In this episode Dr. Cooper speaks with Shirley C. Taylor. Shirley started her journey as an arts administrator at the New York Foundation for the Arts in 1987 andhas since built a career leading a variety of arts and cultural education programs throughout New York City:Associate Director for Visual Arts Programs at ArtsConnection, Inc.; Director of Arts Programs at UniversitySettlement Society; Deputy Director of Programs, Education for the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning; Director of Education and Public Programs at the Noguchi Museum. Ms. Taylor has provided consulting services for anumber of education and cultural organizations including the Partnership for After School Education, Artmakers,Inc., the Bronx Center for Non Profits and Yaffa Cultural Arts. She is a recipient of the New York City School Art League Charles Robertson Memorial Award and the National Association of Negro Business & ProfessionalWomen’s Club, Inc. Professional Award; has served as a member of the New York City Department of Education’s Advisory Board for Arts Education and on the Board of Directors for One World Arts. In 2006, Ms. Taylor helped establish the Apollo Theater’s Education Department which provides arts, media and humanities programming forschools, professional and career development for teens and young adults, and public engagement programs for a variety of audiences. She presently serves as the Apollo’s Senior Director of Education. She is Assistant AdjunctProfessor, Africana Studies, at Barnard College and a member of the Board of Directors of Willie Mae RockCamp.. She holds an
M.F.A. in painting from the City University of New York and is a
graduate of the Columbia Business School Institute for Not-for-Profit Management, the Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS), and the American Express Leadership Academy.