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. Bambi Ramsey is an illustrator, artist, and pattern designer living in Northern California with her family, two dogs, and two rabbits. She works in multimedia, mostly with pen and ink, gouache, watercolor, and graphite and loves to mix it all together with digital techniques. When Bambi is not drawing, you can find her creating costumes, growing tomatoes, hunting for treasures in antique and thrift stores, or backpacking in the Trinity Alps.

"helps children form connections with ... diverse artists."

• Introduction Artist 1: Thutmose (b. ~14th c. BCE) Bust Sculpture Artist 2: Gu Kaizhi (b. 344) Scroll Painting Artist 3: Artemisia Gentileschi (b. 1593) Chiaroscuro Drawing Artist 4: Anna Maria van Schurman (b. 1607) Drypoint Self-PortraitArtist 5: Luisa Roldán (b. 1652) Historical Figure SculpturesArtist 6: Katsushika Hokusai (b. 1760) Changing LandscapesArtist 7: Berthe Morisot (b. 1841) Impressionist PaintingArtist 8: Natalia Goncharova (b. 1881) Costume Design Artist 9: Jamini Roy (b. 1887) Animal MotifsArtist 10: Alma Thomas (b. 1891) Colors of the CosmosArtist 11: Barbara Hepworth (b. 1903) Subtractive SculptureArtist 12: Frida Kahlo (b. 1907) Symbolic Self-PortraitArtist 13: Emily Kame Kngwarreye (b. 1910) Batik PaintingArtist 14: Arthur George Smith (b. 1917) Wearable ArtArtist 15: Jewad Selim (b. 1919) Capturing CommunityArtist 16: Lygia Clark (b. 1920) Interactive SculpturesArtist 17: Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (b. 1922) Mirror MosaicArtist 18: Ladi Kwali (b. 1925) Sgraffito PotteryArtist 19: Kenojuak Ashevak (b. 1927) Animal Prints Artist 20: Rosemary Karuga (b. 1928) Community CollageArtist 21: Marisol Escobar (b. 1930) Assemblage Portrait Sculptures Artist 22: Margarita Azurdia (b. 1931) Geometric Culture Collage Artist 23: John Muafangejo (b. 1943) Personal Narrative PrintsArtist 24: Pacita Abad (b. 1946) Trapunto Quilt PaintingArtist 25: Bodys Isek Kingelez (b. 1948) Utopian CityAbout the AuthorAbout the IllustratorAcknowledgmentsReferences and ResourcesIndex

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. Bambi Ramsey is an illustrator, artist, and pattern designer living in Northern California with her family, two dogs, and two rabbits. She works in multimedia, mostly with pen and ink, gouache, watercolor, and graphite and loves to mix it all together with digital techniques. When Bambi is not drawing, you can find her creating costumes, growing tomatoes, hunting for treasures in antique and thrift stores, or backpacking in the Trinity Alps.

"helps children form connections with ... diverse artists."

• Introduction Artist 1: Thutmose (b. ~14th c. BCE) Bust Sculpture Artist 2: Gu Kaizhi (b. 344) Scroll Painting Artist 3: Artemisia Gentileschi (b. 1593) Chiaroscuro Drawing Artist 4: Anna Maria van Schurman (b. 1607) Drypoint Self-PortraitArtist 5: Luisa Roldán (b. 1652) Historical Figure SculpturesArtist 6: Katsushika Hokusai (b. 1760) Changing LandscapesArtist 7: Berthe Morisot (b. 1841) Impressionist PaintingArtist 8: Natalia Goncharova (b. 1881) Costume Design Artist 9: Jamini Roy (b. 1887) Animal MotifsArtist 10: Alma Thomas (b. 1891) Colors of the CosmosArtist 11: Barbara Hepworth (b. 1903) Subtractive SculptureArtist 12: Frida Kahlo (b. 1907) Symbolic Self-PortraitArtist 13: Emily Kame Kngwarreye (b. 1910) Batik PaintingArtist 14: Arthur George Smith (b. 1917) Wearable ArtArtist 15: Jewad Selim (b. 1919) Capturing CommunityArtist 16: Lygia Clark (b. 1920) Interactive SculpturesArtist 17: Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (b. 1922) Mirror MosaicArtist 18: Ladi Kwali (b. 1925) Sgraffito PotteryArtist 19: Kenojuak Ashevak (b. 1927) Animal Prints Artist 20: Rosemary Karuga (b. 1928) Community CollageArtist 21: Marisol Escobar (b. 1930) Assemblage Portrait Sculptures Artist 22: Margarita Azurdia (b. 1931) Geometric Culture Collage Artist 23: John Muafangejo (b. 1943) Personal Narrative PrintsArtist 24: Pacita Abad (b. 1946) Trapunto Quilt PaintingArtist 25: Bodys Isek Kingelez (b. 1948) Utopian CityAbout the AuthorAbout the IllustratorAcknowledgmentsReferences and ResourcesIndex

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. Bambi Ramsey is an illustrator, artist, and pattern designer living in Northern California with her family, two dogs, and two rabbits. She works in multimedia, mostly with pen and ink, gouache, watercolor, and graphite and loves to mix it all together with digital techniques. When Bambi is not drawing, you can find her creating costumes, growing tomatoes, hunting for treasures in antique and thrift stores, or backpacking in the Trinity Alps.

"helps children form connections with ... diverse artists."

• Introduction Artist 1: Thutmose (b. ~14th c. BCE) Bust Sculpture Artist 2: Gu Kaizhi (b. 344) Scroll Painting Artist 3: Artemisia Gentileschi (b. 1593) Chiaroscuro Drawing Artist 4: Anna Maria van Schurman (b. 1607) Drypoint Self-PortraitArtist 5: Luisa Roldán (b. 1652) Historical Figure SculpturesArtist 6: Katsushika Hokusai (b. 1760) Changing LandscapesArtist 7: Berthe Morisot (b. 1841) Impressionist PaintingArtist 8: Natalia Goncharova (b. 1881) Costume Design Artist 9: Jamini Roy (b. 1887) Animal MotifsArtist 10: Alma Thomas (b. 1891) Colors of the CosmosArtist 11: Barbara Hepworth (b. 1903) Subtractive SculptureArtist 12: Frida Kahlo (b. 1907) Symbolic Self-PortraitArtist 13: Emily Kame Kngwarreye (b. 1910) Batik PaintingArtist 14: Arthur George Smith (b. 1917) Wearable ArtArtist 15: Jewad Selim (b. 1919) Capturing CommunityArtist 16: Lygia Clark (b. 1920) Interactive SculpturesArtist 17: Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (b. 1922) Mirror MosaicArtist 18: Ladi Kwali (b. 1925) Sgraffito PotteryArtist 19: Kenojuak Ashevak (b. 1927) Animal Prints Artist 20: Rosemary Karuga (b. 1928) Community CollageArtist 21: Marisol Escobar (b. 1930) Assemblage Portrait Sculptures Artist 22: Margarita Azurdia (b. 1931) Geometric Culture Collage Artist 23: John Muafangejo (b. 1943) Personal Narrative PrintsArtist 24: Pacita Abad (b. 1946) Trapunto Quilt PaintingArtist 25: Bodys Isek Kingelez (b. 1948) Utopian CityAbout the AuthorAbout the IllustratorAcknowledgmentsReferences and ResourcesIndex