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Nerissa Cooney is a designer, artist, and arts organizer based in Boston, MA, with over a decade of experience developing interdisciplinary programming, fostering artist-centered initiatives, and creating opportunities for public engagement. She collaborates with artists, designers, and cultural organizations to develop innovative projects that bridge creative practice, community, and civic life.

Nerissa is currently the Programming and Media Manager at Boston University School of Visual Arts and also a co-founder and co-director of Ulises, a bookshop and project space dedicated to artists’ books and independent art publications, exploring publishing as an incubator for new forms of artistic, editorial, curatorial, and pedagogical practice. Previously, Nerissa has served as the project manager for the Poetic Justice Group at MIT Media Lab and the Director of Programming and Community Engagement at Mana Contemporary, a contemporary art center. She has also co-founded a social-justice-focused graphic design studio, a micro-granting dinner project, and a coop co-working space for creatives.

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