ASL Final - Douglas Tilden
He was the first California sculptor to get what?
Recognition and worldwide fame outside the US
What Deaf community did he has roots in?
San Francisco Bay Deaf community
What was he commissioned to make?
A bronze statue to memorialize California
(T or F) When he became an art teacher he needed interpreters and technology for communication
False, he said "I do not plan to make them talk, I plan to make them work."
(T or F) his mentor was Paul Choppin, a famous sculptor, but he wasn't Deaf
False, he was Deaf
(T or F) when he came back he no longer cared about the Deaf community
False, he was very interested in the rights and well being of the Deaf community
When and how did he die?
He died of heart failure in 1935
Though he was a teacher at the school, what inspired him?
His brother's sculptures
What is he remembered for?
Remembered in the art world and activism against the suppression of sign language for educating Deaf children
What else did he help organize and drafted the constitution and bylaws for?
The California Association of the Deaf
In 1889 he helped organize what?
The International Congress of the Deaf and he was voted Vice President at its first convention in Paris
(T or F) James Duval Phelan (the rich mayor of SF) and a US Senator became Tilden's patron?
True
(T or F) he proposed a bill to fight the rising tide of oralism
True
(T or F) he went to the California school of the deaf when he was five and insisted his family learned ASL
True
When and how did he become Deaf?
When he was 4 he had scarlet fever
After 8 years he returned to California. His work was exhibited with what?
Work from Monet, Rembrandt, and Delacroix
When did he graduate from the California School of the Deaf in Berkeley?
1880
When did he travel to Paris?
1888
Some of his best works are still standing. What are they?
Mechanics, the Football Player, the Baseball Player, and Father Junipero Serra The bear hunt