Jeff Jacoby (sound artist)
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Jeff Jacoby is a sound and radio artist. His programs and artworks have been heard on NPR
, PBS, Pacifica Radio
and other venues nationwide.
Jacoby was a commissioned artist for the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven, Connecticut
, and has served on the faculty of Quinnipiac University
and The Digital Audio Project at Real Art Ways in Hartford
, and on the boards of the New Haven Media Arts Center and The National Radio Project http://www.radioproject.org. He is currently a faculty member in the Department of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts http://www.beca.sfsu.edu at San Francisco State University
. Ongoing projects include The Traveling Radio Show http://www.travelingradio.com, Into Sonic Space (lecture / performance series) and The Freedom Fries (an activist art collective). Jacoby has earned two major awards from The Broadcast Education Association, an Emmy in 2001 for his sound design work, Emmy nominations in 1999 and 2003, two Ciné Golden Eagles, two Benjamin Franklin awards, and two Crystal Radios, among other honors.
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
, PBS, Pacifica Radio
Pacifica Radio
Pacifica Radio is the oldest public radio network in the United States. It is a group of five independently operated, non-commercial, listener-supported radio stations that is known for its progressive/liberal political orientation. It is also a program service supplying over 100 affiliated...
and other venues nationwide.
Jacoby was a commissioned artist for the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
, and has served on the faculty of Quinnipiac University
Quinnipiac University
Quinnipiac University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in Hamden, Connecticut, United States at the foot of Sleeping Giant State Park...
and The Digital Audio Project at Real Art Ways in Hartford
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
, and on the boards of the New Haven Media Arts Center and The National Radio Project http://www.radioproject.org. He is currently a faculty member in the Department of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts http://www.beca.sfsu.edu at San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
. Ongoing projects include The Traveling Radio Show http://www.travelingradio.com, Into Sonic Space (lecture / performance series) and The Freedom Fries (an activist art collective). Jacoby has earned two major awards from The Broadcast Education Association, an Emmy in 2001 for his sound design work, Emmy nominations in 1999 and 2003, two Ciné Golden Eagles, two Benjamin Franklin awards, and two Crystal Radios, among other honors.