About Me

WHY I MAKE STUFF...
  • My work pours from the desire to tear down walls and facades and reshape society into a honest and trusting community.
  • I find extreme joy in connecting people and spurring mutually beneficial relationships.
  • It is an artist's job to create our version of the world and spread that template as far as we can reach in hopes it catches.
  • I am especially interested in the intersection of various art forms and how they can work together to express and touch.
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my self-portrait, life-sized, interactive, gallery installation (puppet)
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RANDOM STUFF I'VE DONE...
  • taught adults with cerebral palsy
  • cut lenses for glasses
  • puppeteered at the Lyric Opera of Chicago
  • worked on tv/film projects with Universal, MGM, Warner Brothers, Jim Henson Company, Heather Henson's Handmade Puppet Dreams, Nexus Studios, The Virtual Reality Company, Fonco Studios, and more
  • served as the Festival and Education Coordinator at the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival and Vice President of the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry
  • taught theater to street children in the Philippines
  • studied at a professional musical theater training center in New York City
  • taught swing dance
  • performed with and production managed a multi-million dollar murder mystery dinner theater company
  • created a new play festival during which over 70 artists ate, slept, rehearsed, and performed in an old church
  • taught creative writing in the Chicago Public Schools​
  • been in a rock band
  • puppeteered a 30 foot whale for an Andrew Bird Concert
  • made a life sized puppet replica of myself
  • performed on notable Chicago stages including Pritzker Pavillion in Millenium Park, the Field Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Double Door
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO ME TALK TO MY FRIEND CAM
ON HIS PODCAST, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PHONE CALL...

TESTIMONIALS...
“TAYLOR IS ONE OF THE MOST DRIVEN AND PASSIONATE PEOPLE I HAVE EVER EMPLOYED. SHE HAS AN EXCEPTIONAL KNACK FOR SOLVING COMPLEX PROBLEMS AND OFTEN DEMONSTRATES AN ABILITY TO PERFORM HIGH-END EMOTIONAL LABOR.”
- SCOTT CRAMTON, THE MURDER MYSTERY COMPANY (CEO)

“SHE TACKLES MULTIPLE MAJOR PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME WITH AN EYE FOR FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND OUR MISSION. BASICALLY, TAYLOR CHANGED THE WAY ORACLE PRODUCES WORK BY GIVING US GREATER CAPACITY TO REACH MORE AUDIENCES.”
- BEN FUCHSEN, ORACLE PRODUCTIONS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)

“NOT ONLY IS TAYLOR DRIVEN, INTELLIGENT AND ORGANIZED, SHE ALSO HAS AN UNCANNY EMPATHY FOR ALL PEOPLE- PARTICULARLY ARTISTS AND CREATORS. TAYLOR HAS A REMARKABLE ABILITY TO BRING OUT THE BEST IN PEOPLE. HER INFECTIOUS ENTHUSIASM, COUPLED WITH A KEEN KNACK FOR MANAGING THE NITTY GRITTY OF A CREATIVE PROCESS, ​MAKES HER AN IRREPLACEABLE ASSET TO ANY ARTISTIC TEAM.”
- MIKE OLEON, NASTY, BRUTISH & SHORT: A PUPPET CABARET (CO-CURATOR)
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