Hi My Family and Friends!
I'm beyond excited to share some incredible news—I’ve officially been accepted into my first artist residency! 🎉 I came across this opportunity a while ago and, honestly, sat on it for a bit. France has always been a dream, but as it would be my first time out of the country, there was definitely some fear mixed in with the excitement. Still, I decided to take the leap and apply… and I was blown away when I was accepted. I told myself I wanted to do something just for me—and this is it. I truly deserve this. ☺️
This residency is more than a trip—it’s a huge step in both my art and my personal journey. I’ll be staying in a château with artists from all over the world, sharing space, creating together, and diving deep into who we are as creatives.
As a cinematographer and photographer, I’ll be documenting the experience (YouTube: LoveSequel)—capturing both the beauty around me and the growth within me. These memories will last a lifetime, and I can’t wait to share them with you all. My goal through this experience is to continue healing, growing, and reminding myself—and others—that we can become whoever we choose to be, no matter what anyone tells us. I also hope to explore how this kind of creative immersion could benefit the youth I work with at the center. Imagine planting these kinds of seeds in young artists early on. 🌱
Thank you so much for your love, support, and donations. It truly means the world. If you do donate, I’d love to gift you something in return! Message me what kind of art you like—or if you'd prefer one of the services I offer (for donations 200.00 and up).
Let’s create magic, together. 💫
Teylor’s Artist Residency in Europe, Summer 2025
Trailer and movie posters by Sydnie D. Mares
Where community becomes family, and art becomes a path to love and liberation.
A Vision of Grace is a powerful short documentary born from a collaboration between the upEND Movement and Montrose Grace Place. The film follows Youth Voices Empowered (YVE), a vibrant youth-led advocacy initiative amplifying the voices of young people experiencing housing insecurity in Houston.
Through an intimate lens, A Vision of Grace captures a series of art workshops led by conceptual artist Tay Butler in partnership with the upEND team. In these workshops, youth explore storytelling, memory, and identity while creating personal Zines to showcase and sell at Houston’s Zine Fest.
But this documentary is more than an art project—it’s a deeply human portrait of resilience and radical care. Through candid interviews, the youth share their lived experiences with houselessness and family separation while celebrating the joy and healing they’ve found in community. Montrose Grace Place emerges as a central character in the film—a sanctuary offering safety, belonging, and the possibility of chosen family.
A Vision of Grace is a tribute to what it means to live abolition now. It highlights the urgent need to replace systems of punishment and separation with community-rooted care, showing what becomes possible when young people are seen, heard, and held in love.
COMMING SOON
It all begins with an idea.
Looking for ways to join a community, start with our bookclub <3 in the meantime
Little Amal HTX
Little Amal is the 12 foot puppet of a 10 year old Syrian refugee child at the heart of The Walk. She has become a global symbol of human rights, especially those of refugees.
Since July 2021, Amal has travelled to 160 towns and cities in 15 countries and been welcomed by two million people on the street and by tens of millions online. 440 events unique to each community that she visits have been created for her by thousands of artists and civil society and faith leaders.
Her journeys are festivals of art and hope that draw attention to the huge numbers of children fleeing war, violence and persecution, each with their own story. Her urgent message to the world is “Don’t forget about us”.
Houston’s Hands
The event celebrated ordinary people making extraordinary contributions in their community during Harvey relief efforts. Pamela Alexander, Director of Community Development for the Ford Motor Company Fund, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and Majic 102.1’s Uncle Funky Larry Jones were on hand to facilitate the festivities and congratulate honorees like Jerome Love, Taranieshia Grigsby, Houston Hands, the Street Kings, Trae tha Truth, Hilton Koch, Pastor James Dixon, Ashaia Clark, Kay Matthews, Marsha McCray, Terence Narcisse, Patrick Britton, Alexandra Bowman. Other attendees included Crystal and Craig Bonner, Jeff Shaw, Della Butler, Teresita Atkins, Linda Brown, Pearl Wright and many more.
A.I.M. College Prep
Academia in Motion is a youth organization geared to assisting in college prep as well as aiding in guiding the youth to being productive leaders