Grants/Awards
Cripps, J. S. (Grant Writer) & Small, A. (Grant Writer/Mentor/Editor). (2020). Presenting THE BLACK DRUM Signed Musical on North American Tour, Arts Abroad: Circulation and Touring. Canada Council for the Arts, ($55,00).
Cripps, J. S. (Grant Writer) & Small, A. (Grant Writer/Mentor/Editor). (2019). Presenting THE BLACK DRUM, Signed Musical to the World! Arts Abroad: Circulation and Touring. Canada Council for the Arts, 2019 ($30,000).
Cripps, J. S. (Grant Writer) & Small, A. (Grant Writer/Mentor). (2018). Mentorship for Canadian Deaf Artists, Supporting Artistic Practice: Sector Innovation and Development Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, 2018 ($70,000 + $42,000 access support) ($112,000.00).
Cripps, J. H. (Grant Writer/Principal Investigator). (2018). Travel to Explore Signed Music Development in Process, College of Architecture, Arts, and Humanities Humanities Hub Grants, Individual Humanities Research Travel Grant, Clemson University, AY 2019-2020 ($3,000).
Cripps, J. S. (Grant Writer) & Small, A. (Grant Writer/Mentor/Editor). (2017). The Black Drum: An Extra-ordinary Deaf Musical! New Chapter: Arts Program to Mark the 150th Anniversary of Confederation, Canada Council for the Arts, 2017 ($395,000.00).
Cripps, J. S. & Small, A. (Grant Writers). (2014). “Signed Music: An Emerging Inter-performative Art.” Project Grant for documentary production by the DEAF CULTURE CENTRE from the Canadian Council for the Arts ($25,000).
Cripps, J. S. (Co-Principal Investigator), Small, A. (Co-Principal Investigator), Cripps, J. H. (Faculty Participant), & Rosenblum, E. (Participant). (2014). “Signed Music: An Emerging Inter-performative Art,” grant for documentary production to explore signed music. Project Grant from the Canadian Council for the Arts ($25,000).
Productions
Cripps, J. H. (2016). Signed music: A symphonious odyssey [Film]. Towson, MD: Jody H. Cripps Productions.
Cripps, J. S., Small, A., Rosenblum, E., & Cripps, J. H. (2015). Signed music: Rhythm of the heart [Film]. Toronto, ON: Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf.
Presentations/Exhibitions
Cripps, J. H., Lyonblum, E., Small, A., & Begue, J. S. (2022). Aesthetics in Signed Music: An analysis. Poster presentation at Connecting Community, XXVII Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, University of Pennsylvania + Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, PA (August 31 – September 2, 2022).
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Cripps, J. H. (2022). A journey in understanding signed music. Keynote address at Disruptions Series, Carleton University Art Gallery in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (March 22, 2022).
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Germain, K., Cripps, J. H., Watkin, J. & Stinson, D. (2021). Visual translation and the amazing broken telephone kaleidoscope. Plenary presentation at Public Presentations by Research Fellows: Translation, Camouflage, Spectatorship, The Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (January 22 – January 27, 2021).
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Cripps, J. H., & McBride, K. (2020). Signed languages and performance arts: Then and now. Invited speaker at International Inclusive Early Childhood Education Forum, Devio Early Childhood Institute in Ghana, West Africa (November, 23, 2020).
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Witcher, P. E., Cripps, J. H., & Youssouf, H. (2020). Signed music and the deaf musicians. Invited plenary speakers at Partition/Ensemble 2020: Cross-border dialogue on theatre and performance, Canadian Association for Theatre Research Conference & the Société québécoise d’études théâtrales, Concordia University & University of Quebec in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 27-Aug 9, 2020).
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Cripps, J. H., Lyonblum, E., & Small, A. (2020). Signed music in the deaf community: Performing The Black Drum at Festival Clin d’Oeil. Paper presented at Music Festival Studies: Current perspectives, future directions Conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (July 30, 2020).
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Cripps, J. H. (2019). The rise of aesthetics and intersectionality in signed language performance arts: Poetry and music in Valli’s “Dandelion”. Paper presented at ARTiculating Deaf Experiences Conference, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY (November 9, 2019).
Sanborn, I., & Cripps, J. H. (2019). In search for signed music: An anthology of the work of Ian Sanborn. Performed at ASL Community of Niagara and DEAF CULTURE CENTRE, Firstontario Performing Arts Centre, St. Catharines, Canada. (November 2, 2019).
Cripps, J. H. (2019). Music and the ASL curriculum – Students bursting into song: The educator’s role. Workshop presented at Montgomery College American Sign Language Professional Development Workshop, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD (April 26, 2019).
Cripps, J. H. (2019). Breaking the mold: The enculturation of signed music. Paper presented at Clemson University Department of Languages’ Lunchbox Session, Clemson University, Clemson, SC (April 5, 2019).
Cripps, J. H. (2019). Signed music: Lyrics v. Non-lyrics. Workshop presented at The Black Drum’s Actor Focused Workshop, DEAF CULTURE CENTRE & Soul Pepper Theatre, Toronto, Canada (March 19, 2019), and The Black Drum’s Creative Thinking Core Team Workshop, Banff Performing Arts Centre, Banff, Canada. (March 10, 2019).
Cripps, J. H., Small, A., Cripps, J. S., Rosenblum, E., & Begue, J. B. (2017). Signed music emergence workshop. Workshop presented at DEAF CULTURE CENTRE, Historic Distillery District, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (June 10, 2017).
Cripps, J. H. (2016). Understanding signed music. Paper presented at “Leading by Example: Access and Equity in Maryland” – The Americans with Disabilities Act 25th Anniversary Lecture Series, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (March 24, 2016).
Cripps, J. H. (2015). Signed music: Retrospective 1900’s to now. Guest presenter at Defty Awards of Excellence in the Arts 2015 – Signed Music Youth Awards, Julie M. Gallery, Historic Distillery District, Toronto Ontario, Canada (November 21, 2015).
Cripps, J. H., Rosenblum, E., Small, A., & Cripps, J. S. (2015). Signed music: An interperformative art. Paper presented at Society for American Sign Language 2015 Symposium, Towson University, Towson, MD (November 14, 2015).
Small, A., Cripps, J. S., Rosenblum, E., & Cripps, J. H. (2015). Signed music: Rhythm of the heart – Documentary presentation and forum discussion. Paper presented at Hogeschool Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Education, Knowledge Centre & the Institute for Sign Language & Deaf Studies, Utrecht, The Netherlands (February 12, 2015).
Small, A., Cripps, J. H., Rosenblum, E., & Cripps, J. S. (2014). Towards an expansive description of sign language performing arts & emerging inter-performative arts. Paper presented at Hogeschool Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Education, Knowledge Centre & the Institute for Sign Language & Deaf Studies, Utrecht, The Netherlands (October 29, 2014).
Cripps, J. H., Rosenblum, E., & Small, A. (2014). Signed music: An emerging inter-performative art. Paper presented at Deaf Studies Today Conference, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT (April 11, 2014).
Andrews, A. (2014). Awti Answers: What is ASL Rhyme? Personification workshop for ASL professionals presented at Iowa School for the Deaf, Council Bluffs, IA (April, 5, 2014).
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Cripps, J. H., Rosenblum, E., & Small, A. (2013). Towards a signed music: A brief history of signed language performing practices. Paper presented at Performing Prejudice Symposium, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK (July 22, 2013).
Publications
Cripps, J. H., Small, A., Rosenblum, E., Supalla, S. J., Whyte, A. K., & Cripps, J. S. (in press). Signed music and the deaf community. In A. Cruz (Ed.), Culture, deafness & music: Disability studies and a path to social justice. Rotterdam, NL: Sense Publishers.
Cripps, J. H., Rosenblum, E., & Small, A. (2019). Signed music: An emerging inter-perfromative art. In Eldredge, B. K., Stringham, D., and Jarashow, B. (eds.), Deaf Studies Today! Waypoints: Conference Proceedings (pp. 179-186). Orem, UT: Utah Valley University.
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Begue, J. B., & Cripps, J. E. (2018). The artwork of video editing in signed music. Journal of American Sign Languages and Literatures. (http://journalofasl.com/the-artwork-of-videoediting/)
Cripps, J. H. (2018). Ethnomusicology and signed music: A breakthrough. Journal of American Sign Languages and Literatures. (http://journalofasl.com/ethnomusicology/)
Egbert, L. D., & Cripps, J. H. (2017, Fall). Which type of signed music should my Deaf child listen to? The Endeavor, 20(2), 38-41.
Cripps, J. H., & Lyonblum, E. (2017). Understanding signed music. SASLJ, 1(1), 78-95.
Cripps, J. H., Rosenblum, E., Small, A., & Supalla, S. J. (2017). A case study on signed music: The emergence of an inter-performative art. Liminalities, 13(2). (http://liminalities.net/13-2/signedmusic.pdf)
Egbert, L. D. (2017). Is silence music to the eye? A review of Signed Music: A symphonious odyssey. SASLJ, 1(1), 96-100.
Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf. (Series author) (2015). Deaf arts handbook series, vol. 2. – Signed music: Rhythm of the heart. Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf.
Cripps, J. H., Rosenblum, E., & Small, A. (2016). Music: Signed. In G. Gertz & P. Boudreault (Eds.), The Deaf Studies encyclopedia, Vol. 2 (pp. 702-705). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
McCulloch, G. (2014, September 5th). How do you rhyme in a sign language? Slate’s Lexicon Valley blog.
Other Links
Timm, R. L. (2013). A Deaf Take on Music. 20 min, Webstreaming, Color, Comments. NIEC Outcomes Circle.
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See Angela Petrone-Stratiy for the definition of Deaf Rap: