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History
De'Via artist Chuck Baird
- stands for deaf visual image art
- created at a four day meeting before the Deaf Day Way festival in May 1989
- art represents the artists experiences of being deaf
- must be created by deaf person, child of a deaf parent, or hard of hearing
- creators: Dr. Betty G. Miller, Dr. Paul Johnston, Dr. Deborah M. Sonnenstrahl, Chuck Baird, Guy Wonder, Alex Wilhite, Sandi Inches Vasnick, Nancy Creighton, and Lai-Yok Ho.
TTYcall
This is a telephone used by deaf people to type messages over the phone line. She used pen and ink to create this, in 1997.
Art No. 2
Self portrait of himself signing art. The light coming from his heart is to show his work comes from his heart. Done in 1994 using acrylic paints.
2002- helped coordinate exibits
for the Deaf Way festival II
1975- first big art show at World Federation of
the Deaf Conference in Washington DC
1947- born with
moderate hearing loss
2010- established
visual art foundation
for new deaf artists
1992- started working for
Dawn Sign Press as an artist
(cc) image by jantik on Flickr
2002 March
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1974- received his Bachalor degree at Rochester Institute of Technology, after transfering from Gallaudet University
2012- died due to
cancer complications
1993- established a
painting and sculptor
studio in Kansas
1980-1990 - took a
job deigning sets
and acting for NTD
Bibliography
"What Is Deaf Art?" What Is Deaf Art? N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. <http://www.deafart.org/Deaf_Art_/deaf_art_.html>.
- http://www.aacc.edu/honors/file/asl.pdf
"Betty G. Miller." Betty G. Miller. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. <http://www.deafart.org/Biographies/Betty_G__Miller/betty_g__miller.html>.
"Betty G. Miller." Deaf Art/Deaf Artists. Rochester Institute of Technology, n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. <http://www.rit.edu/ntid/dccs/dada/dada.htm>.
Gish, Frances, and Larry Gray. De‘VIA: An Expression of Deaf Culture through Art. N.p., 7 May 2009. Web. <http://www.aacc.edu/honors/file/asl.pdf>.
Kins, Casey. "Betty G. Miller: Art Pioneer." If My Hands Could Speak... N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. <http://ifmyhandscouldspeak.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/betty-g-miller-art-pioneer>.
Durr, Patti. "De;VIA:Investigating Deaf Visual Art." N.p., n.d. Web. <https://ritdml.rit.edu/bitstream/handle/1850/6260/PDurrArticle2006.pdf?sequence=1>.
Schertz, Brenda, and Harlan Lane. "Elements of a Culture." IdeaTools™ Login. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. <http://idea2.main.ad.rit.edu/paddhd/publicDA/main/articles/ElementsofaCulture.htm>.
De'VIA
Double Arches
This is a landscape of Arches National Park near Moab, Utah. Showes the land that belongs to the Ute before anyone else. Wanted to inspire people to look at the sky and see their hands can't be taken for granted.
Ameslan Prohibited
This piece represents when the deaf were banned from signing at school, anyone who used sign language would have their hands hit with a ruler, in 1972. They did this to make the deaf speak.
1990's- became
interested in using
neon on her artwork
1989- meeting before Deaf
Way festival, created De'VIA
De'Via artist Betty G. Miller
1990
1993- put on a show of
artists, largest show ever
1972- first art show at Gallaudet University, she was the first deaf person to show her expieriences through De'VIA.
1980
1959-1977 started teaching
at Gallaudet University
1970
1960
1953- started going to
college at Gallaudet University
1939- learned she was hard
of hearing in kindergraten
1950
(cc) image by jantik on Flickr
2002 March
1940
1930
1934- born to
deaf parents