Bio

Jason Harris is a Baltimore based futurist, educator and  cultural activist.  He is the founder and facilitator of the BlkRobot Project, a long term educational art effort designed to place multi-functional art of scale in predominantly Black neighborhoods.  He spent 20 years working as an IT professional, and the past 18 years building a his practice as a writer, futurist and artist in Baltimore City.  In 2003, he co-founded the Baltimore based study group of the International Capoeira Angola Foundation, a cultural arts group that teaches and propagates the martial art Capoeira Angola.

      Jason is a writer whose work has appeared in Black Enterprise magazine, Catalyst Literary journal, BmoreArt.com and various online publications. He self-published the speculative fiction anthology entitled, “Redlines: Baltimore 2028′′ in 2012, and is a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow.

      For five years, Jason served as the director of creative services for the Living Well Center in Baltimore, where he curated and managed projects centered around Baltimore's indigenous community arts, diaspora arts, and alternative education projects.

      Jason collaborated with Olu Butterfly and The MotherShip squad, which mounted the critically acclaimed anchor project at Artscape 2016 entitled, “The MotherShip Connection”. He also runs the "SoulBot Saturday Design Squad", a S.T.E.A.M. based learning course for youth in Baltimore. He co-facilitated a "Future Cities" course at Goucher College, and has previously facilitated classes/workshops at the University of Baltimore and the University of the Bahamas.  Jason taught Computer Science and Technology at the Booker T. Washington Middle School for the Arts in Baltimore City, and also instructed students at Watson Hall Global Learning Montessori.

As an IT professional,  Jason is a mid to senior level Support Technician with 18 years of professional experience in stand-alone, networked and remote accessed hardware and software installation and support, which includes support experience in educational environments. End-User Support skills include, completing service calls, network and desktop troubleshooting, and software upgrades. Infrastructure and Network Services include configuration, installation, testing, analysis and upgrading of network equipment and services.  His roles include systems engineer, network administrator, and various desktop support roles.