PROGRAMME

【Immersive Experience Workshop on Darkness and Audio Description】

Speaker： Mr. Sheng-Hung Yang

• Secretary-General of Audio Description Development Association

【Audio Description and Services for the Visually Impaired】

Panelist： Ms. Yu-Tzu Chao

• Senior Producer and Message Designer of Audio Description Development Association
• Founder of Message Impact, Ltd.

【Introduction to Cultural Accessibility for Guests with Disabilities】

Speaker： Ms. Christena Gunther

• Founder & President, Chicago Cultural Accessibility Consortium (CCAC)
• Director of Education, Evanston Art Center

Opening Ceremony

Advisor: Representative of Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Organizer: Chi-Ming Lin, Director of the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
Honorable Guests & Advisory Committee Members

Keynote 1 【Enlightening Perspective on Cultural Access】

Speaker： Ms. Betty Siegel

• Director, VSA and Accessibility The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Break

Panel Discussion 1 【Accessible Cultural Services for All: A Multisensory Approach】

Moderator： Mr. Chun-Hung Chen

• Director, National Human Rights Museum

Panelist： Ms. Annie Leist

• Artist, Museum Educator, and Cultural Accessibility Consultant

Panelist： Ms. Yu-Tzu Chao

• Senior Producer and Message Designer of Audio Description Development Association
• Founder of Message Impact, Ltd.

Panelist： Ms. Lichuan Emily Wu

• Assistant Researcher, Education Division, NTMoFA

Lunch

Paper Presentation 1

Presenter：

1. Chien-Pei Huang / Research Assistant, National Museum of History
   A Case Study of My Life Memory Box Creative Ageing Activity of the National Museum of History：The Co-learning Experience from Community of Practice Perspective


2. Wan-Chan Chou / Graduate Student, Department of Fine Arts, National Changhua University of Education
   Research on Dementia-Friendly Art Activities Held by Art Museums


3. Jr-Jiue Jiang / Graduate Student, Graduate Institute of Transdisciplinary Art, National Kaohsiung Normal University
   "Old and Friend": An analysis of the emotional relationship of elderly after participating in art - my practice and reflections of activation.

Moderator： Ms. Chien-Fang Chu

• Director, Department of Long-Term Care, Ministry of Health and Welfare

Commentator： Mr. Ming-Chyi Pai

• Professor, Department of Neurology; Director, Institute of Gerontology, National Cheng Kung University; President, Zeelandia Dementia Association

Paper Presentation 2

Presenter：

1. Ms. His-Ju Chen / Associate Professor, Department of Drama Creation and Application, National University of Tainan
   “Guided by mime performance, hearing impairment is
   not an obstacle: Look! Tamsui Fairy is telling stories”Discussion on the practice of Taiwan's“Friendly all-around Art Museum: empowering hearing impartment to access the culture Project”


2. Ms. Yu-Chen Chen / Graduate Student, Graduate Institute of Museum Studies, National Taipei University of Art
   Museum Experiences and Needs for People with Hearing Loss: A Case Study on the Listening Science Photography Workshop of National Museum of Natural Science


3. Mr. Tsun-Gde Deng / Assistant Researcher, National Human Rights Museum
   Languages equality, cultural accessibility and human rights of the disables: the case study of the National Human Rights Museum Taiwan sign language basic communication training course

Moderator： Ms. Patricia Huang

• Associate Professor, Department of Arts and Design, National Taipei University of Education

Commentator： Ms. Yi-Hui Chen

• Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, National Changhua University of Education

Roundtable Discussion 1

1.National Hsinchu Living Arts Center / Descriptive Video Services: A Case Study of the Dance Drama "The Adventure of Spiders - Fly, Fly, Fly”
2.Cultural Affairs Bureau, Hsinchu City/ A Mini-Tour of Walking City Culture Explore A New Perspective of Discovering a Friendly City─A Case is the Activity “Hsinchu City‧Beautiful Life”
3.Yunlin Branch Office, Foundation and Taiwan Fund for Children and Families(TFCF) / “Thank You for Always Being There for Me” - Take the Cultural Tour Conducted by Vitalon Foundation and TFCF as an Example
4.National Taichung Theater/ Symbiosis and Communion of Sound Cave –Plan for (Guided) Audio Description Tour in National Taichung Theater
5.Taiwan Autism Artist Association/ Little Star Variations - Autistic students use art as an international public interest to engage in social service work
6.National Museum of Prehistory/ Applying Stereoscopic Printing Technology to Tactile Aids Design- A Case Study of Tactile Aids of " Chia-Lo Lake Ancient Forest" (Cloud Forest) Paintings and Rukai Tribe’s Single-cup Touch Relief Version

Break

Panel Discussion 2 【Creating Inclusive Classroom Environments】

Moderator： Ms. Ching-Fang Lee

• Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts, National Changhua University of Education

Panelist： Ms. Sih Yu Lin

• Founder of AND FUN lab.

Panelist： Ms. Yun Feng Wu

• Artist / Establisher of Dodo Bird Art Studio

Panelist： Ms. Akiko Nishijima

• Educator, Kyushu National Museum, Japan

Break

Keynote 2 【Inclusion: Driving Change in Fine Arts Museum】

Speaker： Ms. Evgeniya Kiseleva

• Curator of Inclusive Programs and Head of Access and Inclusion Department of the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation.

Panel Discussion 3 【Administrative and Organizational Practices for Cultural Accessibility】

Moderator： Mr. Li-Cheng Lu

• National Museum of Taiwan History, Director (retired)

Panelist： Ms. Hsin-Yi Lo

• CEO of Sunmake Cultures Foundation

Panelist： Ms. Shiu-Lan Kang

• Division Chief, Department of Education, Exhibition and Information Services, National Palace Museum

Panelist： Mr. Roberto Daniel Devela

• Assistant Director for Exhibitions and Programs, Metropolitan Museum of Manila

Break

Panel Discussion 4 【Cultural Accessibility and Participation for the Elderly】

Moderator： Ms. Joy Chih-Ning Hsin

• Chief of Education and Extension Division, National Museum of History

Panelist： Ms. Grace Cheng

• Director of Art in Hospital
• Vice-chairperson of Arts with the Disabled Association of Hong Kong

Panelist： Ms. Mei-I Chen

• Art therapist and counseling psychologist of Je-Fan Counseling Center

Panelist： Ms. Chun-Luan Yang

• Visual Artist
• RN, Dept. of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital

Lunch

Paper Presentation 3

Presenter:

Moderator： Mr. Shin-Chieh Tzeng

• Associate Professor & Director, Graduate Institute of Conservation of Cultural Relics and Museology, Tainan National University of the Arts

Commentator： Ms. Bin I

• Professor, Department of Design, National Taiwan Normal University

Paper Presentation 4

1. Mr. Tsung Hsien Lin / Ph. D. student, Department of Education and Guidance, National Chengchi University
   Crossing Boundaries: A Cultural Access and Experiential Learning Project for Promoting Active Aging


2. Ms. Chiao-Wen Tseng / The Department of Museum, Culture Affairs Bureau, Hsinchu City
   A Study use the Product Performance Program on the Middle-aged and Elderly Visitors’ Visual Appropriateness in Museum Exhibitions: The Case of the Buddhist Underground Palaces Exhibition at the Fo Guang Shan Buddha Memorial Center

Moderator: Ms. Chia-Li Chen
Professor, Graduate Institute of Museum Studies, Taipei National University of the Arts

Commentator: Ms. Huei-Chun Chi
Associate Professor , Department of Mass Communication, Tamkang University

Presenter:

3. Ms. Yu-Luen Tzeng / Ph.D. candidate, MA Art Museum & Gallery Studies, University of Leicester
   Museum and Traumatic Memories: Representing Taiwanese ‘Comfort Women’

Moderator： Ms. Chia-Li Chen

• Professor, Graduate Institute of Museum Studies, Taipei National University of the Arts

Commentator： Ms. Huei-Chun Chi

• Associate Professor , Department of Mass Communication, Tamkang University

Roundtable Discussion 2

1.National Museum of Taiwan Literature/ Friendly and Diverse Community Learning Resource Boxes for Taiwanese Literature
2.Taipei Fine Arts Museum / The Art Museum's "Assistive Teaching Tools" Case
3.Taiwan Painting Talk Association/ Art Education Therapy Programs for People with Disabilities
4.Novart Inc./ 3D Printing Visual Aids for Museums
5.National Tainan Living Arts Center/ The Access Service of Township History Hall in National Tainan Living Art Center
6.AND FUN lab./ Non-visual Art Creation Experience Project Sharing

Break

Panel Discussion 5 【Cultural Accessibility through Concerted Social Actions】

Moderator： Ms. Chang-Hua Wang

• The Director of National Museum of Prehistory

Panelist： Mr. Yin-Lun Chan

• Chair, Centre for Community Cultural Development

Panelist： Ms. Cymie Yenug

• Project Coordinator, Universal Accessibility
• West Kowloon Cultural District Authority

Panelist： Ms. Angela Ye

• Assistant Director, Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall

Break

Keynote 3 / Closing Ceremony 【Thoughts on Accessibility in Royal Academy of Arts】

Speaker： Ms. Molly Bretton

• Head of Families, Access and Schools, Royal Academy of Arts, London

【Reception】

【Guided tour,「The Home & House exhibition」】

The Home & House exhibition is the first in Taiwan to be specifically designed to be “universally accessible.” In addition to providing audio description and touch guides for the visually impaired, a wide range of software and facilities have been installed to cater for visitor needs, including sign language video guides, large-print explanatory materials, and assistive devices and display stands optimized for wheelchair users.

【Free visit / Guided tour】

2019 Asian Art Biennial