Jeremiah Jenner

What is your primary artistic medium?

Digital and 35mm film photography. I received my first camera, a Kodak 126 Instamatic, from my mother when I was only five years old. Since that day, the camera rarely leaves my fingertips. I enjoy learning and exploring new ways to create art through this medium.

I live in the Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The lofts are live/work units created by Artspace, a national non-profit dedicated to creating affordable living spaces for working artists. The modern lofts include a three story art gallery in the middle to display our work and host monthly art events open to the public.

My main focus is education, commercial work, and fine art photography. National collectors of my fine art photography include: the Holiday Inn Corporation, Starbucks, PBS, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

How did you get started as a teaching artist?

Creating images comes naturally since my mentors, (David Bazinet, Isaac Allen Sandy, Robert McKeown and Jody Leshinsky) are great photographers and artists that inspire me to new heights.

Years of crafting my style and technique paid off when I was offered a position to teach photography classes at Broward County Community Schools in 2009. The School Board of Broward County granted me full instructor certification in 2010.

What led you to creative aging?

I started out teaching at the Art Center/ South Florida in 2005. And they referred me to Miami Dade County Public Libraries about teaching one of the Lifetime Arts Creative Aging photography programs in 2014.

The first workshop was a success, and lead to another one in 2015 with even more students!