The four galleries that delivered the Art Speaking project will come together to share experiences. This will also be an opportunity to inform other venues on how an interpretation project like Art Speaking can be of benefit for delivery venues as well people with visual impairments.
Here is a list of the events that took place as part of the project:
Wolverhampton Museum & Art Gallery
Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1DU
www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk
Saturday 18th April 2009 from 12pm onwards
(12pm Lunch, 1pm Talk, 2.15 Artist Session)
Joseph Highmore – The Lee Family
Interpreted by Doreen Gibbons and talk by Marguerite Nugent, Senior Curator. Artist session with Alan McClean (optional)
Saturday 9th May 2009 from 12pm onwards
(12pm Lunch, 1pm Talk, 2.15 Artist Session)
Andy Warhol – Campbell’s Soup Can
(1968, screenprint) From the Pop Art Collection
Interpreted by Mike Massingham and talk by Zoë Lippett, Art Collections Curator. Artist session with Alan McClean (optional)
Saturday 6th June 2009 from 12pm onwards
(12pm Lunch, 1pm Talk, 2.15 Artist Session)
Willie Doherty – Border Incident
(1994, photographic print on aluminum)
From the Northern Ireland Collection
Interpreted by Jen Dooner and talk by Zoë Lippett, Art Collections Curator. Artist session with Alan McClean (optional)
Herbert Art Gallery And Museum, Coventry
Jordan Well, Coventry CV1 5QP
www.theherbert.org
Thursday 21 May2009 from 11am
Romauld Hazoumé – La Bouche du Rom
Copy to follow on post approval from British Museum. Interpreter – Jessica Pinson.
Tuesday 16th June2009 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Adam van Noort – Lady Godiva
(1586)
The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum holds a number of paintings of the city’s most famous heroine. Interpreter – Anne-Marie Sandos.
Tuesday 15th September 2009 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Roger Fry – Italian Hill Town
(1908-10) This piece is also called ‘Church’
This work lies between Fry’s discovery of Cezanne and his introducing Van Gogh and Gauguin to Britain. Interpreter – Jack Shuttleworth.
New Art Gallery Walsall
Gallery Square, Walsall WS2 8LG
www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk
Saturday 30 May 2009 1pm – 1.30pm
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 – 1770) – Page Boy
(c.1740-50, oil on canvas)
Previously attributed to the studio of Paolo Veronese (1528 – 1588)
Join curator Jo Digger for a talk and Karen Turton for an audio description of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo’s painting, Page Boy, one of the jewels of theGarman Ryan Collection.
Sunday 21 June 2009 1pm – 1.30pm
Melanie Carvalho – Rhodroponicum
(2005, collage)
Join curator Jo Digger for a talk and Keiko Higashi for an audio description of Melanie Carvalho’s art work, Rhodroponicum, a collage that brings together ideas of the environment and the modern world and society.
Thursday 9 July 2009 1pm – 1.30pm
Dod Proctor (1892 – 1972) – The Quiet Hour
(1935, oil on canvas)
Join curator Jo Digger for a talk and Julie Jones for an audio description of Dod Proctor’s oil painting, The Quiet Hour, a serene painting of a girl, characteristic of the artist’s technique and subject matter.
Leamington Spa Art Gallery And Museum
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa CV32 4AA
www.warwickdc.gov.uk/royalpumprooms
Friday 22 May 2009 1pm – 1.30pm
Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651) – The Prodigal Son
(c.1615, oil on canvas) Presented as a gift from the Art Fund 1949
Friday 25 September 2009 1pm – 1.30pm
Thomas Baker (1808-1864) – Lord Leycester Tower, Kenilworth Castle
(1862, oil on canvas) Purchased 1949
Friday 27 November 2009 1pm – 1.30pm
Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976) – The Mission Room
(1937, oil on board) Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1940
