A Visual Artist for the Visually Impaired

Name: A Visual Artist for the Visually Impaired
Uploaded: 2014-07-30T20:45:35Z
Duration: P256S
Description: Hillsborough, NC artist, Sally Barker, re-creates world famous paints as small quilts. Where touching a masterpiece painting is forbidden, Ms. Barker demand her patron feel their way around her quilt. It gives the visually impaired the opportunity to enjoy a painting they'd, otherwise, have no way of sensing. Kelly McCullen reports.

Clip | 4m 16s

Hillsborough, NC artist, Sally Barker, re-creates world famous paints as small quilts. Where touching a masterpiece painting is forbidden, Ms. Barker demand her patron feel their way around her quilt. It gives the visually impaired the opportunity to enjoy a painting they'd, otherwise, have no way of sensing. Kelly McCullen reports.

Aired: 07/29/14

Rating: NR