Dumbo Open Studios: Elephant Art Shop: Art for Social & Environmental Action

Date: May 13-23, 2021

Samantha Taylor, Artist and Founder of Elephant Art Shop, is thrilled to be participating in this year’s DUMBO Open Studios, Digital Art Event.

This virtual platform will give visitors the opportunity to participate and view the event from around the world, from the comfort and safety of your home. DUMBO Open Studios will feature more than 100 artists and art organizations from DUMBO and Vinegar Hill welcoming the public to view art and studios online. Thursday May 13- Sunday, May 23. 

Two Coats of Paint Marathon Art Conversation with DUMBO Artists and Arts Organizations 

Hosted by Two Coats of Paint and organized by Sharon Butler Thurs. May 13, 9:30 AM - 7 PM, Clubhouse. DUMBO artists and arts organizations will join Sharon Butler on Clubhouse to kick off the 2021 Dumbo Open Studios with a day-long conversation about art, exhibitions, and other arts issues and ideas. The Two Coats of Paint Clubhouse room will be open on the first day of DUMBO Open Studios from 10am to 6pm and various times throughout the ten-day event. Moderators include a lively crew of DUMBO regulars: Minus Space, Smack Mellon, AIR, Platform Project Space, Matthew Deleget, Alexi Worth, Laura Karetzky, Elizabeth Hazan, other artists working in the neighborhood. Note: To join Clubhouse, download the app on your iPhone. 

Clubhouse Drop-in Audio: May 13, 5-6 pm: Art for Social & Environmental Action: Samantha Taylor will discuss how art can inform and create dialogue about conservation, effect social change, and make our communities more equitable, both on the wall and on the move.

Click on link to Samantha Taylor’s artist page.

Instagram: elephantartbysamanthataylor

Clubhouse: @samaccelerate

Website: Elephant Art Shop

DUMBO Open Studios is a project of Art in DUMBO, a resource that provides information about art events, happenings, galleries, and residency programs in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

Visitors can contact Samantha Taylor directly to request a virtual studio tour, enquire about/purchase paintings, greetings cards and designer elephant T-shirts:

917 647 4787

Hamptons International Film Festival 2018: Elephant Art by Samantha Taylor - Join us for an evening reception, shopping, weekend escape raffle

10% sales proceeds donated to David Sheldrick Trust to protect endangered elephant species

ELEPHANT ART SHOW AND RECEPTION:

26 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, NY 11937

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6

4-7PM

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVE

Watercolor paintings

Greetings cardS - Prints

T-SHIRTS

RAFFLE: win A SPRING WEEKEND ESCAPE for two IN WOODSTOCK, NY

PAINTINGS WILL BE FEATURED THROUGHOUT HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - OCTOBER 4-8

In celebration of Artist - Samantha Taylor Contact or Text RSVP - 917 647-4787

Reputation Dynamics - Elephant Art by Samantha Taylor - Afropop Worldwide 30th Anniversary Gala May 3 - New York

Uvumilivu - Endurance (Swahili)

Watercolor painting

I am proud to be among featured artists at Afropop Worldwide’s 30th Anniversary and Gala on May 3 at City Winery NYC. The event will feature performances by two new Afropop Hall of Fame honorees: Garifuna global ambassador Aurelio Martinez, and Zimbabwe’s international sensation, Mokoomba..  

Afropop’s mission is to reveal the essential music and stories of Africa and the African diaspora, celebrating the roots of the world’s greatest pop music traditions.

'I had always been attracted to and fascinated by elephants, particularly their symbolism, as a child who was re-located to Kenya with her family at the age of 10. The elephant represents wisdom, maternal strength, and longevity. As a symbol of wisdom, the elephant is said to attain old age and the animal is highly revered for its strength and emotional intelligence. There are several lessons we can learn from the lucky elephant, loyalty to its family and role in community. We need to embrace them now and for the future. Yet, man continues to destroy them.'

In the early 20th century, there were around 3-5 million African elephants. Today, there are approximately 415,000.

My T-shirts, paintings and greetings cards advocate support for and raises awareness about a broad range of causes including poverty, empowering women and girls, youth education, wildlife preservation, arts and culture.

About Afropop: Afropop Worldwide is a Peabody award-winning radio program and online magazine dedicated to music from Africa and the African diaspora. Hosted by one of Africa’s best-loved broadcast personalities, Georges Collinet, and produced by Sean Barlow, the radio show is currently distributed by PRI Public Radio International to over 100 stations in the U.S., as well as stations in Europe and Africa.

Elephant Art Shop: https://www.reputation-dynamics.com/elephantartshop/

Facebook: @ElephantArtShop

Afropop Gala Auction Items:

Link: http://afropop.org/articles/the-afropop-gala-auction-items-announced

By Sam Taylor, President of Reputation Dynamics and Founder of Elephant Art Shop.

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Columbia University: Annual African Economic Forum 2018 - April 7, New York

I am excited to be participating on a panel at Columbia University’s Annual African Economic Forum.  My remarks will primarily focus on the importance of private-public partnerships and approaches to address youth unemployment, mitigate poverty and create a path to economic prosperity.

Saturday, April 7: 3:20 – 4.40 pm

Youth Unemployment: Youth unemployment is one of Africa’s greatest challenges. Unemployment among young people aged 15–24 years old in sub-Saharan Africa has hovered between 12% and 14% since the 2008 global financial crisis. The data does not include youth in vulnerable employment and underemployed in informal sectors, who make up at least 70% of the workforce. Although these statistics may seem daunting, African policymakers, entrepreneurs, and private businesses have been working to mitigate unemployment among African youth in their respective countries by tapping into innovation. This panel will focus on the complexities of unemployment, expand on the roles of actors on the ground who are working to solve this problem, and give exposure to budding programs and innovations that have been successful in alleviating unemployment throughout the continent.

Panelists:

Annie Duflo - Executive Director of Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

Mpho Sekwele - Co-Founder, Bantu Hikers

Samantha Taylor - President, Reputation Dynamics

Special Event Feature: Elephant Art Shop:  Original watercolor paintings, cards and prints for sale with proceeds to benefit the endangered African elephant species.

Facebook: @ElephantArtShop

You can also find updates and information regarding AEF here at:

http://aefcolumbia.com

We do hope that you will be able to join this important conversation.

Sam Taylor, Founder of Reputation Dynamics

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Elephant Art by Samantha Taylor - Join us for an evening reception, shopping and art

10% sales proceeds to David Sheldrick Trust to protect endangered elephant species

ELEPHANT ART SHOW AND RECEPTION:

26 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, NY 11937

SATURDAY, MAY 27 - 4-7PM

Watercolor paintings - Greetings cards - Prints

Enter for a chance to win an EILEEN FISHER scarf + artist gift

In celebration of Artist - Samantha Taylor Contact or Text RSVP - 917 647-4787