Artist, Advocate, Business Owner
Yasamin Safarzadeh is an Angelino, Iranian American and transplant to New England. She owns her own business, as well as works locally with non profits throughout the Granite State. She has her BFA, MFA and MBA specifically addressing arts enrichment as a tool to rehabilitate neighborhoods, enhance participant stability and bolster local economies. Her work is varied and can find her on a 14' ladder in blistering heat, painting cityscapes, on a boom lift beautifying historic relics in New Hampshire, she can also be found at residencies she has built in several non profits which address the needs of vulnerable populations.
Yasamin has worked in the field as an arts enrichment facilitator for twenty years, specifically aimed towards enriching the lives of at-risk populations. She has worked throughout California, New Hampshire, Malawi, Spain and Belize including sites like The Armory, BFREE, Jacaranda, The Currier, Kimball Jenkins, Canterbury English, Sacramento Poetry Center and OTIS College of Art and Design. She has been head Curator since 2022 for Kimball Jenkins and Positive Street Art which has two galleries in Manchester and Nashua. Yasamin is also a writer for various news media outlets and publication firms including Yankee Publishing and Manchester InkLink.