Intro to Deaf Culture 101 ASL I 2011

Culture Etiquette DeafHearing  Constant eye contact  Eye contact sometimes  Attention getting strategies (tapping, waving, lights)  Attention getting strategies (calling out, whistling, saying “excuse me”)  Walking through a conversation is not considered rude  Walk around conversation or wait for a pause; walking through a conversation is rude  Close-knit community  Large variety community  Deaf time (15 min late)  Hearing time (15 min early)  Deaf events last forever  Hearing events have set times (start/end)  Acknowledging a conversation  (KNOW-THAT, YES, head-nod, nose)  Acknowledging a conversation  (yes, yeah, head-nod)  Very blunt/ to the point (direct)  Hints around the subject (passive)

Sign Names Name signs are given by Deaf people to both Deaf and Hearing people as a gift. Two Types: Descriptive: describes a person’s character. Arbitrary: does not indicate reference to physical appearance or personal characteristics.

Deaf Art/ Deaf Artists De’VIA (Deaf View Image Art) Represents Deaf artists and perceptions based on their deaf experiences

De’VIA

Chuck Baird "I am no longer interested in whether I am a Deaf artist or an artist who happens to be deaf. I have accepted being either cultured Deaf or hard of hearing; that's fine with me. But what makes me an artist, that really matters. The process is the power of creativity and all the gifts inside and from the surrounding environment. It is so much more fun that way. The brush becomes so free, and speaks or moves for itself."

Chuck Baird

Ann Silver "No matter how you look at it - protest art, political satire, victim or graphic wit - I do not shy away from ethical questions or controversy. Having fused scholarship, creativity and sociopolitical philosophy, I truly believe that my being Deaf-with- a-capital-D gives me a greater visual acuity which in turn affects my work, artistic and otherwise. Deaf Art is my soul, my heart, my conscience."

Ann Silver

Susan Dupor "As an artist who is Deaf, I am constantly exploring my identity as a Deaf woman. I have been painting within this theme for the past ten years and my perspective has changed throughout the years. There were moments when I vented my emotions, and others when I wanted to celebrate the uniqueness of Deaf culture and seek the ironies of being Deaf in a hearing world."

Susan Dupor

Tony McGregor