FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 20 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:
For some, accessibility in the arts is a question of philosophy. George Mason University adjunct professor Joel Snyder approaches the idea more literally.
Snyder is a pioneer in the niche industry of arts audio description-the process of translating the arts into spoken language, making theater, film, dance, and other art forms more accessible for people who are blind or have low vision.
Snyder has made that skill the center of a new audio description course in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA).
He said George Mason stood out as the right place for the first-ever semester-long, for-credit audio description course in the United Stat...