2026 BIPOC DEAF ARTISTS & DEAF ART GALLERY
BIPOC DEAF ARTS
BIPOC DEAF ARTISTS & DEAF ART GALLERY
Video Application
BAY AREA DEAF ARTS
Flash News!! Are you an artist? Do you have artwork you want to show in a gallery? We want you to apply for the 2026 BIPOC Deaf Artists & Deaf Art Gallery happening in Oakland in February 2026!
https://forms.gle/YuvunbtRTR1Q9fm89
Deadline: Wednesday Jan 14th, 2026 11:59 PST
We welcome all Deaf, DeafBlind, Hard of Hearing, Late-Deafened, Blind, Disabled, Hearing, or other identities of artists to apply! Check out April share more in ASL! Please share and spread the word! [Video Description: (Video length: 2 minutes 40 seconds) Vlogger: April, an Afro-American female, is wearing a short-sleeved multicolored dashiki top and a pair of orange-silver earrings. She stands in front of a swirly bright blue background. Opening Slide: A three panel video L to R: A green plant submerged in cloudy water that is dyed pink, a black woman with thick dark brown hair plays with a disco ball, a close up of slow moving creamy liquid. Neon pink text in center: BIPOC DEAF & DEAF ART GALLERY. Top right and left: black text SPRING, 2026, CC and interpreter logos. Lower right left: black text ASL VLOG FEATURING APRIL SCOTT, UJDC logo, black text WWW.REALURBANJAZZDANCE.COM
[Begin Transcript: April: Are you an Artist?? Do you want to show your artwork in a Gallery Exhibition? Yes?? We want YOU to apply for the 2026 BIPOC Deaf and Deaf Art Gallery!
This Gallery Exhibition will be at Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland, California February 2026! Who can apply? Anyone can, including Deaf, DeafBlind, HOH, Late-Deafened, Blind, Disabled, Hearing, or other identity! Are you ready to fill out the form? There’s four important things you need to do: First, you must submit two color headshot photos and upload your pictures to this form. Second, you must submit two to five color photos of your artwork you want to display. Third, you must be able to create one new artwork for this gallery. Finally, provide your self description; describe what you look like. Fill out the form before the deadline! Wednesday, Jan 14th 2026, 11:59 PST. You can find the online form here: https://forms.gle/YuvunbtRTR1Q9fm89. Applications are accepted on a first come, first served basis. This gallery exhibition provides opportunities for Deaf and hearing people to present their art for at least a full month, stipend payments, and extra stipend to teach workshops. It’s a great paid opportunity for Black and BIPOC Deaf Artists. Don’t miss the deadline, apply now! If you have any questions, please email Mx. Hunter at [email protected]. Please share with your community. We cannot wait to receive your forms soon! Thank you. End Transcript] Closing Slide: A pink and purple gradient background with graphics of pink and yellow orange gradient bubbles, gray circles, transparent collection of dots in a cube shape and neon white collection of dots in a circle shape. In a large yellow circle with a white border in the upper center of the screen is the UJDC logo. Below in yellow and white text: “ASL Vlog created by Urban Jazz Dance Company Access Services. Vlogger: April Scott.” On the bottom from left to right in yellow and white text: “www.realurbanjazzdance.com @urbanjazzdancecompany.” End Video Description]
Bay Area Deaf Arts celebrate and center the art forms and cultural expression historically rooted in the Deaf community, raising Deaf awareness in non-Deaf populations, and inviting collaboration between Hearing and Deaf artists. Curated by renowned performer and activist Antoine Hunter for SOMArts’ Curatorial Residency program, this exhibition asks us: Where are the voices of Deaf and Deaf people of color? What truths are we willing to listen to? Do you know they have more to show than just talk about Deaf culture itself?
This exhibition celebrates the shared language of the Bay Area Deaf community, American Sign Language (ASL). Hunter invites audiences to listen and learn about Deaf arts, Deaf Queer arts, Deaf BIPOC arts, Deaf women arts, Deaf with disabilities and more. The virtual gallery and accompanying programs are open to both Deaf and Hearing community members in any location around the world.
Flash News!! Are you an artist? Do you have artwork you want to show in a gallery? We want you to apply for the 2026 BIPOC Deaf Artists & Deaf Art Gallery happening in Oakland in February 2026!
https://forms.gle/YuvunbtRTR1Q9fm89
Deadline: Wednesday Jan 14th, 2026 11:59 PST
We welcome all Deaf, DeafBlind, Hard of Hearing, Late-Deafened, Blind, Disabled, Hearing, or other identities of artists to apply! Check out April share more in ASL! Please share and spread the word! [Video Description: (Video length: 2 minutes 40 seconds) Vlogger: April, an Afro-American female, is wearing a short-sleeved multicolored dashiki top and a pair of orange-silver earrings. She stands in front of a swirly bright blue background. Opening Slide: A three panel video L to R: A green plant submerged in cloudy water that is dyed pink, a black woman with thick dark brown hair plays with a disco ball, a close up of slow moving creamy liquid. Neon pink text in center: BIPOC DEAF & DEAF ART GALLERY. Top right and left: black text SPRING, 2026, CC and interpreter logos. Lower right left: black text ASL VLOG FEATURING APRIL SCOTT, UJDC logo, black text WWW.REALURBANJAZZDANCE.COM
[Begin Transcript: April: Are you an Artist?? Do you want to show your artwork in a Gallery Exhibition? Yes?? We want YOU to apply for the 2026 BIPOC Deaf and Deaf Art Gallery!
This Gallery Exhibition will be at Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland, California February 2026! Who can apply? Anyone can, including Deaf, DeafBlind, HOH, Late-Deafened, Blind, Disabled, Hearing, or other identity! Are you ready to fill out the form? There’s four important things you need to do: First, you must submit two color headshot photos and upload your pictures to this form. Second, you must submit two to five color photos of your artwork you want to display. Third, you must be able to create one new artwork for this gallery. Finally, provide your self description; describe what you look like. Fill out the form before the deadline! Wednesday, Jan 14th 2026, 11:59 PST. You can find the online form here: https://forms.gle/YuvunbtRTR1Q9fm89. Applications are accepted on a first come, first served basis. This gallery exhibition provides opportunities for Deaf and hearing people to present their art for at least a full month, stipend payments, and extra stipend to teach workshops. It’s a great paid opportunity for Black and BIPOC Deaf Artists. Don’t miss the deadline, apply now! If you have any questions, please email Mx. Hunter at [email protected]. Please share with your community. We cannot wait to receive your forms soon! Thank you. End Transcript] Closing Slide: A pink and purple gradient background with graphics of pink and yellow orange gradient bubbles, gray circles, transparent collection of dots in a cube shape and neon white collection of dots in a circle shape. In a large yellow circle with a white border in the upper center of the screen is the UJDC logo. Below in yellow and white text: “ASL Vlog created by Urban Jazz Dance Company Access Services. Vlogger: April Scott.” On the bottom from left to right in yellow and white text: “www.realurbanjazzdance.com @urbanjazzdancecompany.” End Video Description]
Bay Area Deaf Arts celebrate and center the art forms and cultural expression historically rooted in the Deaf community, raising Deaf awareness in non-Deaf populations, and inviting collaboration between Hearing and Deaf artists. Curated by renowned performer and activist Antoine Hunter for SOMArts’ Curatorial Residency program, this exhibition asks us: Where are the voices of Deaf and Deaf people of color? What truths are we willing to listen to? Do you know they have more to show than just talk about Deaf culture itself?
This exhibition celebrates the shared language of the Bay Area Deaf community, American Sign Language (ASL). Hunter invites audiences to listen and learn about Deaf arts, Deaf Queer arts, Deaf BIPOC arts, Deaf women arts, Deaf with disabilities and more. The virtual gallery and accompanying programs are open to both Deaf and Hearing community members in any location around the world.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Bay Area native Antoine Hunter, also known Purple Fire Crow, is an award-winning Internationally-known African-American, Indigenous, Deaf, Disabled, choreographer, dancer, actor, instructor, speaker, Producer and Deaf advocate. He creates opportunities for Disable, Deaf and hearing artists and produces Deaf-friendly events, and founded the Urban Jazz Dance Company and Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival.
Antoine has received numerous grants and awards including the inaugural Jeanette Lomujo Bremond Award for Humanity, Isadora Duncan (Izzie) for Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival, and SF King of Carnaval.
Antoine’s work has been performed globally, most recently in Turkey, the UK, and Russia. He has lectured across the U.S. including at Kennedy Center’s VSA, Harvard and Duke University, and the National Assembly of State Arts. In 2019 alone, his company, Urban Jazz Dance Company, an ensemble of professional Deaf and Hearing dancers, performed for and engaged more than 4,200 schoolchildren. His shoe company, DropLabs, and Susan Paley just released an innovative product to help people feel music through their shoes. He is Vice President of Deaf Counseling, Advocacy and Referral Agency (DCARA’s) Board. DCARA is a non-profit, community-based social service agency serving the Deaf community. Established in 1962 as one of the first Deaf-run agencies in the country.
Past artists
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EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Antoine Hunter ASL Love clare cassidy Deepa Agarwal Drago Renteria Gungaa Tuvshinbat Jon Kastrup Orkid Sassouni CURATOR Antoine Hunter |
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“A pattern of light emerges through my comprehension of a patina of understanding of my traumatic childhood, identity crisis and adulthood journey; though fragmented, vivid and without resolution. I seek to make the world brighter, more colorful, joyful and to give the viewer an optimistic outlook and help deal with the negativity in the world,”
shares artist Jon Kastrup.
shares artist Jon Kastrup.