Session Abstract

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 

in the Art Studio and Art History Classroom

How do we do more than pay lip service to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the art studio and art history classroom? How do we incorporate DIE into your curriculum in meaningful ways for ourselves and our students right from the start? With a world full of mounting challenges, how do we create freedom in art and art history classrooms, both for ourselves as educators and for our students? How can we use digital sources to challenge all sorts of boundaries and encourage inclusivity and equity? How can we use the affordances of the digital to chart new interpretations and connections in teaching and interpreting art histories?

This session seeks to address on the following topics:

• Decolonizing pedagogies and teaching methods.

• Use online sources in decolonization practices. 

• Revisiting bell books and teaching to transgress in relation to DIE pedagogies.

• The urgency, relevance, and practical applicability of art, art history, and museum studies undergraduate degrees.

• On the enrollment crisis, retention, and transferable skills in the arts

Session format

The Education Committee promotes the visual arts as an essential aspect of human activity; as a creative endeavor and subject of cultural and historical inquiry and critical appreciative activity, and encourages excellence in teaching at all levels. Its focus is on pedagogy at the higher education level in art history, visual culture, studio, aesthetics, and art criticism, and on the interface between arts teaching and learning research and practice.

To learn more about the Education Committee's activities, please see our committee webpage.