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The Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative Arts & Racial Justice panel series kicks off next Monday and will feature museum leaders from across the Tampa Bay region.
When it comes to the arts, people of color are historically underrepresented. But cultural organizations are pledging to do better on issues of diversity.
The nonprofit SBAC will launch “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Visual Arts,” as part of its free series on Mon., Jan. 25, beginning at 5 p.m. The moderator for the discussion is Charlayne Hunter-Gault, a leading civil rights activist, journalist and former foreign correspondent for NPR, CNN and PBS. Panel members include artist Gale Fulton-Ross; Steven High, executive director of The Ringling; Katherine Pill, curator of contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg; and Anne-Marie Russell, executive director of Sarasota Art Museum.