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New Show coming in September!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A show of all-new paintings and drawings will be held in Orlando in Sepetember, location and dates to be announced soon!
This is my first solo show in over 2 years so don’t miss it!
-rj

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Thanks, Jessica!

Posted in Events, Performance, art, tagged , on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

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Tribune Co. (Orlando Sentinel) bankrupt

Posted in Uncategorized on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Really?  When you cut local coverage quantity and quality, fire staff by the dozens, overcharge for advertising and water your paper down to USA Today standards right when a recession comes along you go bankrupt?  Really?

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Great NYTimes article

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I read this in the New York Times today:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/opinion/07egan.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1228676684-1UTurs44itVSUKUui9Kq/g
and it reminded me of this article from 2002:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE4DE1638F93BA1575AC0A9649C8B63&scp=1&sq=why+add+to+the+pile+&st=nyt
So, is there an equivalent point to be made in the visual art world?

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Questioning artist grants

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I woke up in the middle of the night and was kept up by my brain constantly going over this though: Are small ($3000 and under) local grants for visual artists (not performing arts) really a good thing?  Could that money be better spent?
Thoughts, anyone?

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Art Stroll

Posted in Uncategorized on December 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »

1st Friday was fun.  Slower than usual, but ’tis the season.  Thanks to everyone who came!
Off to McRae tonight!

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Portfolio page updated!

Posted in Uncategorized on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Portfolio page of this website is finally current as of this writing!  All paintings shown are available.  Email me at rickjonesprojects@gmail.com if you’re interested!

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p.s.

Posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Got a new (computer) mouse today thanks to Christina Rae!  Finally, back to work on AutoCAD and Photoshop.

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I guess I should blog more

Posted in Uncategorized on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It’s not like I don’t have time, being an unemployed artists and all.
Today I had a brief lunch meeting at the Maitland Art Center with the RS21 team.  It actually wasn’t brief but I had a 1:30 appointment so I had to leave before the discussion was over.  I didn’t have much to contribute anyway; [...]

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Rant on WrestleManiArt (sigh)

Posted in Essays, Exhibitions, Opinion, Performance, art, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »

A Rant
So, I had a wonderful tour of a new arts venue today, a type of space for which that this town has been crying out for years!
Then I got home, opened up my email and got this little bit of advertising which has been making the usual rounds in the local art world today:
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WrestleManiArtTM [...]

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