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The National Technical Institute for the Deaf has launched a groundbreaking Web site for deaf and hard-of-hearing artists.
The site is believed to be the largest that any college offers for this underrecognized group of artists, with art and biographical information of more than 40 professional artists from around the world. Students at NTID and parent institution Rochester Institute of Technology have also created self-portraits reflecting their experiences of what it means to be deaf.
"These artists are often overlooked and neglected," said Patricia Durr, associate professor in NTID's cultural and creative studies department, in a TTY interview. "We will be expanding this site periodically. We're discovering new artists and are finally getting responses from some well-known deaf artists."
The Web site began when two local art teachers saw a need for better research materials on deaf artists. Paula Grcevic and Barbara Fox helped NTID's Wallace Memorial Library create the International Archives of Deaf Artists. This was cumbersome to navigate, Durr said, so she worked with NTID computer guru Simon Ting on a more accessible site.
It now represents local artists such as Grcevic and painter Randy Dunham, as well as international figures such as Japanese porcelain maker Eiichi Mitsui and Russian painter Alexander Martianov. In its first few days, the site has registered more than 2,000 hits.
NTID made its most conspicuous commitment to this body of artists in 2001, opening the $3.3 million Dyer Arts Center.
To explore the new site, go to www.rit.edu/deafartists.
The National Technical Institute for the Deaf has launched a groundbreaking Web site for deaf and hard-of-hearing artists.
The site is believed to be the largest that any college offers for this underrecognized group of artists, with art and biographical information of more than 40 professional artists from around the world. Students at NTID and parent institution Rochester Institute of Technology have also created self-portraits reflecting their experiences of what it means to be deaf.
"These artists are often overlooked and neglected," said Patricia Durr, associate professor in NTID's cultural and creative studies department, in a TTY interview. "We will be expanding this site periodically. We're discovering new artists and are finally getting responses from some well-known deaf artists."
The Web site began when two local art teachers saw a need for better research materials on deaf artists. Paula Grcevic and Barbara Fox helped NTID's Wallace Memorial Library create the International Archives of Deaf Artists. This was cumbersome to navigate, Durr said, so she worked with NTID computer guru Simon Ting on a more accessible site.
It now represents local artists such as Grcevic and painter Randy Dunham, as well as international figures such as Japanese porcelain maker Eiichi Mitsui and Russian painter Alexander Martianov. In its first few days, the site has registered more than 2,000 hits.
NTID made its most conspicuous commitment to this body of artists in 2001, opening the $3.3 million Dyer Arts Center.
To explore the new site, go to www.rit.edu/deafartists.
