The Donovan R. Taylor Initiative

Free Visual Notes for Racial Justice

Our Visual Notes for Racial Justice program has been renamed in memory of our team member Donovan Taylor. Donovan was enthusiastic about spreading the news about this initiative around to Chicagoland to help lift the voices of the city they came to love. Ink Factory hopes to memorialize Donovan's love of community through the continuation of this initiative.
If you are a nonprofit organization working for racial justice or have a programming focus that directly uplifts & supports communities impacted by racial inequities, you are eligible to apply for a limited selection of our services pro-bono.

Available Services

Free class on visual note-taking basics

Free workshop

Visual Note-Taking Basics

We want to help people of color and marginalized communities explore their creativity and learn visual communication with as few barriers to entry as possible. Learn the fundamentals of visual note-taking in this free pre-recorded workshop.

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LIVE SERVICE

Virtual Visual Notes

One free day (up to 6 hours) of virtual visual notes. Great for webinars, meetings, strategic or program planning sessions, and visioning workshops. An artist logs into your virtual meeting and screenshares their live drawing.

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OFFLINE SERVICE

Hand-Drawn Illustration

Work with us to create a illustrated communication piece. Great for funder or donor reports, one-pagers in annual reports, highlighting community input, communicating with stakeholders, and explaining programs (style 1 option only).

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OFFLINE SERVICE

Sketchbook Video

We'll create a hand drawn time lapse video explaining your content. Great for social media posts, summarizing your process, a quick explanation of your mission & vision, or explaining objectives.

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2020

This initiative begun in 2020 with the goal of providing expanding access to the power of visual communication.

$120,000

We've donated over $120,000 worth of our visual communication services through this initiative.

37+

Over 37 amazing beneficiaries have participated in this program. Learn more about some of them here.

About Donovan

Donovan joined the Ink Factory team in the summer of 2022. Their laughter, hugs, and passion will always be missed by our team. Here’s how they described themselves:

It's hard for Donovan to point out only a few fun facts after living different lives as a college radio station manager, a two-time Tough Mudder, singing for Maya Angelou in the fourth grade, becoming CofC's Homecoming King in 2017, and his first concert experience being Prince.

When he's not fascinated by aliens, plants, or cult films of the '90s, you might find Donovan singing, performing, or DJ'ing at your local dive bar as Don Crescendo.

Some of our past participants

 

 

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