{"id":9814,"date":"2017-12-05T10:31:19","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T14:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=9814"},"modified":"2018-07-22T11:17:03","modified_gmt":"2018-07-22T15:17:03","slug":"news-from-the-kentucky-crafted-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/9814","title":{"rendered":"News from the Kentucky Crafted Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cProper, untainted pride is not a bad thing. It can even make you try harder sometimes.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014 B L Cummings<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I must confess that I am elated and gratified to learn from the <a href=\"http:\/\/artscouncil.ky.gov\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kentucky Arts Council<\/a> that I have been designated as a \u201cnewly adjudicated\u201d participant in the <a href=\"http:\/\/artscouncil.ky.gov\/KAC\/Entrepreneurs\/KyCrafted.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kentucky Crafted Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is not my nature to feel entitled, and so I approach any initiative supported by taxpayers with a respectful awareness of their essential role.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/JAD_Working_KyCrafted.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/JAD_Working_KyCrafted.jpg\" title=\"J A Dixon ~ participant in the Kentucky Crafted Program\" alt=\"J A Dixon ~ participant in the Kentucky Crafted Program\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" \/ hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"11\" align=right \/><\/a> It pleases me to know that I submitted for evaluation some of the best work I have done, and look ahead with anticipation to fulfilling the purpose of the program and returning a dividend on any public investment made in my artistic goals. I am also keenly attuned to the unmet economic potential that the so-called \u201ccreative class\u201d can contribute to my adopted commonwealth. But make no mistake, I would never assume that those of you who are kind enough to visit a site devoted to \u201call things collage\u201d would have an overwhelming interest in my personal goings-on. Take it as a mere news flash. The proof is in <a href=\"https:\/\/whydyoueatthat.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/pudding.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the proverbial pudding<\/a>, of course.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dixon_NoeliaBrimFalcon.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dixon_NoeliaBrimFalcon.jpg\" alt=\"Noelia Brim Falcon ~ J A Dixon\" title=\"Noelia Brim Falcon ~ J A Dixon\" width=\"333\" height=\"364\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dixon_NoeliaBrimFalcon.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dixon_NoeliaBrimFalcon-300x328.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 393px; margin-bottom: 33px; color: gray; padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\"><strong><em>Noelia Brim Falcon<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\ncollage miniature by J A Dixon<br \/>\n7.8125 x 8.375 inches<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&#038;hosted_button_id=S3K575SEDMH64\" title=\"BUY NOW through PayPal.\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase this artwork!<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dixon_CarolineKnotCornelius.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dixon_CarolineKnotCornelius.jpg\" alt=\"Caroline Knot Cornelius ~ J A Dixon\" title=\"Caroline Knot Cornelius ~ J A Dixon\" width=\"333\" height=\"364\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dixon_CarolineKnotCornelius.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dixon_CarolineKnotCornelius-300x328.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 414px; margin-bottom: 44px; color: gray; padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\"><strong><em>Caroline Knot Cornelius<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\ncollage miniature by J A Dixon<br \/>\n7.8125 x 8.375 inches<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&#038;hosted_button_id=4S9AP8CVN3VS4\" title=\"BUY NOW through PayPal.\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase this artwork!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cProper, untainted pride is not a bad thing. It can even make you try harder sometimes.\u201d \u2014 B L Cummings &nbsp; I must confess that I am elated and gratified to learn from the Kentucky Arts Council that I have been designated as a \u201cnewly adjudicated\u201d participant in the Kentucky Crafted Program. It is not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,260,250,18,376,55],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9814"}],"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=9814"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10020,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9814\/revisions\/10020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}