Session One: Foundations: Creating a Safe Space with Alysia Lee on 6/9/2021 (View a Recording): Participants shared their perspective about the current environment and reflected on how their experiences have created their world view.
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Session Two: Appreciation vs. Appropriation with the Anti Racist Art Teachers Group - 6/16/2021 @ 4pm: Can you define appropriation vs appreciation and why it matters. This is an introduction to global art that starts by looking at identity and appropriation. How do we explore art and be inspired by it without appropriating in a hurtful way? How does it compare to artists who are appropriated from mainstream art and western media?
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Session Three: Amplifying Student Voices and Artists’ Voices with the Anti Racist Art Teachers Group - 6/23/2021 @ 4pm: The foundation of racism lives in conscious and unconscious bias, both in individuals and in systems. This session will explore the phenomenon of bias and how it plays out in how we approach the artists that are shared and idolized. We will look at how our own personal life experiences have shaped the way we see the world and the world that others around us see.
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