This was made for the ASL Literature course at George Brown College for the ASL Literacy Instructor Program. Links: http://www.deafart.org/index.html

1. Deaf Community and
Art
ASL Literature
Wayne Nicholson
George Brown College

2. • Folk Arts
• Deaf Visual Arts
• Deaf Performing Arts
• Printed Media
• Deaf film and video media
• Televisual media
Ladd, Paddy. 2003. Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood. North York, Ontario, Canada: Multilingual
Matters Ltd
Types of Deaf art

3.  Storytelling
 Residential schools
 Video and its effects
 Fundamental part of everyday Deaf social
and cultural life, deaf forget about it easily
Ladd, Paddy. 2003. Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood. North York, Ontario, Canada: Multilingual Matters
Ltd
Types of Deaf art

4. Deaf art has three categories:
 Deaf works-no evidence of artist’s deafness
 Deaf works-has a Deaf perspective
 Deaf works- specifically Deaf related
Examples:
http://www.deafart.org/index.html
Ladd, Paddy. 2003. Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood. North York, Ontario, Canada: Multilingual Matters Ltd
Deaf visual arts

5.  Strong presence in majority society until
the rise of Oralism in Deaf Education.
 Declined and minimalized during era of
Oralism
 Deaf resurgence-1970
 Present- All kinds of visual arts media
Ladd, Paddy. 2003. Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood. North York, Ontario, Canada: Multilingual Matters
Ltd
Deaf visual arts history

6. Pre-Oralism-
Influencing majority society’s views of Deaf
people’s humanity (political agenda)
1970- anti Oralism message
Present- Collectivist, Deaf-oriented
message
Ladd, Paddy. 2003. Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood. North York, Ontario, Canada: Multilingual Matters
Ltd
Function of Deaf visual arts