Writing this note for our 9th Anniversary issue proved to be challenging. Raging fires, pummeling hurricanes, devastating tornadoes, humans suffering and perishing due to this year’s onslaught of natural catastrophes, and the newest untamed calamity, the novel coronavirus. But one crisis is completely at the hands of people: violence and inequity of all kinds. Gravity-defying superheroes still don’t exist to fight the unjust, but hands-on bridge builders do. In Picturing Change, we call on the finest art minds in Dallas/Fort Worth to share how area museums are responding to new safety measures required by this pandemic and the rallying cry for cultural diversity. Dallas Museum of Art’s Dr. Agustín Arteaga, who became a US citizen last fall, brings promise: “I am one of the half-million residents of Latin American heritage who call Dallas home, with a unique responsibility as the leader of the city’s art museum to expand representation at the DMA of the full diversity of Dallas.” ...
