Ever wonder how blind kids make and share art? 4th grade students at Alimacani had an unusual experience - creating art while blindfolded to experience how it might feel to make and share their art with no or low vision.
My objective was for students to learn about how people with low/no vision create a portrait using materials that blind art students might use. Using their background knowledge from observing their own image in a reflection, they created that image using these unusual or unconventional art supplies. They were actively engaged in the process of creating, interpreting and responding to art.
My secondary objective was for my students to learn about and to honor others in worlds in which we live, this time in a world of darkness experienced by people who are blind. As an unexpected outcome, students acquired empathy and experienced a sensitivity to the ideas of others.
Here's a video that gives my students background knowledge to create art while blindfolded.
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