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Please Note: The exhibition will be on display Sept. 5 - Oct. 31. To schedule your visit, contact [email protected]; 918-595-7339.Mark your calendars for “Please Touch the Art,” opening Friday, September 5. This exhibition engages all five senses — yes, even taste! Designed with a special focus on visitors and artists who are blind or visually impaired, Please Touch the Art invites everyone to experience art in a new way—especially those of us who’ve had to resist the urge to touch a painting in a museum!
The exhibition features artwork by Michael Naranjo, a Tewa artist who was blinded and lost the use of his right hand after being injured by a grenade while serving in Vietnam. While recuperating in a military hospital, Naranjo began sculpting using only his left hand and a small piece of modeling clay a hospital volunteer gave him. Michael went on to create world-renowned artwork that draws on Native American traditions and memories of his childhood in New Mexico. His work is displayed around the world, including in the Heard Museum, the White House, and the Vatican.
Additional featured artists include Lily Dickson, a legally blind artist and recent graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, and spoken word poet and blindness advocate Jeanetta Price of Texas.
"Please Touch the Art" is part of the Any Given Child program, a partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center. The program provides arts experiences for every Tulsa Public Schools student in grades K-8. The Center for Creativity is the sixth grade partner, and its staff will welcome hundreds of students to TCC's metro campus during the run of the exhibition.
The Center for Creativity is extremely grateful to our partners: the Tulsa Community College Foundation, the Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges, Envision, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma School for the Blind, NewView Oklahoma, and Jeri’s House.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
910 S. Boston Ave, Tulsa, OK, United States, Oklahoma 74119
