Samantha Katz

Samantha Katz
Born 14 October 1985
New Haven, Connecticut
Alma mater Pratt Institute

Samantha Katz (born October 14, 1985) is a Brooklyn-based designer and arts entrepreneur best known for creating innovative, community and technology based arts projects. One of her most notable recent projects is Gallery Glass,[1][2] a YouTube based series of interviews with artists employing Google Glass. Katz has predicted that "the technology would spread throughout the art community," according to Business Insider.[3]

Education and Early Life

Samantha Katz was born in New Haven, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut. She went to high school at Hamden Hall Country Day 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.[4] Her parents are Joette Katz and Philip Rubin.

Career and Projects

Samantha Katz is currently the Associate Creative Director at Sideways NYC[5] leading the digital design for client Arcade Creative Group,[6] a Sony Music Entertainment company. She was formerly the Art Director at Samba Brands Management[7] where she also helped curate installations at Art Basel, Miami Beach,[8] including the urban contemporary fair Graffiti Gone Global.[9] Katz is the co-founder of REPUBLIC Worldwide[10] (formerly, REPUBLIC Brooklyn), a Brooklyn-based art collective, and founder of Hello Good Design,[11] an art and design consultancy. In 2013 she assumed the role of lead organizer of Arts in Bushwick, which hosts Bushwick Open Studios,[12] New York City's largest open studio art event with over 700 local artists and galleries welcoming the public into their studios.[13] Katz is also a freelance writer for art publications Whitewall Magazine[14] and Paper Magazine.[15]

The Gallery Glass's channel on YouTube was the first art interview project using Google Glass and has received extensive media coverage, including: About.com Fine Art,[16] Arte Fuse,[17] Business Insider, DNAInfo New York,[18] Native Underground.,[19] and other stories.

Recognition

In March 2014 Brooklyn Magazine selected her as one of "The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture,[20]" citing her work as co-organizer of Arts in Bushwick, and the Gallery Glass series.

In April 2014 Katz and Peter Rynsky,[21] lead-singer of the pop band Darlings, were selected as one of "10 Bushwick Power Couples" by the Bushwick Daily.[22]

References

  1. ↑ Cooper, Ashton (9 October 2013). "A Google Glass Web Series About Art". Blouin Artinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Gallery Glass". YouTube. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Hoffman, Meredith (4 September 2013). "Brooklyn Woman Uses Google Glass To Show What It's Like To Be A Modern Artist". Business Insider. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Kendzulak, Susan (4 September 2013). "Interview with Arts Entrepreneur Samantha Katz and her Google Glass Project". About.com. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Sideways NYC". Sideways NYC. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Arcade Creative Group". Arcade Creative Group. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Samba Brands Management". Samba Brands Management. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Art Basel - Miami Beach". Art Basel. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Graffiti Gone Global". SushiSamba. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "REPUBLIC Worldwide". Republic Worldwide. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "Hello Good Design". Hello Good Design. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "ArtsInBushwick". ArtsInBushwick. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  13. ↑ Haller, Vera (28 November 2014). "In Bushwick Arts and Industry Make Friends". Wall Street Journal online. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  14. ↑ "Whitewall Magazine". Whitewall Magazine. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  15. ↑ "Paper Magazine". Paper Magazine. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  16. ↑ Kendzulak, Susan (4 September 2013). "Interview with Arts Entrepreneur Samantha Katz and her Google Glass Project". About.com. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  17. ↑ Admin (3 September 2013). "Gallery Glass: Artists interviews and Studio visits by Samantha Katz using Google Glass". Art Fuse. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  18. ↑ Hoffman, Meredith (30 August 2013). "Brooklyn Artist Uses Google Glass an Inside Look at Works in Process". DNAinfo New York. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  19. ↑ Cooper, Ashton (3 October 2013). "Native Underground: Art Through Google Glass with Samantha Katz". YouTube. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  20. ↑ bkmag (11 March 2014). "The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture". Brooklyn Magazine. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  21. ↑ "Darlings". Famous Class. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  22. ↑ Gotay, Maria (10 February 2014). "10 Bushwick Power Couples". Bushwick Daily. Retrieved 17 March 2014.