Art with a Message: R is for Racism
4:16
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: Inspired by historical ABC books, Tasha Nicolé Burton crafts a setting designed to examine the way in which race and racism is taught to children. The imagery is both disturbing and thought provoking, challenging the viewer to scrutinize their experiences and reactions to the material. In this video, the artist discusses the show and the events in her life which inspired it.
Type of Video: Tour*
Unique Video ID: AandA-RisforRacism**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- For Discussion: Have students respond to the concept of the exhibition and the works they see in it. Were they aware of such books before viewing the video? How do they evaluate the artist’s work in achieving her objective for the exhibition?
- Activity Idea: Use the video in conjunction with a cross-curricular project/activity linking art with history/social studies. What topic might students explore in a similar way to the artist in the video? What historic images, writings, artwork might they use in the exhibition they create? What issue would they like to address? Evaluate the project from an arts integration perspective using standards from both art and history/social studies disciplines.
*Tours take students to laboratories, studios, workspaces, museums and other diverse “in the field” and community locations related to the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
