SDG 13 | From Marginal to Mainstream: Black Voices Driving the SDGs | Tayler Ava Friar

<p>How can art be a vehicle for social change?</p> <p><strong>Welcome back SDG Talkers!! </strong>Thanks for joining us for another episode of highlighting change makers and their inspirational work towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)!</p> <p>In This Episode:</p> <ul> <li>The Afro-Mexico history and future </li> <li>The interconnection between art and development</li> <li>Black voices in unconventional spaces</li> </ul> <p>Learn from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tayleravafriar/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Tayler Ava Friar</a> who is a writer, art historian, TEDx speaker, and global communications specialist with previous roles at The United Nations, World Bank, and Google. She is also the founder of <a href="https://www.artunknown.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">ART|unknown</a>. - a platform that explores the intersection of <a href="https://www.sdgtalkspodcast.com/sdg-17-harnessing-the-power-of-art-to-spearhead-the-sdgs-tayler-ava-friar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">art, black voices and the SDGs</a>. Her most recent exhibition FLOW of Change: focused around Black voices for climate action was the largest climate-inspired water installation in Mexico City, marking the opening of the COP27 Conference in Egypt.</p> <p>With a deep commitment to reexamining histories from a decolonized lens, Tayler is a PhD candidate in Art History at the University of Cape Town. Her thesis is entitled “A NUANCED GAZE: EXPLORING THE BLACK FEMALE BODY ARCHETYPE THROUGH CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN WOMEN ARTISTS” which has been <a href="https://journals.openedition.org/erea/13034?lang=fr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">partially published</a> with Aix-Marseille University in Provence, France. </p> <p>So listen now to get inspired from her passion and discover collaboration opportunities!</p> <p><strong>Resources:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.creativeknow.org/2021/tayler-friar" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Creative Knowle