We are very excited to announce that Jay Gallegos has joined the Creative Flagstaff team as the Media Lab Coordinator for the Digital Resource Center at the Coconino Center for the Arts.

Jay is a native to Flagstaff and passionate about the community’s rich cultural heritage. He returned to his hometown after having studied Media Arts and Sociology as an undergraduate at The University of Arizona and receiving an MFA in Art & Technology from the Ohio State University. His professional background is in media coordination, facilitation, and instruction; having worked as a Teaching Artist in documentary filmmaking at City High School in Tucson, Arizona, a Media Coordinator & Youth Media Workshop Facilitator for The Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Southern Arizona on behalf of The University of Arizona College of Public Health, as an Instructor of Record in the Department of Art at The Ohio State University, and as a Youth Media Workshop Facilitator for the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to his current role, he was a Digital Media Specialist for Flagstaff Arts Council. A practicing multimedia artist, his work focuses primarily on digital video & motion graphics within an experimental framework. When not behind a camera or at the editing bay Jay also enjoys live music and supporting the local creative sector in all its diverse iterations.