Art Beyond Vision

Chandana Art Foundation International is deeply concerned about the welfare of Blind and the visually impaired children. 

" The best and the most beautiful things in the world

cannot be seen or even touched

they must be felt with the heart "

Hellen Keller

INDIVIDUALISED ART EDUCATION FOR

THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Mission : To promote vocationally-oriented art and craft education and training   to create useful skills for blind and visually impaired  so as to make them  self supporting.

CAFI organises  'art beyond vision'  camps to enable individuals who are blind and visually impaired to develop skills that lead to independence, personal expression and social and community involvement.

?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                       Stimulate imagination, encourage hope and promote self-confidence. 

?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                       Develop creative thinking to solve problems and make better life choices.

?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                       Stimulate and maintain visual memory. Develop sensory and tactile skills.

?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                       Improve thought organization, concentration and com munication. 

?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                       Develop esthetic appreciation and promote artistic skills. 

?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                       Develop an awareness of art from an individual, sociological, historical and cultural context.

GOAL :  There is very little research and documentation done on art education for the blind. Until now there is no prescribed academic curriculum, procedure, technique, had been evolved for teaching art. But the art teachers have formulated their own tailor made syllabus for regular repetitive work.

The freedom of expression and visualization of composition / colour scheme of the illustrations and paintings done by blind children of CAFI are adopting spatial technique and verbal instructions ( Touch and Sound - Multi sensor approach ).

The students have high concentration when compared with the partially blind children. In addition to these techniques mentioned more natural sun light is required by partially blind students to build aptitude The language of communication plays a very important role while making pictures and need of concentration and remembrance for painting, some times students feel tiresome, what cannot be felt ( Colour schemes ) must be described through words incorporating tactile diagrams, atmospheric sound compositions and hands -on - art activities.