MIXED-MEDIA INSTALLATION BY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PROF. ROGÉRIO M. PINTO
Colorism to Spark Dialogues on Race, Class, and Social Attitudes

Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, Prof. Rogério M. Pinto of the U-M School of Social Work opens his mixed-media art installation Colorism at U-M’s Duderstadt Center Gallery, 2281 Bonisteel Blvd., Room 1019, Ann Arbor. Colorism remains on view through March 13, Tuesdays through Fridays and Sundays, 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m. Visitors may meet the artist in person from 1:00-4:00 pm Mondays Feb. 17 and 24, and March 10. Colorism sponsors and collaborators include: U-M School of Social Work; Michigan Medicine Dermatology; and the U-M Arts Initiative.

Colorism comprises works of video, still photography, sculpture and audience interaction, questioning our psychosocial and biological ideas about skin color and treatment of people, based on skin tones, including within racial groups. Colorism asks, What do we know about the root causes of prejudice toward skin color? What can we do to improve interpersonal and structural colorism?