Past Education | Special Programs

Deaf Café

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An abstract watercolor pen and pencil work in progress, surrounded by watercolor pens, markers, and pencils; cups, and paper.
Sep 22, 2024 1:00 PM
Wexner Center for the Arts

Free for all audiences with ticket (registration required)

ACCESSIBILITY
ASL interpretation will be provided for this event.

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation to participate in this event, please email accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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Deaf Café is an accessible and social art workshop experience for anyone with or without disabilities.

Enjoy light refreshments, American Sign Language (ASL) conversations, and art making guided by Deaf artist, Mania Drosak. 

Deaf Café is free to attend, with registration limited to 15 participants. This program will be made accessible to members of the hearing community with the support of interpreters. 

Please email education@wexarts.org with any questions.

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Untitled watercolor, courtesy of Mania Drosak.

"Thank you so much for this program (and yummy food!). It had such a great vibe."
Spring 2024 Deaf Café attendee

About the Artist

Mania Drosak

Deaf Café teaching artist Mania Drosak was born hearing, to Deaf parents. After having an illness as a toddler, she gradually lost more hearing and is now a Deaf adult. Drosak proudly has two Deaf children herself. Growing up hard of hearing and wearing hearing aids in the 1980s and 90s, she says she certainly didn’t fit in with her hearing peers, yet she was not Deaf enough for her family. An early diagnosis of ADHD was another isolating factor of her youth, and art was therapy for her loneliness.

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Program Support

LEARNING & PUBLIC PRACTICE PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
American Electric Power Foundation
CoverMyMeds
Huntington
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY

Ingram-White Castle Foundation

Ohio Arts Council

The Ohio State University Office of Outreach & Engagement
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation

SUPPORT FOR LEARNING & PUBLIC PRACTICE RESIDENCIES PROVIDED BY

Mike and Paige Crane

ART & RESILIENCE PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Crane Family Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Greater Columbus Arts Council

The Wexner Family

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Mellon Foundation  
Every Page Foundation  
Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts

CampusParc

Nationwide Foundation

Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme

The Columbus Foundation

Axium Packaging  


ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY

Ohio State Energy Partners

Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection

David Crane and Elizabeth Dang

Melissa Gilliam and William Grobman

Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle

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Past Education

Deaf Café

Sep 22, 2024 1:00 PM EST
Wexner Center for the Arts

Free for all audiences with ticket (registration required)

ACCESSIBILITY
ASL interpretation will be provided for this event.

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation to participate in this event, please email accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

Become a Member