On 12 October 2011, the University of Cape Town Irma Stern Museum, welcomed the Pioneer School for the Visually Impaired. Students tuned into the wonder of being in Irma Stern's erstwhile home and catching an essence of her adventurous creative spirit through multi sensory explorations of her home, influences from Zanzibar and the Congo, her own work and items she collected on her travels.

Discussions were reinforced through related creative movement and art workshops. The workshop was facilitated by Sandra Eastwood, Helen Binckes, Mariechen Schimmel, Bevil Spence and Hannah Loewenthal for the Meaningful Access Programme (MAP) in association with Iziko South African National Gallery.

See also http://www.artbeyondsight.org/