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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn\, The Dot Experience Welcomes Everyone: Building the World’s Most Accessible Museum
DESCRIPTION:A unique and surprising feature of the Southern 
 Indiana/Louisville area is that we are home to the largest population of 
 people with blindness and other visual disabilities. This is not due to the 
 water or any other environmental calamity\, but rather where the most 
 meaningful services for the blind and visually impaired in our country are 
 located and can be accessed by a larger percentage of citizens in the 
 United States. Louisville is home to the Kentucky School for the Blind and 
 the American Printing House for the Blind which are venerable institutions 
 with great histories. The APH is located at 1839 Frankfort Avenue in 
 Louisville.\n\nThe American Printing House for the Blind or APH is 
 currently involved with an ambitious project to redo and reimagine their 
 in-house museum which is already the largest and fastest growing center for 
 historical materials in the nation devoted to the history of blindness and 
 the education of people with low or no vision. Their new groundbreaking 
 goal is to make this new space also the world’s most accessible museum. 
 APH is working on what they have coined “The  Dot Experience” based on 
 the Braille dot system of reading found throughout the museum. There will 
 be more history to experience and interact with along with a Factory 
 Tour.\n\nKathy Nichols is the Director of Education and Operations for the 
 Dot Experience at the American Printing House for the Blind and will be 
 giving us this sneak peek at what is planned. Originally from Texas\, 
 Nichols is very familiar with the Southern Indiana area and the local 
 history field. Here she describes her experiences which included an early 
 opportunity at the old Carnegie Center for Art and History:\n\n “I am a 
 1992 graduate of IU Southeast and former resident of New Albany. During my 
 time at IUS\, Sally Newkirk offered a research position studying African 
 American Women in New Albany. I was fortunate she hired me\, the research I 
 performed here provided the impetus for much of my professional career. My 
 first public speaking engagement was at the Carnegie Center for Art and 
 History and focused on that work. My research had direct connections to 
 Kentucky sites of enslavement where I’ve worked\, including Riverside\, 
 the Farnsley Moremen Landing and\, most recently\, Farmington Historic 
 Plantation. I am currently the Director of Education and Operations for The 
 Dot Experience at the American Printing House for the Blind where our 
 primary motivation is access for everyone!”\n\nWe look forward to 
 greeting Kathy Nichols at the Floyd County Carnegie Library Cultural Arts 
 Center and invite the public to this free presentation. Registration for 
 this talk is requested and can be made below. We hope to see you on 
 Tuesday\, October 29th at noon. You are welcome to bring a bag lunch.
LOCATION:Jane Barth Anderson Meeting Room\, The Cultural Arts Center
ORGANIZER;CN="Laura Wilkins":MAILTO:lwilkins@nafclibrary.org
CATEGORIES:Adult Education
CONTACT;CN="Laura Wilkins":MAILTO:lwilkins@nafclibrary.org
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