Sensory Tour by Georgia Krantz

 Vladimir Havrilla, But The Second Site Of The Record, 1982. Black & white photograph, 12 x 18 in.

Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 6:45pm (Full)

Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 6:45pm (Full)

Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 6:45pm (Full)

At EFA Project Space, 2nd floor of EFA Center (323 W. 39th Street, NYC)

Guggenheim educator and art historian Georgia Krantz specializes in descriptive and multi-sensory programs for people who are blind or have low vision, and adapts the utilized techniques for programs for sighted audiences. Her work grew out of recognizing the power of the mind's eye, or "the different ways visitors who are blind or have low vision were experiencing - were seeing - works of art." The potential for sighted audiences to learn from differently sighted audiences is significant. Krantz poses the question, "In a world where everyone sees differently anyway, how is it even possible to precisely reveal the work through the lens of a single viewer?"

Krantz will lead tours of "Several Circles" during which select works will be examined using different techniques adapted from her work with audiences who are blind. Props will be used and, for certain works, lights will be lowered. Visitors will have an opportunity to experience art through various senses, not just the privileged sense of sight. The aim is to sensitize observers to the diverse and nuanced means by which an augmented awareness of the sensorium capacitates an enhanced encounter with art.

Due to the intimate and unique nature of these tours, capacity is limited to twelve people per group. Please RSVP to lauren@efanyc.org at least one day in advance . This tour is organized in conjunction with the exhibition "Several Circles" on view April 4 - May 17, 2014.

Georgia Krantz is Senior Education Manager for Adult and Access Programs at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.  She specializes in descriptive and multi-sensory programs for people who are blind or have low vision, and adapts the utilized techniques for programs for sighted audiences. An art historian, Georgia is also Adjunct Professor for graduate studies at the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at NYU and a Gallery Lecturer for Adult and Academic Programs at MoMA. She has taught at Pratt Institute and The New School, and worked as an Educator at many cultural institutions throughout New York City.