Taichung’s Huei-Ming School for Blind Children and New Taipei City’s Taiwan Light Children Association recently organized an art exhibition at the school. On Sept. 11, blind students, accompanied by volunteers, touched some carefully crafted relief paintings with their hands. By touching the facial features, they “painted” the faces of their most beloved family members.
The Taiwan Light Children Association said the reason why they organized the art exhibition and “t-shirts of love” painting activity at the Huei-Ming School for Blind Children was that they hoped that blind children, too, could discover the boundless possibilities of life through painting.
During the activity, blind students were guided by volunteers to touch their own faces and hair and then use yarn and other materials to “paint” their self-portraits on t-shirts. The volunteers also prepared relief paintings that they had made with their own hands for the blind students so that they could appreciate the paintings through their fingers.
(Liberty Times, translated by Ethan Zhan)
Photo: Lee Chung-hsien, Liberty Times
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台中私立惠明盲校與新北市光點兒童重症扶助協會在校內舉辦校園畫展,盲生們九月十一日在志工的陪伴下,手摸著精心創作的小小兵立體畫,並藉著觸摸臉部五官,在T恤上「作畫」,黏貼出心目中最愛的家人臉龐。
光點兒童重症扶助協會說,會在惠明盲校舉辦「校園畫展暨愛的T恤彩繪活動」,是希望藉此讓視障孩子也能透過繪畫創作,激發生命的無限可能。
活動中,盲生透過志工引導,觸摸自己的五官、頭髮,再以毛線等材料在T恤上面「畫」自畫像。現場也準備了志工親手做的立體書畫,讓盲生們用手指賞畫。
(自由時報記者李忠憲)
Photo: Lee Chung-hsien, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者李忠憲
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