DE'VIA DEAF ART FESTIVAL
DE'VIA DEAF ART EXTRAVAGANZA
The Deaf Art Festival Week aligns with Deaf Cultural Center’s mission to provide educational and resourceful programs and activities to inspire a deeper appreciation and understanding of the lives of diverse deaf people, including their language, culture, experiences, achievements and contributions worldwide.
Famed Deaf artists and emerging artists will come from all over the United States to set up booths and showcase their artwork during the Deaf Art Festival. Along with the incredible works of Deaf Art expected to be displayed, our De'VIA Deaf Art Festival Week will include:
- Deaf Artists Retreat- for artists and art teachers, a three-day retreat to be held Kansas School for the Deaf (KSD).
- Meet the Artists: Wine & Cheese Soiree- honoring current Deaf artists during the evening of Thursday, June 27th at DCC’s Marra Museum.
- De’VIA Gala- celebrating the remarkable achievements of the late Chuck Baird at the Ritz Charles Hotel in Overland Park. This Gala will include an live auction of Deaf Arts and entertainment.
- Deaf Art Festival & De’VIA Children’s Program to be hosted during Olathe Downtown Art Festival.
DEAF CULTURAL CENTER
The Deaf Cultural Center's (DCC) mission is to provide educational and resourceful programs and activities to inspire a deeper appreciation and understanding of the lives of diverse deaf people, including their language, culture, experiences, achievements and contributions worldwide.
DCC is home to the William J. Marra Museum of Deaf History located in Olathe, Kansas. It offers you the opportunity to learn about a world within a world. The Deaf community is just like any other group. We all have hopes and dreams and ambitions -- and most of all, we all have history. It is that history that tells the story of being Deaf in America.
Unlike other museums, the William J. Marra Museum of Deaf History and Deaf Culture takes you back through a rich heritage, right up to the present day and then catapults you into the future.
We are a non-profit 501c3 Foundation. We offer group tours and special events by appointment. There is no admission fee but donations are greatly appreciated. Annual memberships are available starting at $50.00 dollars per year.