This article presents a duoethnographic, critical arts-based research project, which began as a pre-recorded, on-demand presentation for the 2021 National Art Education Association Annual Convention. This is an edited, expanded print version of the authors' conference session examining hair as text and sites of identity/respectability politics, positionality, rites of passage, liminality, and selfhood.

Video recording featuring co-hosts Lauren Cross, Ph.D., and Kathy Brown, Ph.D., engage in ongoing conversations about anti-racist pedagogy in the arts and design. Joined by distinguished guest panelists, Joni Boyd Acuff, Ph.D., and James Haywood Rolling Jr., Ed.D., this first installment of the 2044 series introduces Afrofuturism and the ways that it can help reimagine art discourses, laying the groundwork for establishing Afrofuturism as a framework for conceptualizing and enacting anti-racist art education practice. In addition to sharing their work and how it relates to Afrofuturism and futurist thinking, the panelists discuss how recognizing Black and Brown artists and advocating for racial literacy is essential to creating and maintaining a racial consciousness practice in K-12 education.

Video recording featuring guest panelists, Stephanie A. Johnson-Cunningham, and Kelli Morgan, Ph.D., this third installment of the 2044 series frames Afrofuturism and futurist thinking in museum practice to examine the roles museums play in maintaining and recreating anti-blackness and white supremacy. Panelists discuss how museum educators and curators can practice anti-racist pedagogy and thinking. Racist and colonial practices of museums need greater racial equity and recognition. Through the use of visual imagery, Afrofuturism as a framework may be a viable strategy for community building, imagination, and expression. Recognizing that museums are rooted in white colonial narratives that have been and continue to be oppressive to Black and people of color, museums can amplify Black experiences and narratives while pointing out the need for systemic change in the sector. From the periphery of colonial violence and commodification to the centrality of visibility and recognition, museum education can provide opportunities to “analyze how racism shapes how we view, discuss, create, and engage multiple audiences within the museums.”

Works of art on mixed media by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art from artist's Google Chrome Search History from June-July 2021, digital print on cotton, resin-coated digital print on Masonite, resin hanger, printed tags, by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art from artist's Edited Instagram Ad Interests on 8/31/21. Digital print on cotton, resin-coated digital print on Masonite, resin hanger, printed tag of a message back to Instagram's Ad algorithm by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art from artist's Apple iPhone Significant locations from 2019-2021, digital print on cotton, resin-coated digital print on Masonite, resin hanger, printed tags, by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art from artist's Apple iPhone Significant locations from 2019-2021, digital print on cotton, mannequin, painted box. By artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art from artist's Off-Facebook Third-Parties from 2019-2021. Digital print on cotton, a resin-coated digital print on Masonite, resin hanger, printed tags by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art from artist's Spotify streaming data from July-Aug 2021. Digital print on cotton, resin-coated digital print on Masonite, resin hanger, hand embroidery of Spotify's statement on their data selling policy by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art on virtual environment by artist Nathan Harper as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "…And Still I Wander South" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 27 to 29, 2022.

Works of art on virtual environment by artist Nathan Harper as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "…And Still I Wander South" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 27 to 29, 2022.

Work of art on Bedsheet, silk, batting, epoxy, spray paint, wood by artist Emily Potts as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "Healing & Reassembling" in the the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from March 2 to March 5, 2022.

Brief Artist Statement by Shellita Tow as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Fragmenting Time” in the Cora Stafford Gallery on the campus of the University of North Texas on April 15-20, 2021.

Brief Artist Statement by Randal Robins as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Interiority” in the Cora Stafford Gallery on the campus of the University of North Texas on March 15-25, 2021.

Brief Artist Statement by Sean Lopez as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "The Always Girls and Forever Boys” at Sweet Pass Sculpture Park in Dallas, TX on April 17-18, 2021.

Brief Artist Statement by Jihye Han as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "11,009km” at the Goldmark Cultural Center in Dallas, TX on April 9-May 7, 2021.

Brief Artist Statement by Maria Villanueva as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Legend Systems: an escape to a hidden land” in the Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building Atrium on the campus of the University of North Texas on March 1-5, 2021.

Brief Artist Statement by Naomi Peterson as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "liminal_ties” in the Cora Stafford Gallery on the campus of the University of North Texas from April 12-22, 2021.

Brief Artist Statement by Russell Anderson as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Modified Aesthetics on an Inner Space” in the Cora Stafford Gallery on the campus of the University of North Texas on March 29-April 9, 2021.

Brief Artist Statement by Jacob Phillips as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Unicorn Magic” in the Cora Stafford Gallery on the campus of the University of North Texas on April 12-22, 2021.

Brief Artist Statement by Kyung Hee “Kate” Im as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Entanglement” in the Union Art Gallery on the campus of the University of North Texas on April 5-22, 2021.

Brief Artist Statement by Maria Haag as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Maelstrom” in the Cora Stafford Gallery on the campus of the University of North Texas on March 15-23, 2021.

Brief Artist Statement by Augustine Uzor as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Memories of the Future" at The Gough Gallery Space in the Patterson Appleton Art Center in Denton, TX on February 20-28, 2021.