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Marian Taylor Brown (she/they) is an adjunct lecturer in Arts Education at HGSE and an assistant professor of arts administration in the School of Art at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). Taylor Brown is a transdisciplinary artist, educator, researcher, social entrepreneur, and arts administrator with fifteen years of experience in arts and culture leadership. As an artist committed to social justice — turned arts administrator and social entrepreneur, Taylor Brown has collaborated with more than two hundred arts and culture organizations, and alongside innumerable creatives.
Taylor Brown founded Arts Connect International and co-founded the Cultural Equity Incubator in Boston, both of which focus on collective action as a pathway to creative justice. Prior to that, Taylor Brown held leadership positions at Open Door Arts in Boston; the Art & Global Health Center Africa in Zomba, Malawi; and ARTZ: Artists for Alzheimer’s in Woburn, Massachusetts. As a consultant, Taylor Brown continues to support organizations and institutions as they move towards aligned, equity-centered leadership and action.
A lifelong learner committed to inquiry and equity, Taylor Brown has also taught for the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Boston’s School for Global Inclusion & Social Development, and Honors College; and Heilbronn University’s College of International Business & Intercultural Management and held research positions within UMass Boston’s Institute for Community Inclusion and Harvard’s Project Zero. Taylor Brown has published community engaged scholarship in the Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, the American Journal of Arts Management, and with Routledge, with forthcoming work published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Within their studio art praxis, Taylor Brown investigates creation for community building, healing, regeneration, and joy. Trained in color theory, photography, paper making, and drawing, Taylor Brown’s work is multi-disciplinary. Taylor Brown honors process over product, and healing over economy. Taylor Brown equally cherishes her roles in life as an auntie, “goddy,” daughter, sibling, friend, neighbor, life partner, and fur parent. Taylor Brown is often found in nature, at arts events, in the studio, and with beloved community.