{"id":9101,"date":"2017-05-21T12:41:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T16:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=9101"},"modified":"2017-06-06T17:05:22","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T21:05:22","slug":"time-for-another-art-full-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/9101","title":{"rendered":"time for another Art-full Affair . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/JADBL_ToPeachIsOwed.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/JADBL_ToPeachIsOwed.jpg\" title=\"JAD with Brandon Long, who happily takes possession of the donated work, \u2018To Peach Is Owed\u2019 (photo by Kristin Long)\" width=\"200\" height=\"229\" hspace=\"15\" vspace=\"7\" align=right size-full wp-image-9199\" \/><\/a>As I have done every other spring for a number of years, I create an artwork for an event sponsored by the Arts Commission of Danville \/ Boyle County \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dbc-arts.org\/?page_id=50\" title=\"to benefit the McKune Arts Scholarship Fund\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>An Art-full Affair<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, our biennual push to raise dollars for local arts scholarships. Each donation of artwork or creative service is matched by a ticket sale that admits a buyer and her guest to back-to-back parties \u2014 a Friday preview and a Saturday drawing. The first name pulled from the jar is able to pick from every available donation on display, until there is only one ticket holder and one item remaining. Each prize is guaranteed to be worth at least twice the value of the $100 admission. In addition, the final evening is broken up by two live auctions.<\/p>\n<p>There are artists who, based on a perspective of refusing to support exploitation, are unwilling to contribute artwork to a charitable cause. I\u2019ll admit that many people who run non-profit organizations can be cavalier about the value of creative labor, but nobody will ever take advantage of artists without their consent and participation. When I look at the deep tradition of <em>pro-bono<\/em> work in America, the adamant stance of certain creatives strikes me as \u201ca tempest in a teapot.\u201d I make my art donations infrequent and always local. I confess to taking satisfaction from helping a deserving youngster who otherwise would not be able to experience art, music, drama, or dance. It has nothing to do with exposure or professional advancement \u2014 a silly motivation from my point of view.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Dixon_To_Peach_Is_Owed.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>To Peach Is Owed<\/em><\/strong><\/a> was taken home by Kristin and Brandon Long, a pair of wonderful artists who preside over the most \u201cart-full\u201d family I know. A great outcome ~ a fun time ~ a worthy enterprise!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dixon_ToPeachOwed2_ig.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dixon_ToPeachOwed2_ig.jpg\" title=\"To Peach Is Owed (detail) ~ J A Dixon\" alt=\"a detail from \u2018To Peach Is Owed\u2019 ~ donated by John Andrew Dixon to \u2018An Art-full Affair\u2019 ~ an event sponsored by the Arts Commission of Danville \/ Boyle County\" width=\"207\" height=\"207\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dixon_ToPeachOwed2_ig.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dixon_ToPeachOwed2_ig-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dixon_ToPeachOwed2_ig-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dixon_ToPeachOwed_ig.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dixon_ToPeachOwed_ig.jpg\" title=\"To Peach Is Owed (detail) ~ J A Dixon\" alt=\"a detail from \u2018To Peach Is Owed\u2019 ~ donated by John Andrew Dixon to \u2018An Art-full Affair\u2019 ~ an event sponsored by the Arts Commission of Danville \/ Boyle County\" width=\"207\" height=\"207\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dixon_ToPeachOwed_ig.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dixon_ToPeachOwed_ig-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dixon_ToPeachOwed_ig-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 82%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 22px; margin-bottom: 27px; color: #555555; padding-left: 11px;\" align=\"left\"><em>Two square details of the peach-themed collage artwork<br \/>were posted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thecollageminiaturist\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram page of The Collage Miniaturist<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/JADixon_ToPeach_OnWall.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/JADixon_ToPeach_OnWall.jpg\" title=\"To Peach Is Owed ~ J A Dixon\" alt=\"To Peach Is Owed ~ donated by John Andrew Dixon to \u2018An Art-full Affair\u2019 ~ a biennial fundraising event sponsored by the Arts Commission of Danville \/ Boyle County\" width=\"397\" height=\"495\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/JADixon_ToPeach_OnWall.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/JADixon_ToPeach_OnWall-300x374.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 540px; margin-bottom: 44px; color: gray; padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\"><strong><em>To Peach Is Owed<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\ncollage on structured panel by J A Dixon<br \/>\ninset into handcrafted frame from salvaged wood<br \/>\n18 x 20.5 inches<br \/>\ncollection of the Long Family<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[171,1,157,244,173,243,119,18,92],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9101"}],"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=9101"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9257,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9101\/revisions\/9257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}