Celia Hughes
Executive Director, Art Spark Texas
Celia Hughes has trained and coordinated Audio Describers and has provided Audio Description services in Austin and across Texas for over 25 years. As co-founder of the Audio Description Coalition, an international group of describers dedicated to the professional advancement of audio description, Ms. Hughes developed and tested an Audio Description Training Curriculum and has led professional training workshops in Texas and across the country, including Florida, Minnesota, Vermont, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C. Prior to COVID 19, she worked with the Taiwan National Ministry of Culture and National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts to develop a described and sensory experience for visitors who are Blind or have low vision. Since 2019, she has served as a member of the ACVREP Subject Matter Expert Committee, charged with the task of developing certification guidelines for Audio Description, led by the American Council of the Blind.
In 2000, Ms. Hughes produced “The Art of Audio Description,” a video training series supported by the Texas Commission for the Blind. This series provided the only video training materials available at the time and has been translated into Mandarin by the Taiwan National Ministry of Culture. Ms. Hughes holds a Master’s Degree from the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin.
Classes
John Slatin AccessU 2026
- Audio Description Training: Core Skills and Best Practices
- To Use AI or Not Use AI: Writing the Best Audio Description
- Roundtable Discussion: Audio Description Design challenges in a VR environment
- Choosing the Best Audio Description Format for your Video Content
- AccessU 2021 Game Night!
- Live: Audio Description: The Basics
- Live: Hear from the Audio Description Experts
- Audio Description Demystified