Nell Taylor

Activist, Artist, Brainstormer, Concerned citizen, Educator/Teacher, Idea generator, Jewish, Producer, Social entrepreneur

In my role as project development lead for video and new media artist Lincoln Schatz, I'm coordinating youth media, leadership and educational partnerships for Cure Violence. Cure Violence is a public art - public health - social media collaboration between Lincoln and the anti-violence organization CeaseFire designed to empower communities to stop the violence epidemic by transmitting credible, personal messages on a massive scale. The project is in beta right now, ask me for a login if you want to check it out. I am also the founder and director of the Chicago Underground Library, a new model for community archives that applies inclusive and participatory models from digital culture to build and strengthen local creative networks. I'm a lifelong Chicagoan who received my BA from Columbia College Chicago, but I'm looking forward to being a west coast transplant in the near future. I hear you've got something called "sun."