In addition to hosting faculty roundtables about Vincent Valdez: The City, the Blanton met with campus leaders and UT groups such as the Counseling and Mental Health Center, the Campus Climate Task Force, the Faculty Innovation Center, and the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. The museum also engaged in productive dialogues with the City of Austin Mayor’s Office, the Anti-Defamation League, the Austin Independent School District’s Cultural Proficiency, Social and Emotional Learning, and Ethnic Studies groups, KUT Radio, and the national organization Facing History.
Image: Vincent Valdez, The City II, 2016 (detail), oil on canvas, 74 x 90 in., Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase through the generosity of Guillermo C. Nicolas and James C. Foster in honor of Jeanne and Michael Klein, with additional support from Jeanne and Michael Klein and Ellen Susman in honor of Jeanne and Michael Klein, 2017
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