Dr. Megan Johnston: Critiquing Racism in Art

Lesson Plan: Power, Identity, and Bias in Art & Museum Studies

Lesson Focus

Listeners examine how race, gender, disability, theory, and curatorial practice shape artistic meaning, institutional power, and public interpretation.

Objectives (2)

• Objective 1: Listeners will analyze how visual, curatorial, and institutional choices reinforce or disrupt racial, gender, and disability hierarchies. Example: A listener explains how Western art centers whiteness through composition, symbolism, or narrative framing.
• Objective 2: Listeners will evaluate how theory (CRT, feminist theory, postcolonial theory) informs contemporary artistic practice and museum ethics.  ...