Racial Justice Art

A colleague of mine created a Racial Justice Art lesson that I adapted and assigned to my students during remote learning. The guiding question was: What role do artists play as the agents of change? I shared a presentation with students that included a video with background information, suggestions for how to approach the assignment as a white student, a list of BIPOC artists and examples of social justice artwork.

In response, students were challenged to create a piece of artwork to inspire positive social action, stand up for racial justice and challenge these systems of oppression. These are some of the submission I received from my 7th & 8th grade students:

 

• art for change
• choice media
• middle school
• racial justice
• social justice
• social studies
• student choice