Santa Fe Art Institute

Jeff Kasper

Jeff Kasper is an artist, writer, arts organizer, and educator. Through public art, publications, participatory learning projects, and design, he works to make tangible the creative potentials of accessibility, social support, and trauma-aware culture. Recent commissions and exhibitions have been presented with New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, ArtBridge, and Meta Open Arts, moCa Cleveland, DisArt at ArtPrize, and Queens Museum, with upcoming projects at Tufts University Art Galleries and John Michael Kohler Arts Center (2024-2026). He has received fellowships, residencies, and awards from National Arts Strategies, MASS MoCA Assets for Artists, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, Art Beyond Sight’s Art & Disability Residency, and New England Foundation for the Arts. Kasper has served as a peer-mentor for socially engaged artists at More Art and New York Foundation for the Arts, and facilitated workshops and engagements for educators, administrators, care-workers, and students of all ages throughout North America and Europe. He often collaborates with institutions and organizations to develop meaningful engagements with disability culture and community, including recently at CUE Art Foundation, BRIC, and Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Kasper is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the Department of Art.