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'Mobility Mural' Highlights the Way Visually Impaired People Move
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/mobility-mural-highlights-the-way-visually-impaired-people-move-41179898'Mobility Mural' Highlights the Way Visually Impaired People Move
By JACK MCGUIRE
Published June 19, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. | Updated June 19, 2024 at 10:58 a.m.
[...]
First, the surface was painted all black. Next, a guide dog walked across it, followed by two people with canes and someone using a wheelchair. Then, an artist painted in the markings they left behind.
The "Mobility Mural" greets visitors at the headquarters of the nonprofit Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired. It represents the ways people who are visually impaired get around, according to Shelby Glass, an employee of the organization who oversaw the painting of the mural.
The Mobility Mural - COURTESY OF SHELBY GLASS
[...]
The mural will be unveiled during a ceremony next week. It's the second the association has created. In October 2021, Glass painted a version on North Winooski Avenue. The art inspired others to make similar versions in other cities and towns, she said.
"There's one in Texas; there's one in Michigan; there's one somewhere in Canada," Glass said. "Then other places have reached out because they want to make them."
[...]
By JACK MCGUIRE
Published June 19, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. | Updated June 19, 2024 at 10:58 a.m.
[...]
First, the surface was painted all black. Next, a guide dog walked across it, followed by two people with canes and someone using a wheelchair. Then, an artist painted in the markings they left behind.
The "Mobility Mural" greets visitors at the headquarters of the nonprofit Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired. It represents the ways people who are visually impaired get around, according to Shelby Glass, an employee of the organization who oversaw the painting of the mural.
The Mobility Mural - COURTESY OF SHELBY GLASS
[...]
The mural will be unveiled during a ceremony next week. It's the second the association has created. In October 2021, Glass painted a version on North Winooski Avenue. The art inspired others to make similar versions in other cities and towns, she said.
"There's one in Texas; there's one in Michigan; there's one somewhere in Canada," Glass said. "Then other places have reached out because they want to make them."
[...]