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deafmuslimpunx: “Art No. 2” (1993), by Chuck Baird, deaf painter (who just passed away from cancer this week). The painting above is a self portrait of Chuck Baird himself, signing the word “Art” with his hands (notice the light motion above his open palm) while he’s surrounded by paintbrushes, color pencils, and sketching pencils. His shirt is covered with paint splatters. Chuck Baird was probably the best well known deaf artist, often implementing American Sign Language and deaf themes in his paintings. Bio: In 1947, he was born with moderate deaf, grown up as culturally deaf while attended the deaf residential school in Kansas. He went to study both at Gallaudet College and National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). After received his BFA in Rochester Institute of Technology 1974, he spent 5 summers at the National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD) painting their sets.  During these years, he held a variety of jobs developing his art in upstate New York and Delaware before he joined Spectrum, the deaf art colony Texas. In 1980, he joined the NTD for the next 10 years as an actor and did some set designs. For the more artistic opportunities, he left the NTD to live nomadically in California and Arizona. He has performed at some Equity theaters.  He also worked for DawnSignPress as an in-house artist, and painted a number of first deaf-related works, culminating in the coffee table book. He went back to Kansas City and moved again to Tucson setting up his own painting studios. During time, he has often traveled to paint murals or lead art workshops for deaf children at schools, summer camps, and at art festivals. He had his works known for the genre called Deaf View Image Art (De’VIA) in numerous art exhibits here and oversea over last 12 years. He was summoned to Gallaudet to help coordinating the visual arts exhibitions for Deaf Way II in 2002 and went back there again teaching art for one semester. He just passed away from cancer on February 10, 2012. Rest in Peace. View more of his artworks

deafmuslimpunx:

“Art No. 2” (1993), by Chuck Baird, deaf painter (who just passed away from cancer this week).

The painting above is a self portrait of Chuck Baird himself, signing the word “Art” with his hands (notice the light motion above his open palm) while he’s surrounded by paintbrushes, color pencils, and sketching pencils. His shirt is covered with paint splatters.

Chuck Baird was probably the best well known deaf artist, often implementing American Sign Language and deaf themes in his paintings.

Bio:

In 1947, he was born with moderate deaf, grown up as culturally deaf while attended the deaf residential school in Kansas. He went to study both at Gallaudet College and National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). After received his BFA in Rochester Institute of Technology 1974, he spent 5 summers at the National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD) painting their sets.  During these years, he held a variety of jobs developing his art in upstate New York and Delaware before he joined Spectrum, the deaf art colony Texas. In 1980, he joined the NTD for the next 10 years as an actor and did some set designs. For the more artistic opportunities, he left the NTD to live nomadically in California and Arizona. He has performed at some Equity theaters. 

He also worked for DawnSignPress as an in-house artist, and painted a number of first deaf-related works, culminating in the coffee table book. He went back to Kansas City and moved again to Tucson setting up his own painting studios. During time, he has often traveled to paint murals or lead art workshops for deaf children at schools, summer camps, and at art festivals. He had his works known for the genre called Deaf View Image Art (De’VIA) in numerous art exhibits here and oversea over last 12 years. He was summoned to Gallaudet to help coordinating the visual arts exhibitions for Deaf Way II in 2002 and went back there again teaching art for one semester.

He just passed away from cancer on February 10, 2012. Rest in Peace.

View more of his artworks

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