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When institutional diversity initiatives reduce artists to demographic categories

My art residency application asks me to explain how my work contributes to diversity but I want to be seen as an artist not a representative

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Well-intentioned inclusion efforts can inadvertently tokenize indigenous artists by emphasizing identity over artistic merit.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous creative traditions?”

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