Tactile Artworks is part of the pioneering movement to introduce tactile art to the world. Do you know what art feels like? Whether you are blind or sighted, here is your chance. Please touch, feel, caress, and handle!

We focus on people’s journey in dealing with loss, handling a diagnosis, facing fear, combatting isolation, adapting to change, finding hope and healing. We empower our audiences by interacting with art and storytelling of our own vision loss experiences. Through empathy and sharing, we engage our audiences in play, and help them find insight into their lives as they become partially sighted or totally blind. We laugh and cry, which are important steps in our grieving process.

Our advocacy and awareness of life without sight programs help you, your clients, their families, caregivers and other community members understand what it’s like to be blind. Through touch, we demonstrate how art can be appreciated by all.

We encourage adapting-to-blindness training and learning coping skills. All of us become tenacious problem solvers. We learn from each other through storytelling as we grow in strength.