Trix Bruce will present this year’s Ethel Louise Armstrong Lecture on Disability Art & Culture. Her topic “The Hearing World Around Me” reflects culture, identity and pride providing a personal backdrop to the anniversary of the ADA and a perfect opportunity to showcase student work on disability to campus and the wider community.
The Hearing World Around Me: A performance by Trix Bruce
Trix Bruce's stories are those of culture clash and connection, contact and confusion, and the many ways which language and identity can twist our perceptions of each other. Her energetic style, witty delivery, poetic grace, and honesty welcome you to her world as a deaf person among the hearing. Through a series of stories Trix shares her embarrassing moments, challenges, learning experiences, and a growing sense of pride.
About Trix Bruce:
Trix has been involved in the performing arts since 1980 when she won the role of Helen Keller in her freshman year of high-school. She participated in the summer program hosted by the National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD) and performed at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). As a deaf poet and actress, her performances draw heavily on her life experiences. Trix’s one-woman show has been a long-standing success. Audiences are captivated by Trix’s sign artistry, sheer elegance and irresistible, smile-sparking humor. Trix’s performances and presentations always showcase her skills as an outstanding communicator. Trix’s main area of study has been in ASL Linguistics with a focus on ASL Performance. She is an approved sponsor for the Registry Interpreter for the Deaf (RID) Certificate Maintenance Program. Whether writing, creating, improvising or starring in her many productions, Trix’s passion for the dramatic arts always shines through.
Ms. Bruce’s performance will be held in conjunction with Student Perspectives, a reception and poster competition at Multiple Perspectives On Access, Inclusion & Disability that encourages students to network with professionals, the community, and scholars who share their interests in disability. A generous gift from the Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation funds cash awards for graduate research, undergraduate research, arts, community service and class projects focused on disability.
