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PTT in the Press
South Street’s Magic Gardens mosaics can dazzle the eye, but they’re also fascinating for people who are blind, Billy Penn, 2023: https://billypenn.com/2023/07/19/south-street-magic-gardens-blind-touch-tours/
For visually impaired art fans, Philly museum’s scent-based exhibit ‘leveled the playing field, Billy Penn, Dec. 2022: https://billypenn.com/2022/12/26/philadelphia-museum-accessibility-scent-sissel-tolaas-ica/
Visual art for the visually impaired: Philly museum tests out new ways to experience paintings, WHYY Nov, 2021:
https://whyy.org/articles/visual-art-for-the-visually-impaired-philly-museum-tests-out-new-ways-to-experience-paintings/
Wharton Esherick Museum Blog, 2018:
Philly Touch Tours Make Our City’s Experiences Accessible to Everyone, City Wide, Dec 2019
Philly Touch Tours Guides Blind/Visually Impaired Through Museums, Markets and Nature Centers, The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2019
Blind Living Radio, Podcast, July 2016
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/philly-touch-tours-with-trish-maunder-katherine-allen/id968392107?i=1000372899229
Hands-on Philly tour company opens a world of senses beyond sight, WHYY, April 2016
https://whyy.org/articles/hands-on-philly-tour-company-opens-a-world-of-senses-beyond-sight-2/
Local group gives blind individuals ‘a true voice,’ Temple News, Feb 2016
https://temple-news.com/local-group-gives-blind-individuals-a-true-voice/
Philly Touch Tours guides those with low vision through the arts, Philly Voice, Nov. 2015
https://www.phillyvoice.com/philly-touch-tours-guides-low-vision-accessibility/
Museum Hosts Touch Tour for the Blind, Associated Press, Dec 2013:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrvMfEUKGwI
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