Touch the Art Experience

We are proud to present our second annual interactive Touch the Art experience–where touching the art is allowed and encouraged!

Austin's go-to guide for art, Almost Real Things, is collaborating with the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and 40+ Austin artists to bring you this one-of-a-kind experience. Our HQ will be fully transformed with installations and touchable pieces you can buy. Finally, you can touch all of the art on the walls!

Choose a day you'd like to visit the experience. We will follow up with you to book a specific time.

INSTALLATION ARTISTS

Allison Lash + Brandon Dudley + Dil Jones + Jill Hudson + Mateo Gutierrez + Natalie Earhart + The Art Students from the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired + Veronica Ceci + Zachary Zulch

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

ANGRY CLOUD + Beili Liu + BoPHo + Casey Alfstad + Charissa Hearon + Christina Smith + Corey Robbins Design + Cyd Precious + Dylan Y Quinn + FEEBEE + Hannah & Nemo + Hannah Matthia + Hartzeeb + ilikeu + Innerloop Glass + J Muzacz + Jmoo + Karmita + Lara Heine + Lindsay Laser Smith + Litzy + Liza Fishbone + Melissa Lynn Art + Montrel Beverly + NikkibJo + Ohnoohyah + Paola Sire + Quest + Rigo Ortiz + Roxolana The Artist + Sky Khan + SLOP + Stellar Roz + Tammie Rubin + The Bead Bitch + The Happy Hooker + The Puzzled Co.

THE STORY

The goal of Touch the Art is to create a more accessible art event that caters to all of the different ways people experience art. We're doing that by removing the traditional barriers that many people encounter when visiting art shows and evoking all the senses.

For the past two months, a select group of artists, the “Touch the Art Collective,” and Almost Real Things co-founder Natalie Earhart, have been working with art students from the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) to build collaborative installations. They will come to life during Touch the Art!

PARTNERS

• Almost Real Things & ART HQ
• Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Art Direct Print & Frame Shop
• Guayaki Yerba Mate
• Kwik Ice
• City of Austin Economic Development Department

Almost Real Things is a sponsored project of ArtUs Co 501(c)3 and operates under their nonprofit status. This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department.