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● April 2019, Broad Art Lab

● Partnership with RCPD,
Exceptions, Caitlin Cornell,
the Broad Art Lab, and the
Teal Quilt Project
● Weeklong event focused on
expanding our idea of
accessibility
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"Everyday" refers to what is routine, typical, ordinary. Yet what is ordinary
to some is profoundly alienating to others. How can one describe the
everyday as an all-inclusive term when every person is different? In order
to achieve inclusion and maximum accessibility in all places, spaces, and
things, we must render the familiar strange; reimagine what “everyday”
means. Further, how can everyday be communicated within artistic
spaces, museums, and cultural institutions? The Accessible Art Event
aims to explore the “everyday” through the practice of art. Continuing our
work in previous years, the event is tasked with the idea of merging
accessibility with art.
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● Multisensory art from English students at MSU and local artists with
disabilities
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Artist: John Bramblitt

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Artist: Jessica Suzanne Stokes

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● The Teal Quilt Project
○ Creates comfort quilts for victims
of child abuse and sexual abuse
○ Current goal of creating a lap
quilt for each victim of Larry
Nassar
○ Visitors signed quilt squares with
encouraging messages for the
more than 300 victims
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● This event included all the same
accessibility features as the
second event, plus:
○ Sensory friendly hours
○ A quiet corner featuring
blindfolds, ear plugs,
weighted vests, and other
objects to reduce cognitive
overload
○ A virtual tour of the space
(presented by Able Eyes)
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● Additional interactive sessions
were held throughout the week
○ Button making
○ Kinetic sand
○ Literature quilt squares
○ Accessible yoga
○ Finger painting
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Future Directions
● Therapeutic value of accessible art
○ Beth Donaldson’s fidget quilts for people with dementia or
Alzheimer’s
○ Paint a Miracle’s art classes for people with disabilities
● Music and Narrative partnership
○ Possible future event where students make tactile art to
accompany pieces of classical music that visitors can listen to
while touching the art