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Welcome to my website. I am an artist, art educator and singer-songwriter living in Cincinnati, OH. My work is wide ranging in both media and content. I am interested in the space between old mysterious objects and contemporary technology. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, feedback, or art emergencies. Thank you for visiting.
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- Had a dream I was tossing a football on the beach with @BarackObama and @7BOOMERESIASON. I think I need a vacation. view this tweet, Jun 11
- #daap #universityofcincinnati @ DAAP Library http://t.co/fD20UG0KFy view this tweet, Mar 30
- @EckhartTolle much needed reminder, thank you. view this tweet, Mar 24
- Did not leave the apartment today. Can't sleep. :/ #gradschool #senioritis view this tweet, Mar 24
- turns out philosophy students smell better than art students. view this tweet, Mar 07
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Category Archives: Openings & Events
Call Me Master, Acknowledgements
I did it! I have received the terminal fine arts degree, the Master of Fine Arts. I entered the program at UC primarily because I was interested in teaching college art courses. While I did learn about teaching (and have found opportunities to teach courses at the University of Cincinnati, Miami Hamilton, and Northern Kentucky [...]
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Thesis Paper
My thesis paper is finally complete! It was not without challenges as I tried to synthesize a large amount of information and a wide range of topics into 35 pages. While a lot of people scoff at the idea of a written portion of a thesis project for an art degree, writing has always been [...]
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Launch!
The thesis exhibition reception was great! I felt so good to be showing art with my amazing classmates at the University of Cincinnati Master of Fine Arts Program, with whom I have spent the last two years of my life. The show looked amazing and was really well planned. The turnout was great too, including [...]
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Exhibition Invitation
After much deliberation, I decided my exhibition postcard should not be a postcard at all, but more of an invitation. I spent a lot of time on the project so I figured I should invest some love and care into the invite as well. I think the idea of opening something, of revealing and concealing, [...]
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MFA Thesis Reception Friday April 19
Solgonda: An Internet Art Gallery Installation by Joe Hedges as part of Launch: University of Cincinnati Master of Fine Arts Students Thesis Exhibitions The University of Cincinnati Sycamore Gallery 628 Sycamore St. Cincinnati, OH, 45202 Reception Friday April 19 6:30-10 p.m. Artist talk Saturday April 20 12-3 p.m. www.mfalaunch.com Please consider stopping by my thesis [...]
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One Man’s Trash: Assemblage Art and the Act of Reclaiming
I have been hard at work preparing for my thesis exhibition. The Reception will be Friday April 19th in Cincinnati. Save the date! Details here: MFALaunch.com My show is now essentially two parts, digital and physical, which is fitting since that has been my conceptual focus. Initially I imagined the exhibition would consist entirely of [...]
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Common Threads
My MFA thesis will be continued work on this project that began last summer at Joshua Tree, which is tentatively named Solgonda. Above are a few images from a recent exhibition at 840 Gallery at DAAP. I had intended to shift gears after this show, but I found that I could not stop working on this [...]
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Bellevue Kentucky Mural
I had the pleasure of working this summer as a teaching artist in Bellevue, KY just over the river from Cincinnati on an outdoor mural project organized by Artworks Cincinnati and designed by project manager Scott Donaldson. Scott, myself, and teaching artist Emily Howard worked with a group of eight apprentices from all over the [...]
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Mintabox.com: A New Interactive Internet Art Project
Well after about six months of tinkering I am finally finished with this project. This is one of those projects that just grew and grew and I have had to cut myself off, at least for now so that I can launch it. Please visit: Mintabox.com and add your own box. mintabox.com is an interactive, [...]
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Collaborative Performance with Jiemei Lin at the Contemporary Arts Center