This Is What I Know about Art - (Pocket Change Collective) by Kimberly Drew (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"In this powerful and hopeful account, arts writer, curator, and activist Kimberly Drew reminds us that the art world has space not just for the elite, but for everyone"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space to be yourself. And this is your invitation to join us. <p/>Drew's experience teaches us to embrace what we are afraid of and be true to ourselves. She uses her passion to change the art world and invites us to join her.--Janelle Monáe, award-winning singer, actress, and producer <p/>Powerful and compelling, this book gives us the courage to discover our own journeys into art.--Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries in Kensington Gardens, and co-editor of the <i>Cahiers d'Art</i> review <p/>This deeply personal and boldly political offering inspires and ignites.-- <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review <p/>In this powerful and hopeful account, arts writer, curator, and activist Kimberly Drew reminds us that the art world has space not just for the elite, but for everyone.</b> <p/>Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this installment, arts writer and co-editor of <i>Black Futures</i> Kimberly Drew shows us that art and protest are inextricably linked. Drawing on her personal experience through art toward activism, Drew challenges us to create space for the change that we want to see in the world. Because there really is so much more space than we think.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Drew's experience teaches us to embrace what we are afraid of and be true to ourselves. She uses her passion to change the art world and invites us to join her. --Janelle Monáe, award-winning singer, actress, and producer <p/>In <i>This Is What I Know About Art</i>, Kimberly Drew takes her reader on an inspiring and urgent journey. This vibrant book describes the moment when art and protest meet--and Drew's amazing blog connects the different chapters. Powerful and compelling, this book gives us the courage to discover our own journeys into art. --Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries in Kensington Gardens, and co-editor of the <i>Cahiers d'Art</i> review <p/>Call this a meaningful, profoundly personal lesson in scale and complexity, themes essential to any deep understanding of works of art, museum cultures and how they operate in American life. -- <i>Los Angeles Times</i> <p/>This deeply personal and boldly political offering inspires and ignites.-- <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review <p/>A unique and thoughtful commentary on the art world. A book that should be included in most collections for young people. -- <i>School Library Journal</i>, starred review<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Kimberly Drew is a writer, curator, and activist. Drew received her B.A. from Smith College in Art History and African-American Studies. She first experienced the art world as an intern in the Director's Office of The Studio Museum in Harlem. Her time there inspired her to start the Tumblr blog Black Contemporary Art, sparking her interest in social media. Drew's writing has appeared in <i>Vogue</i>, <i>Glamour</i>, <i>W</i>, <i>Teen Vogue</i>, and Lenny Letter, and she has executed Instagram takeovers for Prada, The White House, and Instagram. Drew recently left her role as the Social Media Manager at The Met. Her upcoming book, <i>Black Futures</i>, which she is co-editing with Jenna Wortham, is due in 2020. You can follow her at @museummammy on Instagram and Twitter. <p/>Ashley Lukashevsky is an illustrator and visual artist born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, currently based in Los Angeles. Ashley uses illustration and art as tools to strengthen social movements against systemic racism, sexism, and anti-immigrant policy. She aims to tear down these systems of oppression through first envisioning and drawing a world without them. Her clients include Refinery29, Broadly, <i>The Washington Post</i>, Planned Parenthood, Girls Who Code, <i>GOOD</i> magazine, <i>Brooklyn</i> magazine, ACLU, Red Bull, Snapchat, Air Jordan, and Logo TV. Ashley is also the illustrator of the best-selling <i>Antiracist Baby</i>, by Ibram X. Kendi.
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