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Brenda Schertz focuses on American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf studies, with particular attention to Deaf culture in art, film, and theatre. She has coordinated the annual Maine Deaf Film Festival for twelve years and co-chaired the Deaf Rochester Film Festival in 2017. Additionally, she has conducted independent studies on Deaf View Image Art (De'VIA), organizing the first documented curated exhibit in 1993 and subsequent exhibits in Boston and Oakland. Brenda's work includes support from Harlan Lane at Northeastern University for the year-long, seven-city National Touring Exhibit on Deaf Culture Art in 1999. In 2018, she curated 'Form: Non-Objective Art by Deaf Artists' at the Dyer Arts Center of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Schertz teaches courses on translation related to interpreting ASL to English and vice versa, and offers seminars regarding the complexities of Deaf interpreting. Her publications reflect her commitment to the exploration of cultural elements through the lens of Deaf artists.
Department of Architecture