Chuck's Brushes

"Art, No. 2"
24"x30"
Acrylic on Canvas
1993

"I don't paint for the result, as I used to, but rather for the process. I let it lead me to whatever it will be. I often change the subject matter of a work during its progress, the end result depending on the medium. Images could suddenly appear in the middle of the process, and so forth."

-C. Baird

Charles Baird

Born 1947 in Kansas City, MO

Education

1951-1967
Kansas School for the Deaf. Olathe, KS.

1967-1969
Gallaudet University. Washington, DC.

1969-1974
BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, NY.

Professional Experience

2005
Taught classes in oil painting and drawing as an adjunct professor at Gallaudet University, Washington, DC.

2001-2002
Served as special co-coordinator of Visual Art Program and official curator for Deaf Way II at Gallaudet University, Washington, DC.

1991-present
Artist in Education programs and art workshops at schools for the deaf, Sedona's summer art camp for deaf children, and the National Theatre of the Deaf Professional School.

1980-1991
Actor, scenic painter and designer for the National Theatre of the Deaf in Connecticut.

1974-1990
Classroom art teacher at New York State School for the Deaf, Delaware School for the Deaf, Texas School for the Deaf, and Phoenix Day School for the Deaf.

1977- 1980
Staff photographer, visual art program coordinator and curator for Spectrum: Focus on Deaf Artists in Austin, TX.

Commissions

2006
Mixed media of seven portraits of American Deaf heroes, 36"x 48" per portrait for Communication Service for the Deaf. Sioux Falls, SD.

2004
"Upholding the Vision," linear oil paintings on 72"x72" canvases in Brewster Hall at Maine Education Center for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired (formerly the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf). Falmouth, ME.

2003
"Horsemania," painted on a life-size fiberglass horse for the Kentucky Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (KCDHH). Lexington, KY.

1999
"Hands Around the World," 8'x10' mural for Kentucky Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and donated to Bell South. Lousiville, KY.

1998
22-piece mural collaboration with elementary students at Kansas School for the Deaf. Olathe, KS

1998
3'x20' fingerspelling of 'K-E-N-T-U-C-K-Y' made out of foam and oil paint in the lobby of Kentucky Center for the Arts. Louisville, KY

1997
150' mural for The Learning Center for Deaf Children. Farmingham, MA.

1989
10'x30' mural for Deaf Way Festival. Washington, DC.

Exhibitions

2005
Guest exhibitor in a group exhibitior for Tor Tor Tor ("Deaf Deaf Deaf"), Japan's first Deaf Art Festival. Osaka and Yokohama, Japan.

Invitational exhibition, 3rd Annual Deaf Arts Festival. Brooklyn, MI.

2004
Juried art show for Deaf Way Illinois at Daley Center. Chicago, IL.

2002
Deaf Way II; "Effloresce" in Washburn Art Gallery at Gallaudet University. Washington, DC.

2001
Dyers Arts Center's Inaugural Invitation Exhibit at National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Rochester, NY.

2001
"Seeing Through Deaf Eyes" at Prince Street/Blue Mountain Gallery. Chelsea, New York City.

1999-2000
"Deaf Art Exhibit on Tour." Seattle, WA, Rochester, NY, Boston, MA, Covington, KY, Miami, FL, and Brooklyn, MI.

1999
Group Art Show at Deaf Studies Conference V. Oakland, CA.

1998
Group Art Show at Kentucky Deafestival. Louisville, KY.

1997
Art Exhibition at ASL Festival. Rochester, NY.

1996
Deaf Art Show. Essex, MA.

1995
Group Art Show at Deaf Studies Conference. Boston, MA.

1993
One Man Show. San Diego, CA.

1993
Group Art Show at Deaf Studies Conference lll. Chicago, IL.

1991
Juried Art Show at NTID's 25th Anniversary. Rochester, NY.

1989
International Art Exhibition at Deaf Way. Washington, DC.

1988
One-man show at Switzer Gallery. Rochester, NY.

1987
N.T.I.D. Alumni Art Show. Los Angeles, CA.

1986
Celebration Deaf Art Show. Berkeley, CA.

1982
Seattle Deaf Art Festival Exhibit. Seattle, WA.

1979
Texas Deaf Art Show on the floor of the State Capitol's rotunda. Austin, TX.

1976
Solo Art Show at the State Capitol. Dover, DE.

1975
Group Art Show at World Federation of the Deaf Congress. Washington, DC.

1974
Students' Honor Show at Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, NY.

1961
National Scholastic Art Award Show for Oil Painting. New York.

Note: If you are a coordinator of an art show or exhibition and would like to see if Chuck Baird is available to participate, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Collections

Dyer Arts Center, National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Rochester, NY.

Gallaudet University Art Collection. Washington, DC.

DawnSignPress. San Diego, CA.

Kentucky Commission On Deaf and Hard Hearing. Frankfort, KY.

Bernard Bragg Art Collection. Los Angeles, CA.

Publications

Officical Deaf Way II Art Poster, Gallaudet Bookstore. 2002

Stationary Cards by DawnSignPress. 1995

"Chuck Baird 35 Plates" by DawnSignPress in San Diego. 1993