Victoria Claire - Maidstone Museum, Lady Godiva Sculpture, Audio Described Art Review

For the first in her what we hope will be regular audio described art reviews Victoria Claire recently visited Maidstone Museum in Kent to find out about their offer for blind and partially sighted people and to review the recorded audio description of their Lady Godiva sculpture by Artist John Thomas. 

Victoria is a former Professional Artist and Contemporary Sculptor who has been a sight loss Charity Ambassador for a number of years since being registered as visually impaired. After putting down her artist brushes and sculpting tools Victoria has started a new chapter in her life as a Radio Presenter.

RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey chats with Victoria to find out how her visit went to Maidstone Museum and how she found the audio description of the Lady Godiva sculpture by Artist John Thomas. 

The audio description of the Lady Godiva sculpture by John Thomas is part of the Art UK online collection of recorded sculpture descriptions produced by Art UK and VocalEyes in collaboration with venues such as Maidstone Museum

To listen to the description of the Lady Godiva sculpture and many more Do visit either the Art Uk or VocalEyes website via the following links- 
https://artuk.org/learn/learning-resources/audio-description-playlist
https://vocaleyes.co.uk/audio-clip/art-uk-sculpture/

For more details about Maidstone Museum and their offer for blind and partially sighted people do visit their website-
https://museum.maidstone.gov.uk

And to find out more about Victoria and ways of contacting her do visit her website-
https://www.victoriaclaire-beyondvision.com


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