Coffee Chats feature leaders in the creative community sharing their personal and professional experiences to inspire others pursuing careers in art.

Based in Austin, Texas, Robert Jackson Harrington creates artwork from everyday materials that center on the concept of potential. Harrington received his BFA from the University of Texas at El Paso and his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Recent exhibitions include Useless Systems, at Presa House Gallery in San Antonio, Texas and The Accelerationist, at Space HL in Houston, Texas.

Currently he directs the Museum of Pocket Art and is a member of the Center for Experimental Practice and the curatorial collective, Los Outsiders, based in Austin, TX.

**Please note that this Coffee Chat will occur earlier, at 9am rather than 11am