Special Opening & Reception for Common Touch
Event Information
Description
Join us for the celebratory opening of Common Touch, a multimedia exhibition of new works by artist-in-residence Teresa Jaynes. Common Touch explores the nature, foundations, and limits of perception through the juxtaposition of Jaynes’ multisensory artwork with historical materials documenting the education of the visually impaired in the 19th century.
Common Touch: The Art of the Senses in the History of the Blind has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
Organizer Library Company of Philadelphia
Organizer of Special Opening & Reception for Common Touch
The Library Company of Philadelphia is an independent research library specializing in American history and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Open to the public free of charge, the Library Company houses an extensive collection of rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art. Founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin, the Library Company is America's oldest cultural institution and served as the Library of Congress from the Revolutionary War to 1800. The Library Company was the largest public library in America until the Civil War.
