BIMA

Come see Reliefeelable in action at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Arts (BIMA) today! We are upstairs at the Classroom Gallery adding new dimensions to 4 permanent artworks on display from the BIMA Permanent Art Collection:

Sumatra by Alfredo Arreguin (shown on the right),
Crows in Boat under Blue Moon by Frank Renlie,
Red Car Trip at Dusk by Max Grover,
Cabin at the Lake by John Cole.

Next to each artwork is our 3D printed tactile relief (blue rectangle) that can be felt and a button that reads out a description of the image (blue button).

Here is a video of the aisle showing our artwork.

Feedback

The experience of being able to touch the painting while hearing the audio description is invaluable

- Jerry, President of Bainbridge Island Visually Impaired Persons Support Group

I had heard of the starry night before but, I had never known it was like this. I used to think it was just a painting of a sky with stars, I didn’t know there was a village, a tree, and the stars are swirls before I tried out your solution.

- Mary, Employee at Braille Library

Coming soon

Our goal with Reliefeelable is to enable 217 million visually impaired people to experience art.

We are working with the following organizations to test and deploy Reliefeelable in the community:

5 schools for blind in Washington
Bellevue Museum of Art to display it in their gallery.