This episode of Art Bazaar features pop artist Chris P. Jones, who's work often features iconic characters from film, music & outsider culture. Chris's work is colorful, bright and usually bursting with attitude.
In addition to being an artist, Chris P. Jones has also helped create several art spaces over the years as a co-founder of Eye Candy Studios in Kutztown and Popmart gallery in Bethlehem. He's also a co-founder of Mad Road Artists, an art collective that combines live musical performances and live painting, usually with a central theme, for a unique art experience.
Chris Jones is an Allentown native and has been working in the Allentown art scene for over 40 years. You can see his work by going to chrispjonesart.com
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- 00:00 - Introduction
- 02:37 - Chris' Pop Art Style
- 03:37 - Doing art as a kid
- 04:52 - Showing art for the first time
- 06:27 - Allentown Art Scene in the 1980s
- 07:47 - Smashing an organ at EGAZ
- 09:32 - Art spaces having to focus on making money
- 10:16 - Starting Eye Candy Studios in Kutztown
- 12:33 - Starting Popmart in Bethlehem
- 14:33 - Showing art in Allentown pre-Alternative Gallery
- 16:00 - Allentown's Art Scene 2012
- 17:51 - Golden Era Gallery at the Americus Hotel
- 19:18 - The Allentown Art Scene today
- 20:44 - Niche businesses can re-build a city
- 23:09 - Pulse Weekly and the power of local cultural newspapers
- 25:37 - Double Decker Records has it right
- 26:55 - Pricing your artwork when vending
- 27:42 - The benefit of selling prints of your work
- 28:38 - Mad Road Artists
- 31:55 - Hunter S. Thompson
- 33:05 - Adapting Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas into a movie
- 35:09 - Charles Bukowski
- 37:41 - Chris Jones and the City of Angels
- 44:31 - Gallery trip to Asheville
- 46:49 - Allentown lacks live music venues
- 48:18 - Government moves slow, which is why we need DIY spaces
- 48:48 - Artist Takeover
- 53:10 - What motivates Chris Jones as an artist
- 53:47 - Advice for artists getting started
- 54:16 - AG Print Works
- 55:26 - How prints can help you make a living
- 56:21 - Memorable experiences working with Alternative Gallery
