This video is available courtesy of Patti Durr's Deaf Art, Deaf Artists website. Chuck Baird (1947-2012) was born deaf in Kansas City and along with his three older sisters, went to the Kansas School for the Deaf. He received his art education from Mrs. Grace Bilger, a renowned watercolorist, and graduated in 1967. He enrolled at Gallaudet University but then transferred to the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he received his BFA in Painting in 1974. Baird spent his first 5 summers after graduation at the National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD) painting their sets. He is considered the "Father of De'VIA".
Title | Medium | Year | Size | Acquired | Picture |
Njamala | Art reproduction |
1992 | 14” x 11” | Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian |
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Art, No. 2 | Art reproduction |
1992 | 14” x 11” | Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian |
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Colors | Art reproduction |
1993 | 14” x 11” | Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian |
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Left and Right | Art reproduction |
2000 | 14” x 11” | Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian |
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Tyger Tyger | Art reproduction |
1992 | 14” x 11” | Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian |
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America | Art reproduction |
2001 | 14” x 11” | Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian |
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Photo on black foamboard & silver ink |
Art reproduction |
2005 | 14” x 11” | Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian |
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Deaf Do Like Moths | Art reproduction |
2010 | 14” x 11” | Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian |
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Double Nine Lives | Art reproduction |
1992 | 14” x 11” | Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian |
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Blooming | Art reproduction |
2002 | 14” x 11” | Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian |
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Sunset | Art reproduction |
2002 | 14” x 11" | Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian |
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All American Breakfast | Art reproduction |
2003 | 14” x 11" | Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian |
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According to Coyote | Art reproduction |
1992 | 14” x 1 | Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian |
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Crocodile Dundee | Art reproduction |
1992 | 14” x 11" | Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian |
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I Love You | Art reproduction |
2003 | 14” x 11" | Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian |
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Set 1: Art no. 1, Crocodile Dundee, Turkey, Eagle, Nine Lives |
Assorted Note Cards | 1995 | 5 X 7 | Purchased by Joan Naturale, NTID Librarian |
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Set 2: All-American Breakfast, The French Kiss, Black Tie Only, Shearing Sheep, Cetacean Blue |
Assorted Note Cards |
1995 | 5 x 7 | Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian |
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