Experience

Art House Productions

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director at Jersey Art Exchange

  • Jan 2017 - Present



Jersey Art Exchange

• 114 Monticello Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07304

• Executive Director

  • Mar 2017 - Present

  Jacqueline Arias is the founder of the Jersey Art Exchange (JAX). For more than 7 years, Jacqueline has been living in the Jackson Hill/Greenville Area, curating art & music shows and teaching media arts to youth. Jacqueline started JAX after seeing the challenges her community was facing related to crime, poverty and a severe deficiency of afterschool activities for youth. Jersey Art Exchange, a 501c3 non-profit, brings hope and opportunity to youth by providing safe, easily accessible and clubhouse for teens. JAX enriches the quality of life for residents by providing free media arts, music and technology programming for teens, as well as offering exhibition space and a gathering site for the community. Show less



Self-employed

• Artist & Independent Filmmaker

  • 2009 - Present

  Imaginary Mothers is a feature-length documentary, (currently in the final stages of post-production) about four mothers from Costa Rica who’s lives have been forever changed by adoption. They bravely reveal the heart-breaking impact that losing their children has had on their lives and as they fight to be reconnected with their children, they also struggle against the myths about young single mothers in Latin America. Imaginary Mothers is a feature-length documentary, (currently in the final stages of post-production) about four mothers from Costa Rica who’s lives have been forever changed by adoption. They bravely reveal the heart-breaking impact that losing their children has had on their lives and as they fight to be reconnected with their children, they also struggle against the myths about young single mothers in Latin America.



MyMedialiteracy

• Founder & Director

  • 2010 - Jun 2017

  Media literacy education & video production program, grounded in 21st century media literacy skills for K-12 students in afterschool programs in Jersey City, NJ & Brooklyn, NY Media literacy education & video production program, grounded in 21st century media literacy skills for K-12 students in afterschool programs in Jersey City, NJ & Brooklyn, NY



Latin American Adoptee Community

• Founder & Director

  • Jul 2012 - 2017

  Online community for adoptees born in Latin America, which provides a place to connect with other adoptees around the world and creates member-driven content. Online community for adoptees born in Latin America, which provides a place to connect with other adoptees around the world and creates member-driven content.



St. Benedict's Preparatory High School

• Newark, NJ

• Communication Specialist & Journalism Teacher

  • Aug 2012 - Jun 2013

  Implemented the school’s first media literacy curriculum, teaching Photoshop, Indesign, video production and video editing. Produced promotional videos for Advancement Office with the help of students. Acted as faculty advisor, helping students produce a full-color literary magazine. Implemented the school’s first media literacy curriculum, teaching Photoshop, Indesign, video production and video editing. Produced promotional videos for Advancement Office with the help of students. Acted as faculty advisor, helping students produce a full-color literary magazine.



The Media Spot

• Media Literacy Educator

  • Jun 2008 - Dec 2010

  Partnered with Good Shepherd Services, a social service and youth development agency teaching vulnerable NYC children documentary, narrative and news videos with a media literacy component. Collaborated with poet and performance artist, Samara Gaev to script, videotaped and edited a documentary about the spoken word process and the GSS afterschool program. Partnered with Good Shepherd Services, a social service and youth development agency teaching vulnerable NYC children documentary, narrative and news videos with a media literacy component. Collaborated with poet and performance artist, Samara Gaev to script, videotaped and edited a documentary about the spoken word process and the GSS afterschool program.