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Image created by Beth Nicole McKeown |
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Use of images in this collection is restricted to educational and research purposes only. |
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The project began several years ago when, for the first time, we began to develop a course entitled "Deaf Art/Deaf Artists" at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology. As we began to develop our course material, we were very fortunate to be able to work with Tom Willard, who had established the Deaf Artists of America gallery here in Rochester. His generosity with slides, addresses, information, and support was essential to the success of our course. Sometime during our research, it became clear that there was very little information on the world wide web -- or anywhere else -- about artists who are deaf. Why not then, establish a resource which would make that information available to everyone? Why not create a website which would highlight these artists, a site where they could show their slides, describe their work, and where that work would be available to students, other artists, and anyone interested in Deaf Culture? Through our
research we collected the slides of many people, and we saw many different
approaches to creativity. As you explore these archives, you will notice that
some artists focus on their experience of Deafness, some do not. Some address
the issue of gender or other social problems. For still other artists, those
issues are not included in their work. As with any group of people, there are
many approaches to fulfilling their needs to create art. |
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We would like to thank the following people who have contributed to the creation of the International Archive of Deaf Artists Bob Baker for his contribution of slides Welcome to you! |
