About

Vision & Justice, founded by Sarah Lewis, is an award-winning initiative that generates original research, curricula, and programs that reveal the foundational role of visual culture in America’s representational democracy.

Our vision in practice

Through institutional collaborations, leadership convenings, publications, and public programs, Vision & Justice serves as an organizer, partner, and resource for today’s leaders—and those to come—in fostering representational excellence.

Publications

Convenings

Exhibitions

Leadership

Sarah Lewis

Sarah Lewis is a Harvard professor and award-winning author whose scholarship explores how art and visual culture shape our understanding of race, citizenship, and democracy. She founded Vision & Justice on the belief that representation is not just an aesthetic concern but a civic one, and that changing what America sees is part of changing what America becomes.

Our newsletter

Spring 2026 Edition

The Spring 2026 newsletter centers on If Emmett Till Lived, a major new multi-site exhibition and publication opening this September. It also includes upcoming events, recent conversations with leading artists and cultural figures, and a curated reading list.