The Orlando Museum of Art will celebrate Juneteenth in more ways than one this year.
On June 19, the museum — in collaboration with the Art Bridges Foundation — will host its next Access for All event, which offers free admission from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The event will celebrate both Juneteenth and “Low Vision Day,” a collaboration with eSight, who offer a wearable assistive device for the visually impaired that helps museum-goers see art.
The eSight partnership was inspired by artist Kelly Joy Ladd, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2020, disrupting the connection between her eyes and brain. This year, Ladd’s paper and mixed-media pieces based on personal connections and memories will be featured in the ongoing Florida Prize in Contemporary Art exhibit through Aug. 24. Ladd is the only Orlando-based artist in this year’s showcase.
The celebration aims to celebrate Black art and artists, and will feature a special performance activation of Miami-based artist Cornelius Tulloch’s installation Porch Passages: Creole Collage at 1:15 and 3 p.m. The installation will display Florida’s natural landscape through a storytelling performance on the porch of the structure.
Dawoud Bey’s Evergreen will also be on display via an “in-gallery experience.” The piece shares haunting images taken of the grounds of the most intact plantation still standing in the United States: Evergreen Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana.
The event will also provide sketching supplies for artists to use, gallery talks in English and Spanish, a highlights tour and access to the museum’s current exhibits.
OMA’s “Low Vision Day” will return July 17 and Aug. 21.
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This article appears in Jun 11-17, 2025.