ARCC Membership Survey

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The Arts and Race Critical Collective (ARCC) is a graduate student-led initiative that aims to build sustainable networks and prompt academic advancement for critically engaged students of color. It will be based in the department of Art History & Archaeology, and we hope to gain participation from arts-focused students of color across Columbia graduate schools. Co-chaired by Jordan Mason Mayfield and Eric Mazariegos (2nd year PhD students in Arts of the African Diaspora and Pre-Columbian/ Latin American art, respectively), ARCC works to be an interdisciplinary, critically-engaged, and academically robust initiative to propel the work of historically underrepresented students (e.g. through the development of seminar papers, MA Theses, PhD prospectuses and dissertations, conference papers, publications, etc.). Through its interdisciplinary and critical focus, ARCC has the potential to be a field-influencing and field-building exercise to facilitate the convergence of the arts and communities of color in innovative and significant ways.

Please help us gauge interest and plan our meetings by filling out this brief survey.

Sincerely,
Jordan Mason Mayfield and Eric Mazariegos

Email *

Full name: *

School, Department, degree (ex: GSAS, Art History & Archaeology, PhD program) *

Do you self-identify as a person of color? *

Yes

If you identify as a person of color, feel free to specify your race and/or ethnicity below if you feel comfortable doing so:

Are you interested in joining the Arts and Race Critical Collective, a monthly meeting space to discuss issues around the arts and race? *

Yes

Please briefly describe your current work (writing, research, art practice, etc.):

Please select the following meeting topics which would be most interesting or useful to you: *

Identity discussions, backgrounds, and academic work for scholars of color. How do our identifies influence our work? How is our background impactful in our academic trajectory?

Disciplines and how they are formed. What are the strengths, if any, of doing interdisciplinary work?

Skill-Sharing session. We will speak about our own academic expertise and training, in efforts to better understand our work and becoming well-rounded scholars. This is in response to ourselves typically being experts in our fields and Western art, as opposed to being experts in our fields, and allied fields.

Critical Methodologies. Queer Theory, Feminist Theory, Indigenous epistemologies, Post- and De-colonial Theory

Publishing as POC. We will discuss the barriers on publishing practices for writers of color. Discussion of Internet sites like Hyperallergic, ArtForum, Brooklyn Rail, etc. What are the benefits of Co-Publishing with other writers of color?

Institutions/ Alma Maters. We critically reflect on our institution and our past alma maters, and discuss problems and issues we have seen respectively. We suggest options for building inclusive futures in our own institution and beyond.

Pedagogy. Responsible pedagogical practices are important for teaching a future student body of color. What are the best ways we can be inclusive, mindful, and respectful of the diversity of the future?

Pipeline programs. We discuss the potential utilities and downfalls of programs such as McNair, Mellon-Mays, Leadership Alliance, Woodrow Wilson Fellowships, Ford Foundation Fellowships, etc.

Peer-editing session. We talk about our work and gather critique and suggestions to push it toward publication, conference talks, seminar papers, etc.

Student art show and presentations. Potential Art MFA students of color can showcase their current work and get useful feedback.

Mini-Symposium. Depending on funding opportunities and interested students, we will formulate a mini-symposia to culminate the year with a small range of speakers as a useful way to disseminate work and gather insight.

First-Gen workshop. A workshop dedicated to hearing the insights of first-generation graduate students.

Guest-Lectures by professors, artists, independent scholars, and writers of color.

Reading Workshops. We discuss key texts or current writings on the arts and race.

(Virtual) Excursions. Such as gallery visits, museum outings, study sessions, etc.

Funding for POCs in graduate school. What are the methods that graduate students of color take to receive funding in graduate school? This session may include brainstorming for applications.

Other:

Required

What are your primary career goals? *

Academia (Professoriate, Research, Teaching, etc.)

Curatorial, Museum Studies

Arts administration, K-12 Education, Arts Programs, Non-Profits

Art Practice (painting, sculptural, new media, film, etc.)

Other:

Required

Are you an alum. of or affiliated with any of the following programs?

Mellon-Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

McNair Scholars Program

Leadership Alliance Program

Woodrow Wilson Foundation Fellowship

Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellowship (Undergraduate or Graduate)

Ford Foundation Fellowship

Other:

How long should monthly meetings last? *

1 Hour

2 Hours

3 Hours

4 Hours +

We are currently planning to meet the first week of every month (First Meeting TBD); please list any scheduling conflicts or commitments you may already have which would conflict with this planned schedule:

If not listed above, what topic/theme/issue would be useful for us to address in monthly meetings? If not already listed, what do you hope to gain from this Collective?

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