Jonathan Rockford

Jonathan Rockford joined the Jaffe Center for Book Arts in 2024 as their Education Coordinator. He is an alumnus of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and of the University of Miami – with graduate degrees in Fiber & Material Studies, and Liberal Studies respectively. Currently, he is in the final stage of the Creative Writing graduate program here at Florida Atlantic. At JCBA, Jonathan works to support and maintain the Center’s unique collection of Artists’ Books and its facilities and programming for the making and studying of Book Arts.

• 2026: Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, Florida Atlantic University .
• 2015: Master of Fine Arts, Fiber & Material Studies. School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
• 2007: Master of Arts in Liberal Studies. University of Miami.
• 2005: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture. School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
• 2002: Associate of Arts, Ceramics. Waubonsee Community College.

• Labor & Poverty 
• Book Arts, Fiber Arts, Ceramics, Craft, Art & Technology 
• Material Culture, the Aesthetics of Control 

• 2025: Rockford, Jonathan. “Joining the Jaffe: A Newcomer’s Journey Toward the Book Arts,” Parenthesis 49, The Journal of the Fine Press Book Association, Autumn. 
• 2023: Rockford, Jonathan. "Looped,” Coral Springs Museum of Art, Solo Exhibition, Jan-Feb. 

• 2022-24: Skurnick Fellowship, Florida Atlantic University, Department of English. 
• 2022: Broward County Cultural Division, Artist Support Grant. 
• 2022: Broward College Adjunct Faculty Travel Grant, LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA.