opportunities for shared discovery
Jordan Young is an Atlanta-based artist and arts leader serving to cultivate public creativity, connect artists with communities, and develop sustainable infrastructure for the arts and independent media across the South.
Drawing from a multidisciplinary background spanning media production, stage performance, and interactive design, his arts practice develops participatory environments where creative risk-taking is rewarded and individual expression weaves into collective artistic outcomes. He has most recently 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.
For fifteen years, Jordan has driven innovative programming that advances the arts with technology and encourages deeper collaboration across communities, organizations, and the public. Through passionate direction of regional programming including the Southern Circuit of Independent Filmmakers and management of partnerships with the National Endowment for the Arts, PBS, and Sundance Institute, he has invested in the careers of hundreds of artists and supported art as a conduit for change in dozens of communities.
Read: Indie Filmmakers Shine a Light on the American South - Hyperallergic
As Co-founder of Fort Psych Media and Events, Jordan has delivered creative production solutions for culturally impactful clients including Arts & Entertainment Atlanta, Atlanta Film Festival, Charleston Fashion Week, Pullman Yards, and Underground Atlanta.
Jordan holds an MA in Media Arts from University of South Carolina with a BA in Production Studies in Performing Arts from Clemson University.
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2025 Fulton County Distinguished Fellow for the Arts
2025 Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, Creative Residency Fellow
2024 Fulton County Arts & Culture Futures Lab, Artist-in-Residence
ATLANTA EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2025 - The Goat Farm SITE, Tethered Together performance installation
2024-25 - Cut Corners, Interactive Artist
2024 - Fulton County Public Art Futures Lab, Look at Your Eyes
2024 - Fulton County Public Art Futures Lab, Residency Showcase
2023 - Underground Atlanta, Tethered Together performance installation
2023 - Fulton County Public Art Futures Lab, solo retrospective show
2023 - Excuse the Art presented by Fly on a Wall, Tethered Together performance installation
CURATORIAL
2025 - Director & Curator, Southern Lens film screening series, presented by Emory Ethics in the Arts in partnership with Atlanta Film Society
2024-present - Director & Curator, Cut Corners
2024 - Curator & Producer, Eyes on the Floor, Fulton County Public Art Futures Lab
2022-24 - Director & Curator, Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers
2023-2024 Curator, DanceATL's A.M. Collaborative
WORKSHOPS
2025 Application Writing for Artists, supported by Fulton County Arts & Culture
2024 Intro to Motion Photography, supported by Fulton County Arts & Culture
Camp Flix instructor multiple years
GRANT PANELIST
National Endowment for the Arts (2022-23), United States Artists (2024), ITVS (2023), multiple state arts councils
LEADERSHIP & ADVISORY ROLES
2024-25 - Founder & Director, Cut Corners
2024-25 - Advisory Committee Member, National Indie Media Arts Group
2021-25 - Organizing Committee Member, Indie Media Arts South
FEATURED SPEAKER
2023 - Southern Documentary Fund; Means For A Mission: Strategies For Funding Mission-Based Documentary
2022- National Association of State Arts Agencies; Independent Filmmaking: Supporting the Artists and Community
2022 - New Orleans Film Festival, in partnership with National Endowment for the Arts, Sundance Institute, and Indie Media Arts South; Community as Infrastructure: Strengthening Independent Media Arts at a Regional and National Level
2021 - New Orleans Film Festival, in partnership with Indie Media Arts South; Big and Small Steps Towards Inclusive Programming (Moderator)
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2025 - Talk Fulton, Fulton Government TV
2025 - Art Speaks Live, hosted by David Manuel
2023 - Hyperallergic, Southern Circuit, Program Director
2016 - Art Papers, Indie Grits Cohort Artist
PHOTOGRAPHY
Published in The Washington Post (2024), The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (2024)
Shared by Warp Records and music artists AceMo, Dee Diggs, DJ Holographic, Leonce, Kelly Moran, Machinedrum, Tamagoochie, Venus X, DJ Voices
EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Media Arts, University of South Carolina
Bachelor of Arts in Production Studies in Performing Arts, Clemson University
PROGRAMMING & PARTNERSHIPS
ADVISORY ROLES
Independent
Media
Arts
Group
TEACHING
GRANT PANELIST
Motion PhotoGRAPHY WORKSHOP
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Fulton County Arts & Culture Public Art Futures Lab
Photography is known for freezing a moment, but it’s also great for reconstructing time in completely different ways. Explore the power of lining up a bunch of images really fast so it looks like the horse is running. Between his work with movement artists and the nightlife scene, Atlanta artist Jordan Young is almost always capturing and depicting movement through photography. Learn his techniques for stopping, reanimating, stretching, and looping time so you too can make that horse run—backwards even. This class is great for amateur and established photographers interested in incorporating motion into their work as well as anyone seeking better understanding of the playspace between photo and video.