Zeek Taylor

An award-winning artist, Zeek Taylor is the recipient of the Arkansas Governor's Art Award for Lifetime Achievement, and his paintings have hung in the Arkansas Governor's Mansion. He received the 2018 Idle Class Magazine Black Apple Legacy Award. A storyteller and writer, he has performed twice on the National Public Radio show "Tales from the South," and his stories were heard by more than 130 million listeners worldwide. A StoryCorps interview with Zeek is on file in the Library of Congress. A segment of the interview aired on NPR's Morning Edition and was heard by 50 million listeners. He gave a TedX talk in Bentonville, AR, and is the author of three published books: Chimps Having Fun, Out of the Delta," and Out of the Delta II. He is co-producer and co-host of Homegrown Tales, a live storytelling shows that is replayed online by Kfresh productions. Zeek lives and maintains a studio in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.