Students from The Learning Center for the Deaf (TLC) presented their art and their world view to students at Tenacre Country Day School at an "Understanding Differences Assembly" on Monday, January 9th. TLC students taught Tenacre students American Sign Language (ASL) through stories, poems and songs in sign. Tenacre students will reciprocate and visit TLC in April.
In addition, an art exhibit created by TLC students and titled, "Deaf Eyes" opened at Tenacre on January 9 and be available through January 13, 2012.  In preparation for the exhibit, TLC students studied De'VIA and focused on the use of hands and ASL, Deaf "Eyes", and Deaf History. 
THE DE'VIA MANIFESTO: (Excerpts from Gallaudet University's The Deaf Way Exhibit, May 1989) De'VIA represents Deaf artists and perceptions based on their Deaf experiences.  These experiences may include Deaf metaphors, Deaf perspectives, and Deaf insight in relationship with the environment.  De'VIA can be identified by formal elements such as Deaf artists' possible tendency to use contrasting colors and values, intense colors, and contrasting textures. It may also most often include a centralized focus, with exaggeration or emphasis on facial features, especially eyes, mouths, ears, and hands. 
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