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Chuck Baird (February 22, 1947 – February 10, 2012) [1] was an American Deaf artist who was one of the more notable founders of the De'VIA art movement, [2] [3] an aesthetic of Deaf Culture in which visual art conveys a Deaf world view. [4] [5] His career spanned over 35 years and included painting, sculpting, acting, storytelling, and teaching.
Deaf View Image Art, abbreviated as De'VIA, is a genre of visual art that intentionally represents the Deaf experience and Deaf culture. Although De'VIA works have been created throughout history, the term was first defined and recognized as an art genre in 1989. [ 1 ]
In 1967 the first Deaf theatre in the US was the National Theatre for the Deaf. [1] The group was founded after a 1959 Broadway production of The Miracle Worker, which is about Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan. The lighting designer and lead actress in this performance chose to pursue how ASL could be used in art.
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for creators to learn about Deaf culture, the importance of closed captioning, and how to do caption content. [6] In 2016, she led the workshop again, and also participated on the panel Disabilities on YouTube. [19] At Buffer Festival, she was part of the Science and Education panel in 2015, and the Women on YouTube panel in 2016. [20]
After her tenure at Gallaudet was up, Miller moved to Austin, Texas. There, she co-founded Spectrum, Focus on Deaf Artists, which brought together other painters, dancers, and artists contributing to deaf culture. [9] In 1989 Miller, along with 8 other deaf artists, coined the term "De'VIA" (Deaf view image art).
Deaf History Month began on March 13 and to celebrate, Sesame Workshop partnered with the National Theater of the Deaf to create music videos featuring American Sign Language (ASL) for kids all ...
In 1981, Conley received a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Photographic Communications at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester (New York).. In 1982, he became a Registered Biological Photographer after advanced studies at the University of Texas Medical Branch's Pathology Photography Department in conjunction with the Biological Photographic Association, Galveston, Texas.