Renewed Contact

n his 1954 book , psychologist Gordon Allport proposed that individuals’ inherent bias against people of different genders, races or classes could be overcome through increased contact under positive conditions. He was particularly concerned about the aftereffects of World War II, and how contact theory might help overcome racial and ethnic prejudices. As the world today continues to divide along these and other lines—national, political, religious—how can we embrace differences and establish new forms of communication? In the May/June issue of , we highlight artists who have imaginatively forged new links