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MDVAP Tucson

Name: MDVAP Tucson
Start: 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-09-26T04:00:00.000Z
Location: Tucson Deaf Community Center

About This Event

A community-centered art exhibition and cultural activation highlighting melanated Deaf artists while creating opportunities for connection, visibility, storytelling, and artistic exchange. The exhibition will include opportunities for artists to share their work and engage with community members. Additional details coming soon.

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Featured Artists

Earl Terry

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Earl Terry is a DeafBlind curator, cultural organizer, educator, and arts advocate based in Phoenix, Arizona. He is the founder and curator of the Melanated Deaf Visual Arts Project (MDVAP), an initiative dedicated to increasing visibility, access, and opportunities for Black, Brown, Indigenous, and other historically marginalized Deaf, DeafBlind, and DeafDisabled artists. Through exhibitions, community programs, artist conversations, workshops, and cultural events, Earl creates spaces where Deaf artists can share their work, stories, identities, and lived experiences on their own terms. His curatorial practice centers representation, cultural preservation, accessibility, and community connection. Through MDVAP, Earl is developing new opportunities for Deaf artists in Arizona and beyond while building stronger connections between Deaf communities, artists, arts organizations, and the broader public.