New Art Exhibition Highlights Blind And Low-Vision Artists

Wichita, Kansas,
City Arts

Tue, October 04, 2011

KMUW / Fletcher Powell

A new exhibition is on display at Wichita’s City Arts that shows works by blind and low-vision artists. The exhibition, “Through Our Eyes,” runs through October 29.

In recognition of Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month the downtown Wichita gallery has joined with the Envision Foundation to present works by 10 youth artists and seven adult artists with levels of visual impairment ranging from moderate sight loss to complete blindness.

The artists, who collaborated on many of the pieces, produced dozens of tactile paintings, ceramics and sculptures, some of which will be auctioned off partway through the exhibition’s run, and then replaced by more work from the Envision artists.



Marilee Mitchell is the assistant artistic director at City Arts; she says they decided to exhibit the work to demonstrate that the art is essentially indistinguishable from works by artists with full visual abilities.

“We thought that it would be a great opportunity to show people that even if you’re missing one of your senses, you still have a voice and an artistic ability to create,” said Mitchell.