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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Prisoner of the Mind]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Three white middle aged Deaf women in a triangle composition are each signing, PRISON, on their foreheads. Two of them have their eyes closed. One of the women&#039;s eye is gazing at the viewer of the image. There is an implied space of an eye in the upper center background  among the tree branches.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This watercolor painting was completed during the lock down of the global pandemic and was inspired by my Zoom conversations with my two close friends. One of them signed PRISON on her forehead and wanted to capture this feeling of being entrapped in our homes and cut out from the world which was felt universally. One of the friends have one open eyes symbolizing the desperation of hope . There is another illusion of an eyes in the bare trees background reminding us the immediate viral epidemic humans grappled with.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Susan Dupor]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2020]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[Watercolor on arches]]></dcterms:medium>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dyerartscenter.omeka.net/items/show/634">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[We Shall Meet Again]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[There is a doll on each side, a stuffed animal chimpanzee in red coveralls in the center. In each panel, there is a young white girl. The left is wearing a brown dress with puffy white sleeves and frills, the center is wearing a yellow, red and orange plaid dress and  the right is wearing a red sweater with pink shirt underneath. The right side girl is wearing two body aids under her shirt. There are two body hearing aids and a pair of Behind the Ear hearing aids floating in the cloudy blue-yellow sky.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This painting&#039;s story is about an embarking life long friendship between three Deaf girls. Their Hearing aid devices and their beloved dolls and stuffed animal are floating the in the background. They have the common shared experience of growing up deaf which bring them closer as loyal friends.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Susan Dupor]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[Oil on canvas]]></dcterms:medium>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dyerartscenter.omeka.net/items/show/633">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Surrender]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A naked half fish and half human standing precariously on a large adult hand palm surrounded with protruding hands at the edges of the painting. There is a lake in the background with a sunset. A hook is caught in the fish&#039;s mouth and a  tangled up fishing line  above. The fish is shedding one tear. A lower right adult hand is signing HOOK.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The half fish and human baby has been caught with a fishing hook with a messy tangle of fishing line. The fish has tears showing emotions unseen in fish. Adult hands surrounding the baby represents control of the fate of the victim. This is parallel to the experience of many Deaf babies who may encounter a challenging life ahead with Audism or Ableism ( societal oppression, eugenics and inequality).]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Susan Dupor]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2019]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[Oil on canvas]]></dcterms:medium>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dyerartscenter.omeka.net/items/show/632">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Question Five, Catapla]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[There are six winged white boy fairies playing together in the treetop of a giant white flowering Catapla tree. The fairies look identical and  have checkered butterfly wings.  Five of the fairies are signing the WH questions: What, Where, When, Why and How.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[My young KODA son was the model of the fairies presented. <br />
<br />
The boy fairies are signing the five WH questions- What, Where, When, Why and How. They are flying in the fully bloomed flowers up above in the magnificent Catapla Tree that grows in our yard. This painting&#039;s themes are intertwined of the youth innocence, acquisition of the sign language,  magical fantasy and the wonders of the natural world.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Susan Dupor]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2020]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[Oil on panel]]></dcterms:medium>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dyerartscenter.omeka.net/items/show/298">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ode to Ova]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[There is a naked woman standing in the middle of green forest and signing &quot;Freedom&quot; with multiple arms and there is another signing, &quot;Ovary .&quot; Also other two hands are covering her eyes. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Susan Dupor]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[She/Her/Hers]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2002]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[From the permanent collection of the RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[The RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center retained rights from artists or next of kin on September 19, 2020]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[Oil on canvas]]></dcterms:medium>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dyerartscenter.omeka.net/items/show/297">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Courtship]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[ID: Painting of a nude female floating in a blue lake. Multiple hands reach upwards from the surface of the lake. The female looks up to two eagles mating with each other overhead  across  a light blue sky. Around the coast of the lake, green trees are reflected upon the water behind the female. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Susan Dupor]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[She/Her/Hers]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2003]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[From the permanent collection of the RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[The RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center retained rights from artists or next of kin on September 19, 2020]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[Oil on canvas]]></dcterms:medium>
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