/reconstructions Jared Wood, is a Philadelphia based teaching artist. His work is informed by the belief that rigorous research, collaboration and creativity is a powerful means of personal and social transformation. He uses words and whatever materials he can get his hands on to transform space, ideas, and community. He has shown and executed public projects in England, Philadelphia, Puerto Rico, and The West Bank.
He has been working with Mural Arts for the last 10 years as an artist, after-school teacher and teaching artist at various prisons. He is also connected with Reconstruction inc, and has worked with Taller Puertorriqueño.