DEAF MEDIA INC
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Mission Statement
Established in 1974, DEAF Media, Inc., is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to advocating for Deaf arts and to developing cultural, educational, and professional opportunities for the Deaf community with a particular emphasis on Deaf children and their families. This mission is accomplished through television production, live performance, community events and special programming done in partnership with Bay Area cultural institutions, such as the San Francisco Fine Arts Museums—de Young & Legion of Honor, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Oakland Museum of California; as well as through technical assistance to the film and television industry.
About This Cause
DEAF Media By The Numbers: For 40 years, DEAF Media has worked to secure recognition of the arts, culture and language of Deaf America--and, to provide meaningful access and participation for the Deaf community to Bay Area cultural institutions. Here is a sample of some of our accomplishments • 3 Emmy Awards for pioneering television work serving the Deaf community • 6 DEAF Media Salons with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts • 8 Annual Deaf Showcases at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts • 8 Productions of Celebration: Deaf Artists and Performers, the first continuing festival of Deaf artists and performers • 8 Episodes of Rainbow's End (KQED-PBS) the first and only national TV series for Deaf children • 8 Additional television productions • 18 DEAF Media productions featuring Deaf Artists and storytellers as part of Oakland Museum festivals • 12 Professional gallery exhibitions for Deaf artists • 17 Feasts for the Eyes celebrating ASL storytelling • 22 Professional development workshops for Deaf artists • 24 Additional live productions of Deaf presentations • 57 DEAF Media family programs with Deaf Artists at the Oakland Museum of California • 76 Deaf Docents Tours of the Bay Area arts museums • 78 Percent Deaf majority Board • 133 Episodes of Silent Perspectives (KCSM-PBS), the first TV talk- show of, by, and for the Deaf • 326 Deaf-centered co productions with Bay Area arts and ed. partners • 611 Weeks of Dial-a-News, the nations first TTY Community Bulletin Board • 51,600+ Deaf and hearing students, teachers and parents enlightened by the ASL storytellers of the DEAN project