Posts Tagged ‘“Deaf women”’

  • TP - Offical Group Shot

    The Pearls Affair

    August 16th, 2011 | Event Planning, The M Projects, The Pearls | admin | 3 Comments

    PART I: REFLECTING To this day, the event is still reeling in my head. The more I think about it, the event is truly a metaphor of a pearl. It took years of planning and determination to develop the vision in my head. As more ideas were turned into reality, layers were being built. With [...]

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  • Mary Rappazzo

    Mary Rappazzo Video Interview

    April 26th, 2011 | The Pearls | by Sheena | No Comments

    SHEENA: Each artist has their own signature. Certainly, you have one. I noticed you tend paint people with orange faces and green hair. Why is that? MARY: The colors are so important when it comes to painting green hair and orange bodies. I wanted that to start a conversation about that. Really, the one eye, [...]

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  • Gertie Galloway

    Gertrude Galloway Video Interview

    March 22nd, 2011 | The Pearls | admin | No Comments

    GERTIE: All are special to me, but being the President of National Association of the Deaf is the most special to me. Because i was the first woman to be that in 1980. So, they never had a woman president before. People voted for me. That was truly special to me. GERTIE: Really, I have [...]

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  • Erica Hossler

    Erica Hossler Video Interview

    March 15th, 2011 | The Pearls | by Sheena | No Comments

    ERICA: What is EHDI? It stands for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention – a national organization that focuses on deaf babies from birth to three years old. How dId I get involved with EHDI? It all began in 2008 when my mom and I went to the nationwide conference in New Orleans. That was when [...]

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  • TL Forsberg

    TL Forsberg Video Interview

    March 10th, 2011 | The Pearls | by Sheena | 1 Comment

    SHEENA: You are from Canada, correct? Tell me why you came to America. TL: I grew up in Canada, a place called Nova Scotia. My parents live there now and both of my sisters live in Calgary. Calgary as in you know the cowboys – that. When I move to Los Angeles and became an [...]

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