Deaf Art

Drama

Storytelling

Poetry

Novels/book

Media

Drama

Storytelling/Narrative

Poetry

Handshape stories ( abc, Numbers, classifers)

Media

Art

Music

uses signs, body language & classifers

created by the Deaf person (personal poem they wrote) or translated from English into ASL ( Edgar Allen Poe)

stories are preserved and passed down from generation to generation by signing instead of spoken or written down. 

is important in Deaf culture because it is a way to help explain the Deaf identity, beliefs and ways of life for many Deaf people. 

Many of the artists are Deaf or hard of hearing, some are CODAsaslong as the Deaf art expresses Deaf experience

It brings the Deaf community together. Deaf art shows the feelings that many Deaf people experience.

has a recurring theme of Deaf Life, Deaf History, Deaf Culture, American Sign Language, Deaf/Language oppression and/or common everyday themes.