Sign Art Ministry
Make a joyful noise unto the
Lord, all the earth; make a loud noise,
rejoice, and sing praise.
Psalm 98:4
A
weekend of Music in Motion
a
Christian ASL performance and learning experience for everyone:
Deaf,
ASL students, professional interpreters, and non signers
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Music Concert: Friday
night, June 24, 2011 7:00
- 9:30 pm all
new opening-show performances childcare not provided Music Workshop: Saturday,
June 25, 2011 9:00
am -1:30 pm .4 Professional Studies CEU’s childcare not provided |
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featured Sign
Artist: Pastor Ronaldo Feliciano back for a second
year with all new music performances weekend location: Pellissippi
Campus Knoxville,
Tennessee |
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event photography
by Shanell Bledsoe http://www.bledsoephoto.com |
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Ronaldo Feliciano grew up in Bronx,
New York; he became deaf at the age of two due to illness. Ronaldo entered
Trinity Baptist College in Jacksonville, Florida in 1988, where he met his
wife, Jona; they have been married for 20 years. Ronaldo completed his
education and graduated from Harvest Deaf Bible College in Ringgold, Georgia
in 1998. After graduation, Ronaldo worked as Bible teacher and Dean of
Students for Harvest Deaf Bible College, and he served as music director and
assistant Pastor at Harvest Baptist Church of the Deaf. Ronaldo,
Jona, and daughter Beth moved to Tampa, Florida in 2004, where he serves as
Pastor and music director of Grace Bible Deaf Church, formally known as Tampa
Baptist Deaf Church. The Master’s Silent
Sign Ministry
is an ideal venue for Ronaldo’s ASL dramatic music performances and his
evangelistic work. |
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Michele DeFelice is Sign Art Ministry founder and event
coordinator. I wish I had a beautiful singing voice,
but I don’t. God, however, has given me an expressive voice through Sign Art.
After becoming helplessly captivated by Sign Artist Mark Mitchum, God placed
in my heart Sign Art Ministry. I later earned a Master’s Degree in
Interpretation from Gallaudet University and settled in east Tennessee; I
currently attend Faith Promise Church in Knoxville. It has been my experience
that performing, or signing, in ASL is
different than church interpreting. There is a degree of freedom and a sense
of becoming the song while performing which is difficult to obtain while
interpreting. |
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Become
a Partner
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Advance Tickets: adult:
$10.00 child:
$7.00 (age
7-17) $12.00
at the door, doors
open at 6:00 pm |
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Signs
of Talent |
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Sign
Art Ministry (SAM) is a not-for-profit organization established to showcase
local artists skilled in American Sign Language and music. SAM has been
established
to unite area churches and to bring us together for praise and worship, to
socialize and network, and to fully celebrate the beautiful language
of
American Sign.
Event interpreter
services provided by Visual Communication
Interpreting
Accommodation needed
other than interpreting, please contact michele@signartministry.org before Saturday June
11.
Please note: childcare
will not be provided; therefore, only children seven
and older are permitted to
attend
Personal photography and
video recording is not permitted during the event.