1. ‘Politics of Difference’ in Contemporary Art Misako Okuyama Prof. Rachel Mason Centre for Art Education and International Research (CAEIR) Roehampton University, UK

2. Background/Context PhD in progress Culturally Diverse Women Artists in London Art Pedagogy in Informal Education Settings

3. Theoretical Framework Cultural Identity Visual Politics Contemporary Art Representation Informal Art Education

4. Cultural Identity Cultural identity is the (feeling of) identity of a group of culture, or of an individual as far as she/he is influenced by her/his belonging to a group or culture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cultural identity)

5. Visual politics visual politics means the way in which race, gender and ethnicity shape art practice; that is who makes art, how it sells, and who values it, who writes about it (Hooks, 1995, p.XIII). Hook, B. (1995). Art on my mind: visual politics. New York: The New Press.