ART MUSEUM DEAI STATEMENT & COMMITMENTS

Through consultation with museum and university staff, faculty, students, and advisory body members in 2022, the Art Museum recently published its statement and commitments on Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI). This will form the basis for further planning and goal setting for DEAI initiatives to be outlined in 2023.

Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion Statement

The Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum, as part of the College of Creative Arts and Miami University, commits to address issues of social justice, racial equity, and promotion of dialogue to share knowledge and celebrate diversity through global visual culture. We aspire to be an institution in which the values of diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI) are fully present in all that we do. Our DEAI commitments are further outlined online in the following five areas:

PEOPLE FIRST PROGRAMMING/OUTREACH COLLECTIONS RESOURCES COMMUNICATION/EVALUATION

If you are interested in learning more about DEAI and the Art Museum, please contact us at artmuseum@ miamioh.edu. You can watch a recent video posted on our YouTube channel and visit the About Section of our website [www.MiamiOH.edu/ArtMuseum/About].