Mauricio Tafur Salgado
Mauricio Tafur Salgado is an Assistant Arts Professor of Theatre Studies, Director of Applied Theatre and the Associate Chair at the Department of Drama. Mauricio is mestizo + first gen + born to proudly subversive Colombians + brown skinned + amateur bio-regionalist + aspiring theologian + cis-hetero + married + father + artist, pursuing justice and healing through a decolonial framework. He collaborates to organize space where folx rehearse revolution, compromise, rage, tolerance, strength, trust, and vulnerability.
Prior to joining Tisch Drama, Salgado co-founded Arts Ignite (Formerly ASTEP). At Arts Ignite, he recruited, trained, and supported more than 325 teaching artists and created and implemented 23 programs for artistic youth. He is also a Core Faculty member with artEquity, a Co-Producer of CRAFT Courses Programming with the CRAFT Institute, and a Co-Creative Producer with the Remember2019 Collective, which supports local black cultural workers in Phillips County, Ark., as they facilitate spaces for self-determination, memory, and reflection that are directly related to the Elaine Massacre. He has worked as a facilitator, actor, deviser, and director with communities in Peru, the Dominican Republic, South Africa, India, Belgium, Germany, Scotland, and the United States. He has taught at the Boston Conservatory, Brown University, Santa Clara University, LaGuardia Community College, and Kingsborough Community College. He co-leads a WHO Commission on Arts Practice and the Ethics of Care.
