By Chad Petri Reporter
Published: Fri, April 04, 2008 - 4:04 am
Last Updated: Fri, April 04, 2008 - 7:15 am
Last Updated: Fri, April 04, 2008 - 7:15 am
Chad Petri
“People can know ‘hey I’m a good artist, now look at these visually impaired people, they're doing great stuff like me’ so it's kind of a way to communicate to people,” says 11-year-old Tripp Gulledge.
Tripp's alien portrait is on display now. His pal Mason is blind in one eye but made a picture of a day with his dad. Jocelyn says she draws daily and put together an image.
“To be able to adapt what is main stream art to something that's attainable for children with visual impairments adds such an extra aspect to their lives,” says Principal for the Mobile Regional School for the Deaf and Blind Mary Lou Casey.
The students have to feel their way through the artwork.
“I could look up at the sky feel my tape art, paint around the tape art and I could paint not knowing what I'm doing,” says Tripp.
While the students feel their way around, they also have tools like an enlarger to see picture details. Art class here requires more talking.
“You might not be able to just say ‘get the green paint’ you may have to talk a child through to the green paint if a child doesn't discern certain colors,” says Casey.
The Helen Keller Art show is on display now through April 10th. There’s no admission cost to the Library on USA’s campus.
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