Thanks, Jessica!

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Tribune Co. (Orlando Sentinel) bankrupt

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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)

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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Much higher “inventory” now

Having my work in and now out of four galleries in Central Florida, all of my unsold paintings are back in my possession.  I intend to update photographs of every single piece and update the portfolio page very soon with a full accounting of them, including prices and sizes.  See you then!

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