Guiding the visitors in front of the elevators On May 29, a special art appreciation gathering for the physically challenged was held at the exhibition of Masterpieces of the Museo del Prado at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. On this day, approximately 700 physically challenged people and their attendants visited the museum. From the Nippon Paper Group, 23 employees participated as volunteers, working as receptionists, guiding visitors around the site and providing assistance at the elevators. A booth providing a demonstration of WAVY WAVY®, which had been very popular in the previous special art appreciation gathering for the exhibition of Works from the Pushkin Museum of Art held last November, was set up again with the cooperation of the Product Development Dept., Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. Many physically challenged people who were first-time visitors also dropped in, and tried to make three-dimensional objects from the two exhibited works, namely Holy Children with a Shell by Bartolome Esteban Murillo, and Bodegon: Plums, Figs, Bread, Keg and Pitcher by Luis Melendez. Concerning the activities, one of the employees who participated as a volunteer commented, "I felt happy when the person I was assisting was pleased. The same thing applies to everyday living, so I felt that I was helped and encouraged by them because I became able to think that there is something that I can do to help others," Another volunteer said, "I was happy to see the delighted face of a visually impaired person who touched three-dimensional pictures printed on WAVY WAVY® and felt the outline of the pictures." On this occasion, the employees of Nippon Paper Industries also had the opportunity to act as guides with the members of Able Art Japan to attend to the physically challenged people and introduce the exhibited works to them. Masterpieces of the Museo del Prado http://prado2006.jp/ Trying to make three dimensional objects with WAVY WAVY® The bustling WAVY WAVY® corner →Go back to Support for the Group's Employees in Participating in Community Activities