DEAF Media
By The Numbers:
For over 37 years, DEAF Media has worked to secure recognition
of the arts, culture and language of Deaf America--and, to
provide meaningful access and participation for the Deaf community
to Bay Area cultural institutions.
Here are just some of our accomplishments
- 3 Emmy Awards for pioneering television work serving the Deaf community
- 6 DEAF Media Salons with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
- 8 Annual Deaf Showcases at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
- 8 Productions of Celebration: Deaf Artists and Performers, the first
continuing festival and symposia of Deaf artists and performers
- 8 Episodes of Rainbow's End (KQED-PBS) the first and only national
TV series for Deaf children
- 8 Additional television productions
- 33 DEAF Media productions featuring Deaf Artists and storytellers as
part of Oakland Museum festivals
- 12 Professional gallery exhibitions for Deaf artists
- 24 Feasts for the Eyes celebrating ASL storytelling
- 22 Professional development workshops for Deaf artists
- 26 Additional live productions of Deaf presentations
- 81 DEAF Media family programs with Deaf Artists at the Oakland Museum
of California
- 88 Percent Deaf majority Board
- 84 Deaf Docents Tours of the Bay Area arts museums
- 133 Episodes of Silent Perspectives (KCSM-PBS), the first TV talk show
of, by, and for the Deaf
- 338 Deaf-centered co productions with Bay Area arts and education partners
- 611 Weeks of Dial a News, the nations first TTY Community Bulletin Board
- 30 PBS/ITVS Community Cinema Partnered Presentations
- 83,050 plus, Deaf and hearing students, teachers and parents enlightened
by the Deaf storytellers of the DEAN project and Project Story
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