Six days remain in the Kickstarter campaign to launch Art of Change, a book project from animation talent & recruitment execs Dawn Yamazi and Deb Stone, which brings together like-minded artists working in animation, illustration, games and fine arts to “tell the story of Black lives through art.” The campaign is seeking $50,000 to publish 500 copies, and hopes to reach a stretch goal which will fund direct compensation for the contributing artists.
Yamazi and Stone were already working on a collaborative book concept early in the year as a way to explain the pandemic and the state of the world to kids. When the video of police officers suffocating George Floyd to death shook the world on May 25, the creators and artists on board decided to shift the book’s focus to support Black lives.
To create the book, the collaborators came up with 15 words that reflected the past, present and future — words like “injustice” and “brutality,” but also “change,” “heroes” and “hope.” Each artist received a randomly selected word and worked with the group to develop their concepts.
The 75 contributors to Art of Change: Black Lives include animation artists Rod Douglas, Jerry J. Gaylord, PengPeng, Aaron Spurgeon, Bryan Turner, Leo Matsuda, Aliki Theofilopoulos, Brad Ableson, John Musker and more.
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