{"id":10591,"date":"2020-09-10T17:36:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T00:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=10591"},"modified":"2020-09-10T17:36:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T00:36:08","slug":"epistolary-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=10591","title":{"rendered":"Epistolary Art"},"content":{"rendered":"
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805 Living September 2020, Epistolary Art, story by Leslie Dinaberg.<\/p><\/div>\n

Spanish guitars, surf boards, beach balls, hula hoops, balloons, cascarones, and the fans of flamenco dancers are among the vibrant\u00a0imagery found in Love Letters, a new public art collaboration between\u00a0Ojai artist Cassandra C. Jones (cassandracjones.com<\/a>), Museum of\u00a0Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (mcasantabarbara.org<\/a>), and Paseo\u00a0Nuevo (paseonuevoshopping.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

An eye-catching 600-tile mural\u00a0inspired by Santa Barbara\u2019s Talavera tiles and Jones\u2019 experiences,\u00a0the installation spans two walls in Paseo Nuevo\u2019s lower north court\u00a0entrance, combining classic tile designs with contemporary digital\u00a0photography that nods to both the past and the present.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom day one, I called the piece a \u2018love letter,\u2019 even before I thought\u00a0of it as a title,\u201d says Jones. \u201cI like to say that the mural keeps on giving\u00a0and that there is something new to discover every time one passes by\u00a0the space.\u201d<\/p>\n

On view indefinitely, Love Letters is one of many public art initiatives\u00a0planned for Paseo Nuevo\u2019s current $20 million redevelopment project.<\/p>\n

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805 Living, September 2020.<\/p><\/div>\n

This story was originally published in the September 2020 issue of 805 Living. Click here<\/a> to read it as it appeared in print.<\/p>\n

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