Tarra Denise Jackson

Tarra Denise

Jackson

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Dear, Reader...

Tarra Denise Jackson is a Milwaukee, WI born and raised actress and dancer. As a graduate of Howard University - the epicenter of black thought and artistic prowess - her studies of social and political science helped to establish and evolve her worldview in ways that were crucial to her artistic development. At her core, her device is gravity. She’s always been a part of someone or something’s ground level and fundamental beveling.

As a person and as an artistic being, her device is gravity. People find their grounding with her. Whether family, friends, colleagues, or strangers, she's always been a part of someone or something’s ground level and fundamental beveling. She grounds stories and is a conduit of human nature and experience immersed in performance.

Today, while residing in Los Angeles, Tarra is building a strong resume in theatre, film, and television. While training in New York - under Seth Barrish and Lee Brock at The Barrow Group - Tarra starred in a number of films, including a film adaptation of “A Raisin in the Sun” with renowned director Haile Gerima and "AirBNB" with K. Lorrell Manning and Kristi Ng.

As both recipient and a dispenser of art, Tarra has been committed to perfecting how the craft is viewed, allowing art to widen the scope of educational reform, exposing her vulnerabilities, finding laughter in pain, maneuvering through the frailties of the heart and mind, and embodying lessons so others can be seen through her artistry.

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Many people, especially those with artistic dispositions, vocations and/or avocations, unfortunately, have little to no idea of what calls them to the floor—to the page, to the canvas, to the stage—the parts of their souls funding their artistic quiddity. Fully transcribing worth and a desire to locate the unfavorable, question-inducing, failing, and uneven areas of our human truth and poking them—agitating them enough to force them into the light.

As an artist, I’m always considering what I see or feel, first, when I walk into a crowded room. What in this space holds my attention. What furrows my brow or raises the hair on my arm. These are the things, ideas, and people I dig into—it’s who my art works for.