Thursday, 10 October, 18.00–19.30
On 10 October at 18.00–19.30, we invite everyone interested to the presentation of tactile books. We will be presenting works created by the Beautiful Tactile Book group as well as tactile books by other authors, fairy tales will also be told. The books will be presented by Sülvi Sarapuu, cultural organiser and member of the board of the Kakora NGO. The presentation is in Estonian language. The event will take place on the first floor of the Tartu Art Museum and is free of charge for participants. Read more about the accessibility of the museum HERE.
Tactile books are unique picture books for children but not only. They are a door to the visual world around us. Tactile books develop the hand-eye cooperation of visually impaired children and bring closer the parts of the world around us and the concepts that mediate them, such as sky, constellations, rainbow, far-near, above-below and so on. Through the books, you can learn about the different activities and phenomena found in nature, in fairy tales and elsewhere.
Since 2000, the Beautiful Tactile Book working group has produced over 30 handmade tactile books, which are available for borrowing from the Estonian Library for the Blind and the Celia Library in Finland. The books have also won awards in the international Tyflo&Tactus tactile book competition. Read more at www.sarasyl.com and https://kakora.sarasyl.com.
The books will be presented as part of the public programme of the exhibition “The Secrets of the Leaning Building”. In addition to the tactile books, it will be possible to get acquainted with the books in Braille, recommended by Tartu Emajõgi School and lent by the Estonian Library for the Blind. With the event we are celebrating World White Cane Day on 15 October.
The exhibition takes place in the framework of the project “Creative Connections”, which is part of the main programme of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024.
