Featuring full-color reproductions of fourteen artworks and illustrations of the artists at work, this picture book is an ideal introduction to contemporary art for young children, and a fantastic tool for teachers wishing to decolonize and diversify their classroom.

Sharna Jackson’s experience as a children’s author who has worked for over a decade in the cultural sector, both at Tate in London and at Site Gallery in Sheffield, is combined here with the curatorial expertise of Dr. Zoé Whitley, Director of London’s Chisenhale Gallery and co-curator of the landmark Tate exhibition “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power.” Their book features artists working in a variety of media from painting and sculpture to ceramics and installation.

The result is a refreshingly contemporary global celebration of Black artists at work today that will serve as inspiration to a new generation of aspiring young artists.

Sharna Jackson é autora e curadora premiada de literatura infantil. É autora de quatro livros para crianças, incluindo High-Rise Mystery (2019), vencedor do Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2020, e Mic Drop (2020). Zoé Whitley é diretora da Chisenhale Gallery e co-curadora da exposição Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power (2017).