Samantha Katz
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Samantha Katz
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14 October 1985 New Haven, Connecticut |
| Alma mater | Pratt Institute |
| Occupation | Graphic designer, entrepreneur, writer |
| Notable credit(s) | Gallery Glass, |
| Website | Created Here |
Samantha Katz (born October 14, 1985) is a designer and arts entrepreneur best known for creating innovative community and technology based arts projects. One of her most notable projects is Gallery Glass, a YouTube based series of interviews with artists employing the wearable technology Google Glass.
Samantha Katz was born in New Haven, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut. She went to high school at Hamden Hall Country Day School in Hamden, Connecticut. Katz is a graduate of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and did graduate coursework at Columbia University and New York University. Her parents are Joette Katz and Philip Rubin.
Samantha Katz is currently a Senior Art Director at Duarte, the largest design firm in Silicon Valley. She was previously the Associate Creative Director at Sideways NYC leading the digital design for client Arcade Creative Group, a Sony Music Entertainment company.
In parallel with her career in the design field, Katz has followed her passion for curatorial work and arts advocacy. She has worked in a consultative and directorial capacity with a wide variety of artists, art professionals, and vendors to produce contemporary art exhibitions and creative platforms that appeal to a range of audiences. From 2008-2011 she managed installations at Art Basel, Miami Beach, including the urban contemporary fair Graffiti Gone Global. Katz is the co-founder of REPUBLIC Worldwide (formerly, REPUBLIC Brooklyn), a Brooklyn-based art collective, and founder of Hello Good Design, an art and design consultancy. In 2013 she assumed the role of lead organizer of Arts in Bushwick, which hosts Bushwick Open Studios, New York City's largest open studio art event with over 600 local artists and galleries welcoming the public into their studios. Katz has also written exhibition reviews and artist profiles for art publications Whitewall Magazine and Paper Magazine.
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