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Tag: racism

White Gloves and Blackface

Many iconic cartoon characters in the United States have a distinctly similar aesthetic trait in common, which is large white gloves. This facet seems innocuous, but examining the cultural zeitgeist of the era these figures emerged from, reveals a more poignant narrative surrounding racial bigotry.

Animation, art, Art Education, Art History, Cartoons, Education, film, Multiculturalism, racism, Visual Culture

Come on Barbie, Let’s Get Arty

With the blockbuster live action Barbie movie premiering soon, I thought it would be timely to discuss how the iconic … More

Adrian Piper, Art Education, Barbie, Barbie movie, Chantal Feitosa, Contemporary Art, Education Policy, Exquisite Corpse, Feminist Art, Hans Bellmer, racism, Surrealism

Made in America

As diverse as the United States of America is, our recording and presenting of its history is not nearly as … More

1619 Project, Art Education, Black History, Black Lives Matter, Contemporary Art, Education, Education Policy, History, Ligel Lambert, Made in America, Painting, racism, social justice

W.E.B. Du Bois’ Visual Lessons About the Black Experience in Academic, Professional and Everyday Life

Infographics are aesthetic visual representations of data, which present quantitative and qualitative information in a concise and accessible manner. Infographics … More

Art Education, Art History, Black Artists and Designers, Black History, Black Lives Matter, Education, History, infographics, Painting, Race, racism, Sociology, W.E.B. Du Bois

Artfully Dismantling Systemic Racism

Racism is the longest uninterrupted epidemic within our collective American culture. It is a gaping wound and festering infection intrinsic … More

Art Education, Art History, Black History, Black Lives Matter, Community, Contemporary Art, Dread Scott, Education, Nona Faustine, racism, Shaun Leonardo

Rebelling against the whitewashing of history

Contemporary artist Dread Scott uses history as a medium to scrutinize ongoing systems of racial injustice. His work is largely … More

Art Education, Art History, Charles Deslondes, Contemporary Art, Dread Scott, equality, equity, History, racism, slave rebellion, Slavery

Art and Education, Not Jails

Prisons, jails, and detention centers may seem like the least likely venues for art-centered learning, however, these sites, which account … More

Art Education, B.L. Shirelle, Benny Andrews, criminal justice, Die Jim Crow, equality, equity, Humanize the Numbers, Mass Incarceration, music, photography, Prison, racism, Restorative Justice, social justice, Theater of the Oppressed

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