How To Be An Artist: A Memoir

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Combining research with storytelling, Taylor writes essays and creates art that investigates how place shapes resilience, using archival materials and site-specific work to reveal the interconnected transformations between landscape and history.

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  • In-depth exploration of history, past projects and everyday issues as interpreted from keen artistic perception.

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About How to Be an Artist: A Memoir

Visual artist, essayist: all the same process. Former newspaper Op-Ed freelancer, author. I write about physical, cultural, and historical landscapes, curiously searching for meaning.

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