Art turns disabilities into abilities
Originally Published in the Courier
How do you teach someone who cannot see to make visual art? Is it even possible?
It is when you have a student who loves art and a teacher who is creative enough to solve the problem. Barbara Buford teaches Rachael Cardwell, who is blind and a client of the Worcester County Developmental Center, how to paint by giving her hands-on attention in a special class at the Ocean City Center for the Arts.
“I taped off her different horizon lines on her paper to indicate when to change colors,” Buford said. “Rachael painted with one hand, and, with the other, she could feel the lines. All I did was help her load her brush with paint. When we finished, she was so excited to show her mother what…