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San Francisco's Jazz Heritage Center Grand Opening. HEI artists E.J. Gold, Zoe Alowan, S.L. Boyd, Kelly Rivera and Douglass-Truth joined Ed Dwight and Phonel Roberts in a Group Show celebrating the Grand Opening of San Francisco's Jazz Heritage Center, along with Yoshi's Jazz Club (and Restaurant) at 1300 Fillmore. "As of this week, there's a new cathedral for jazz by the Bay," said Jim Harrington of the Contra Costa Times. Photos | More Photos >>>

(above left) Invitation to Grand Opening; (below left) Jazz Heritage Center, San Francisco

Art Classes with E.J. Gold

Students Come from Around the World for E.J. Gold's Art Classes. The originator of the popular "You Can Paint!" Classes, E.J. Gold, is now painting and instructing in watercolor, drawing and charcoal. Classes are held several times per week in Grass Valley, California. Neville Throckmorton reported "a great breakthrough" in drawing after a few days, having started with no experience .... More >>>

Art Instruction Books by E.J. Gold

E.J. Gold paints new monumental canvas for IAJE 2008 performance stages

E.J. Gold displays new art at IAJE Conference Toronto 2008. Jazz artist E.J. Gold, official provider of JazzArt ® paintings for the International Association for Jazz Educationunveiled new work at the Association's 35th Annual International Conference held in Toronto January 9th through 12th, 2008. Gold presented both monumental-sized canvases and 7' by 11' stage backdrops for the event. Another of his paintings was selected as the signature graphic for the Conference, appearing on tee-shirts, Toronto street banners, program books and the like. More >>>

San Francisco's Jazz Heritage Center Grand Opening. HEI artists E.J. Gold, Zoe Alowan, S.L. Boyd, Kelly Rivera and Douglass-Truth joined Ed Dwight and Phonel Roberts in a Group Show celebrating the Grand Opening of San Francisco's Jazz Heritage Center, along with Yoshi's Jazz Club at 1300 Fillmore. "As of this week, there's a new cathedral for jazz by the Bay," said Jim Harrington of the Contra Costa Times. The exhibit runs through February 25, 2008 .... Photos | More Photos >>>
(above left) Invitation to Grand Opening; (below left) Jazz Heritage Center, San Francisco

Android Warrior by E.J. Gold

Recent Work by E.J. Gold. "From the many sharp pencils of E.J. Gold come some new drawings for your enjoyment," says A.V. Hopcroft, Editor of E.J. Gold at MoMA, Drawings & Paintings from 1944 - 1949, and HEI WebGeek. "I toured his studio today and had to share what I saw. Take a look." Also, Gold has produced a manual for his drawing students, called Draw Good Now, available here on HEI.More >>>

Northwest Jazz Profile Magazine features E.J. Gold's Ode to Milt.

Northwest Jazz Profile Magazine features E.J. Gold's JazzArt ®. E.J. Gold's Ode to Milt appears on the cover of the April 2007 issue of Northwest Jazz Profile, the Tacoma-based jazz monthly More >>>

HEI and E.J. Gold have provided JazzArt ® for the IAJE Conferences from 2003 through 2007.

IAJE 2007 New York City once again featured E.J. Gold's JazzArt ®. E.J. Gold's JazzArt ® graced the performance halls and workshop and conference venues at the International Association for Jazz Education Conference for 2007 at the Hilton in New York City, January 10-13, 2007. More >>>

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E.J. Gold's JazzArt ® painting 52nd Street painted for the IAJE 2006 Conference in New York City

52nd Street -- E.J. Gold's JazzArt ® painting 52nd Street for the IAJE 2006 Conference in New York City.

IAJE 2006 New York City features E.J. Gold's JazzArt ®. E.J. Gold's JazzArt ® including 52nd Street(pictured), New York Jazz Heaven, New Orleans Jazz Heaven, Chicago Jazz Heaven, Buddha Sax and more grace the performance halls and workshop and conference venues at the International Association for Jazz Education convention for 2006 at the Hilton in New York City, January 11-14, 2006. More >>>

E.J. Gold's JazzArt ® appeared at the Hollywood Bowl during its Summer 2005 Jazz Series.

Hollywood Bowl Jazz Series featured E.J. Gold's JazzArt ®. The spectacular Hollywood Bowl was the setting for a magnificent display of E.J. Gold's JazzArt ®^tm backdrops this summer as the Bowl featured the music of Gershwin, Al Jarreau, Etta James, Poncho Sanchez, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan and more ...

Grass Valley Graphics Group hosted a Benefit Fine Art Auction for Lori Belilove & Company.

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To Russia with Love. The Grass Valley Graphics Group hosted a Benefit Fine Art Auction -- To Russia with Love -- for Lori Belilove & Company, resident dance company for the Isadora Duncan Foundation for Contemporary Dance project to help send the dancers to Russia.

E.J. Gold's theatrical backdrops will adorn the stage for Lori Belilove & Company's Isadora Duncan Dance Festival this May.

Gold to paint for Isadora Duncan Festival. E.J. Gold will paint theatrical backdrops for Lori Belilove & Company's performances at the Isadora Duncan Dance Festival May 5 - 8, 2005 at the Center for the Arts, Grass Valley, California. Gold, the Grass Valley Graphics Group and Company photographer Margaretta K. Mitchell will mount an art exhibit entitled Artistic Movement in conjunction with the Festival.

Boutique offers E.J. Gold art on ball caps, tote bags, aprons, T-shirts and more.. The Woodstock Impressionist Art Boutique is offering about 70 different personal items bearing art from E.J. Gold's Miro's Dream, JazzArt ®, Woodstock Impressionist and Gold at MoMa series on totebags, sketchbooks, calendars, mousepads, T-shirts, sweats, prints and cards, aprons, ball caps ... you name it. A fun browse.

Woodstock Impressionist Art Boutique featuring E.J. Gold art on totebag, sketchbook, calendar and hoodie.

Hands on Ivory, one of four E.J. Gold paintings on the auction block at the Guernsey's Legends of Jazz Auction February 20th

E.J. Gold's Hands on Ivory one of the paintings in Guernsey's Auction House Legends of Jazz Auction.

Guernsey's Legends of Jazz Auction features E.J. Gold's JazzArt ®. E.J. Gold's Hands on Ivory was on the block at Guernsey's Auction House Legends of Jazz Auction on February 20th along with Benny Goodman's clarinet, handwritten letters from Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane's saxophone, Dizzy Gillespie's Martin Trumpet, Miss Peggy Lee's evening gowns, Thelonius Monk's smoking jacket, Gerry Mulligan's address books, Charlie Parker's King Super 20 Saxophone and much more. The auction was also carried LIVE on eBay. More >>

E.J.Gold's Sound Center to be featured at the 2005 IAJE Conference

E.J. Gold's Sound Center which will be featured on the conference T-shirt at IAJE 2005.

JazzArt ® at International Conference. Jazz Art by E.J. Gold and the Grass Valley Graphics Group was honored once again to collaborate with the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) in creating an atmosphere of creativity and performance with a fusion of the arts -- jazz and jazz art. The blending of art with musicians live on stage has been the successful experiment of jazz art ... gracing the stages for great musicians Oscar Peterson, Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Hancock, Nancy Wilson, Benny Maupin, Russell Malone ... and educators, students and thousands of jazz enthusiasts in Toronto, New York and at the Convention Center in Long Beach January 5 - 8, 2005.

Hemispheres, L to R: Ian Dogole, Paul McCandless,
Bill Douglass & Sheldon Brown

Ian Dogole & Hemispheres in Concert DVD features Jazz Art. The live performance of Ian Dogole & Hemispheres in May 2003 at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley was an enlivening fusion of jazz art and music. It was captured on film by Jamie Campagna. This DVD shows how the Jazz Art sets the stage ....

E.J. Gold painting in his studio

PAINTINGS BY E.J. GOLD. You have asked and we deliver! Enjoy looking at over 300 recent 24" x 36" canvases by E.J. Gold, including portraits, abstracts, landscapes and still lifes. Colorful. Fun. Inspiring. Interesting. And best of all, these are FOR SALE! Now you can join the select group of E.J. Gold collectors that includes the Clintons, the late King Hussein of Jordan, Miss Peggy Lee, Billy Barty, Harry Nilsson, James Coburn, Herbie Hancock, Catherine Oxenberg, Forry Ackerman, Curtis Armstrong, and many many others.

E.J. Gold & Harry Nilsson December 1992

E.J. Gold & Harry Nilsson in Gold's studio Dec. 1992

E.J. Gold & Harry Nilsson in Gold's Recording Studio

LIMITED EDITION FINE ART BOOKS from E.J. Gold. Gorgeous loose-leaf folios in linen clamshells or delicate butterfly chemises, poetic hardbound texts with lithographs . . . exquisite! Titles include Rembrandt Rarities, Gold's collection of the rarest of the rare Rembrandt etchings, Harry & Me, about the artist's association with songwriting legend Harry Nilsson, Rembrandt Erotica, the famous etcher's naughtiest pieces, Picasso & Me, drawings and text of Picasso's influence on and interaction with the young E.J. Gold, Jazz Art, featuring some of Gold's most dynamic jazz works, and an as yet untitled spectacular rock'n'roll tribute.

POSTER from IAJE 2004 Conference featuring E.J. Gold's Two Jazz Men

SOUVENIRS from NEW YORK ! We've got posters, so you too can participate in the excitement of the electrifying 2004 International ASSOCIATION OF JAZZ EDUCATION conference. Click here to order yours today!

VINTAGE LITHOGRAPHS pulled from Vaults. HEI opens the vaults! HEI has released several previously unavailable vintage E.J. Gold lithographs (circa 1989 -92) including Inside - Outside, Shrimp Boat Boy, Planar Contiguities, Miro's Dream, Bon Hommes, Corridors and more . . . .

Two Jazzmen by E.J. Gold selected by IAJE 2004

GOLD's JAZZMEN represent International jazz conference. Two Jazzmen, a monumental jazz painting by E.J. Gold has been selected as the conference logo for the 2004 International ASSOCIATION OF JAZZ EDUCATION conference in the Big Apple, and will be exhibited with dozens of fabulous Grass Valley Graphics Group JAZZ ART. 7,000+ jazz participants are expected to attend the January 21-24 festivities.

Immediacy of Motion
By Kelly Rivera

ALMAAS TALKS, GOLD HAWKS. GVGG artists joined ranks with their Ridhwan artist colleagues in a fine art auction with E.J. GOLD at the podium. The auction was preceded by an engaging talk by noted author and Diamond Heart founder A.H. Almaas which explored the essence of Artistic Creativity.

JAZZ ART IN CONCERT AND ON TOUR. After honoring Oscar Peterson at the 2003 International Association for Jazz Education in Toronto and backing up Wynton Marsalis in California, GVGG Jazz Art is on the road ...

JazzWare is back! Those amazingly gorgeous scraffito ceramics are being offered by HEI and EJ Gold Earthenworks at really good prices. A gift-giver's dream!

YOU CAN PAINT !!! promises E.J. Gold whose new art instruction videos are getting TV syndication and being picked up by universities ....

More Color Less Soul the Photobiography of E.J. Gold by his archivist Linda Corriveau is now available ...."an excellent pictorial portrayal of an inspired way of living ...." says Musician Paul Russell about More Color Less Soul ....

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