02/10/2026
DAS celebrates the life and legacy of Deaf artist Chuck Baird—whose work made ASL visible through art.
Image Description: A social media graphic titled "Celebrating the Life of Deaf Artist Chuck Baird."
Visuals: The background is a soft, multicolored wash of artistic textures. In the center is a square portrait of Chuck Baird, a man with a salt-and-pepper beard and red-rimmed glasses, looking over the frames at the viewer. Below the portrait are his life dates: February 22, 1947 – February 10, 2012. Near the bottom center is the logo for Deaf Access Solutions (DAS).
Key Text Highlights:
Official curator of Deaf Way II art exhibitions at Gallaudet and the Washington DC area in 2002.
Involved with Deaf View Image Art (De’VIA) exhibits throughout the country.
Served as Artist in Residence at over 30 Deaf Schools.
Portrayed life through the lens of American Sign Language.
Featured Artwork: A row of three paintings at the bottom illustrates Baird's signature style of blending ASL handshapes with nature:
Left: A coyote in a desert landscape under a sky where the clouds form a large, signing figure.
Middle: A close-up of a face with a hand held to the mouth, the fingers painted in bright, rainbow colors.
Right: A vast blue ocean where a giant hand emerges from the water, mirroring the shape of a wave.