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"Harness the power of creativity to celebrate your community and change the world with Anti-Racist Art Activities for Kids. Do you think, ""I'm just a kid. What can I do to make a difference?"" Be an anti-racist artist! Have fun with creative projects that empower you to use your art, actions, and words to create meaningful change. Start your anti-racist art-making journey by defining ideas like race, racism, and anti-racism. Dive into six sections, beginning with self-reflection before seeking justice and taking action! Together, we will explore: Identity - Who you are and what makes you unique. Explore your identity and create a symbol that represents you. Culture - Your way of life and honoring what others value about theirs. Make a textile design inspired by your home and culture. Community - Connecting to people and places. Challenge your implicit biases and discover how to draw diverse people. Empathy - Understanding others and having compassion. Learn the meaning of equity by solving real-world math problems with art. Justice - Making a society that is fair for all. Create a miniature billboard that comments on a social issue. Activism - Creating change and transforming our communities. Mail a postcard to a politician that informs them of what you would like to see change. Activities include designing a community mural, making postcards to send to local politicians, organizing people to make a positive change, and more! As you work through the pages and explore the many parts of being an anti-racist artist, you will learn various art-making skills and engage with different materials such as paint, clay, textiles, and recycled materials. This book is just a starting point, and the possibilities are endless. There is no limit to your imagination and your impact! Contributors include: Abigail Birhanu, Khadesia Latimer, Paula Liz, Lori Santos, Tamara Slade and Anjali Wells."

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Author:   Anti-Racist Art Teachers ,  Paula Liz ,  Abigail Birhanu ,  Khadesia Latimer
Publisher:   Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Imprint:   Quarry Books
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780760381328

ISBN 10:   0760381321
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   01 June 2023
Recommended Age:   From 8 to 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children's (6-12)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of contents: Unit 1: Identity Introduction Activity 1- Identity Puzzle Collage Create an identity puzzle map about you. Activity 2- Identity Symbols Create a symbol that shows your unique identity. Activity 3- Your Name is A Work of Art Transform your name into a work of art. Activity 4- Our Many Shades of Skin Learn how to mix various browns to create many skin colors. Activity 5- Your Unique Colors Collage Create a self-portrait collage that explores and embraces what makes you unique. Activity 6- Silhouette Portrait Create a self-concept silhouette portrait. Activity 7- ME-Shirt Design a shirt to represent you. Activity 8- Affirmation Animals Create an animal necklace that represents a positive affirmation about yourself. Unit 2: Culture Introduction Activity 9- Bookmarking Cultural Appreciation Make a bookmark to honor a culture. Activity 10- Special Family Foods Create a recipe for a special food. Activity 11- The Best Day of the Year Draw what the best day of the year looks like to you. Activity 12- Expressive Landscapes Draw a landscape that shows your unique aesthetic. Activity 13- Transgenerational Objects Create a sculpture that features your family's history, culture, and traditions. Activity 14- The Fabric of Me! Create a textile design inspired by your home and culture. Unit 3: Community Introduction Activity 15 - Mapping the Treasures of My Neighborhood Take a mindful journey in your neighborhood and create a treasure map. Activity 16 - Drawing Diversity Practice drawing a diverse group of people in a community setting. Activity 17 - Career Puppets Create a puppet of a community helper that challenges your implicit bias. Activity 18 - Community Heroes Create an artwork that celebrates an important person in your community. Activity 19 - Finding Joy Find joy and celebrate it with art. Activity 20 - Goal Setting for Growth Create an artwork that outlines your current goals within your spheres of influence. Unit 4: Empathy Introduction Activity 21- We Welcome All Make a welcoming entrance and explore how to create brave spaces. Activity 22- Equal Isn't Always Fair Learn the meaning of equity by solving real-world math problems with modeling clay. Activity 23 - Compassion Critters Create a stuffed critter that represents four qualities of compassion. Activity 24 - Drawing with Magic Use magic to draw change into the world. Activity 25 - Challenges to Triumphs Create a comic strip that illustrates a challenge you triumphed. Activity 26- Powerful Portraits Create a portrait that challenges stereotypes. Unit 5: Justice Introduction Activity 27 - Celebrating Activists Create an artwork using various materials that celebrates an activist. Activity 28 - Using Text in Art Use powerful words to create a work of art. Activity 29 - Miniature Billboards Create a miniature billboard that comments on a social issue. Activity 30 - Social Activism Mural Design a mural that shows what is important to your community. Unit 6: Activism Introduction Activity 31 - Creating Mindful Spaces Create art for a mindful space you re-designed. Activity 32 - Growing Reciprocity Make a native food garden marker. Activity 33 - Sustainable Fashion Repurpose an old t-shirt into a handbag to help our planet. Activity 34 - Flying Flags of Hope Create flags that inspire hope. Activity 35 - Advocacy Weaving Create a weaving that advocates for what you believe in. Activity 36 - Postcards to Politicians Create a postcard to send to a politician to tell them about an issue you care about. Activity 37 - Designing My Own Utopia Learn about Afro-Brazilian resistance and create a diorama of a utopia, free of injustice. Activity 38- Collective Logo Begin to organize a collective and design a logo for your cause. Visual Resources Glossary About the Authors Acknowledgments

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Anti-Racist Art Teachers Anti-Racist Art Teachers is a collective of educators residing across the United States who promote inclusive thinking, celebrate diversity, and inspire transformative action through art education. We seek to provide educators and caregivers resources to explore anti-bias and anti-racist concepts through art-making that engages youth in critical conversations about voice, power, bias, race, equity, diversity, inclusion, and justice. Learn more at antiracistartteachers.org. Paula Liz is an artist, activist, educator, and author. She was born in Puerto Rico and attended the Maryland Institute of Art, receiving a BFA in Painting and an MAT in Art Education. She has taught K-12 art in New York; Texas; Washington, DC; and Maryland, where she was named Art Educator of the Year in 2022. Her passion for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion are at the center of her lessons and expand beyond the classroom. Learn more at paulalizart.com. Abigail Birhanu is an artist and art educator who teaches secondary level. She was born in Ethiopia and grew up with an appreciation not only for her culture but a diversity of cultures and experiences. Abby is a Fulbrighter who taught in England. She loves traveling and has visited 21 countries so far. She is committed to anti-racist, anti-bias, culturally responsive teaching that cultivates understanding and value for our diverse world community. Khadesia Latimer Khadesia is an art educator and artist from South Carolina. She is passionate about art making that encourages empathy, critical thinking skills, anti-racist, and anti-bias practices. She believes that art education is the perfect outlet for spiking creativity while helping develop culturally responsive children. In the future, Khadesia hopes to expand her creativity by writing and illustrating children's books. Follow @thebusybrushes on IG. Dr. Lori Santos has a scholarly focus on Indigenous art and cultures and works directly with Indigenous artists and communities throughout the Americas. She is the founder of the Puzzle Peace Pledge Project (4PEACE), a cross-cultural art initiative for sustainable social and ecological amity. Lori teaches art as social justice and nurtures human stories of awareness, transformation, and empowerment. Tamara (tuh-mar-uh) Slade is a social justice educator and author from California. She obtained her Masters in Education from UCLA. For the last seven years, Tamara has taught students of color at the elementary school level. In her spare time, she coaches teachers, creates social justice curriculum, and facilitates professional development related to ethnic studies, CGI math, and more. She hopes to one day publish a children's book of her own. Anjali Wells Anjali is an art educator from Maryland who is passionate about teaching others to use art as an outlet. She believes everyone's voice is powerful, deserves to be heard, and can do so creatively. To share this mission, she created the nonprofit Creative Outlets Arts Center. Learn more about how you can use art as an outlet for wellness at CreativeOutletsAC.com.

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