1. ASL Sculpture: A Study of Chuck Baird, De’ Via artist

2. What is De’ VIA? Art movement with focus on Deaf theme
De’ VIA stands for DEAF VISUAL
Started by a group of Deaf artists in 1989
Some Artists did their artwork with Deaf theme before De’ VIA formed
There are many Deaf artists but few of them do their artwork with Deaf theme
Also hearing artists such as CODA can do the De’ VIA

3. Chuck Baird -Kansas School for the Deaf -Three Deaf sisters -Went to Gallaudet -Transferred to RIT -Involved in National Theater for the Deaf -Helped directed a play at CSD -Started De’ Via movement -Professional artist -Painted many famous ASL paintings

4. Chuck Baird’s Art works
Painted De’ Via
Well known for his ASL iconicity image in his paintings
Iconicity is the conceived similarity or analogy between a form of a sign (sign that looks like the real thing) For example: sign “Cat” to describe what cat looks like

5. “If I were M.C. Escher…”

6. All American Breakfast

7. America

10. Double Nine Lives

11. Njamala

12. Sunrise in Austin

17. Left and Right

18. Music for the Eyes

19. ASL Sculpture Well known for his ASL iconicity image in his paintings
Iconicity is the conceived similarity or analogy between a form of a sign (sign that looks like the real thing) For example: sign “Cat” to describe what cat looks like
"arbitrariness of language" is that for the signs, which is no relationship between the objects associated with the sign. For example: sign “math” has no image associated with math or sign “France” has nothing to do with France.
Aesthetics , beauty of the image, is very important! Aesthetics mean something is very beautiful to look at.