labels giving information about the works of art are put in front of each object, and a guide rail channels
visitors through the exhibit. Displays are low enough for children and wheelchair users to reach the art objects and know their essence through the sense of touch.

The Tactile Gallery focuses on sculpture in various media and features changing exhibits from its own permanent collection and other private collections. The Tactile Gallery collection currently includes over 95 objects, many by well-known contemporary artists, including Glenna Goodacre, David Chamberlain and Michael Naranjo.

For more information visit www.csfineartscenter.org

January 13, 2012

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