Deaf Art Group B

2 different motifs Reflects issues of oppression, identities information, and political struggles. “Affirmative art” Chuck Baird is considered the most prolific practitioner in this genre of affirmative Deaf Art.

Chuck Baird Chuck Baird was born deaf in Kansas City and along with his three older sisters, went to the Kansas School for the Deaf. Baird cleverly incorporates ASL handshapes into the shapes of objects to which they refer. He received his art education from Mrs. Grace Bilger, a renowned watercolorist and graduated in 1967. Baird spent his first 5 summers after graduation at the National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD) painting their sets.

Chuck Baird (continued) Chuck served as Visual Arts Coordinator for the deaf art colony Spectrum - Focus on Deaf Artists. Chuck Baird then worked part time at his alma mater, videotaping storytelling in ASL. Videotapes of his work are now on sale across the country. "Right now, I don't paint for the result, as I used to, but rather for the process. I let it lead me to whatever it will be. I often change the subject matter of a work throughout the process, and the end result depends on the medium, images that suddenly appear in the middle of the process, and so forth.”

Chuck Baird “Tyger, Tyger” Chuck Baird's Journey

Why visual arts?

Answer Many Deaf people possess a strong desire to convey their Deaf essence through a mode of visual expression, freed from linguistic constraints. Art can provide an escape from those deaf people who live in impoverished communicative environments, surrounded by families, teachers, and co-workers with whom they cannot converse effectively.

Three themes General Art- includes pieces by deaf artists that do not contain any reference to the Deaf community or Deaf Culture Deaf Culture Art - includes work that may appear to be general at first glance, but which include specific details that carry special meaning only to those who are involved in the Deaf community. Deaf Experience -contains work in which artists explicitly express their feelings about, views of, and experiences associated with being Deaf.

Short for Deaf View/ Image Art (Deaf Experience) De’VIA Short for Deaf View/ Image Art (Deaf Experience) Proposed by Deaf artists in May of 1989 at a Gallaudet University workshop hosted by Betty G. Miller and Paul Johnston . This was in effort to increase the visibility of and focus on the uniqueness of works by Deaf artists.

Resistance Art Mainstreaming Audism Identity Confusion Eugenics Oralism Cochlear Implants Resistance Art

Deaf Artist “Mother of De’VIA” Betty G. Miller Art/ Interview Betty Miller Deaf Artist “Mother of De’VIA” Betty G. Miller Art/ Interview "Ameslan Prohibited"

Ann Silver “Freedom to Speak Out in ASL, No. 2” Created in 1993 Born Deaf to a Hearing Family Silver received her BA in Commercial Art from Gallaudet University and an MA in Deafness [sic] Rehabilitation from New York University in 1977 One of the founding members of the Washington DC-based Deaf Art Movement (DAM) in the 1960s-1970s.

Susan Dupor "Family Dog" Born Deaf She attended "hearing-impaired" mainstream programs from kindergarten through twelfth grades In 1987, she enrolled in the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) as a cross-registered RIT student majoring in Illustration.

Affirmative Art ASL Acceptance Acculturation Empowerment Affiliation Deafhood Affirmative Art

Shawn Richardson “Interpreter Remote Control”

Job Categories of Deaf Art: Sculptor Woodcut Printmaker Porcelain Artist Painter Portraitist Wood Carver Art Instructor Photographer Illustrator Drypoint Etcher Silhouettist

Some are made to poke fun at the hearing society. Performing Arts American Deaf theatre has a more intimate style, meaning that there is a close connection between the actors and the spectators. Some are made to poke fun at the hearing society. “Performed comic routines that satirized the foibles of the white man”.

The National Theatre of the Deaf The NTD is recognized for being the first American theatrical group to accomplish: It has performed in all 50 states Presented on all seven continents Completed 50 touring seasons Selected to perform in the People’s Republic of Chino and tour in South Africa The National Theatre of the Deaf The first professional theatre of the Deaf (NTD) was established in 1967 & Then the Theatre department at Gallaudet University was established in 1971

Theatre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk4rcXNaQ6o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR9BHo57UHM Films https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1uuntQOPnw

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