Betty G Miller - the Mother of De'VIA exhibits at NTID

Betty G. Miller is known as the Mother of De'VIA (art about the Deaf experience). NTID @ RIT is hosting a Retrospective of her work in the Dyer Arts Center. The exhibit features over 35 pieces of Betty's work spanning 30 years and covering a vareity of mediums and subject matter. The show also exhibits 10 works by Betty's Deaf father, Ralph Miller. While Betty followed in her father's footsteps with her interest in the visual arts, it was Betty who inspired her father to explore creating art about the Deaf experience.

Betty has been instrumental in fostering literary and artistic expressions of the Deaf experience via her own creations, her involvement in Spectrum, a Deaf artists colony in Austin, Texas in the late 1970s, the De'VIA weeklong workshop and manifesto in 1989, and as a teacher at Gallaudet University and more.

There is no one quite like Betty and there is no artwork quite like hers either - she and they are one-of-a-kind. We are thrilled that the Dyer Arts center is hosting this exhibit (open until November 12). NTID Fall Deaf Cinema Students took video at the Betty G. Miller exhibit at NTID and then produced short docs.

Several technical problems surfaced with the cameras (with limited video function) and editing software used but its a good start - especially considering none of the students are film majors.

for more on Betty G Miller and to see more of her work - go to:
http://bettigee.purple-swirl.com/ and http://www.rit.edu/deafartists

Ayaz Ali - "In/Visible" Critique

Critque of "Soulmate" by Kyle Redefer

To view the film Soulmate - click the title and scroll down 

Critique of "A deaf person's guide to sound sensitive" by Nick Wolfe

Deafhood

Critique of "Black" by Martin Brenneis

Critique of "Love is Never Silent" by Kimberly DeBlase

Critique "Mr. V" by Kevin Wolfe

to view "Mr. V" by Wayne Betts, Jr click title, scroll down to "Mr. V" then click play

Critique "Help Me" by Anthony Russo

to view "Help Me" by Kamau Buchanan click title, scroll down and click play

Critique of "Don't mind?" by Ruan du Plessis

to view the film "Don't Mind?" click title and then click the blue text "play video text" under still pix

critique of "I am not from HEAR" by Ruthie Jordan

© Ruthie Jordan - critique of "I am not from HEAR"

2nd film project - film depicting what Deafhood means

2nd film project was to make a 5-10 minute film relating to Deafhood
ASL / words were allowed
encouraged to think out of the box and as visually as possible

Storyboards were shared with class for input first

could work with a classmate

having difficulty uploading the other short films - will try to get them up soon

"Deaf Lottery" by Nick and Kevin Wolfe
(c) 2008 5:23 min
Inspired by the play "The Lottery"

"Deafhood" by Ruan du Plessis and Anthony Russo
(c) 2008 11:48 mins
Examination of the Facts and Fiction behind CI and the Deaf Community

"Lookdown" by Ayaz Ali
(c) 2008 5:04 min.
Examines the deficit view many folks hold of Deaf Culture

"The Journey of Deaf World" by Kimberly DeBlase and Kyle Redefer

(c) 2008 5:23 min

The journey between the Deaf world vs. Hearing world

1st Assignment - Deaf identity short film w/o words, text, signs

1st Assignment was to make a film about their Deaf identity
5 minutes or less long. No words, texts or signs

Distraction

Yusley's Deaf Video

Kevin's Deafhood

Deaf Movie

Michel's Movie

Ghost Mirror

Ruan's ID

Deaf Identity

Bloom like a Flower

Welcome to NTID Deaf Cinema

Welcome to our class blog

The Deaf Cinema course is a new pilot course and we will be posting some of our short films where we are experimenting with developing visual stories and filmmaking techniques

We also hope to vlog a bit about some Deaf films we have been viewing