Deaf Awareness Week 2019

Working with BID Services Youth Club

May 6-12th was Deaf Awareness Week in the UK. RAW delivered several projects including one with BID Services Youth Club, Birmingham based around Deaf identity. It followed on from an earlier project we ran with adults in Wolverhampton where we created a giant (5ft high) cardboard sculpture of signing hands, decorated with posters, drawings and words made by Deaf and hearing people (see photos at the bottom of this blog).

Young people with the final giant signing hands, now in the reception of BID SERVICES.

Some of the brilliant creative work being made.

Deaf Awareness at Mossley Community Arts Club

Gary explaining what BSL is

What NOT to say when you meet a Deaf person!

Our very own #DAWRoleModels2019 Gary O'Dowd led a Deaf Awareness session as part of our regular Community Arts Club on Tuesday evenings, 4.30-6.30pm at Mattesley Court, Walsall.

Giant signing hands for DeafFest 2019

Our giant signing hands made by adults at Zebra Access Art Day 18.4.19

A slideshow of closeups of the artwork created by mixed hearing and Deaf people at our joint Art Day with Zebra Access at Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton.
The sculpture will be on show at Deaffest at Lighthouse Media Centre 17-19 May 2019. RAW will have at stall 10am-4pm on Saturday 18th May. Come and meet us!

Fingerspelling alphabet