Art Education for the Blind and The Metropolitan Museum of Art are organizing the follow-up to the 2005 and 2007 conference on Multimodal Approaches to Learning. The dates are Friday and Saturday, October 16 and 17, 2009. It will take place at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
The conference will address multiple modalities in the following disciplines: Art History, Anthropology, Neuroscience, New Media and Universal Design, Architecture and Education. Speakers and panelists will present their diverse perspective on disability, the senses, art and education. The conference will further address the challenges faced by educators, artists, museum professionals, architects and designers to create learning opportunities and inclusive learning environments that better serve all audiences, and meet the needs of learners with sensory impairment or those who use different learning styles.Â