Recommendations and Activities:
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A3/A4
A3/A4
A2
2024 Update
- Coordinated a 2021 student survey on experiences of racism, continuing to learn from the results now.
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2022 Update
- Coordinated a survey in 2021 to invite student perspectives on experiences of racism in the department.
A3/A4
2024 Updates
- Continued to send personalized letters to art teachers and students at public high schools, which promote inclusive recruitment events and anti-racism in visual studies.
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2022 Updates
- Continuing to send personalized letters to art teachers and students at public high schools, which promote inclusive recruitment events and tell an anti-racist story about this department.
A3/A4
2024 Updates
- Revised student-facing recruitment content, including websites and brochures, to emphasize the global scope of our programs and promote artistic representation beyond white and Eurocentric traditions.
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2022 Updates
- Revising student-facing content to emphasize the inclusiveness and global scope of DVS programs and to promote artistic representation beyond white and Eurocentric traditions.
Other Efforts:
Created program to fund innovative teaching
2024 Update
- Created, and continue to run, a program to fund innovative teaching addressing racism in visual studies.
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2022 Update
- Created program to fund innovative teaching focused on confronting racism in visual studies.
Continue to prioritize hiring instructors
2024 Update
- Prioritized hiring instructors to teach courses about Black art.
- Continued to offer our revised foundations course on art history with a global focus, including topics dedicated to African art and Black artists.
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2022 Update
- Continue to prioritize hiring instructors to teach courses about Black visual cultures; changed our foundational course on art history to adopt a global focus, including topics dedicated to African art and Black artists.