Artistic Activities with The Blind : Workshop on Art, Music, Architecture, Dance, Tea ceremony, etc

Abstract

From the point of what is important for the blind to appreciate art, the writer provided the opportunity to touch on various artistic activities, such as appreciation and workshops of fine arts, music, architecture, dance, the tea ceremony, smelling of incense, storytellers' theater and so on. The sighted persons guided the activities for the blind. Information by means of questionnaire surveys from the blind and the sighted persons who participated in such activities was also obtained. Consequently, regardless of being blind or sighted, the fact that people with more opportunities to touch familiar moulds and natural things in their childhood, acquire a higher acceptance and understanding of art. This study tells sighted people that appreciation capability will be changed not by the existence of physical obstacles, but by various environmental factors regardless of whether a person is blind or not.