Accessibility
General information
We are pleased to offer various programs that we have adapted and developed specifically for individuals with special needs. In addition to these innovative programs, we invite you to look at all our programs listed in this calendar of events. We are willing to work with you to provide adaptations and accommodations to the programs that interest you. We invite you to visit the Gallery, and know that our staff, security, and employees are ready to welcome you! Thank you for any suggestions that will help us improve this service.
Programs are available thanks to the generous support of the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation.
Galleries and facilities are wheelchair accessible. Registration required three weeks in advance to some activities: 613-990-4888 or info@gallery.ca.
Art for All
Inclusive, accessible and adapted programs are available at the National Gallery of Canada and the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.
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Stimulating the Senses
Stimulating the Senses is an innovative and inclusive program designed to encourage visitors to discover art through senses other than sight. Experience art in new and exciting ways by touching sculptures in a tactile tour, hearing a description of a painting, or listening to contemporary audio-based artworks. Bilingual. Space is limited. Cost: $6 (Members $4). Registration required at 613-998-8888 or by email at info@gallery.ca.
Thursday 28 January
Tactile Tour: The Medium is the Message
Take a tactile tour of sculptures in the permanent collection. This tour will pay special attention to how artists work with various mediums, materials and tools when creating a sculpture, as well as to how these elements influence the final work of art.
Registration deadline: 13 January.
Thursday 25 February
Tactile and Descriptive Tour: Art and Architecture
This tour examines the impressive architecture of the National Gallery, designed by famed architect Moshe Safdie. Participants will explore how the architect has used space, natural light, elements of design and diverse materials to create a truly unique experience.
Registration deadline: 10 February.
Thursday 25 March
Descriptive Tour: Scene and Storytelling
Many people spend less than a minute in front of a painting. This verbal description tour invites visitors to examine a painting in depth, using the conventions of creative storytelling to bring the scene alive.
Registration deadline: 10 March.
Celebrating White Cane Week
February 6 – 12, 2010
To celebrate White Cane Week and another successful year in partnership with the Canadian Council of the Blind, the National Gallery of Canada is pleased to offer Master Workshops, a series of specially designed half-day workshops that are adapted for individuals who are blind, deaf-blind or who are partially sighted. Participants will explore the National Gallery’s Collections, using senses other than sight and create their own artworks back in the studio.
The workshop series is free, however registration required two weeks in advance: 613-998-8888 or reservations@gallery.ca. The maximum number of participants for each workshop is 10.
Sunday 7 February, 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Bas-relief: Windswept and Tempest-tossed
Inspired by the work of the Group of Seven and Elizabeth Wyn-Wood, create a landscape bas-relief (a style of sculpture where forms stand out from the background) out of clay.
Wednesday 10 February, 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Assemblage: Transformation, mutation
In the galleries, explore contemporary works of art where everyday objects have been transformed through the creativity of the artist. Back in the studio, create an assemblage sculpture (art made by assembling disparate elements and objects).
Sunday 14 February, 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Printmaking: Collagraphy
Collagraphy is a printmaking technique in which materials are applied to a rigid surface. Explore works in the modern Canadian galleries and create your own abstract collagraph in the studio.
Programs are available thanks to the generous support of the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation.
