Donating painting for Art Papers 6th annual Silent Auction

This is the third year Jennifer has been asked to donate a painting for inclusion in the ART PAPERS silent auction to be held at Mason Murer Fine Art on Saturday, February 5. This year Jennifer has selected Bohdi, from the Substance Series, for the event.The auction benefits ART PAPERS Magazine and features works from internationally recognized contemporary artists. Join the Editors and Board of ART PAPERS for a preview viewing on Friday, February 4 from 5:30 to 9:30 pm. Preview tickets include admission to the Friday Preview and the Saturday auction. To purchase tickets, place absentee bids, view a list of participating artists, or for more information call 404-588-1837 or visit: www.artpapers.org.

Note: Major funding for ART PAPERS is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Fulton County Commission and Fulton County Arts Council, the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, the City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, and the Georgia Council of the Arts through the Georgia General Assembly.

New series Microcosm is well received

Microcosm, an exceptional new series composed of fifty 8X8 paintings, was presented at a by invitation showing in Jennifer's studio on November 7 - and virtually sold out by November 10. The series was presented in it's entirety, spanning ten feet across and five feet high, to capture and emphasize the range and diversity of this significant artistic effort. The effect was apparently so powerful that forty-four pieces were purchased in just a few days. See the series here.

Donating art to Vital Bridges

Vital Bridges is a front-runner in the war against HIV and AIDS. Vital Bridges is a multi-service, non-profit organization that provides a life-line of no cost, wrap-around services to their clients, including food, housing assistance, nutrition counseling, case management, and HIV testing and prevention. Services that help rebuild and stabilize their lives. Each year Vital Bridges serves over 2,400 individuals in the Chicagoland area through a corps of 750 volunteers and 40 trained staff members.

When Soho-Myriad, Jennifer's primary gallery in Atlanta, asked Jennifer if she would be willing to make a contribution to Vital Bridges, she responded by generously donating Echo II, a painting from the Balance Series, for auction at their upcoming "Celebrate Chicago" Holiday Brunch. This annual event will be held at The Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago on December 5, 2004 and features a delicious brunch plus exciting silent and live auctions. Tickets are available on-line at:www.vitalbridges.org

Art anchors cottage renovation

Meditation IV, from Jennifer's Meditation Series is featured in an article in the Fall issue ofRenovation Style magazine (pages 98-107). The article, entitled "Cottage Graduate", follows four years of restoration work on an Atlanta area cottage owned by one of Jennifer's collectors and includes photos of Meditation IV on pages 98 and 101.

Donating original work

This year the Georgia Lawyers for the Arts Gala will be held at the beautiful Lowe Gallery - located in the Buckhead area on Bennett Street in Atlanta,GA - from 7:00-10:00 PM. During 2004 GLA will have conducted more than 64 educational programs and provided more than $1,000,000 of free legal services to low-income artists and non-profit arts organizations across the state. GLA also allows artists, arts agencies, museums, galleries, attorneys and other members of the public to utilize its extensive resource library containing sample contracts, copyright information and more than 250 volumes of information.

The Gala is GLA's primary fundraising event, and Jennifer has donated Singular Beauty from herMeditations Series to be included in the silent auction. This fabulous night is a wonderful gathering of artists, arts patrons and attorneys with sumptuous food catered by Iris, including heavenly desserts by West Egg Café. There is an open bar, plus a silent auction of art and arts-related items. Tickets to the Gala can be purchased by calling 404-873-3911, or may also be purchased at the door. Please contact GLA with any questions about this event. Attend this wonderful event and help support a worthy cause.

New international commission

The Burj Dubai, located in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, has commissioned a painting from Jennifer based on a selected image from her recent Balance Series. The Burj Dubai will be the world's tallest tower and the center piece of the Gulf Region's most prestigious urban development to date. Burj Dubai will radiate out in a series of ellipses from the sky-reaching tower and encompass residential, commercial, hotel, and entertainment facilities, plus the world's largest shopping mall. This commission marks Jennifer's first International Collection placement.

Another new series

Collective, Jennifer's newest series debuted at the Studio E Gallery in Jupiter, FL. Collective is a series in progress in that ten more pieces will be added to the series in August. Night Blossom,from the series, is presented below. Studio E gallery makes the following observation about Jennifer's work: "Jennifer J.L. Jones creates dynamic tension between the literal and the abstract through intuitive and energetic lines, curves and color......Nature is stripped to its spiritual core."