going to be exhibited and we held them out to the students so they could actually feel and experience them,” said Schlauch. “It helped to illustrate what I say about Chihuly’s work during a museum tour.” Schlauch said it was so well- received and with that impetus, he reached out to people with Alzheimers disease and their caregivers at the Memory Café. Members of the group ask questions about art history and it spurs on conversation and memories. The Center for Autism and
Related Disorders was open to Schlauch’s recommendation of using art to help manage expectations and quell anxieties. “Using a similar touch tour of moving objects on a cart as I go through the gallery, everyone has the chance to come up close to an object. If it breaks, it is not an issue.”
Which answered the next
question that comes to mind— how close is up close and is there a potential to damage priceless art? “As a matter of fact, Dale doesn’t like to have a lot of barriers around his work. The effort here is to make us more accessible as an institution to more diverse communities.” “Morean Arts Center hosts an
Art of Valor program for disabled veterans at James A. Hayley Veterans Hospital in Tampa. A glassblower that found learning to blow glass helped him personally, connected us and now the hospital routinely brings vets to the museum on Sundays. They work as a large group, actually blowing glass. People suffering from post- traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury discover that working with glass helps to relieve anxiety. “Among the benefits is the act of having to focus on blowing
glass, so you are taken out of your normal space for a while,” said Schlauch. “They work on trying not to let sounds be triggers for their anxiety. There is also the social aspect – glass blowing is a team project. So, as former military, they are comfortable being in a cohesive group accomplishing a goal.” “In all of these groups, I partner with an expert in that field and they bring their insight to the table. That’s how I can best relate Dale’s art to the individuals in each audience.”
Schlauch routinely sees Vinoy Club members come through the collection, especially when they have family traveling from out of town. He can tell they have a sense of pride of having the connection at The Vinoy and the collection here in St. Pete. It sets the hotel and the destination apart from other places to visit.
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