[NEohioPAL] "Masquerade of Personas" Mardi Gras Art Exhibit Feb. 2

[Standing Rock Cultural Arts]

Greetings,

WHO:  Standing Rock Cultural Arts

WHAT: "Masquerade of Personas" (with a bi-polar twist)
-Mardi Gras Art Exhibition
-Paintings, Jewelry, Sculpture, Fused Glass by Randy Jackson

WHEN:  Saturday, February 2, 2008   8pm  Opening Reception
-Exhibit runs through February 23

WHERE: North Water Street Gallery, 257 N. Water St., Kent

CONTACT:  330-673-4970
  
GALLERY HOURS:  Thursday-Saturday 1-5pm or by appointment.

www.standingrock.net for updates

Artist Statement:

What words cannot express for me results in the art that I create.  I 
have had a need to create, not just the desire, since I was very young.  
It is the two and three dimensional trail made from memories, feelings, 
and dreams.

About the Artist

When I left high school, I became a draftsman in the army before 
entering Columbus College of Art and Design.  I left college after two 
years and went to the mountains of Colorado to do watercolors.  Here, I 
got paid to do Ironwork in a gold mine.  Then I spent time in the 
California mountains above Santa Cruz, painting and mingling with the 
art community of the west coast.

I landed back on my father's grape vineyard in Hartsgrove, Ohio in 1991, 
and this is where I currently reside.

Since 1991, I've attended Cleveland Institute of Art and had various 
exhibitions in Cleveland, Chicago, Columbus, and Kent.  I've built 
dozens of unique structures for the Renaissance Fair in Geneva, Ohio and 
have taken these skills to many Fairs around the country where owners 
want me to build shops for them.

I'm constantly exploring new territory and am trying to integrate all 
that I've learned.

Randy Jackson
1/9/08


Thank you for supporting the Arts,

Standing Rock Cultural Arts
257 N. Water St.
Kent, OH 44240
330-673-4970
info at standingrock.net
www.standingrock.net