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YOUTH DE'VIA: DEAF VIEW/IMAGE ART
Deaf View/Image Art, also known as De’VIA, is art that examines and expresses the Deaf Experience from a cultural, linguistic, and intersectional point of view.
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The 4 Elements of De’VIA:
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De Deaf & Deaf-Blind Expression of Affirmation, Resistance, and Liberation
V View of how Deaf & Deaf-Blind experience the world
I Images/Motifs/Symbols of the Deaf Experience
A Art, Activism, Aesthetics, and Authentic Expressions of the Deaf Experience
Youth De'VIA Competition
2023 Youth De'VIA 1st Place Winners
2022-23 Youth De'VIA Competition was hosted by Kansas School for the Deaf and the Museum of Deaf History, Arts and Culture.
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Diverse young Deaf artists from seventeen schools across the United States submitted a total 940 pieces of artwork! They expressed their Deaf experience, language, history, arts and culture in their artworks.
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Congratulations to all of the winners. Each of them received a certificate of recognition and a gift.
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Click on the link below for more information about the competition coordinated by the Kansas School for the Deaf.
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