Hi PAN Listserv,

See below this week’s listing of resources as we continue to move through this time of change, and through the work of dismantling white supremacists systems to help us all learn and think differently about public art and the policies and practices that make up the field. You may also be interested in checking out AFTA’s Weekly Round-up for July 10^th.

We at AFTA are looking at additional ways to support your equity work and welcome resources, ideas, examples and opportunities to share with the field. Please send them to pan@artsusa.org.

Thank you all for your continued work as we all look for ways to make our communities more equitable, healthy and vibrant.

LEARNING:

July 14^th at 4:00 PM EDT: The Role of Artists in Social and Cultural Change
Jul 17, 1:00p EDT: Rural Arts Anti-Racism Meet-Up. Hosted by Springboard for the Arts and the Department of Public Transformation
Jul 23, 7:00 PM EDT: “Monumental Change: Addressing The Legacies Of Systemic Racism In Public Art” WBUR
Arts for Health Equity and Social Justice: A New IAM Lab Series Prepared by the International Arts + Mind Lab.
Equitable Evaluation Initiative
“The State Of Race f/ Ruha Benjamin & Mayor Chokwe Lumumba (Episode 3)” video, The Greater Jackson Arts Council
Inclusive Language Guide from NASAA

REMOVING MONUMENTS:

“These Black Americans see a statue memorializing Lincoln in different ways” video, PBS News Hour (Thank you John Haworth!)
“Macon mayor extends Executive Order to allow public art around downtown monuments” article, Fox24 ABC16
“Up on a pedestal: Repurposing plinths as public art space” article, The Irish Times
“Redefining the role of public monuments” article, Daily Democrat
“My Turn: Black art should rise in spaces of fallen monuments” article, Concord Monitor
“Rethinking how public art portrays history in Portland” article, KOIN

PUBLIC ART/ARTISTS IN ACTION:

“Economic violence: the most socially acceptable form of racism” article, Ideas.TED
“Huge Mural Honoring Breonna Taylor Created In Maryland Park” video, NBC News NOW
Imagining America: Creative Response
“Vandals Deface Martinez ‘Black Lives Matter’ Street Mural” article, CBS SF Bay Area
ABC7: Black Lives Matter street mural unveiled in Oak Park, first of its kind in Illinois; and vandalized not long after: “Black Lives Matter mural vandalized” article, OakPark.com
“Lansing’s George Floyd mural takes a hit, but it’s coming back” article, Lansing City Pulse
“Large Mural That Includes Faces of Breonna Taylor, David McAtee Unveiled” article, 89.3 WFPL
“‘Uplift the neighborhood:’ Artists create floral sculpture outside Milwaukee’s Sherman Phoenix” article, Fox6
“Art Murals on Park City's Main Street Celebrate Diversity” article, KPCW
“Public Art Fund Meditates on the Trauma of Today” article, Surface
“Art can help the public engage in personal advocacy: Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign” article, The Art Newspaper
“Photos | Art of the uprising” article, Street Roots
“City Of Newark Launches Social Justice Public Art Initiative” article, New Jersey Stage
“New public art installation at Discovery Green honors essential workers, fight for racial justice” article, Houston Chronicle

GENERAL:

“The United States’ Reconciliation Mandate: Are We There Yet?” article, Nonprofit Quarterly
“The Nonprofit Sector as White Space” article, Nonprofit Quarterly
“A Letter on Justice and Open Debate” article, Harper’s (Thank you John Haworth!)

and response to that article:

“‘Cancel Culture’ Is How the Powerful Play Victim” article, Medium (Thank you Julia Muney Moore!)
“Required Reading” article, Hyperallergic (Thank you Clare Haggarty!)

TAKE ACTION:

NonprofitAF: It’s time we fundraise in a way that doesn’t uphold white moderation and white supremacy
Fakequity: 10 WAYS WHITENESS SHOWS UP YOU MAY NOT EVEN REALIZE
The Mary Sue: If You Really Want to Unlearn Racism, Read Black Sci-Fi Authors
TheBias.com: How “Good Intent” Undermines Diversity and Inclusion
Fakequity: MOVING FROM ALLYSHIP TO SOLIDARITY ACTIONS LOOK LIKE

INSPIRATION:

Thanks for reading. We hope you find this news digest to be a helpful tool to navigate this very complex situation, and welcome feedback at pan@artsusa.org. If you were forwarded this and want to sign up for the Public Art Network listserv to receive it daily, click here.

Patricia Walsh

Public Art and Civic Design Senior Program Manager

Americans for the Arts

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