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Verbal Description Online: Queering the Collection

June 16, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Free

Online, via Zoom

Verbal Description Online provides an opportunity for visitors who are blind or have low vision to experience the richness and diversity of twentieth- and twenty-first-century American art through vivid description. Ninety-minute sessions are free-of-charge and are offered monthly on Friday mornings through Zoom and over the phone.

This session will focus on the Whitney’s collection artworks by PaJaMa (Paul Cadmus, Jared French, and Margaret French).

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

Details

Date:
June 16, 2023
Time:
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cost:
Free
Website:
https://whitney.org/events/verbal-description-queering-the-collection

Organizer

Whitney Museum of American Art
Phone
2126711823
Email
ASL_Tours@whitney.org
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Other

Audience (by age)
Adults (Ages 18 and up)
Special Instructions
Email accessfeedback@whitney.org or call (646) 666-5574 to register.
Program Image Caption
PaJaMa, Jared French and Margaret French, Nantucket, 1946. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 4 3/8 × 6 11/16in. (11.1 × 17 cm) Image: 4 3/8 × 6 11/16 in. (11.1 × 17 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Jack Shear.
Program Image Description
A black and white photograph of two people on the beach. The man is in the center of the frame in total shadow and silhouette, while the woman sits on the sand in a flowy white garment with her back to the viewer.

Venue

Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort Street
New York, NY 10014 United States + Google Map
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