SPRINGFIELD -- The public is invited to “Paint, Signs & Mocktails,” in which participants will learn some basic sign language, while painting a related image, with instruction, from a deaf artist, in ...

"What I want to do with my teaching is spread this to people," says Mike Meyer in his round midwestern vowels. By "this" he means hand sign painting, a traditional craft that was once widespread and ...

This story starts with an old suitcase. And a sign painter who had, in his own words, "the audacity to try." Koy Suntichotinun, who goes by Koy Sun, wanted to do something different and make a change, ...

NewsOnce a defining feature of shopfronts in the early 20th century, sign painting had gradually disappeared. Today, a new generation of artisans is bringing the craft back to life, driven in part by ...