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28 April 2008

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A brief personal history of the Jacksonville Art Scene by Jim Draper.

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morrison said:

thanks jim and byron for a in depth look at our art scene very informative, jim should be our art preacher. great history lesson.
it is a uphill battle and you make a great general.

- 28 April 2008 at 1:42 pm

contributor (author) said:

thanks Morrison. It was a lot of fun. Didn’t know Jim had the de Kooning connection. very interesting. I’m looking forward to doing one with David Lauderdale this week. Not sure how many more of these I’ll do so if you’re interested in getting in on it, shoot me a line.

- 28 April 2008 at 2:27 pm

Kurt Polkey said:

Byron,

Is there any way we can do a podcast of a focus group on the future of Jax. art?

Jim,

How about a road trip to see Pete Peterson?

- 29 April 2008 at 2:13 am

contributor (author) said:

now you’re talking Kurt. Actually just this weekend I got hot on Skype. Download it, at http://www.skype.com. From the looks of it we can all call each other and I can record the call through a little plugin I purchased. Would be rad to get everyone who’s interested in on the call.

- 29 April 2008 at 2:28 am

morrison said:

continue down memory lane it is a good step in the right direction.
the road trip to see pete would be a good one he has been a staple for years, there should be a podcast weekly until we run out of artists.

- 29 April 2008 at 12:12 pm

Kurt Polkey said:

Let’s set up the day and time.

- 29 April 2008 at 7:56 pm

jim draper said:

Kurt,
You are right, the future is the way to go.
It was good for me to close it all out in my head
just by talking about it all for the last time.
Time for fresh horses.
jd

- 29 April 2008 at 8:51 pm

Kelly said:

This new Memphis Wood show at the MOCA has me on a huge urge to know everything about her. You should try and reach back as far as you can, past Augusta Savage. One of the performance theatre (call it drama and they harp on you) teachers’ mother was taught by Memphis Wood. I want to see if she is still alive so I can ask her questions about Ms. Memphis.

But you’re definitely right about the documenting thing. It’s like a lot of art that was lost in the World Wars, or that massive Buddha carving out in the desert that was bombed. If it weren’t for pictures, it doesn’t exist. Didn’t happen.

- 29 April 2008 at 10:43 pm

contributor (author) said:

Kelly, I was thinking the same thing. Tonight I met with an older cousin of mine of my mom’s generation. He’s a Vietnam War veteran and a child of the sixties. We spoke some time about the dense creative culture here. It would seem shallow to stop at the nineties. I’d like to go back further and further until we can really have a good vision of what has gone on here. I don’t think we can really establish a “scene” here until we are proud to be Jacksonville artists. Knowing the art history behind us to support that pride is the first step.

But I’m definitely for looking forward, but I think it’s best to know the past well so we don’t repeat the same mistakes.

- 30 April 2008 at 2:05 am

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