ID: A pink banner splat on a red patterned background, with text inside the splat: “April 2024”. On the right side is a black silhouette of a rabbit wearing a yellow beanie blowing a teal bubble gum with black text: “Seattle Deaf Film Festival”.
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: Renca in a black sweater and a black beanie hat with the Deaf Spotlight logo on it front of a red patterned background and a teal bubble gum pop with text inside: “SDFF TIX ON SALE!”
SEE OUR FESTIVAL’S AMAZING FILMS VIRTUALLY!
Streaming tickets/passes available online via Eventive!
From April 8 - 22, 2024, with the Virtual Pass, you can stream all the films online or Individuals Program Tickets to watch the specific programs you choose.
ID: Flyer for Grant Writing Workshop, with white and yellow text on a green background. Text: Unlock the grant knowledge and skills with Antoine Hunter and Zahna Simon of Urban Jazz Dance Co to take your art to new heights. An outlined square on the side, with text inside: Free & Virtual! Saturday, May 4, 2024. 10 am - 12 pm PST. Two logos on the bottom left corner, one for Urban Jazz Dance Co and one for Deaf Spotlight with the DS website below, deafspotlight.org . Decorative elements around the border consist of yellow triangles and circles of white dashes.
FREE GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ANTOINE & ZAHNA!
Come learn how to write a project grant to elevate your arts! This FREE workshop is intended for those who are new to grant writing. Antoine Hunter and Zahna Simon of Urban Jazz Dance Company will share their experiences and tips!
Focus:
– Discussing what grants are out there, deadlines, etc
– What you need to begin and prepare for your art grants
– Your grant questions
When: Saturday, May 4, 2024
Time: 10 am - 12 pm PST / 1 -3 pm EST
Platform: ZOOM
RSVP BY MAY 1, 2024
Access needs: info@deafspotlight.org
Zahna Simon: A San Francisco native and Deaf from birth, Ms Zahna is a professional dancer, chemist, avid health nutritionist, researcher and Deaf advocate. Ms Zahna is the Assistant Director for Urban Jazz Dance Company and the Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival and a full time office manager at a Professional Fiduciary Office. She has been featured in KPBS TV, CBS Bay Sunday, Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher Magazine and Ikouii Creative’s Book, IN THE STUDIO, published on Stance on Dance and was a Deaf Editor for Sins Invalid Disability Justice Primer.
Follow Zahna: @deafenpointe
Antoine Hunter: A Bay Area native, Antoine Hunter also known as Purple Fire Crow is an award-winning Internationally-known African-American, Indigenous, Deaf, Disabled, choreographer, dancer, actor, instructor, speaker, Producer and Deaf advocate. He creates opportunities for Disabled, Deaf and hearing artists and produces Deaf-friendly events, and founded the Urban Jazz Dance Company and Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival.
Follow Antoine: @thegreatdancerah
Check out our upcoming events!
Summer Solstice Art Exhibit: June 1-30, 2024
Deaf Lit Fest: Oct 11-12, 2024
Halloween Party: Oct 27, 2024
More details to come soon!
ID: Community Art Exhibit 2004: Summer Solstice Flyer with a light yellow background. Headliner text: “Community Art Exhibit 2024:” Underneath is light blue text “Summer” and dark blue text “Solstice.” There is a sun in between. In the middle are two images with few suns near the top of the images. Text: “June 1-30, 2024, Seattle, WA.”
ID: Save the date flyer for Deaf Spotlight’s Halloween Party, with a black space in the middle of a black and white photo collage showing people wearing different costumes. Text inside the black space: “Save the Date: Sunday, Oct 27, 2024. Deaf Spotlight’s Halloween Party. Time Travel to Past, Present, & Future. Show up in your favorite era!“.
ID: Flyer for “Deaf Lit Fest” on a light blue background and a drawing of a pair of hand holding an orange book with the DS logo on the cover. A pair of blue hands extends from inside the pages. Text under title: “Oct 11-12 2024. Seattle, WA.” Scraps of book pages decorate the border.
ID: Announcement showing yellow ticket stub on a blue background, with text on it: “Free Community tickets to Seattle Art Museum or Seattle Asian Art Museum for Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Members! Tinyurl.com/ds-sam2024 .” Logos for Deaf Spotlight and SAM on bottom.
Free Seattle Art Museum tickets to Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, and Hard of Hearing community members!
Back for 2nd year, Deaf Spotlight will distribute FREE museum tickets to Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, and Hard of Hearing community members through the Seattle Art Museum Community Pass Program. Many thanks to the Seattle Art Museum!
Please fill out the form below with your name, your mailing address, and how many tickets you would like to get. Each person can get up to 4 tickets. Your tickets must be used by December 31, 2024.
The tickets can be redeemed at both locations: Seattle Art Museum (Downtown) and Seattle Asian Art Museum (Volunteer Park) during regular hours.
Many thanks to Seattle Art Museum’s Community Pass Program for making this accessible for all!
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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!
ID: DS Annual Report 2022 with a dark gray background with some shapes on right: a doubled orange circle in upper corner, blue slanted lines in middle, and blue triangle from the bottom. Upper left has yellow text” “20. 22.” Deaf Spotlight logo is on right of “2022” and above white text: “Annual Report.”
Read our Annual Report 2022!
[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.
ID: a white background with black brushstrokes, white capitalized text on left: "2011, The beginning of Seattle Deaf Film Festival with Rob Roth, Howie Seago and Jason Plourde," and Seattle Deaf Film Festival poster on right- a blue sky with clouds and Public Pike Market-inspired signage of "Seattle Deaf Film Festival," at bottom, "March 30 - April 1, 2012, University of Washington, Kane Hall 120, various logos at bottom.
Retrospective Video Series
It all begins with Seattle Deaf Film Festival! Rob Roth, Howie Seago and Jason Plourde shared stories how did the SDFF took place and how did it led to the inception of Deaf Spotlight!
We will release 10 films in honor of Deaf Spotlight’s 10th Anniversary. Check out other videos below!
