jason anfinsen

"Information Jason," as he is known to students, brings a decade of post-MLIS experience as a librarian in public libraries, art museum libraries, and academic libraries in Houston, Minneapolis, Florida, and Wisconsin.

Jason Anfinsen has experience an arts research librarian, credentialed with a Graduate Certificate in Museum Theory and Practice from the College of Fine Arts at Florida State University.

Jason Anfinsen ignited his colorful career as an on-air radio host in his hometown of West Palm Beach as “Meathead” on South Florida’s Alternative Music station, WPBZ-fm 103.1 “The Buzz” at the age of 18.

Jason Anfinsen is a trained actor and improviser with experience theater performance and producing experiences on stages in New York, Chicago, Miami, Seattle, and Los Angeles.   Additionally, Jason has performed internationally on stages and at comedy festivals in London, Toronto, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore. 

An independent artist and DIY art faker, Jason Anfinsen began creating his warped, distorted, COLOUR FAILED SCHOOL style of art (a playful take on the Color Field painting style) in Seattle in 2005.  Jason’s art has been featured in the “All Staff Art Show” at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Fallon Theatre in Tallahassee, and in the 26th Annual Student Art Exhibition on the Eissey Campus of Palm Beach State College.

As a punk and indie rock music snob, Jason has a history of writing feature articles, album reviews, artist interviews, and concert documentaries as a musical gonzo journalist.  During his news days as an associate producer, Jason wrote breaking news scripts and local news stories for TV and the web.