Visiting Artist Lecture: Jerome Harris

Jerome Harris is a graphic designer originally from New Haven, Connecticut, currently based in Brooklyn, New York. He holds an MFA in Graphic Design from Yale University and a BA from Temple University. Harris is the Design Director of Housing Works, a non-profit organization fighting the dual crises of HIV/AIDS and homelessness in New York City. He has also curated a touring exhibition, titled As, Not For, which celebrates African-American graphic designers active in the 20th century. Harris DJs under the moniker DJ Glen Coco, and maintains an ongoing choreographic practice that he shares on Instagram at @32counts.

Harris is the curator for As, Not For: Dethroning Our Absolutes on view in MCAD's Concourse Gallery October 18–November 10.