{"id":10862,"date":"2018-05-17T17:29:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T21:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=10862"},"modified":"2018-06-24T15:44:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T19:44:47","slug":"governors-derby-exhibit-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/10862","title":{"rendered":"Governor\u2019s Derby Exhibit, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Dixon_StarOfCommonwealth.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Dixon_StarOfCommonwealth.jpg\" title=\"Star of Commonwealth ~ J A Dixon\" width=\"122\" height=\"122\" \/ hspace=\"33\" vspace=\"10\" align=right \/><\/a>My 3D collage from last summer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/9326\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Star of Commonwealth<\/a>, is currently on display as part of the <em>Governor\u2019s Derby Exhibit<\/em> titled <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cW9Ae9sWc6Q\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reflections of the Commonwealth<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. It is an honor to have my artwork chosen and, reportedly, positioned near the door to the Governor\u2019s offices. Yes, it\u2019s a cool thing, if I do say so myself. The Kentucky-themed piece was created as part of the 225th birthday celebration for our Bluegrass State. I have yet to replenish my stash (hint, hint, wink, wink) that would enable me to do another similar artwork. The annual initiative coordinated by the <a href=\"http:\/\/artscouncil.ky.gov\/KAC\/Showcasing\/DerbyExhibit2018.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kentucky Arts Council<\/a> is on view in Frankfort at the Capitol Rotunda through June 4th.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StarOfCommonwealth_ig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StarOfCommonwealth_ig.jpg\" title=\"detail from \u2018Star of Commonwealth\u2019 ~ J A Dixon\" alt=\"detail from \u2018Star of Commonwealth\u2019 ~ collage construction by John Andrew Dixon, Danville, Kentucky\" width=\"388\" height=\"388\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StarOfCommonwealth_ig.jpg 496w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StarOfCommonwealth_ig-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StarOfCommonwealth_ig-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 407px; margin-bottom: 44px; color: gray; padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\"><strong><em>Star of Commonwealth<\/em><\/strong> (detail)<br \/>\nmixed-media collage construction by J A Dixon<br \/>\n22 x 21 x 6 inches<br \/>\navailable for purchase<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My 3D collage from last summer, Star of Commonwealth, is currently on display as part of the Governor\u2019s Derby Exhibit titled Reflections of the Commonwealth. It is an honor to have my artwork chosen and, reportedly, positioned near the door to the Governor\u2019s offices. Yes, it\u2019s a cool thing, if I do say so myself. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,118,30,1,8,18,111,148],"tags":[344,346,329,338,351,341,342,353,359,355,90,337,340,349,363,288,352,354,348,320,362,343,345,357,339,347,358,350,361,356,360],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10862"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10862"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10971,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10862\/revisions\/10971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}