Van Taylor's Open Road
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Van Taylor Monroe Highlight (0:55)
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Interview (5:20)
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Be A Role Model (1:31)
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Hand Eye Coordination (0:42)
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Painting Shoes In College (0:39)
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Top of Cabinet (0:50)
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Don't Follow My Blueprint (1:21)
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Not About You (0:46)
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Step Away From The Umbrella (1:39)
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You Will Know (0:48)
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INTERVIEWED BY:
Poor, Lazy Overachievers
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INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Cleveland, OH
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AIRED ON:
Public Television: Season Seven
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ON DVD:
VAN TAYLOR MONROE
Shoe Artist
Obama Shoe
INTERESTS:
THEMES DISCUSSED:
Perseverance Success Passion Experience Goals Hard Work Individualism Inspiration Risk
TAGS:
affecting others, airbrush, business, comfort zone, conventional path, dreams, effort, gps, making a difference, money, painting, quitting, Smithsonian, Smithsonian Museum, stock broker, stretching, tennis shoes, vision
BIOGRAPHY:
Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, to a family of nontraditional artists, Van's creative spirit was nurtured at an early age, as he was encouraged to celebrate his self-expression through art. At the age of two, Van began sketching "panes" which his mother later discovered were airplanes. Van Taylor Monroe brings awareness through art on sneakers. From the passionate "Save Darfur" sneaker, to the popular "Barack Obama '08" shoe, Monroe has developed a unique way to motivate social and civic engagement to a visually stimulated generation fueled by pop culture.
