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Mission: Deaf Spotlight inspires and showcases Deaf Culture and Sign Languages through the arts.
Vision: Deaf Spotlight illuminates the artist within every Deaf person.
ID: A white banner with colorful circles and rings dotting the background with several cut-out photos in a row in the center. The BIPOC Deaf Arts Grant logo is on top right corner with “2024 Grant Recipients” underneath. Four cut-out photos form a cluster in the middle with names underneath each picture. Clockwise from top left corner: Dickie Hearts, Davina Mayor, Jessie Zhang, and Brandy Mimms. The Deaf Spotlight logo is on the bottom right corner.
BIPOC Deaf Arts Grant Recipients 2024
Deaf Spotlight is excited to announce the 2024 recipients of the BIPOC Deaf Arts Grant! From 26 applicants, we narrowed it to 4 best candidates based on the strength and diversity of their portfolios, clarity of their plans/goals and potential momentum to push their work forward with our funding.
The recipients are:
We’re thrilled to continue this grant to support the next group of emerging and experienced BIPOC Deaf artists. Handwaves! We can’t wait to see what they create with this grant.
PURPOSE
The Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Deaf Arts Grant is an annual program that provides financial support for emerging and established artists to further advance their careers.
Deaf Spotlight’s mission is to inspire and showcase Deaf Culture and Sign Languages through the arts. The Deaf Arts Grant will make a crucial difference for BIPOC Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled and Hard of Hearing artists to thrive in the challenging arts field.
To sign up for grant updates and opportunities, please email BIPOCDeafArtsGrant@deafspotlight.org.
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ID: Flyer with ripped orange paper strip on bottom half against a black background. White text on top: “$4,351 away from our $20K fundraising goal!. Donate now to 12/31/2024.” In middle: white text: “Let's Uplift Deaf Arts, Spark New Possibilities.” Underneath, in light green hue, a group of four people (from left, Elsa Sjunneson, Ross Showalter, Awet Moges and Patty Liang) participated in an author panel at the Deaf Lit Fest 2024. Deaf Spotlight logo at the bottom middle.
We are $4,351 away from our $20K fundraising goal!
Thank you to all 79 INCREDIBLE donors who helped raise a total of $15,649 to support Deaf Spotlight!
The proceeds will go towards Deaf Spotlight’s mission of inspiring and showcasing Deaf Culture and Sign Languages through the arts. Your donation will help Deaf Spotlight build a creative legacy supporting Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled and Hard of Hearing artists and their work, and create experiences for communities to come together and enjoy the arts.
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Together, we can create lasting change and empower individuals through the arts.
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CONGRATS TO SDFF 2024 WINNERS!
Congratulations to the award winners for Seattle Deaf Film Festival 2024! SDFF viewers selected these films as four of their favorites.
Best Comedy: Shhh! by Shamir Raiapov, Kyrgyzstan
Best Drama: Diagnonsense by Samuel Dore, United Kingdom
Best Documentary: To My Father by Sean Schiavolin, United States
Best Other: Imaginings by Anja Hiddinga, Netherlands
Thank you to all of the Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, and Hard of Hearing filmmakers who joined SDFF 2024. We look forward to seeing your talent continue to grow.
And thank you to everybody who supported our 7th festival! We’ll see you again in 2026.
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Read our Annual Report 2023!
[ID: A white banner with a confetti background of multicolored circles and half circles. The BIPOC Deaf Arts Grant logo is on the top right corner with “2023 Grant Recipients” next to it. Across the bottom are three black and white headshots with yellow blocks containing black text below each BIPOC person. From left to right: Iris Aranda, Radha Mehta, and Quinn West.]
BIPOC Deaf Arts Grant Recipients Selected for 2023
Deaf Spotlight is excited to announce the three 2023 recipients of the BIPOC Deaf Arts Grant!
If you don’t know, BIPOC means Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. The grant is for Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, and hard of hearing artists who are members of oppressed racial groups.
Our mission is to inspire and showcase Deaf Culture and Sign Languages through the arts. We're thrilled to continue this grant to support the new cycle of BIPOC Deaf artists.
The three recipients are:
Congratulations! We can’t wait to see what they create with this grant.
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Check out our Professional Development Survey Infographics 2022
This is our 2nd time to track Professional Development of the Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled and Hard of Hearing artists and creatives.
We are grateful to all who filled out the 2022 survey. This data has helped us start compiling a picture of the Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled and Hard of Hearing art community. We are looking forward to the next year’s data (2024) which will be our third year in doing this survey. Thank you for your support!
