Please be aware of a couple of deadlines approaching this weekend. Convention registrations continue to come in at a steady pace. Just added to the convention program is an opening night welcome from the Virginia Association of the DeafBlind President, Jane Chandler. In related website information, I recently received word from Gary Viall, the NAD 2000 Planning Committee Chairperson that he and Steve Williams, the VAD President, have made significant updates to the VAD website. I encourage all members in the Lynchburg area to continue to be active supporters of VRID and to find ways in which to support the workshops and events of the other local affiliate chapters across the Commonwealth.
Art often represents the personal perspectives of the artist as well as the artist's culture.
This is never more evident than in the works of most Deaf artists. Brenda Schertz, curator of a yearlong, seven city national touring Deaf Art exhibition featuring the works of 16 Deaf artists, will discuss how or if Deaf Culture has influenced these artists. Deaf people make up a separate, distinct and proud culture. Deaf Art is like other genres of minority art in communicating universals of minority oppression and bonding. Deaf Art is created when the artist intends to express their Deaf experience through visual art.