Lehigh Valley Arts Council will host an audio description workshop for the visual arts to assist the arts and historical museums reach the community with vision loss.

Former Pennsylvania VSA director Mimi Smith will conduct the workshop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 1 in the Martin Art Gallery in the Baker Center for the Arts at Muhlenberg College in Allentown.

This interactive workshop targets curators, volunteers and docents to learn how to write descriptions of art work or artifacts, thereby allowing the patron with visual loss to engage with the pieces on display.

Attendees will have an opportunity to practice their descriptions for a few invited members of the visual loss community.

The workshop will utilize the Martin Art Gallery exhibition “Rendering,” featuring work by Chris Coleman and Anthony Panzera that runs from Nov. 15-Jan. 15.

Coleman will show video and photo works based on images generated by his custom authored 3D scanning software, in conversation with original drawings from Panzera’s “The Leonardo Series,” drawings by Anthony Panzera.

The work is based on Leonardo da Vinci’s study on human proportion.

Also, John Orr, executive director from Art-Reach in Philadelphia, will speak about developing an accessibility program at your facility that is both user-friendly and affordable.

Registration is discounted for arts council members, but anyone is welcome. Attendance is limited to 15 registrants. Register at LVArtsCouncil.org.