Taylor Van Horne
@taylvan.bsky.social
Co-founder of the Sacatar Foundation and the Instituto Sacatar which, since 2001, jointly oversee the longest-running artist residency program in Brazil, having hosted 500+ artists from 70+ countries for fully-funded 8-week residencies in Bahia, Brazil.
For those living in the United States, it is your sacred duty to be pissed off as hell.
January 13, 2026 at 10:23 AM
For those living in the United States, it is your sacred duty to be pissed off as hell.
Can America recover? So far, the evidence for recovery is very slim. After all, the fundamental values of the Constitution are considered "fake and gay" by the mafia in power.
January 13, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Can America recover? So far, the evidence for recovery is very slim. After all, the fundamental values of the Constitution are considered "fake and gay" by the mafia in power.
Bahia, Brazil, should serve as a model, despite its many injustices, as a place that celebrates diversity and harmony and generosity with other human beings. The United States once aspired to these values. But no longer under the current blatantly fascist regime.
January 13, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Bahia, Brazil, should serve as a model, despite its many injustices, as a place that celebrates diversity and harmony and generosity with other human beings. The United States once aspired to these values. But no longer under the current blatantly fascist regime.
While Minneapolis struggles beneath the weight of heavily armed, disrespectful and violent federal goons, at Sacatar we celebrate the great diversity to which all members of our community — local, national, and international — contribute with generosity and goodwill.
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 AM
While Minneapolis struggles beneath the weight of heavily armed, disrespectful and violent federal goons, at Sacatar we celebrate the great diversity to which all members of our community — local, national, and international — contribute with generosity and goodwill.
We wrap up the 2025 residency season with Open Studios on Friday. Other events on Wednesday and Sunday. Details at sacatar.org
Sacatar
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January 13, 2026 at 10:18 AM
We wrap up the 2025 residency season with Open Studios on Friday. Other events on Wednesday and Sunday. Details at sacatar.org
bsky.app
January 13, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Good luck to us all; We have our work cut out for us to make this year a happy one, but I believe we can.... with setbacks to be sure.
The tech-bros are not our friends. Be careful with what you place before them.
The tech-bros are not our friends. Be careful with what you place before them.
December 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Good luck to us all; We have our work cut out for us to make this year a happy one, but I believe we can.... with setbacks to be sure.
The tech-bros are not our friends. Be careful with what you place before them.
The tech-bros are not our friends. Be careful with what you place before them.
Sook Jin Jo was the first artist to arrive in Bahia through Sacatar's first Open Call. Here is a link to her recent work in Latin America.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FErl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FErl...
"Narrow Is the Way" 3 minute Trailer,_2023_ 조숙진_Sook Jin Jo
YouTube video by sook jin jo 조숙진
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December 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Sook Jin Jo was the first artist to arrive in Bahia through Sacatar's first Open Call. Here is a link to her recent work in Latin America.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FErl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FErl...
The current president of the United States is insane. This is not hyperbole.
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-psych-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-psych-...
The Psych-Ward Presidency
The president has no moral core. And, according to his own chief of staff, he’s surrounded by amateurs, opportunists, and drug users.
www.thebulwark.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The current president of the United States is insane. This is not hyperbole.
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-psych-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-psych-...
Here's an opportunity for an artist from anywhere in the world to spend a month at a residency in Bogotá.
www.esraro.com/post/extensi...
www.esraro.com/post/extensi...
Extensión | OPEN CALL 4ta Edición R.A.R.O. Bogotá
Hasta el 21 de diciembre estará abierta la convocatoria para ser parte de la 4ta Fecha de R.A.R.O. Bogotá.Estaremos otorgando 1 (una) beca completa para artistas de cualquier nacionalidad.El programa ...
https://www.esraro.com/post/extensión-open-call-4ta-edición-r-a-r-o-bogotá?utm_campaign=6d1e1647-a7bd-4993-961a-dd5cb6ecaf88&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=d3036d2b-d575-4aa0-b6dd-fb234f35acc8
December 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Here's an opportunity for an artist from anywhere in the world to spend a month at a residency in Bogotá.
www.esraro.com/post/extensi...
www.esraro.com/post/extensi...
Some sober words about the thinking behind the creation of Thanksgiving, which was to suppress the consolidation of oligarchies. It was a rebuke of the influential slave-holding class... 150 years on, oligarchs threaten the nation again.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 26, 2025
Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday…but not for the reasons we generally remember.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Some sober words about the thinking behind the creation of Thanksgiving, which was to suppress the consolidation of oligarchies. It was a rebuke of the influential slave-holding class... 150 years on, oligarchs threaten the nation again.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
Sacatar alum Melanie Baker:
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Sacatar alum Melanie Baker:
@sacatar-instituto.bsky.social
OPEN CALL: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
The Pastrana Foundation and Delfina Foundation welcome applications from contemporary visual artists based in Latin America for a residency in London from 21 September to 13 December 2026.
OPEN CALL: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
The Pastrana Foundation and Delfina Foundation welcome applications from contemporary visual artists based in Latin America for a residency in London from 21 September to 13 December 2026.
November 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
@sacatar-instituto.bsky.social
OPEN CALL: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
The Pastrana Foundation and Delfina Foundation welcome applications from contemporary visual artists based in Latin America for a residency in London from 21 September to 13 December 2026.
OPEN CALL: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
The Pastrana Foundation and Delfina Foundation welcome applications from contemporary visual artists based in Latin America for a residency in London from 21 September to 13 December 2026.
Turns out No Kings Paris, announced for the Place de la Bastille, happened instead at Les Halles. So I missed it twice. I went to the wrong place, but it didn't happen at the announced site either. Protests will not stop the Trump regime. They are a small, still inadequate action to turn the tide.
October 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Turns out No Kings Paris, announced for the Place de la Bastille, happened instead at Les Halles. So I missed it twice. I went to the wrong place, but it didn't happen at the announced site either. Protests will not stop the Trump regime. They are a small, still inadequate action to turn the tide.
We did not find No Kings on the Place de la République. Other protests were ongoing, including a huge rally for trans rights. The queens usurped No King.
October 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
We did not find No Kings on the Place de la République. Other protests were ongoing, including a huge rally for trans rights. The queens usurped No King.
I am off to the No Kings rally on the Place de la République in Paris. It will take millions standing up to reverse the damage of Trump and his cadre of sycophants. A new and better republic will arise from the ashes, but only if we make it happen.
October 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I am off to the No Kings rally on the Place de la République in Paris. It will take millions standing up to reverse the damage of Trump and his cadre of sycophants. A new and better republic will arise from the ashes, but only if we make it happen.
Tonight I am in Manchester, UK, a very strange urban conglomeration, to see the premiere of Marina Abramovic's four-hour "intervention" at Factory International, an institutional partner of Sacatar.
October 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Tonight I am in Manchester, UK, a very strange urban conglomeration, to see the premiere of Marina Abramovic's four-hour "intervention" at Factory International, an institutional partner of Sacatar.
Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It newrepublic.com/post/201625/... via @newrepublic.com
Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It
From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.
newrepublic.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It newrepublic.com/post/201625/... via @newrepublic.com
I dare you to read this transcript. Or any part of it!
We will see President Vance before another 3 ¼ years are over.
President Trump is insane.
Here is the proof:
rollcall.com/factbase/tru...
We will see President Vance before another 3 ¼ years are over.
President Trump is insane.
Here is the proof:
rollcall.com/factbase/tru...
Roll Call Factba.se - Speech: Donald Trump Addresses Military Leadership in Quantico, Virginia - September 30, 2025
Full transcript of Donald J. Trump: Speech: Donald Trump Addresses Military Leadership in Quantico, Virginia - September 30, 2025
rollcall.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I dare you to read this transcript. Or any part of it!
We will see President Vance before another 3 ¼ years are over.
President Trump is insane.
Here is the proof:
rollcall.com/factbase/tru...
We will see President Vance before another 3 ¼ years are over.
President Trump is insane.
Here is the proof:
rollcall.com/factbase/tru...
@sacatar-instituto.bsky.social
In our Open Call, we received 333 applications from creative individuals from 55 nations. We will announce the Fellowships for 2026 in mid- to late-November.
In our Open Call, we received 333 applications from creative individuals from 55 nations. We will announce the Fellowships for 2026 in mid- to late-November.
September 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
@sacatar-instituto.bsky.social
In our Open Call, we received 333 applications from creative individuals from 55 nations. We will announce the Fellowships for 2026 in mid- to late-November.
In our Open Call, we received 333 applications from creative individuals from 55 nations. We will announce the Fellowships for 2026 in mid- to late-November.
It is a fact that Charlie Kirk was an islamophobic, mysogynist, homophobic, racist, "white christian" nationalist. It is a fact that the Republicans and the Trump administration embrace his values. It is not a crime to state these facts.
September 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It is a fact that Charlie Kirk was an islamophobic, mysogynist, homophobic, racist, "white christian" nationalist. It is a fact that the Republicans and the Trump administration embrace his values. It is not a crime to state these facts.
This is what America has become under Trump and his accomplices. A friend told me that an artist he knows flew to the US with a valid visa, a letter of invitation from an artist residency, and a generous stipend to cover her costs. She was deported back to Brazil three hours after her arrival.
September 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This is what America has become under Trump and his accomplices. A friend told me that an artist he knows flew to the US with a valid visa, a letter of invitation from an artist residency, and a generous stipend to cover her costs. She was deported back to Brazil three hours after her arrival.