OUR IMPACT

 

Art + Social Justice

During times of racial, economic, political, health or environmental crisis – issues of particular inequities rise to the surface. Art + Social Justice engages students with pivotal and complex social issues related to race to investigate how during tension points artists become powerful agents of change.

Rene Payne has partnered with Gina Belafonte, Executive Director of Sankofa informing, enlightening and educating high school, undergraduate and graduate students around social justice issues through artmaking.

Rene Payne has partnered with Gina Belafonte, Executive Director of Sankofa informing, enlightening and educating high school, undergraduate
and graduate students around social justice issues through artmaking.

 

Inform

Contributing artists, activists, and citizens provide critical perspectives that are relevant to the learning outcomes of each assignment. Students spend an hour to an hour and a half during class time focusing on relevant topics connected to issues related to current social injustices.


Enlighten

Students engage in critical thinking and increased awareness for an hour to an hour and a half during class time, as they discuss and explore topics, and share individual and group presentations based on lectures, reading, films and Zoom presentations. 


Educate

Through individual or group art making, students have 10 - 15 hours of studio time to develop multidisciplinary projects that reflect pivotal and complex social issues related to race.