With this workshop, I taught my peers about a culture I was apart of and I chose the blind/low vision community. My family and I have been apart of this community through my brother, who was born blind. 

For the workshop I made a presentation to inform my peers about visual impairments and ways visually impaired people access and navigate the world. Then I ran an activity that put the participants in the shoes of a blind person. My peers played a guessing game while blindfolded with tactile image cards. After this activity, participants created tactile art. 

On the left is a guide with all the information needed to run this workshop. Below is the presentation I created for my workshop. 

This project visually communicates one of my favorite memories. I used Model Magic, acrylic paint, and watercolors to transform an Altoid tin to recreate my first time at the Monterrey Bay Aquarium. This is a lesson and project I can use in the classroom. 

Artmaking Starter

This project acts as a proposal for a Socially Engaged Artwork that would be added to the CSUN Art Department. My proposal is the addition of a tactile line that would help visually impaired people navigate through the art department. To the left is images of planning, my proposal document, and the diorama of the space that would be changed. Below is a reflection about the project.