Tara Youngborg
@tarayoungborg.bsky.social
New media artist and arts administrator. Manager for The Stamp Gallery and Studio A at the University of Maryland. Trying this one out now.
www.tarayoungborg.com
www.tarayoungborg.com
Forgot I can post on here and not just scroll 😂 I have work up currently at The Delaware Contemporary, Gallery B in Bethesda (I got 2nd place for the Trawick Prize, which is such an incredible honor) and on the windows of the SNF Parkway for Windows on North + Charles!
September 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Forgot I can post on here and not just scroll 😂 I have work up currently at The Delaware Contemporary, Gallery B in Bethesda (I got 2nd place for the Trawick Prize, which is such an incredible honor) and on the windows of the SNF Parkway for Windows on North + Charles!
In early 1987, six New Yorkers wheat-pasted SILENCE = DEATH posters across Lower Manhattan, sparking a movement that would reshape AIDS activism forever.
The Pink Triangle That Mobilized a Movement
The iconic protest visual used by SILENCE=DEATH and ACT UP became a key symbol of AIDS activism and LGBTQ+ advocacy.
hyperallergic.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Though we are technically just outside the district, The Crow's Nest plans on being open next Thursday, during the #BromoArtWalk from 6-9 PM.
May 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
University of Maryland, Baltimore will lay off employees, reduce salaries amid budget crisis
UMB will lay off employees, reduce salaries amid budget crisis
University of Maryland, Baltimore President Bruce Jarrell warned of a "clear and present danger" in relation to layoffs.
buff.ly
May 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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The core message of the book is that we need to drastically re-imagine the ways that data systems are built, the ways they work, and who gets to control them.
You can get Living in Data at your local library or at your fave indie bookseller.
bookshop.org/p/books/livi...
You can get Living in Data at your local library or at your fave indie bookseller.
bookshop.org/p/books/livi...
Living in Data: A Citizen's Guide to a Better Information Future
A Citizen's Guide to a Better Information Future
bookshop.org
March 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The core message of the book is that we need to drastically re-imagine the ways that data systems are built, the ways they work, and who gets to control them.
You can get Living in Data at your local library or at your fave indie bookseller.
bookshop.org/p/books/livi...
You can get Living in Data at your local library or at your fave indie bookseller.
bookshop.org/p/books/livi...
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services is among several federal agencies whose functions and workforce were effectively dismantled through Trump’s latest executive order.
Trump Moves to Dismantle Institute of Museum and Library Services
An executive order demands workforce and operation reductions “that the President has determined are unnecessary” at the IMLS and several agencies.
hyperallergic.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is among several federal agencies whose functions and workforce were effectively dismantled through Trump’s latest executive order.
My past 24 hours
March 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My past 24 hours
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made a visit to towson with @urlocalcyb.org & @digitalism.bsky.social & saw @tarayoungborg.bsky.social's MFA exhibition, not a town but a landing page. the choice of showing obsolescence through pairing digital decay and diminishing economies/ghost towns was sobering
March 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
made a visit to towson with @urlocalcyb.org & @digitalism.bsky.social & saw @tarayoungborg.bsky.social's MFA exhibition, not a town but a landing page. the choice of showing obsolescence through pairing digital decay and diminishing economies/ghost towns was sobering
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When is the last time you checked on your giant box of cables and connectors for devices that you no longer own or no longer exist?
February 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
When is the last time you checked on your giant box of cables and connectors for devices that you no longer own or no longer exist?
already had to make a document to put things I'm cutting out of my thesis so I wouldn't feel sad about the cuts
February 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
already had to make a document to put things I'm cutting out of my thesis so I wouldn't feel sad about the cuts
Just started my day with news of a former student losing her federal job (one of many who were told overnight) and this article about the decline in arts philanthropy by both left and right-leaning millenials/gen zers and I'm feeling particularly dire... thegraymarket.substack.com/p/the-erodin...
The eroding island of cultural philanthropy
Rich young people on the right and left are deserting arts nonprofits for opposite reasons
thegraymarket.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just started my day with news of a former student losing her federal job (one of many who were told overnight) and this article about the decline in arts philanthropy by both left and right-leaning millenials/gen zers and I'm feeling particularly dire... thegraymarket.substack.com/p/the-erodin...
New PUP album coming out in May..... do we think a summer tour to promote it? (Pleasepleaseplease)
February 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
New PUP album coming out in May..... do we think a summer tour to promote it? (Pleasepleaseplease)
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February 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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The NEA will no longer fund arts programs that promote DEI or "gender ideology." The federal agency has cancelled grants that have funded programs for underserved communities for more than 20 years.
'Chilling effect': Arts organizations react to end of DEI initiatives from fed agency
The NEA will no longer fund arts programs that promote DEI or "gender ideology." The federal agency has cancelled grants that have funded programs for underserved communities for more than 20 years.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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I have a web piece on view at an exhibition right now and at the reception it was super buggy-i assume bc of the kiosk software they use to display it having issues with the css. Came in today to troubleshoot and it is working perfectly. I 🙃 love🙃 being 🙃 an 🙃 artist 🙃who 🙃 uses 🙃 technology🙃
February 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I have a web piece on view at an exhibition right now and at the reception it was super buggy-i assume bc of the kiosk software they use to display it having issues with the css. Came in today to troubleshoot and it is working perfectly. I 🙃 love🙃 being 🙃 an 🙃 artist 🙃who 🙃 uses 🙃 technology🙃
Just wrote the most indulgent page in my thesis about experiencing JODI's website (wwwwwwwww.jodi.org/) for the first time in 2004, when I had no clue what net art was yet but that experience deeply shaped me and my art and I'm going to have to delete it later but I had to get it out of my head!
%Location | http://wwwwwwwww.jodi.org
wwwwwwwww.jodi.org
February 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Just wrote the most indulgent page in my thesis about experiencing JODI's website (wwwwwwwww.jodi.org/) for the first time in 2004, when I had no clue what net art was yet but that experience deeply shaped me and my art and I'm going to have to delete it later but I had to get it out of my head!
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The president announced Friday that he would remove multiple board members, including the Chairman, who do not share his vision for a "Golden Age in Arts and Culture."
Trump plans to name himself chair of Kennedy Center, fire board members
The president announced Friday that he would remove multiple board members, including the Chairman, who do not share his vision for a "Golden Age in Arts and Culture."
www.npr.org
February 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Me talking to people about writing my thesis: I love writing, I'm not worried about this part!
Me actually in the word document at 6am because that's my best brain/focus time:
Me actually in the word document at 6am because that's my best brain/focus time:
February 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Me talking to people about writing my thesis: I love writing, I'm not worried about this part!
Me actually in the word document at 6am because that's my best brain/focus time:
Me actually in the word document at 6am because that's my best brain/focus time:
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Art funding next….?
what a world what a world
what a world what a world
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Art funding next….?
what a world what a world
what a world what a world
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The Hampster Dance website in 1999
This website was one of the earliest examples of an Internet meme and it was created by Deidre LaCarte in 1998
#InternetHistory
This website was one of the earliest examples of an Internet meme and it was created by Deidre LaCarte in 1998
#InternetHistory
January 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The Hampster Dance website in 1999
This website was one of the earliest examples of an Internet meme and it was created by Deidre LaCarte in 1998
#InternetHistory
This website was one of the earliest examples of an Internet meme and it was created by Deidre LaCarte in 1998
#InternetHistory
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hello blue sky I’m excited to share some work here! for now I’d love to plug my MFA thesis exhibition coming up, if you’re in the Baltimore area, I’d love to see you there!
January 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
hello blue sky I’m excited to share some work here! for now I’d love to plug my MFA thesis exhibition coming up, if you’re in the Baltimore area, I’d love to see you there!
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“I was shocked...How did this happen?”
Frostburg State is facing a multimillion-dollar deficit. Other colleges may follow.
Frostburg State is facing a multimillion-dollar deficit. Other colleges may follow.
Frostburg State’s financial struggles could surface at other Maryland colleges
With more budget cuts looming, what’s happening on the Western Maryland campus could serve as a warning to other universities.
buff.ly
January 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“I was shocked...How did this happen?”
Frostburg State is facing a multimillion-dollar deficit. Other colleges may follow.
Frostburg State is facing a multimillion-dollar deficit. Other colleges may follow.
I am so excited to share my MFA thesis exhibition, "not a town but a landing page", opening January 31st at the Holtzman Gallery at Towson University. Opening reception on February 6th at 7:30pm and I will give a brief talk on Wednesday, February 12th at noon!
January 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I am so excited to share my MFA thesis exhibition, "not a town but a landing page", opening January 31st at the Holtzman Gallery at Towson University. Opening reception on February 6th at 7:30pm and I will give a brief talk on Wednesday, February 12th at noon!