arts105since 2008

• Frank Jackson
• New York, USA
• http://www.artforprogress.org

• Biography

  Biography

  Frank Jackson, Founder and President of Art For Progress (AFP), is an entrepreneur, businessman, and disk jockey. Frank is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University.

  After moving to NYC from Washington D.C. in early 1997, he immersed himself in the culture and diversity of the city. Through the years, Frank has had the opportunity to meet many artistic people including musicians, fashion designers, painters and the like. He realized that most of them, though extremely talented, were not very successful. In knowing many talented artists, and understanding the struggles they endured, he set out to create a truly “outside the box”, multi- faceted organization that could achieve many positive results for both the artists and his community: he saw an opportunity to apply his business knowledge in the arts world.

  Over the last two years, Art For Progress has provided opportunities and valuable resources for many gifted artists in the New York area and beyond. In 2006, with the launch of AFP's dynamic new artist's community website, Frank continues to shape this prospering organization's vision. According to Jackson, this, however... is just the beginning.