David Call linocut prints

Collection

Identifier: Coll 565

Content Description

The collection contains 18 original black and white linocut prints on topics related to deaf culture in the United States.

Dates

Creation: 2011-2015, 2018-2019

Creator

Call, David (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Biographical / Historical

David Call is a Deaf artist from California. He recieved the B.A degree at Gallaudet University and the M.A. degree in Special Education at California State University, Northridge. He currently teaches Visual Arts at the California School for the Deaf, Fremont. Although he has explored different art mediums from ink drawing to stained glass, his work is predominantly large sized prints done with linocut. He credits his inspiration from The Maze by William Kurelek. Most of his work focuses on the cultural history of Deaf people as an ethnic minority.