InfoGuides: Deaf Art Collections: Baird, Chuck (Charles)

Last Updated: Jul 22, 2024 9:42 AM

Chuck Baird-De'VIA Artist

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 print	1992	14” x 11”	Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian
Art, No. 2	Art reproduction print	1992	14” x 11”	Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian
Colors	Art reproduction print	1993	14” x 11”	Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian
Left and Right	Art reproduction print	2000	14” x 11”	Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian
Tyger Tyger	Art reproduction print	1992	14” x 11”	Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian
America	Art reproduction print	2001	14” x 11”	Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian
Photo on black foamboard & silver ink	Art reproduction print	2005	14” x 11”	Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian
Deaf Do Like Moths	Art reproduction print	2010	14” x 11”	Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian
Double Nine Lives	Art reproduction print	1992	14” x 11”	Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian
Blooming	Art reproduction print	2002	14” x 11”	Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian
Sunset	Art reproduction print	2002	14” x 11"	Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian
All American Breakfast	Art reproduction print	2003	14” x 11"	Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian
According to Coyote	Art reproduction print	1992	14” x 1	Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian
Crocodile Dundee	Art reproduction print	1992	14” x 11"	Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian
I Love You	Art reproduction print	2003	14” x 11"	Purchased by Joan Naturale NTID Librarian
Untitled – Chrome faucet with multiple reflections of a man's face	Original acrylic	1974		Donated by alumna Muffy Cullen
Set 1: Art no. 1, Crocodile Dundee, Turkey, Eagle, Nine Lives	Assorted Note Cards	1995	5 X 7	Purchased by Joan Naturale, NTID Librarian
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