Join KATE NESIN, art historian and curator-at-large of the Art Institute of Chicago and SARA GREENBERGER RAFFERTY, artist and Ruth Stanton Chair of the Department of Art & Art History, for a presentation, workshop, and discussion about writing image descriptions for both accessibility and art history. Nesin will share research and artists’ projects (including Greenberger Rafferty’s book Studio Visit) that feature image and audio description as well as captioning in fruitful ways.The presentation and workshop will be useful for art historians, studio artists, faculty, staff, students, and any scholars using images in their work. It will be particularly of interest to MA and MFA students working on theses. Co-sponsored by the Department of Art & Art History, the Sainsbury Initiative, and the Academic Center for Excellence in Research and Teaching (ACERT).

Event Details

Image Description and Alt Text with Kate Nesin
Wednesday, September 16 @ 7:00 PM in Hemmerdinger Screening Room (E706, Cooperman Library)

Snacks and refreshments will be provided.

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About Kate Nesin

Kate Nesin is an art historian, researcher, and writer based in upstate New York. Since 2011 she has been Mellon Fellow at the Toledo Museum of Art, associate curator at the Art Institute of Chicago, guest curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and is currently back at the Art Institute of Chicago, as their curator-at-large for modern and contemporary art. Her exhibitions have included solo shows with Lucy McKenzie, Kemang Wa Lehulere, and Helena Almeida, among others. Kate is the author of Cy Twombly’s Things (Yale University Press, 2014), and has published on a wide range of artists, with recent or forthcoming essays on Nairy Baghramian, Carl Cheng, B. Ingrid Olson, Lutz Bacher, and Eva Hesse.

This event is co-sponsored by Hunter College’s Department of Art & Art History, the Sainsbury Initiative, and the Academic Center for Excellence in Research and Teaching (ACERT).