Tabitha Jacques, Susan Murad, and Kira Avery

Tabitha Jacques, Susan Murad, and Kira Avery

Recorded July 14, 2021 Archived July 14, 2021 48:10 minutes
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Id: mby020875

Description

Tabitha Jacques (37) talks to her friend and colleague, Susan Murad (61), about deaf art and culture, the De'VIA movement, and how the hearing community can be better advocates and allies to the deaf community.

Subject Log / Time Code

01:00
TJ shares that she is using American Sign Language to share her story through her interpreter, Kira.
02:00
SM asks TJ about her background and her journey as a deaf individual.
03:30
TJ talks about the challenges she faced in school.
06:50
SM asks TJ about deaf art and what drew her to that passion.
08:30
TJ talks about her college experience.
10:00
TJ talks about deaf art and shares that she majored in art history.
13:00
TJ talks about Art Eyes.
15:25
TJ talks about working at Rochester Institute of Technology - National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
17:10
TJ talks about De'VIA.
19:15
TJ talks about the De'VIA movement starting in parallel with the Deaf President Now movement at Gallaudet University.
21:25
TJ talks about the disconnect between the deaf community and the hearing community around art.
25:00
TJ continues talking about the deaf experience and the wealth of culture that is not seen because of the language barrier.
27:00
TJ talks about the power that comes with displaying art from a different perspective.
29:20
SM shares that they are recording this conversation in July which is the 31st anniversary of when the Americans Disability Act was signed.
31:00
TJ continues to list different deaf artists. She talks about Chuck Baird, Ann Silver, Harry Williams, Christine Sun Kim, Juan Estrella and more.
35:00
TJ shares that De'VIA has its place in the art history timeline and there are artists who are deaf who identify with De'VIA and others who do not. She talks about black deaf artists having a different experience than the white deaf experience.
37:40
TJ shares that her child is hearing so they are called CODA - Child of a deaf adult. She talks about feeling fascinated by the CODA experience.
40:00
TJ expresses her hopes for her son as he grows up in the deaf community and in the hearing community.
41:00
TJ talks about her perfect day.
43:30
TJ thanks SM for being one of her biggest advocates so that people know about the deaf community. She talks about the need for more allies in the deaf community.
46:00
SM thanks Kira for acting as an interpreter during the conversation so she could be a part of the recording. She asks people to visit the Dyer Arts Center website: www.rit.edu/ntid/dyerarts-center

Participants

  • Tabitha Jacques
  • Susan Murad
  • Kira Avery

Venue / Recording Kit