Homer Jackson is an interdisciplinary artist from Philadelphia with a background in teaching and social service. His work is presented as installation, performance art, public art, video and audio. He uses images, sounds, text, live performance, video, audience participation and found objects to tell stories. His visual, media arts and performance works have been exhibited through a wide and diverse range of venues that include: The Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition program, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Hallwalls Arts Center, Buffalo; Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis; Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach; Maryland Art Place, Baltimore; The Kitchen, Art In General, Aaron Davis Hall in New York City, and ArtBlackLive in Northhampton, UK. Jackson has received support for his work from: the Rockefeller Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Pew Fellowships in the Arts, Pew Charitable Trusts, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Pennsylvania Humanities Council, Pennsylvania Radio Theatre, The Playwrights Center, Art Matters, Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, and Civitella Rainieri Foundation, Italy. With over 20 years experience as a teaching artist working in community settings, Homer Jackson has served as project director for a number of arts & humanities projects and has conducted workshops in senior centers, prisons, schools and community organizations. He is the founder and director of the Philadelphia Jazz Project. Visit the website.
