Posted on 10/23/2021 4:52:31 PM PDT by rickmichaels
The Art Institute of Chicago fired more than 150 volunteers and suspended its decades-old docent program after the famed museum hired a woke consulting firm that advised the cultural institution to ditch the 'wealthy white' guides and prioritize 'equity and diversity.'
Even worse, the mostly elderly docents, who are well-versed on the the exhibits at nearly 150-year-old museum on Lake Michigan, were terminated by email on Sept 3 because it wanted to 'rebuild our program from the ground up.'
The museum - featured prominently in the 1986 hit film Ferris Beuller's Day Off - hired The Equity Project, a Colorado-based consulting firm, which found the program was outdated and would often skew towards wealthy white women and had too many barriers preventing people of color from entering the program.
'Sometimes equity requires taking bold steps and actions,' said Equity Project executive producer Monica Williams. 'You really have to dismantle and disrupt the systems that have been designed to hold some up and others out.'
The Equity Project was founded in response to Donald Trump winning 2016 Presidential Election.
'Today, the Equity Project brings transformative work to organizations across the globe,' the company's bio claims. 'Their expertise lies in creating spaces filled with grace for people to show up as they are, and developing actionable strategies to help organizations advance their equity efforts.'
Just last year, 186 workers - about 30 percent of museum staff - demanded 'transparency' and 'racial equity' amid layoffs.
Art Institute Chairman Robert Levy wrote an op-ed defending the decision and said that the plan to do so had been in the works for 12 years.
'Critical self-reflection and participatory, recuperative action is required if we are to remain relevant to the changing audiences seeking connection to art,' he wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I lived in nearby Evanston for years. Visited the museum dozens of times with friends and with my little kids. Fabulous paintings there and wonderful traveling shows. . Never needed or wanted a docent. But some people do find them helpful. I cannot imagine why color would matter. DaVinci wouldn’t either.
Bunch of true Racists
I think that woman stole Hillary’s “clown pants”!!
I’m thinking they are gonna find out there will be a huge lack of volunteers soon. I suppose they will need government grants to pay for low skilled worthless employees very soon.
It’s hard to find a decent docent these days.
I wonder how many art pieces will be stolen and sold.
Yeah, gang thugs flock to art museums. They should hire some crips and bloods to collect the fees.
Then, add those with low IQ’s to the above as new docents.
So these awakened idiots got rid of docents who were probably good donors and shared their knowledge for free.
Will these awakened idiots, now pay their new and dumb docents with real money, (taxpayer money)?
Graffiti will be the new “art”.
Good question
“Fire the volunteer, and pay a minority to do same job.
Only not as good.”
That was the first thing that went through my old mind while reading this Woke B$!
Graffiti will be the new “art”.
Or painting BLM on the street by the entrance!
“Art Institute Chairman Robert Levy (pictured) wrote an op-ed defending the decision and said that the plan to do so had been in the works for 12 years”
Why hasn’t the Chairman been replaced by a minority?
Woke is an epidemic.
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