Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Art: A UNT Speaker Series Provides a Vision for the Future
Just imagine what an equitable art world would look like.
By
Kathy Wise
Published in
Arts & Entertainment
February 4, 2021
11:37 am
A new virtual speaker series from the UNT College of Visual Arts and Design seeks to imagine a future where the art world is equitable. In such a world, the students and the teachers, the art collectors and museum directors, and the artists and the art would all better reflect the larger world.
The title of the event, 2044 Series: Anti-Racist Praxis as Futurist Art and Design Pedagogy, is a bit of a mouthful. But it’s a thoughtful nod to Bennett Caper’s law review article, “Afrofuturism, Critical Race Theory, and Policing in the Year 2044.” The year 2044 is significant, Caper notes, because that’s the year the United States is projected to become a “majority-minority” country. For the state of Texas and the city of Dallas, both of which already have majority-minority populations, the future is here. Yet, the event organizers point out, there’s plenty of work still to be done, especially in the arts community.