Show Notes: Katie Jones was born in Memphis, TN and studied at the Memphis College of Art for her BFA in Painting and a Masters of Art in Teaching in Art Education. A majority of her time is spent making classroom examples or lesson plans but at the request of her therapist she is allowing herself to be "Katie the Artist" again in her life. Her childhood was spent growing up between Frayser and Raleigh in North Memphis and would often draw to escape the harsh reality of growing up without a father in her life. After promising her grandmother in 4th grade she would go to the Memphis College of Art she did just that and went on to get a BFA in painting and later on a Masters of Art in Teaching in Art Education to spread the joy and chaos of art to kids in Kindergarten to 12th grade which she has done fully licensed since 2010. Katie was also greatly influenced by the southerwestern artist Ted DeGrazia and Keith Haring. She would often focus on the way people sat or moved with each other than what they were wearing or their faces, and developed her own style of often faceless figures. She is a member of the Mid-South Cartoonists Association, Artists' Link, and is the new social media director for MidSouthCon. She has had her art in art shows around the mid-south including recently had her art featured in the MSCA's "SPAMalittle: Knights Of The Drawing Table" art show at Germantown Community Theatre, and will be part of Playhouse On The Square's 45th Annual Original Art Auction on April 22nd, and the upcoming Memphis Libraries' Comic Con on Free Comic Book Day- Saturday, May 6th.
There's also some MSCA news included such as our next dinner meeting on Tuesday, April 4th at Garibaldi's Pizza from 6-8pm, and Lou Ferrigno's appearance at 901 Comics East on April 4th starting at 4:30pm. Give a listen for more details.
Links:
Mid-South Cartoonists Association/MSCA (Memphis, TN) – www.midsouthcartoonists.org
Artists' Link – www.artistslinkmemphis.org/katie-jones
Facebook – www.facebook.com/thatkatiejonesartstudio
Instagram – www.instagram.com/thatkatiejones
Diviant Art – www.deviantart.com/happysak
TikTok – TheOtakuTeacher
MidSouthCon – www.midsouthcon.org
Garibaldi’s Pizza – www.garibaldispizza.com
901 Comics – www.901-comics.business.site
Germantown Community Theatre – www.gctcomeplay.org
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Music by Steve Oxen and David Fesliyan: ©2020 Fesliyan Studios Inc. – music and sound effects used by permission.
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Run time: 42min 36sec
