Quiz 17 : Chuck Baird Flashcards
Chuck Baird lived when?
February 22, 1947- February 10, 2012
He was an American deaf artist who was one of the most notable founders of the what?
De’ VIA (Deaf View Image Arts)
This is an aesthetic of Deaf culture in which visual art conveys a deaf worldview
De’ VIA art movement
His career spanned over how many years?
35 years
When did he become deaf?
He was born deaf
What schools did he attend in order?
Kansas School for the Deaf to Gallaudet University to the Rochester Institute of Technology
After being awarded his BFA from RIT, he worked where as what?
A set painter for the National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD)
After his set painting work at NTD, he worked where and as what?
Visual arts cordinator with Spectrum-Focus on Deaf artists, a deaf colony in texas
He worked on what Emmy Award winning project with deaf media?
A series for deaf children called Rainbow’s End
Where was Chuck Baird’s first exhibition?
the Deaf Artists’ Exhibit: World Federation of the Deaf Conference, Gaullaudet University in 1975 in DC
When he held residencies at many deaf schools, he created a 150-foot tall what?
Collage/mural for The Learning Center for Deaf Children in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1995
He also created what during his residencies?
a 30x10 mural at Gallaudet University called “The Five Panes: Deaf Experiences”
“The Five Panels: Deaf Experiences” has what in it?
The child signs “Are you deaf?” and the adult signs “Deaf, like you!”
What did Chuck do in May 1989 prior to the international deaf culture festival at Gallaudet university?
He was one of 8 artists who produced a manifesto for De’VIA.
What was this manifesto?
A concept for deaf art that contained a message about deaf life
What was the international deaf festival at Gallaudet called?
Deaf Way II
How does the mainfesto begin?
“De’VIA represents deaf artists and perceptions based on their deaf experiences. It uses formal art elements with the intention of expressing innate cultural or physical deaf experience”
Baird was renowed in the deaf world and his artwork was included in what book?
Deaf Artists in America: Colonial to Contemporary
Who wrote Deaf Artists in America: Colonial to Contemporary?
Deborah M. Sonnenstrahl
He was commissioned to create what for who?
Plates for Dawn Sign Press, a deaf publisher in Southern California
Because he was a celebrated artist in the deaf community and due to his pioneering in developing the concepts of De’Via, his death..
Was noted by institutions in the deaf community including NIT/NTID, Gallaudet University, and the Texas Association for the Deaf
Baird established what that aimed to do what?
A foundation to support emerging deaf artists called the Chuck Baird Foundation
Many of his works include what?
Images of his own hands incorporated into ASL signs
In addition to his artwork, he did what? And did it with?
Acting and ASL storytelling with the National Theatre of the Deaf
He performed as an actor with the National Theatre of the Deaf when?
1980-1990
Some of his many ASL stories were recorded by?
Gallaudet University
Chuck Baird died when due to what?
February 10, 2012 after a 4 year battle with cancer
