ERIC Number: EJ1209352
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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From Please Touch to Art"Access": The Expansion of a Museum-Based Art Therapy Program
Reyhani Dejkameh, Mitra; Shipps, Rachel
Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, v35 n4 p211-217 2018
This brief report describes the growth and expansion of the Art"Access" program at Queens Museum in New York, NY, that is shaped and operated by art therapists and teaching artists. Art"Access" was first piloted in 1983 as Please Touch for individuals who are blind or have low vision. The authors conducted oral history research using interviews, digital documents, and hard-copy documents to report the programmatic expansion of the community-based art therapy program. They describe the rhizomatic growth of Art"Access" and share how a program generated to address museum accessibility for one population is now serving numerous diverse populations in onsite and offsite settings, through the collaborative and cumulative work of several art therapists, educators, and teaching artists.
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Museums, Oral History, Artists, Art Teachers, Blindness, Partial Vision, Art, Art Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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