“As a disabled arts worker, working on my audio descriptions from home gives me an accessible pathway to work. With this funding I can spend time growing my podcast, my audio description skills and my business skills.”
Meg Riley, podcast producer
Describe Everything is a podcast with audio descriptions of artworks from around the world. Everyone should have a chance to experience artwork. Through detailed visual descriptions, Describe Everything aims to make lots of artwork more accessible for art lovers who are blind or have low vision; people who get visually overstimulated; or anyone who wants a slower, more mindful way to enjoy art.
Artwork is for everybody. Everybody deserves a chance to experience artwork, but also to know enough background information and visual information to have discussions with their friends, to learn more about the world, and to be inspired to make their own art.
Podcast producer, Meg Riley, explores historical works, but also partners with contemporary galleries to showcase their current exhibitions. The additional funding will also go towards guest describers, including First Nations peoples, who will describe Aboriginal artworks.
This grant will enable Describe Everything to pay for user testing of the podcast and its website, to make sure it is a pleasant and streamlined experience for everyone.
It will also ensure that input can be sought from blind describers and users, while exploring difficult topics such as:
“As a disabled arts worker, working on my audio descriptions from home gives me an accessible pathway to work. With this funding I can spend time growing my podcast, my audio description skills and my business skills.”
Meg Riley, podcast producer
