Rebecca Taylor FRSA
@rebeccataylor.bsky.social
🏛️ educator, philosopher, strategist, museum nerd
👩🏼🏫 Art & Humanities, Teachers College, Columbia University
⌛️ MoMA/PS1, The Getty, MOCA
🏫 RSA | ICOM | AERA | AAHE | PES | INPE | JDS | IPPA | APA
#aesthetics #museums #philsky #edusky #academicsky #artsky
👩🏼🏫 Art & Humanities, Teachers College, Columbia University
⌛️ MoMA/PS1, The Getty, MOCA
🏫 RSA | ICOM | AERA | AAHE | PES | INPE | JDS | IPPA | APA
#aesthetics #museums #philsky #edusky #academicsky #artsky
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🎙️🕥 Looking forward to presenting my paper “Recovering Kairos in Education: Cultivating ‘Timeless Time’ Through Ritualized Aesthetic Experience’ at the International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE) Colloquium today!
#philsky #philosophy #artsky #aesthetics #PhilEd #edusky #academicsky
#philsky #philosophy #artsky #aesthetics #PhilEd #edusky #academicsky
🎙️🕥 Looking forward to presenting my paper “Recovering Kairos in Education: Cultivating ‘Timeless Time’ Through Ritualized Aesthetic Experience’ at the International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE) Colloquium today!
#philsky #philosophy #artsky #aesthetics #PhilEd #edusky #academicsky
#philsky #philosophy #artsky #aesthetics #PhilEd #edusky #academicsky
October 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🎙️🕥 Looking forward to presenting my paper “Recovering Kairos in Education: Cultivating ‘Timeless Time’ Through Ritualized Aesthetic Experience’ at the International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE) Colloquium today!
#philsky #philosophy #artsky #aesthetics #PhilEd #edusky #academicsky
#philsky #philosophy #artsky #aesthetics #PhilEd #edusky #academicsky
Reposted by Rebecca Taylor FRSA
Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits. It works in the minutest crannies and it opens out the widest vistas. It 'bakes no bread,' as has been said, but it can inspire our souls with courage…
courage.no
October 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits. It works in the minutest crannies and it opens out the widest vistas. It 'bakes no bread,' as has been said, but it can inspire our souls with courage…
⏳The AAHE survey on the state of arts on college campuses closes this Friday! If you work in Higher Education arts administration, please share your insights with us (or send to a colleague!) 🗳️
tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #highered #artsky #edusky
tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #highered #artsky #edusky
September 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
⏳The AAHE survey on the state of arts on college campuses closes this Friday! If you work in Higher Education arts administration, please share your insights with us (or send to a colleague!) 🗳️
tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #highered #artsky #edusky
tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #highered #artsky #edusky
On Thursdays, we philosophize…
Colloquium 1 of 2: Daniel Hausman (University of Wisconsin-Madison) on “Health and Well-Being: Some Complications”
📍Philosophy Hall, @columbiauniversity.bsky.social #philsky #academicsky #edusky
Colloquium 1 of 2: Daniel Hausman (University of Wisconsin-Madison) on “Health and Well-Being: Some Complications”
📍Philosophy Hall, @columbiauniversity.bsky.social #philsky #academicsky #edusky
September 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
On Thursdays, we philosophize…
Colloquium 1 of 2: Daniel Hausman (University of Wisconsin-Madison) on “Health and Well-Being: Some Complications”
📍Philosophy Hall, @columbiauniversity.bsky.social #philsky #academicsky #edusky
Colloquium 1 of 2: Daniel Hausman (University of Wisconsin-Madison) on “Health and Well-Being: Some Complications”
📍Philosophy Hall, @columbiauniversity.bsky.social #philsky #academicsky #edusky
Confession: Philosophy is my coping mechanism, especially during crazy times like these.
🎧 @onbeing.bsky.social @philosophybites.bsky.social @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social @apaphilosophy.bsky.social
#philsky #academicsky
🎧 @onbeing.bsky.social @philosophybites.bsky.social @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social @apaphilosophy.bsky.social
#philsky #academicsky
September 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Confession: Philosophy is my coping mechanism, especially during crazy times like these.
🎧 @onbeing.bsky.social @philosophybites.bsky.social @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social @apaphilosophy.bsky.social
#philsky #academicsky
🎧 @onbeing.bsky.social @philosophybites.bsky.social @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social @apaphilosophy.bsky.social
#philsky #academicsky
🏫 UNGA Healing Arts Week: Research Symposium at NYU
The annual research symposium is presented by NYU Steinhardt as part of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab’s UN General Assembly (UNGA) Healing Arts Week.
cc @lmtischfund.bsky.social @who.int @neuroartsblueprint.bsky.social
The annual research symposium is presented by NYU Steinhardt as part of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab’s UN General Assembly (UNGA) Healing Arts Week.
cc @lmtischfund.bsky.social @who.int @neuroartsblueprint.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🏫 UNGA Healing Arts Week: Research Symposium at NYU
The annual research symposium is presented by NYU Steinhardt as part of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab’s UN General Assembly (UNGA) Healing Arts Week.
cc @lmtischfund.bsky.social @who.int @neuroartsblueprint.bsky.social
The annual research symposium is presented by NYU Steinhardt as part of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab’s UN General Assembly (UNGA) Healing Arts Week.
cc @lmtischfund.bsky.social @who.int @neuroartsblueprint.bsky.social
Reposted by Rebecca Taylor FRSA
Arts Administrators in Higher Education (AAHE)—a network of arts leaders in Higher Education who champion & facilitate #arts engagement on their campuses—has launched a #survey on the State of Arts in #HigherEd.
🗳️Pls share your insights: tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #academicsky #edusky
🗳️Pls share your insights: tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #academicsky #edusky
August 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Arts Administrators in Higher Education (AAHE)—a network of arts leaders in Higher Education who champion & facilitate #arts engagement on their campuses—has launched a #survey on the State of Arts in #HigherEd.
🗳️Pls share your insights: tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #academicsky #edusky
🗳️Pls share your insights: tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #academicsky #edusky
John Dewey hits hard the morning after another horrific example of political violence 💔
“Democracy is the belief that even when needs and ends or consequences are different for each individual, the habit of amicable cooperation..
“Democracy is the belief that even when needs and ends or consequences are different for each individual, the habit of amicable cooperation..
September 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
John Dewey hits hard the morning after another horrific example of political violence 💔
“Democracy is the belief that even when needs and ends or consequences are different for each individual, the habit of amicable cooperation..
“Democracy is the belief that even when needs and ends or consequences are different for each individual, the habit of amicable cooperation..
Reposted by Rebecca Taylor FRSA
Studying #philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads #philsky #academiasky via The Conversation #edusky
theconversation.com/studying-phi...
theconversation.com/studying-phi...
Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.
theconversation.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Studying #philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads #philsky #academiasky via The Conversation #edusky
theconversation.com/studying-phi...
theconversation.com/studying-phi...
🏛️ Introducing 35 pre-service educators (@teacherscollege.bsky.social master’s students) to the @metmuseum.org today!
Lucky me 👩🏼🏫
Lucky me 👩🏼🏫
September 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🏛️ Introducing 35 pre-service educators (@teacherscollege.bsky.social master’s students) to the @metmuseum.org today!
Lucky me 👩🏼🏫
Lucky me 👩🏼🏫
I see you, Vincent — my TBR pile is endless too ♾️📚
📍 @royalacademyarts.bsky.social
#tbr #bibliophile #booksky #vangogh #booknerd #toberead
📍 @royalacademyarts.bsky.social
#tbr #bibliophile #booksky #vangogh #booknerd #toberead
August 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I see you, Vincent — my TBR pile is endless too ♾️📚
📍 @royalacademyarts.bsky.social
#tbr #bibliophile #booksky #vangogh #booknerd #toberead
📍 @royalacademyarts.bsky.social
#tbr #bibliophile #booksky #vangogh #booknerd #toberead
If you look at this van Gogh & your first thought is of Heidegger (“toilsome tread of the worker”) & your second is of Hemingway ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn.") are you a philosophy nerd, poetry nerd or art nerd? Asking for a friend…
📍 @royalacademyarts.bsky.social #artsky #philsky #poetrysky
📍 @royalacademyarts.bsky.social #artsky #philsky #poetrysky
August 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
If you look at this van Gogh & your first thought is of Heidegger (“toilsome tread of the worker”) & your second is of Hemingway ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn.") are you a philosophy nerd, poetry nerd or art nerd? Asking for a friend…
📍 @royalacademyarts.bsky.social #artsky #philsky #poetrysky
📍 @royalacademyarts.bsky.social #artsky #philsky #poetrysky
Reposted by Rebecca Taylor FRSA
ACLS has released a statement regarding the White House review of Smithsonian Institution museums: bit.ly/3HEbfgs
August 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ACLS has released a statement regarding the White House review of Smithsonian Institution museums: bit.ly/3HEbfgs
Arts Administrators in Higher Education (AAHE)—a network of arts leaders in Higher Education who champion & facilitate #arts engagement on their campuses—has launched a #survey on the State of Arts in #HigherEd.
🗳️Pls share your insights: tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #academicsky #edusky
🗳️Pls share your insights: tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #academicsky #edusky
August 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Arts Administrators in Higher Education (AAHE)—a network of arts leaders in Higher Education who champion & facilitate #arts engagement on their campuses—has launched a #survey on the State of Arts in #HigherEd.
🗳️Pls share your insights: tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #academicsky #edusky
🗳️Pls share your insights: tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #academicsky #edusky
Requisite pilgrimage to the Prison of Socrates in Athens 🇬🇷
Fitting that I was listening to @hotelbarpodcast.bsky.social at the time — always philosophising, even on holiday. #philsky #athens #socrates
Fitting that I was listening to @hotelbarpodcast.bsky.social at the time — always philosophising, even on holiday. #philsky #athens #socrates
June 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Requisite pilgrimage to the Prison of Socrates in Athens 🇬🇷
Fitting that I was listening to @hotelbarpodcast.bsky.social at the time — always philosophising, even on holiday. #philsky #athens #socrates
Fitting that I was listening to @hotelbarpodcast.bsky.social at the time — always philosophising, even on holiday. #philsky #athens #socrates
Thanks to @pesgb.bsky.social for a great talk today on ‘Iris Murdoch’s Philosophy of Education’ by Camille Braune (Panthéon-Sorbonne University). Appreciated the opportunity to be able to join remotely. #philsky #academicsky
June 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Thanks to @pesgb.bsky.social for a great talk today on ‘Iris Murdoch’s Philosophy of Education’ by Camille Braune (Panthéon-Sorbonne University). Appreciated the opportunity to be able to join remotely. #philsky #academicsky
🎧 Perfect post-read listen: a three-part primer on “How to Read Simone Weil” on one of my favorite pods (Yale’s “For the Life of the World”)
cc @yaledivinityschool.bsky.social @weilsociety.bsky.social @evanrosa.bsky.social @cynthiawallace.bsky.social @simoneweiluk.bsky.social
#philsky
cc @yaledivinityschool.bsky.social @weilsociety.bsky.social @evanrosa.bsky.social @cynthiawallace.bsky.social @simoneweiluk.bsky.social
#philsky
June 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🎧 Perfect post-read listen: a three-part primer on “How to Read Simone Weil” on one of my favorite pods (Yale’s “For the Life of the World”)
cc @yaledivinityschool.bsky.social @weilsociety.bsky.social @evanrosa.bsky.social @cynthiawallace.bsky.social @simoneweiluk.bsky.social
#philsky
cc @yaledivinityschool.bsky.social @weilsociety.bsky.social @evanrosa.bsky.social @cynthiawallace.bsky.social @simoneweiluk.bsky.social
#philsky
🏁 Ready, set, symposia…
Conversations Across Cultures kicks off momentarily at @teacherscollege.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. We’re looking forward to 2 days of talks & panels on the theme of ‘ART TODAY: Challenging Times’. Lots to discuss on this urgent topic…
#artsky #academicsky
Conversations Across Cultures kicks off momentarily at @teacherscollege.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. We’re looking forward to 2 days of talks & panels on the theme of ‘ART TODAY: Challenging Times’. Lots to discuss on this urgent topic…
#artsky #academicsky
April 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🏁 Ready, set, symposia…
Conversations Across Cultures kicks off momentarily at @teacherscollege.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. We’re looking forward to 2 days of talks & panels on the theme of ‘ART TODAY: Challenging Times’. Lots to discuss on this urgent topic…
#artsky #academicsky
Conversations Across Cultures kicks off momentarily at @teacherscollege.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. We’re looking forward to 2 days of talks & panels on the theme of ‘ART TODAY: Challenging Times’. Lots to discuss on this urgent topic…
#artsky #academicsky
🕷️ Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers at @guggenheim.bsky.social
cc @hauserwirth.bsky.social #artsky #museumsky
cc @hauserwirth.bsky.social #artsky #museumsky
April 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🕷️ Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers at @guggenheim.bsky.social
cc @hauserwirth.bsky.social #artsky #museumsky
cc @hauserwirth.bsky.social #artsky #museumsky
Gorgeous venue for Socratic inquiry. Looking forward to this conversation about “Questions to Live By” between two brilliant interlocutors: @agcallard.bsky.social and Alexander Nehamas.
📍 Princeton University
cc @princetonarts.bsky.social @princetonartandarx.bsky.social @wwnorton.bsky.social
📍 Princeton University
cc @princetonarts.bsky.social @princetonartandarx.bsky.social @wwnorton.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Gorgeous venue for Socratic inquiry. Looking forward to this conversation about “Questions to Live By” between two brilliant interlocutors: @agcallard.bsky.social and Alexander Nehamas.
📍 Princeton University
cc @princetonarts.bsky.social @princetonartandarx.bsky.social @wwnorton.bsky.social
📍 Princeton University
cc @princetonarts.bsky.social @princetonartandarx.bsky.social @wwnorton.bsky.social
Huge thanks to the WHEN Contemplative Pedagogy Group for inviting @contemplativeneuro.bsky.social to share his research and insights with us today. And special thanks to @metmuseum.org for providing a blissful venue to join the meeting from. #artsky #edusky #academicsky
April 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Huge thanks to the WHEN Contemplative Pedagogy Group for inviting @contemplativeneuro.bsky.social to share his research and insights with us today. And special thanks to @metmuseum.org for providing a blissful venue to join the meeting from. #artsky #edusky #academicsky
🔴🔜 Beautiful morning at @metmuseum.org previewing the 2025 Roof Garden Commission by Jennie C. Jones. Can’t wait to enjoy summer cocktails with her Ensemble 🎼
April 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🔴🔜 Beautiful morning at @metmuseum.org previewing the 2025 Roof Garden Commission by Jennie C. Jones. Can’t wait to enjoy summer cocktails with her Ensemble 🎼
🖼️ Sunday afternoon excursion to MoMA to see the extraordinary Jack Whitten retrospective. High expectations (because I love JW) and I was still floored — so brilliant.
Brava to curator Michelle Kuo & everyone else involved 👏
📍 @moma.bsky.social // cc @hauserwirth.bsky.social #artsky #museumsky
Brava to curator Michelle Kuo & everyone else involved 👏
📍 @moma.bsky.social // cc @hauserwirth.bsky.social #artsky #museumsky
April 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
🖼️ Sunday afternoon excursion to MoMA to see the extraordinary Jack Whitten retrospective. High expectations (because I love JW) and I was still floored — so brilliant.
Brava to curator Michelle Kuo & everyone else involved 👏
📍 @moma.bsky.social // cc @hauserwirth.bsky.social #artsky #museumsky
Brava to curator Michelle Kuo & everyone else involved 👏
📍 @moma.bsky.social // cc @hauserwirth.bsky.social #artsky #museumsky
I spent 4 hours at the @metmuseum.org yesterday facilitating young people’s engagement with art and it was beautiful to witness the transformative power of art through their eyes. #artsky #museumsky
Let us speak of joy.
Tell us about something wonderful that happened to you this week.
…
I unexpectedly was able to spend time with a dear friend while traveling for work. Nothing can replace the sound of a deeply familiar and loved laugh.
Tell us about something wonderful that happened to you this week.
…
I unexpectedly was able to spend time with a dear friend while traveling for work. Nothing can replace the sound of a deeply familiar and loved laugh.
April 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I spent 4 hours at the @metmuseum.org yesterday facilitating young people’s engagement with art and it was beautiful to witness the transformative power of art through their eyes. #artsky #museumsky
👩🏼💻TFW you’re conducting a post-intervention interview and your mind is already “coding” the participant’s insightful comments about their aesthetic experience(s).
#researchsky #academicsky #artsky #aesthetics #pilotstudy
#researchsky #academicsky #artsky #aesthetics #pilotstudy
April 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
👩🏼💻TFW you’re conducting a post-intervention interview and your mind is already “coding” the participant’s insightful comments about their aesthetic experience(s).
#researchsky #academicsky #artsky #aesthetics #pilotstudy
#researchsky #academicsky #artsky #aesthetics #pilotstudy