Jordan Young

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Atlanta, GA, United States

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Jordan Young is an Atlanta-based creative leader powering art with technology in service of public creativity. For fifteen years, Jordan has championed innovative artmaking initiatives including national partnerships with the National Endowment for the Arts, PBS, and the Sundance Institute. Melding digital media, interactive design, performance, and stage production, Jordan’s artistic practice imagines playful modes of expression that kindle curiosity and invite spectators to become collaborators. Most recently, he has been awarded a Creative Residency Fellowship at the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences as well as the Fulton County Distinguished Fellowship for the Arts. As a 2024 Fulton County Futures Lab Artist-in-Residence, he facilitated several community-driven projects centering Atlanta artists and the public. His work has been featured in Hyperallergic, Art Papers, the Washington Post, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Jordan holds an MA in Media Arts from University of South Carolina with a BA in Production Studies in Performing Arts from Clemson University.

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