"Lorena Bradford started monthly tours in American Sign Language, established a program for individuals with memory loss, and brought in medical students to learn soft skills to apply in their caregiving. 'I was a sub-department of one,' she joked to writer Emma Cieslik, who spoke with Bradford over Zoom and at the NGA about her own circuitous path into the profession, and the future of the field of museum accessibility."
"Painted during summer trips to the Channel coast, Seurat intended his seascapes to 'cleanse one's eyes of the days spent in the studio.' The English artist's paintings work hard to make social hierarchy feel beautiful, even natural through 18th-century styling techniques."
"At the New York Historical, an exhibition reminds us that the sari is a living art form, an heirloom, a document, and a political statement in one, demonstrating how the sartorial is inherently political in the history of New York City."
Lorena Bradford, the first head of Accessible Programs at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, has been instrumental in advancing museum accessibility. She initiated monthly tours conducted in American Sign Language, created specialized programming for individuals with memory loss, and collaborated with medical students to develop soft skills training for caregiving professionals. Working as a single-person department, Bradford has navigated challenges including impacts from the Trump administration while maintaining optimism about the field's future. The newsletter also features coverage of 18th-century fashion in Thomas Gainsborough's paintings, Seurat's seascapes created to refresh artists' eyes, and an exhibition exploring the sari as a multifaceted cultural artifact—simultaneously an art form, heirloom, historical document, and political statement in New York City.
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