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This Is What I Know about Art (Pocket Change Collective series)
Kimberly Drew
Illustrator: Ashley Lukashevsky
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Penguin Workshop/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-593-09518-8
Keywords: activism, BIPOC underrepresentation in the art world, anti-racism
A black curator, writer, and activist describes her passion for art and for taking action to make art institutions more welcoming spaces for BIPOC audiences and to increase representation of artists of color in museums and galleries. Spot illustrations.