{"id":326,"date":"2008-08-19T23:28:41","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T03:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/another-artist"},"modified":"2008-08-19T23:28:41","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T03:28:41","slug":"another-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=326","title":{"rendered":"Another artist with a spirit of play"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=497,height=551,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/08\/19\/marthasgoat1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"410\" height=\"454\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.making-ripples.com\/images\/2008\/08\/19\/marthasgoat1.jpg\" title=\"Martha McDowell's Goat\" alt=\"Marthasgoat1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Martha Jane McDowell has long been one of my favorite artists\/ sculptors\/ creative spirits because she is always willing to work in new mediums and her work generally has an element of wry humor.<\/p>\n<p>This concrete and tile goat, titled <strong><em>Sustainable Living I<\/em><\/strong>, is determinedly consuming recyclable plastic bottles. <\/p>\n<p>The title worked for me on several levels. The goat is recycled and it is depicted in the act of recycling.<\/p>\n<p>With its skinny rebar legs, and its lacework scarf and gold earring, it has a certain jaunty air even while it reminded me of those unfortunates who eke out a living picking through other people&#8217;s refuse.<\/p>\n<p>Like many of Martha&#8217;s works, it made me think of issues far beyond the quiet gallery in which it stands.<\/p>\n<p> Way to go, Martha! I can&#8217;t wait to see what you do next.<\/p>\n<p>There are many excellent artists on display in the Jacksonville Center&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/jacksonvillecenter.org\/galleries-1.htm\">Hayloft Gallery<\/a>. Indulge yourself and take an hour to wander through the 6th Annual New Works Exhibition by Regional Artists which runs through September 29. <\/p>\n<p>You may find that every piece on display has something to say to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Martha Jane McDowell has long been one of my favorite artists\/ sculptors\/ creative spirits because she is always willing to work in new mediums and her work generally has an element of wry humor. This concrete and tile goat, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=326\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1810,1813],"tags":[14,903,314,901,902],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-5g","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}