Savaiano Collaborates on Art Project
19 Dec 2014 By UNL Today
Students in associate professor of art Sandra Williams’ Color and Composition class this fall completed a project to recreate works of art in a tactual manner to be displayed at the Nebraska Center for the Education of Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired.
“The idea for this project first came after visiting the South Dakota School for the Blind. Their school had partnered with a local university on creating tactual pieces of art that were displayed throughout their campus,” Graves said. “I immediately fell in love with this idea and wanted to pursue a similar project to be displayed at NCECBVI as well.”
Williams and Graves met with Mackenzie Savaiano, assistant professor of practice in special education and communication disorders in the College of Education and Human Sciences, to discuss access to art for people who are blind or visually impaired.
Graves and Savaiano also met with students in the class. The students used goggles and blindfolds that showed them what you see with various visual impairments.
Special Education and Communication Disorders