Anisa Jackson

Work, Information, DJ, Contact

All, Curatorial, Writing, Talks & Events, Research, Teaching, Creative Practice

Kinship & Community: Selections from the Texas African American Photography Archive

Exhibition research assistance for Kinship & Community, curated by Nicole R. Fleetwood at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, Kingston, NY.

(2025)

Urban History Lab

Teaching

Fall 2025, Design and Urban Ecologies MS at Parsons School of Design

(2025)
Domestic Cadence of Unraveling

Exhibition text for artist Shradha Kochhar’s inaugural solo show at Aicon Contemporary in New York

(2024-2025)

Intro to Urban Studies

Teaching

Fall 2024, Fall 2025 Crosslisted in American Studies and Geography at University of Texas - New York

AIR Retreat

Curatorial, Talks & Events

A closed-door, artist-led gathering exploring how art sharpens our senses amid shifting architectures of perception, identity, and proof at the Aspen Art Museum.

Counter-Mapping as Poetic Practice

Workshop at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam to explore counter-cartography as a poetic and political practice, creating experimental maps through writing, drawing, movement, and guided reflection.

Wherever There Is Light

Curatorial, Talks & Events

Project Manager for photography fellowship, publication, and exhibition led by artist Larry Cook at TILT in Philadelphia

Marking Time: Art In the Age of Mass Incarceration Symposium

Curatorial, Talks & Events, Research

Researcher for the traveling exhibition at Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Brown Arts Institute, Two Rivers Gallery and symposium at University of Cincinnati (2022)

Mines to Caves

Curatorial, Writing

Cauleen Smith solo exhibition at the Aspen Art Museum curated by Anisa Jackson, Curator at Large, and Simone Krug, Curator.

A Conversation with Cauleen Smith & Ryan C. Clarke

Curatorial, Talks & Events

A conversation between artist Cauleen Smith and geologist Ryan C. Clarke on the occasion of her exhibition Mines to Caves.

Black Geographies

Fall 2023, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University.

(2023-2025)

Urban Cultural Life

Teaching

Summer 2023, Summer 2025 Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University