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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><B><FONT
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Flying Words Project--a
performance of stories and poems in American Sign Language by deaf
performing artist Peter Cook and his hearing collaborator Kenny
Lerner</SPAN></FONT></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Institute for Community Research, in
collaboration with the Carol Autorino Center for the Arts and Humanities
at Saint Joseph College and the National Theater of the Deaf, will present
the poetry of Flying Words Project in a performance featuring deaf poet
Peter Cook and 'hearing voice' Kenny Lerner. The performance will take
place on Friday, November 4 at 7:30 pm, at Hoffman Auditorium on the
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Saint Joseph</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> campus at
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">1678 Asylum Avenue,
West</st1:Street> <st1:City w:st="on">Hartford</st1:City></st1:address>.
The poets will hold a 'talk back' with the audience after their
performance. Tickets are priced at $18 general admission, with discounts
for seniors, alumni, students and children (K-8).
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Flying Words Project has brought American Sign
Language (ASL) poetry to hearing and deaf audiences around the world.
Their work bridges many genres of poetry and performance, seamlessly
incorporating spoken word with an emphasis on performance rather than
text; the craft of acting as it conveys expression through movement; and
ASL as an evocative, symbolic, body-centered form of
communication.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Internationally renowned deaf artist Cook brings
the words of poetry to life through ASL and body language. Whether
depicting a deer leaping into a battlefield or a leaf landing in a pond,
Cook becomes the moving picture before the audience. Interwoven with
Cook's imagery are the spoken words and sound effects of collaborator
Lerner, a professor at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at
Rochester Institute of Technology.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"To
witness the work of Flying Words Project is to witness a milestone in
literary history," Dirksen Bauman, Associate Professor at <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Gallaudet</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> has noted.
"Flying Words Project has accomplished what poets have been trying to do
for several centuries now; to make their poems more visual, more embodied,
more alive."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Flying Words Project has performed nationally and
in Europe in places such as the <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Walker</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Art</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceName> in <st1:City
w:st="on">Minneapolis</st1:City>, <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Harvard</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>, The People's Poetry Gathering in
NYC, and Theatre de Lucernaire in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Paris</st1:place></st1:City>. They have received grants from the
New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts,
and the Puffin Foundation. Cook and Lerner began collaborating on Flying
Words Project in 1984. They are the authors of two videotape anthologies,
The Year of the Walking Dogs (1984-90) and the Can't Touch Tours
(1990-2003). Flying Words Project has also been active in promoting ASL
poetry around the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> through workshops
and by organizing the First National ASL Literature Conference (1991).
They were recently featured at the 36th International Poetry Festival in
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Rotterdam</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">In
addition to Friday evening's performance, Flying Words Project will
conduct a workshop earlier in the day at <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Saint
Joseph</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType>
with students from the English Department and <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hartford</st1:place></st1:City> teens from
The Institute for Community Research's (ICR) Youth Action Research
Program. Coordinated by the Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program at
ICR, both events will provide greater <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hartford</st1:place></st1:City> area audiences the opportunity
to experience the creativity of deaf poetry and to learn more about the
character and cultural expressions of the deaf community. <st1:City
w:st="on">Hartford</st1:City> has a historic role as the home of the first
school for deaf students in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>, now the <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">American</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> for the Deaf located in <st1:place
w:st="on">West Hartford</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The
performance is supported by the Aetna Foundation; the Greater Hartford
Arts Council through its United Arts Campaign and the United Way Community
Campaign; the National Endowment for the Arts; the Connecticut Commission
on Culture and Tourism; The Institute for Community Research; <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Saint Joseph</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>; and the
National Theater of the Deaf.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Tickets for Friday evening's performance can be
purchased at the Frances Driscoll Box Office at <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Saint Joseph</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, by telephone
at 860-231-5555, or online at <A
href="http://www.sjc.edu/arts">www.sjc.edu/arts</A>. For more information
about the performance, contact Lisa Gibson, Director of Design and Media
Relations at The Institute for Community Research, at 860-278-2044 ext.
309.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Institute for Community Research is an
independent, nonprofit organization that conducts applied research and
community enhancement programs to promote equal access to health,
education, and cultural resources. The Connecticut AIDS Education and
Training Center trains providers with the goal of improving HIV clinical
care through a grant from the Health Resources & Services
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