As you can see my new website, nancyrourke.com, go to Painting tab, and go to AFFIRMATION category, and pick an image and you will see a description and there is a magnification icon on an image at the upper right corner. Click on that and it will enlarge the image. Enjoy!
No to Eugenics & Elephant in the Deaf Room, by Nancy Rourke from the series 'Right to Be Deaf.' Gene therapy is still ongoing today. This is wrong. It takes away our rights as deaf people & it harms the genetic & human biodiversity of humankind. They are a controversial problem that needs to stop!
Hand Dandelions 8 inch by 10 inch oil on canvas February 2026 by #nancyrourke The story behind a Deaf Poet, Clayton Valli’s Dandelion, it started on how he performed the hand shape flower as to grow, to be a flower, until it matures to a white seed head with waving leaves.
Thank you @artscopemagazine for the beautiful article and photos, “Seeing Voices Hearing Grief” in the Artscope magazine January/February 2026 issue
The book Culture, Deafness & Music: Critical Pedagogy and a Path to Social Justice received a 2025 Critics’ Choice Book Award from the American Educational Studies Association (AESA). Congratulations!
UNSPOKEN RESILIENCE: HEALING FROM THE LEWISTON SHOOTING TWO YEARS IN “Reclaiming Cornhole (aka Guernica)” at Unspoken Resilience: Healing from the Lewiston Shooting Two Years In”, an art exhibit at the University of New England, UNE Art Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland, ME 04103 until Feb 7, 2026
A new book has been released. Book cover with my painting “Like a River.” More info at: brill.com and books.google.com/books?id=gKF... #nancyrourke
Journalism is under attack. This rally poster says “PROTECT OUR FREE PRESS” Fingerspelling PROTECT. ASL “OUR” and “FREE”. Fingerspelling PRESS. #resist #protectourfreepress #50501Movement #nancyrourke
HANDS OFF OUR DEAF RIGHTS OUR LANGUAGE OUR DISABLED OUR ALLIES OUR WALLETS OUR BOOKS OUR SCHOOLS OUR SOCIAL SECURITY OUR LIBRARIES OUR CANCER RESEARCH #50501movement
fingerspelling shows UNDERSTANDING OVER UGLINESS. protest sign for rallies. Drawings show hand signing “UNITY.” A call to action to actively challenge biases and prejudices that often lead to discrimination and mistreatment of those perceived as unattractive. #humanrights #resist
RESIST FASCISM RESIST TRUMP RESIST RACISM protest sign for rallies. Drawings show George Veditz signing “resist” with fingerspelling- F A S C I S M T R U M P R A C I S M. #resist
Honored to be nominated for the inaugural ✨#curious100✨ Excited to be a part of this community of curious problem-solvers driving meaningful change. Honoree list by the @eamesinstitute The Link to my personal honoree page: www.eamesinstitute.org/curious-100/...
We Stand With Ukraine We stand in solidarity with Ukraine. Bridge deck shows hands embraced and piers as support in ASL. Ukraine flag in the background.
Did a quiet Sunday sketch. Tulip Hands 4 x 6 inch Watercolour by Nancy Rourke 2025
Just a small sketch. Inspired by Matisse’s Dance. (4 by 6 inch watercolour)
