Mind's Eye at the Guggenheim - By Way Of
2024-04-10 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY , NY, 10128, United States
The Guggenheim celebrates the ideas, people, and art at the core of its mission by offering virtual and in-person Mind’s Eye programming for participants who are blind or have low vision. Join us in April for a tour of the exhibition By Way Of: Material and Motion in the Guggenheim Collection.
How has artistry evolved beyond traditional art making methods outside the studio’s boundaries? This exhibition will examine how contemporary artists enacted new ideas formed by the social and historical contexts of their time and pushed the boundaries of art practice and materials. Join us in exploring and interpreting a suite of works from the museum’s permanent collection inspired by the D.Daskalopoulos Collection Gift. Major artists from the Arte Povera movement of the 1960s and ‘70s, like Jannis Kounellis and Mario Merz, will share the galleries with artists working today, such as Mona Hatoum, Rashid Johnson, and Senga Nengudi.
April’s Mind’s Eye programming will be led by artist and educator Maya Jeffereis through verbal description and conversation. The virtual session will be accessible by web link or by dial-in phone number, depending on your preference.
The same program will be offered twice virtually and twice in person; please RSVP for only one session.
RSVP: Monday, April 1, 6:30–8:30pm VIRTUAL
RSVP: Wednesday, April 3, 2:00–4:00pm VIRTUAL
RSVP: Monday, April 8, 6:30–8:30pm IN PERSON
RSVP: Wednesday, April 10, 2:00–4:00pm IN PERSON
Free, but space is limited. RSVP is required three days before the program. To RSVP, call 212 360 4355 or email access@guggenheim.org.

Picture This! at The Met Cloisters
2024-04-20 11:00 - 13:00 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
For adults who are blind or partially sighted. Journey with us to the Middle Ages by exploring works of art through detailed descriptions, touch, and discussion.

Mind's Eye at the Guggenheim - Expect the Unexpected
2024-05-06 18:30 - 20:30, 2024-05-08 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-05-13 18:30 - 20:30, 2024-05-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY , NY, 10128, United States
Join us in May for a tour of the exhibitions A Year With Children and By Way Of: Material and Motion in the Guggenheim Collection.
Expect the unexpected! Join us in exploring artworks that integrate unexpected or unconventional materials and processes. We’ll cover objects from professional artists featured in the exhibition By Way Of, and by student artists participating in Learning Through Art, the Guggenheim’s artist-in-residency program in NYC public elementary schools.
This month’s Mind’s Eye programming will be led by Guggenheim educators through verbal description and conversation. The virtual session will be accessible by web link or by dial-in phone number, depending on your preference.
The same program will be offered twice virtually and twice in person; please RSVP for only one session.
Virtual Programs:

Monday, May 6, 6:30–8:30pm ET
Wednesday, May 8, 2–4pm ET

In Person Programs:

Monday, May 13, 6:30–8:30pm
Wednesday, May 15, 2–4pm

Free, but space is limited. RSVP is required three days before the program. To RSVP, call 212 360 4355 or email access@guggenheim.org.

The Fil at The Met Concert—Making Waves
2024-05-11 19:00 - 20:30 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Dive into a world of water with The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School as they perform music inspired by The Met collection.
The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School is a community school of the arts dedicated to helping individuals of all ages pursue their interests, and study of music, while addressing the challenges posed by vision loss.

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: New York City Travel Posters
2024-05-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom, NY, United States
Every month, Poster House offers virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind or have low vision.
In order to reach a wide, art-loving audience around the world, we offer our description tours online through Zoom. These tours are led by our Educators, allowing you intimate access to the items in our current shows and permanent collection.
This month’s tour will focus on the new exhibition, Wonder City of the World: New York City Travel Posters.
Please email access@posterhouse.org or call ‪914.295.2387 to sign up for this event. You will be emailed poster images for reference as well as information about accessing Zoom the morning of the virtual tour.
Tours start promptly and will last approximately 60 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, call (914) 295-2387, or email access@posterhouse.org. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.

Seeing Through Drawing—Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art
2024-05-18 11:00 - 13:00 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
For adults who are blind or partially sighted. Get inspired by the Museum’s collection and learn drawing techniques through in-person workshops that include experimentation with materials, verbal description, and creative responses to works of art.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art.

In-Person Verbal Description Tour: The Anatomy of a Movie Poster
2024-05-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Poster House, 119 W 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
Members of the low-vision and blind community are invited to an in-person Vibrant Verbal Description Tour at Poster House. This after-hours event will provide exclusive access to the museum’s exhibition, The Anatomy of a Movie Poster: The Work of Dawn Baillie. The tour will be led by Educator, Gabriella Kula. This intimate experience will allow guests to get up close with the posters described, as well as provide additional tactile objects to help illuminate the art.
While everyone is welcome, Poster House offers Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind, have low vision, or who benefit from verbal descriptions.
Accessibility Notes: Our front door is wheelchair accessible. Masks are encouraged during this event and are available free of charge at the museum. Clear masks are also available. Assistive listening devices, stools, and some tactile objects will be provided. Navigational guides are available upon request. If you have any further accessibility needs or require an alternative way to RSVP, please contact Poster House’s Accessibility Coordinator Sarit Cahana at access@posterhouse.org or at ‪(914) 295-2387‬. ​​
For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Teens Take The Met! (Ages 13–18)
2024-05-31 16:00 - 20:00 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Large-print and Braille activity schedules, American Sign Language interpretation, sighted guides, and assistive listening devices are available. Please head to the Welcome Desk in Carson Family Hall, inside the 81st Street Entrance, to link up with an interpreter, sighted guide, or to learn about other accommodations.

Grab your friends and celebrate the 10th anniversary of Teens Take The Met! Drop in for teen-only activities across the Museum, including art making, performances, music, and more. Discover what you can also do at over 50 NYC cultural and community organizations.
Doors open at 4 pm. Teens Take The Met! is free and open to all teens 13+ with a middle or high school ID. Just show up or RSVP now to get a free ticket to beat the line. If you’re a chaperone who’d like to come with a group of 10 or more teens, please email teenprograms@metmuseum.org for instructions.
A schedule of events will be available in English and Spanish.
This event will be photographed, filmed, and/or recorded. By your presence at the event, you consent to the photography, filming, and use of your image and/or voice.
Teens Take The Met! is a Teen Night co-organized with over 50 community partners.
92nd Street Y; Aalokam; All City Chorus; Alphonso Horne and the Gotham Kings; Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE); Art in the Park, Inc.; ArtsConnection; Art Students League; Ballet Hispánico; Bangladesh Academy of Fine Arts; Bard High School Early College (Manhattan); Brooklyn Museum Teen Programs; Brooklyn Public Library; Bronx Museum; Building Beats; Center for Anti-Violence Education; Center for Architecture; Center For Book Arts; Children’s Orchestra Society; Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum; Dorill Initiative; El Museo del Barrio; Girls for Gender Equity; Harlem Children’s Zone; Hill Art Foundation; Intrepid Museum; Jazz House Kids; Kaufman Music Center; Lewis Latimer House Museum; Loisaida Inc.; Manhattan Theatre Club; Museum at Eldridge Street; Museum of Chinese in America; Muslim Girl; New York City Department of Youth & Community Development; New York Hall Of Science; New-York Historical Society; New York Korean Performing Arts Center; New York Public Library; Noguchi Museum; NYC Scholastic Awards; Parsons Scholars Program; Planned Parenthood of Greater New York; Poster House; Roundabout Theatre Company; Sadie Nash Leadership Project; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Studio Museum in Harlem; Susan E. Wagner High School Marching Band; Teens@Graham; The Door; The Whitney Museum of American Art; Titan Theatre Company; UrbanGlass; Wave Hill; Writopia Lab
Masks are strongly recommended. See our visitor guidelines.
Teens Take The Met! is made possible by

Virtual Verbal Description Tour: Paul McCartney
2024-06-04 18:00 - 19:30 | Virtual/Online, NY, United States
6–7:15 pm
Online

Register for free
Blind individuals and those with low vision are invited to experience Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm by tuning in for a vivid, detailed verbal description tour. Each program offers an opportunity to gather online and enjoy works of art and one another’s company. This month, step into Beatlemania and the meteoric rise of four musical legends as seen through Paul McCartney’s Pentax camera.
Free; registration is required.
Questions or need assistance registering? Contact us at access@brooklynmuseum.org.
Image caption and credit: Paul McCartney. John and George. Paris, January 1964. Pigmented inkjet print. © 1964 Paul McCartney under exclusive license to MPL Archive LLP

Guggenheim Mind’s Eye featuring Stephanie Dinkins: The Stories We Tell Our Machines
2024-06-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY , NY, 10128, United States
What stories should we tell our machines? Join us on June 10 for a special virtual program with artist Stephanie Dinkins, the inaugural recipient of the LG Guggenheim Award. Whether through chatbots, virtual and augmented reality, or gallery experiences, Dinkins’s work addresses communities who are excessively affected by poor code design. She will share how her practice explores the ways in which artificial intelligence can create equitable social and technological ecosystems and how our human stories can contribute.
This month’s Guggenheim Mind’s Eye programming will be led by Dinkins in collaboration with Guggenheim educators through verbal description and conversation. This interactive virtual session will be accessible by web link or by dial-in phone number, depending on your preference.
Free, but space is limited. RSVP is required three days before the program. To RSVP, call 212 360 4355 or email access@guggenheim.org.

Verbal Description Campus Workshops - Lincoln Center's Summer for the City
2024-06-13 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-06-15 15:30 - 17:00 | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Join us for a free in-person exploration of Lincoln Center’s campus, transformed for our annual summer festival. Designed for guests who are blind or have low vision, this workshop will explore the artistic campus design by visionary artist Clint Ramos, featuring greenery, colorful botanicals, and an iconic mega disco ball hanging over the Revson Fountain in Lincoln Center’s Plaza.
A majority of the workshop will take place outdoors, including several stops, covering the distance of approximately three square blocks along an accessible route. Seating will be available at several points throughout the workshop.
Led by educator Laura Sloan, this workshop will incorporate verbal description, sensory objects and discussion.
To register for this workshop and other events for the blind and low vision community, click on this link »
If you wish to register via email or over the phone, you can reach the Accessibility Team at access@lincolncenter.org or by calling 212-875-5375.
After you register, you will receive a confirmation email with pre-program information, including the meeting location and details about the workshop.

Audio Description available, providing live description for guests who are blind or have low vision through receivers and headsets

Sighted guides upon request

Black Swan
2024-06-13 21:00 - 23:00 | Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center, 62nd St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Natalie Portman gives a virtuosic, Oscar-winning turn as Nina Sayers, a sheltered but intensely driven young dancer with a ballet company in New York City, on the verge of getting her big break: a chance to perform the dual role of the Black and White Swans in the company’s production of Swan Lake. When the talented, worldly Lily (Mila Kunis) joins the company, Nina fears that her own claim to the role could be in jeopardy, and begins to experience hallucinations, buckling under the compounding pressures and expectations imposed by the dance company’s icy, egomaniacal artistic director (Vincent Cassel); her mother (Barbara Hershey), herself a former ballerina, with whom Nina shares a claustrophobic city apartment; and her embittered predecessor, the company’s recently ousted prima ballerina (Winona Ryder). Leaning into the expressionistic, velvety chiaroscuro of Matthew Libatique’s 16mm cinematography, director Darren Aronofsky conjures an almost uncanny, starkly forbidding vision of Manhattan, hinting that the punishing, cutthroat conditions that animate Nina’s insular professional milieu are of a piece, perhaps, with the world that extends beyond the theater walls.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Guest Experience at 212-875-5456 or guestexperience@lincolncenter.org.

Audio Description available, providing live description for guests who are blind or have low vision through receivers and headsets

Verbal Description Tour: Paul McCartney
2024-06-18 15:00 - 16:30 | Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY, 11238, United States
3–4:15 pm
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Register for free
Blind individuals and those with low vision are invited to experience Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm in a vivid, detailed verbal description tour incorporating multisensory interactions with art. Step into Beatlemania and the meteoric rise of four musical legends as seen through Paul McCartney’s Pentax camera. Enjoy the artworks and one another’s company.
Free; registration is required. Service animals are welcome.
Questions or need assistance registering? Contact us at access@brooklynmuseum.org.

Picture This!—The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism
2024-06-27 14:00 - 15:30 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
For adults who are blind or partially sighted. Join us for this  in-person tour to enjoy works of art through detailed descriptions and discussion.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism.
For updates on upcoming programs, connect with us on Facebook or contact us at access@metmuseum.org.

Mind's Eye at the Guggenheim - Jenny Holzer: Light Line
2024-07-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10128, United States
Join us this month for a tour of our newest exhibition Jenny Holzer: Light Line.
This exhibition presents a reimagination of Jenny Holzer’s landmark 1989 installation at the Guggenheim. Climbing all six ramps of the museum, this LED site-specific installation transforms the building with a display of scrolling texts, featuring selections from her iconic series, such as “Truisms” and “Inflammatory Essays”.
Light Line highlights the incisive use of the written word across time and media in Holzer’s practice. In addition to the LED sign, the exhibition features a selection of Holzer’s works from the 1970s to the present day, including paintings, works on paper, and stone pieces.
This month’s Mind’s Eye programming will be led by artist and educator Maya Jeffereis through verbal description and conversation. The virtual session will be accessible by web link or by dial-in phone number, depending on your preference.
The program is repeated both online and in person. Please select one date to attend:
Monday, July 1: 6:30-8:30pm (virtual)
Wednesday, July 3: 2-4pm (virtual)
Monday, July 8: 6:30-8:30pm (in-person)
Wednesday, July 10: 2-4pm (in-person)
Free, but space is limited. RSVP is required three days before the program. To RSVP, call 212 360 4355 or email access@guggenheim.org.

The Urban Conga's Optik - Big Umbrella Festival
2024-07-03 11:00 - 20:00 | Hearst Plaza at Lincoln Center, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, 10023, United States
The interactive installation by The Urban Conga invites participants to manipulate the movement and reflection of light, while each unit becomes a different musical instrument, thereby encouraging the public to engage with each other and create sparkling interactions.

Launched in 2018, the Big Umbrella Festival centers our audiences by sharing unique approaches to multi-sensory, interactive, and engaging artistic experiences, designed with and for neurodiverse audiences. This summer, the celebrated Festival returns as a free 1-day campus takeover full of relaxed spaces with multi-sensory experiences, performances, installations, and workshops specifically welcoming neurodivergent audiences and their families. You and your family will have access to the full roster of programming below, with the ability to drop-in throughout the day, experiencing as much or as little as you’d like.

First Friday: Verbal Description Tour, Anatomy of a Movie Poster
2024-07-05 03:00 - 16:30 | Poster House, 119 W 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
Members of the low-vision and blind community are invited to an in-person Vibrant Verbal Description Tour at Poster House. This event will provide exclusive access to the museum’s exhibition, The Anatomy of a Movie Poster: The Work of Dawn Baillie. This intimate experience will allow guests to get up close with the posters described, as well as provide additional tactile objects to help illuminate the art.
Accessibility Note: Assistive listening devices, fidget tools, earplugs, stools, tactile objects, N95 masks, and clear masks will be available for use at this event. Sighted guides are available upon request. ASL interpretation or CART are available upon request.
Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

First Friday: Barbie Movie Screening
2024-07-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Poster House, 119 W 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
The Anatomy of a Movie Poster: The Work of Dawn Baillie includes some of the most iconic and beloved posters in modern cinematic history. Throughout the exhibition, Poster House will screen a selection of films from the movie-focused exhibition. This First Friday, guests will enjoy a free screening to Barbie with ASL interpretation and audio description.
Join us at 4:30pm for a Barbie-themed cocktail and snacks at Café des Affiches. Afterward, head downstairs to watch the screening and see one of the original Barbie movie posters.
Accessibility Note: N95 masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. ASL Interpretation, Assistive Listening Devices, fidget tools, earplugs, chairs with backs, stools, N95 masks, and clear masks will be available for use at this event. A tactile lobby exhibit will also be available.
Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to address any other accessibility needs. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

First Friday: Kinetic Light Dance Performance
2024-07-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Poster House, 119 W 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
Please note that masking is mandatory for this performance.
Visual Description: Alice Sheppard and Laurel Lawson curl into themselves on the floor of a black studio. Alice lies back to the floor, legs and torso cradling Laurel who is lying on Alice’s belly and curling into a tight ball. Their eyes are closed and they are embracing a gentle moment. Alice is a multiracial black woman with coffee-colored skin and short, curly blonde hair. Laurel is a white person with short cut brown hair wearing laced ankle braces. Their metallic jumpsuits glint rainbows in the studio lighting. Photograph by Cherylynn Tsushima.
Poster House is delighted to welcome the disability arts ensemble Kinetic Light. Alice Sheppard and Laurel Lawson from Kinetic Light will be presenting a work-in-progress excerpt from their newest dance work, The Next T.i.M.es, and additional Kinetic Light works.
Working in the disciplines of art, technology, design, and dance, Kinetic Light creates, performs, and teaches at the nexus of access, queerness, disability, dance, and race. The company is led by disabled artists; disabled artists create, design, and perform the work. Their work speaks to and emerges from disability aesthetics and disability culture, and it is connected to the rich traditions and exciting contemporary conversations of disabled artists in all artistic fields.
Accessibility Note: This performance is expected to include ASL Interpretation from a Deaf Interpreter/Hearing Interpreter team, Assistive Listening Devices, audio description, fidgets, earplugs, expanded accessible seating including wheelchair and companion seating, chairs with backs, and stools.
Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to address any further accessibility needs. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.
Alice Sheppard (she/her) is the founder and artistic director of Kinetic Light, as well as a choreographer and dancer in the company. A Bessie award-winning choreographer, Sheppard creates movement that challenges conventional understandings of disabled and dancing bodies.
Laurel Lawson (flexible pronouns) is a choreographic collaborator, dancer, designer, and engineer with Kinetic Light. She is the primary costume and makeup designer and designs the wheelchairs that she and Alice use in performance. Laurel is also the product designer and lead for access, software, and access curriculum initiatives, including Kinetic Light’s signature program Access ALLways.

The Art of Wellbeing: Tai Chi With Raymond Li
2024-07-06 11:00 - 12:00 | David Geffen Hall (formerly Avery Fisher Hall), West 64th Street and Broadway, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Join Manhattan Tai Chi founder Raymond Li and experience the ancient Chinese practice of Tai Chi accompanied by live traditional Chinese music.

Launched in 2018, the Big Umbrella Festival centers our audiences by sharing unique approaches to multi-sensory, interactive, and engaging artistic experiences, designed with and for neurodiverse audiences. This summer, the celebrated Festival returns as a free 1-day campus takeover full of relaxed spaces with multi-sensory experiences, performances, installations, and workshops specifically welcoming neurodivergent audiences and their families. You and your family will have access to the full roster of programming below, with the ability to drop-in throughout the day, experiencing as much or as little as you’d like.

Close-Act Theatre's Birdmen - Big Umbrella Day
2024-07-06 11:00 - 12:00 | Hearst Plaza at Lincoln Center, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Three gigantic, stilt-walking puppets resembling birds from prehistoric times roam New York City, capturing your imagination and delighting you with their antics.

Launched in 2018, the Big Umbrella Festival centers our audiences by sharing unique approaches to multi-sensory, interactive, and engaging artistic experiences, designed with and for neurodiverse audiences. This summer, the celebrated Festival returns as a free 1-day campus takeover full of relaxed spaces with multi-sensory experiences, performances, installations, and workshops specifically welcoming neurodivergent audiences and their families. You and your family will have access to the full roster of programming below, with the ability to drop-in throughout the day, experiencing as much or as little as you’d like.

Close-Act Theatre's Birdmen - Big Umbrella Day
2024-07-06 11:00 - 12:00 | Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, 10023, United States
This event is General Admission, first-come first-served. Just show up!

Three gigantic, stilt-walking puppets resembling birds from prehistoric times roam New York City, capturing your imagination and delighting you with their antics. How you interact with them is up to you—from afar or up-close, it’s your decision. They are playful and eager for attention.
Since 1991, Close-Act Theatre from The Netherlands (founded by Hesther Melief and Tonny Aerts), has specialized in large-scale, interactive street theater for everyone. The company’s unique form of elevated performance is performed in, between, and above the public. Close-Act’s creations have been performed around the globe. In the United States, the company has been presented by the Breckenridge International Arts Festival, the Charlotte International Arts Festival, and the Without Walls Festival, among others.
Approximate run time: 45 minutes
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Guest Experience at 212-875-5456 or guestexperience@lincolncenter.org.

Interactive Gardening - Big Umbrella Day
2024-07-06 11:00 - 18:00 | Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center, 62nd St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Visit The Grove at Damrosch Park and dig in while planting flowers and experiencing small plants and botanical elements throughout the day.

Launched in 2018, the Big Umbrella Festival centers our audiences by sharing unique approaches to multi-sensory, interactive, and engaging artistic experiences, designed with and for neurodiverse audiences. This summer, the celebrated Festival returns as a free 1-day campus takeover full of relaxed spaces with multi-sensory experiences, performances, installations, and workshops specifically welcoming neurodivergent audiences and their families. You and your family will have access to the full roster of programming below, with the ability to drop-in throughout the day, experiencing as much or as little as you’d like.
