FEATURED ARTIST: JESSICA BROWN
Jessica Brown a.k.a. – The Lady J – is an entertainer, activist, artist, and actor.
She holds a BFA in Furniture Design from Murray State University in Kentucky, and a Masters of Industrial Design from Rhode Island School of Design.
Now an Assistant Professor of Industrial Design at RISD, she teaches classes that interpret her profession through a performative and emotional lens. She serves on the RISD Board of Social Equity and Inclusion Steering Committee and is the African American Ambassador to the City of Providence, RI, under Mayor Jorge Eliza.
As a musician in the Extraordinary Rendition Band (ERB) and leader of the Clam Jam Brass Band (a feminist brass party band), she is active in her local community and interested in race politics, social justice, youth education and the arts.
As a multidisciplinary multimedia spectacle generator, Brown makes artwork focused on the intersection of race, activism and gender roles in television, media and pop culture. For more information: www.theladyjbrown.com