A Deeper Vision | Alt Text + Art

📍 Peachtree Library Branch

1315 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta , GA 30309

https://www.fulcolibrary.org/locations/ptree/

Registration required | Attendees must provide their own transportation

A Deeper Vision | Alt Text + Art is a collaborative accessibility workshop exploring how we describe visual art for audiences navigating the digital world through screen readers and alternative forms of access. Design researcher, Abigale Stangl will share ideas and research around accessibility, sensory design, and alt text practices, including approaches that challenge “one-size-fits-all” image descriptions. Through guided exercises participants will experiment with writing alt text that moves beyond utility to consider atmosphere, emotion, artistic context, and shared interpretation.

Hosted by the Peachtree Library Branch and facilitated by the Public Art Futures Lab with support from Fulton County and LostintheLetters, this workshop welcomes artists, writers, designers, educators, curators, students, and anyone interested in accessibility and communication through art.

This is an exercise-focused gathering centered on conversation, experimentation, and collective thinking. Laptops are encouraged but not required.

Important Notes

• Advance registration is required
• Attendees must provide their own transportation to the site
• Ages 16+
• Photos and videos will be taken at this event

Dr. Abigale Stangl is a design researcher and Assistant Professor in the School of Industrial Design at Georgia Tech. Her work focuses on human computer interaction with a focus on assistive AI (image description, tactile media, and inclusive experiences in art and technology), with particular attention to how blind and low-vision people access, interpret, and create meaning through visual and multimodal information.

he holds a PhD in Technology, Media & Society and an MS in Information and Communication Technology for Development from the ATLAS Institute at CU Boulder, as well as a graduate diploma in Landscape Studies from Lincoln University and a Bachelor of Environmental Design from CU Boulder. She is a founding director of the Tactile Media Alliance and previously held research fellowships at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Washington.

Parking and Directions to Peachtree Library:

Address: 1315 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309

Parking: Limited Parking, Street Parking The Peachtree Branch Library is located on the 2nd floor of an office building on the corner of 16th and Peachtree, directly across from the High Museum. The front of the office building faces Peachtree, and the big blue Peachtree Library sign can be seen in the window. Limited parking is available in the deck immediately off of 16th St (look for the blue elevator with “Peachtree Library” emblazoned on the doors). We recommend carpooling or using MARTA.

The average walking distance from MARTA Arts Ctr Station is about 5 minutes.

Directions from Peachtree Library Handicapped Parking: From the handicapped parking spots in the parking garage, patrons can use the ramp entrance located directly in front of the BLUE elevator doors marked “Fulton County Library System.”Once inside the elevator, press the top button labeled “Library.”When you exit the elevator on the library floor, the entrance to the meeting room will be immediately to your left.

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About

Lostintheletters is an Atlanta-based 501(c)(3) organization that empowers community members to effectively and artistically amplify their stories and experiences through creative writing.

Lositntheletters was founded as a reading series in 2012 that featured authors from Atlanta and the Southeast. In 2013, we created the inaugural Letters Festival to build a bridge between Atlanta and the national writing community. We currently host the quarterly Reading & Workshop Series, annual Letters Festival, and Writing Studio Hours, an intentional space where anyone can write, read, revise, and pursue any other activity to push their practices forward.

We have worked with some of the most exciting contemporary authors in the U.S. and beyond for our reading series, generative workshop series, and annual Letters Festival, including Jericho Brown, Roxane Gay, Scott McClanahan, Leesa Cross-Smith, Morgan Parker, Dorthea Lasky, Carmen Maria Machado, Tommy ‘Teebs’ Pico, Solmaz Sharif, Sarah Rose Etter, Susan Steinberg, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Sabrina Orah Mark, Mathias Svalina, Nicholas Goodly, and many others.

Stay Connected: For more information on this event and future happenings, follow us on Instagram and visit our website PublicArtFuturesLab.com for updates.

About the Public Art Futures Lab: The Public Art Futures Lab is a space to exhibit, experiment, educate and experience the role of technology as it relates to public art. By reducing barriers to creating and participating in this emerging space, the Lab seeks to expand access to cultural enrichment, provide the tools for local artists to thrive and maintain Fulton County's status as a creative cultural capital. The Futures Lab is made possible through the support of our host Underground Atlanta, and our residency partners Downtown Atlanta Inc. and MARTA Artbound along with our Knowledge Partners, Spelman Innovation Lab, Georgia Tech Arts, GSU CMII and our Outreach Partner, Orange Barrel Media and Makerspace Partner; Freeside Atlanta, and Industry Partner; Lightscape Lighting and Equipment.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Peachtree Branch Library, 1315 Peachtree Street Northeast, Atlanta, United States

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