EASTERN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, WILSON Campus Information: (252) 237-2450 Location Student Activity/Recreation Complex, Lobby Artist Betty Miller Biography Miller is an educator, consultant and an artist who is deaf. She has exhibited her work across the United States, and for 18 years she taught art at Gallaudet University, a school for the deaf. She received her doctorate degree in art education from Pennsylvania State University and a M.F.A. degree from the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, MD. Title, date American Sign Language: Past, Present, and Future, 1996 Artwork, media Sculpture, neon

Project Description A neon sculpture is suspended in the lobby of the student recreation complex. The work is divided into three sections, each symbolizing a different period in the history of American Sign Language. The bottom section, composed of dark hues, represents the oppression people who are deaf experienced in the past using ASL. Colors mix in the middle section, symbolizing the increasing acceptance of ASL and the top symbolizes complete acceptance of ASL. Pre-selection panel Louis W. Cherry, architect, Cherry Hufmann Architects, PA; Lu Glover, art teacher, ENCSD; John Hancock, assistant professor, Barton College; Deborah Sonnenstrahl, professor, Gallaudet University; Hal Wright, Special Needs Principal, ENCSD.