Verbal Description and Touch Tour: no existe un mundo poshuracán

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Verbal Description and Touch Tour: no existe un mundo poshuracán

December 16, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Free

Verbal Description and Touch Tour: no existe un mundo poshuracán

Fri, Dec 16, 2022
3–4:30 pm

Floor 6, Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson Foundation Outdoor Gallery

Visitors who are blind or have low vision are invited to explore no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria with educator Gabriela O’Leary. In this landmark survey, Puerto Rican artists respond to the aftermath of devastating hurricanes, civil and political unrest, and other complex social and ecological challenges.

Verbal Description and Touch Tours provide an opportunity to experience the richness and diversity of twentieth- and twenty-first-century American art through vivid description with tactile modes of accessing the artworks.

This event is free but registration is required. Email accessfeedback@whitney.org or call (646) 666-5574 to register.

Details

Date:
December 16, 2022
Time:
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Cost:
Free
Website:
https://whitney.org/events/verbal-touch-tour-no-existe

Other

Audience (by age)
Adults (Ages 18 and up)
Program Image Caption
Gamaliel Rodríguez, Collapsed Soul, 2020–21. Ink and acrylic on canvas, 84 × 112 in. (213.3 × 284.5 cm). © 2021 Gamaliel Rodríguez. Courtesy the artist and Nathalie Karg Gallery NYC. Photograph by Gamaliel Rodríguez
Program Image Description
a painting of a burning ship in blues and grays.
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