“The Helen Keller award began in 1933 as an essay competition, after the famous American campaigner visited Scotland, and has been an art award since 1992. Anyone can enter, as long as the art is on the subject of deaf-blindness; this year over 200 entries were sent from across the world. To create a level playing field, the judging panel – including, this year, sculptor Kenny Hunter – aren’t told which artists are deaf or blind, both or neither. This presents challenges, both for the judges and the organisers.”