ASL Hungry
Similar to Bag Lady paintings v. 1(sold) and v.2 (at Art Museum of Greater Lafayette).
This painting is about a Deaf Activist going fight to prevent ASL Language extinct.
The four Deaf hunger strikers at Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf , October 2015. WPSD Boards and Supt did not meet them for discussed the demands of ASL, Deaf Children's Education Rights and 75% DEAF Board of Trustees in Deaf Education. The WPSD and WSPD community threw them into the trash cans.
The Bag man carried ASL and Deaf Children’s Education in the bag to keep going with the cause.
ASL HUNGRY
16 inch by 20 inch
oil on canvas
November 7,2015
Sold to RIT Libraries, permanent collection