Posts tagged: cultural life

Jul 27 2011

Deaf Artistic Practices

Ladd CH1 p. 48-50 Macias

Discusses several of the artforms that the Deaf community has embraced all those years: folk arts (storytelling, creative sign-play) and visual arts. Mentions that before Oralism, Deaf artists created art that had political messages and gained recognition from the majority culture(s), but that drastically reduced during the heyday of Oralism. Artists made a good comeback during the Resurgence. Recently, Deaf arts organizations have popped worldwide, giving support to Deaf artists.