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Education

Art Signs: Gallery Talks in American Sign Language (ASL)

Tabitha Jacques presents Georgia O'Keeffe's Manhattan

Experience Art Signs

It's a busy Saturday at the Museum, and a knot of visitors is in animated conversation with their gallery guide. They are part of the Museum's monthly Art Signs program, featuring 30-minute gallery talks presented by deaf gallery guides in American Sign Language (ASL). ASL interpreters voice information and observations allowing hearing and deaf audiences to discover art together under the leadership of a deaf guide.

We invite you to come and explore our rich collection of American art with an Art Signs gallery guide. Click here for upcoming Art Signs presentation dates. Join our Art Signs mailing list and receive e-mail updates on upcoming programs and other special ASL events at the Museum. Contact Carol Wilson at wilsoncl@si.edu for more information.

Visitors love Art Signs!

Watch this video for an introduction to the Art Signs program in the gallery

Listen to the Audio Description

"I want to commend you on this wonderful program providing access to artworks through ASL guides and discussion! . . . I deeply appreciate the significance of your ASL program."

"I enjoyed the background and discussion of the art. It really helps with understanding art and keeps my interest. If I go around myself I would have not gotten the same experience."

"Gave me a new perspective on a painting I would have passed by. Fabulous info."

"Loved that this was presented in sign language."

Art Signs Online!

Can't make it to the Museum? Discover Art Signs online! Researched and written by Art Signs volunteers, these videocasts present their interpretations and reflections on art from our collection.

Watch this Art Signs Video	Thomas Hart Benton's Achelous and Hercules Presented by Taye Akinola
Watch this Art Signs Video	Lily Furedi's Subway Presented by Taye Akinola
Watch this Art Signs Video	Albert Bierstadt's Among the Sierra Nevada, California Presented by Kate Breen
Watch this Art Signs Video	Deborah Butterfield's Monekana Presented by Tabitha Jacques
Watch this Art Signs Video	Joan Mitchell's Sunflower III Presented by Tracey Salaway
Watch this Art Signs Video	Paul Cadmus Night in Bologna Presented by Renato Souza

Art Signs Online has been awarded a Jodi Commendation for Sustainable Growth. The International Jodi Award is for museums, galleries, libraries, archives and heritage websites which widen access to information, collections, learning and creativity for disabled people.