Taylor K. Shaw
Taylor K. Shaw is the founder and CEO of Black Women Animate.[1] She was recognized as one of Forbes magazine's "30 Under 30."[2] She had a dream to make an animation company that had more female black animators.[3][2] She noticed a lack of black women in the animation industry.[2][4] It took her months of hiring to find animators.[1] Then she made Black Women Animate.
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Black Women Animate
Black Women Animate is an animation company.[2] Their animators are black women. It is a place where black women can have more opportunities in the animation industry. It was founded by Taylor Shaw in 2017.[2] The company makes original content. It also collaborates with other big animation studios like Disney.[2] They have also gotten an award.[2] They have an animation boot camp. BWA will most likely extend their boot camp.[1] They will also hire more black women and continue animating.
Not many people would hire black animators.[3][2] This company helped a lot of struggling animators.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Black History Month: Taylor K. Shaw on Black Women Animate and an Invitation to Dream". (2020-02-20). Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-16
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "Taylor K. Shaw". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Taylor K. Shaw on Building Community with Black Women in Animation". Toon Boom Animation. 2020-05-02. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ↑ Thompson, Taheem (2020-12-06). "Exclusive: Taylor K. Shaw Talks Black Women Animate & Bringing Inclusion Into The Animation Industry". The Knockturnal. Retrieved 2021-12-16.