Storytelling: The Deaf Experience as told through Sequential Art and Theater
The 2012-2013 Edmund Lyon Memorial Lectureship Series will delve into the work of two deaf individuals--a deaf cartoonist and a deaf actor--who have portrayed the deaf experience using sequential art and through theater. Their work incorporates the deaf experience in telling a story but using different narrative approaches and techniques.
The speakers will present their experiences in telling stories through the lens of the Deaf experience and how they apply their unique approaches to storytelling. Both speakers, who are Deaf, have shared their stories with a wide audience--one through the web comic format and the other through theatrical performances. They seize the Deaf experience, and through that, make people laugh, cry, and view events in life and literature in a different perspective. Our invited speakers will present their ideas and paradigms, share diverse experiences, and bring scholarly perspectives for us to consider and discuss.
This series is a joint venture of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), and the Rochester School for the Deaf.
Current Speakers:
"The Deaf Experience As Told Through Sequential Art"
Thursday, October 25, 20127:00 pmStudent Development Center (SDC) - Room 1300/1310
This lecture will educate audiences on the world of cartooning from the perspective of a deaf artist. Daigle will share his experiences growing up with the desire to create art and how he found his niche with cartooning. He will explore the elements of storytelling, sequential art, and how they relate to cartooning specifically and the challenges of entertaining Deaf/HoH and Hearing audiences alike. Daigle will touch on how he manages to incorporate a 3-D language such as ASL into a medium that is 2-D and how he draws on his own deaf experiences to entertain thousands worldwide.
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Presentation:
"The Art of Storytelling: Various Ways of Telling a Story and Why it is a Vital Part of Deaf Culture"
Thursday, March 21, 2013
7:00 p.m.
Student Development Center, SDC-1300/1310 (Bldg. 55)
Rochester Institute of Technology
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
This lecture is about the art of storytelling where Rosa Lee talks about different ways of telling a story and why it is one of the core values of Deaf Culture. In-depth breakdown of different storytelling types, video samples of ASL Storytelling, and a brief live performane are what the lecture will be about.
Follow-Up Workshop:
"The Art of Storytelling: Hands-On Activities on How to Develop and Execute a Story"
Friday, March 22, 2013
3:00 p.m.
RIT ASL and Deaf Studies Community Center* (RADSCC), SAU-2510/2530 (Bldg. 4)
Rochester Institute of Technology
*Limited seating; reserve a seat with RIT computer account at www.ntid.rit.edu/pd/events/events.php.
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