E. J. Gold

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birthname = Eugene Jeffrey Gold
birthdate = 1941
location = New York City, New York
nationality = American (United States)
field = Painting, Fiber art, Drawing, Printmaking, Ceramics, Sculpture
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Eugene Jeffrey (E.J.) Gold (born 1941) is an artist, author, jazz musician and spiritual teacher. Gold's large-scale JazzArt paintings have served as backdrops for Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Nancy Wilson, Oscar Peterson, and Toots Thielemans . [ cite book | last=Corriveau | first=Linda | title=More Color Less Soul | year=1993 | publisher=Gateways Fine Art Series | isbn=0-89556-099-2] His artwork has appeared in the set of Sister, Sister, International Association for Jazz Education [Cite web | last = de Barros | first = Paul | publisher = Seattle Times | url = http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=iaje21&date=20070121&query=ramsey | title = Jazz Sheds Outlaw Status, but Not Its Heart and Soul | date=January 21, 2007] , Jazz at Lincoln Center, and other jazz venues. Gold has written and self-published over 50 books, including several New Age titles. In addition to starting an online science-fiction museum, he is a voting member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. His science fiction stories and articles have been published in a number of monthlies including Omni Magazine. In 1992, his artwork was part of a collaborative show with writer Margaret Randall at the Cedar Tavern in New York City.

Early life and career

E.J. Gold is the son of Horace Gold, founding editor of Galaxy Science Fiction magazine. He collaborated on several novels with his father during the 1960s, and they worked on television scripts during this same period.

Gold grew up in New York City and has stated he is friends with many of the writers from science fiction's golden age. He has appeared on panels with Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison, and Alfred Bester at science fiction conventions.

As a child, he created and presented his artwork at the Children's Art Carnival at the Museum of Modern Art (1944-49). He has numbered among his friends many of the artists of the Woodstock Art Association where he spent his summers.

In 1956 Gold moved to Hollywood, California, where his mother worked as a story editor for the Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock television shows. He attended Los Angeles City College, Otis Art Institute and showed at Robert Comara and Joan Ankrum Galleries with friend/mentors Fritz Schwaderer and Peter Jan Hirschfeld.

Happenings

In the 1960s, Gold worked as a jazz musician, composer, and as a photographer for Tiger Beat magazine. His photo's of Harry Nilsson were used by RCA for album covers. He edited Mod Teen Magazine in the 1960s. He also worked as a continuity writer for the Bob Crane radio show on KNX.

Gold staged the "Saints' March" Art Happening where 40 saints were dropped from the official Vatican calendar. The event generated news items in Time and Newsweek leading to several television interviews with Joe Pyne and Richard Dawson.

By the early seventies, Gold emerged as a sculptor and painter associated with the "California Nine" group. [Citation | title = The Great Human Potential Debate | periodical = Magical Blend | pages = 25 | date = January 1991 | issue = 29]

Current works

Today, Gold is one of the older online gamers and he has participated in the production of Quake 2, , Necronomicon, and other online first-person shooters. He has worked with Quake's Capture The Flag and with Team Fortress, both online team games used as teaching tools. [Cite web | last = Burns | first = Alex | url = http://www.disinfo.com/archive/pages/article/id593/pg1/index.html | title = hacking the master game: e.j. gold and quake | date=April 25, 2001]

He also gives workshops in onstage comedy, theatre, and controversial New Age concepts. He is responsible for the creation of the "You Can Paint" art instruction series which is now used at a few universities and art associations.

Gold has created a line of hand-crafted fiber art beads and his painted celebrity-gear clothing line has been shown at various performance venues. His comedic/tragic play "Creation Story Verbatim" has been performed at several colleges.

Quotes

"What's Life? You start with nothing, end with nothing. In between, it's all jazz."

"The secret of jazz is not making it happen, but letting it happen."

Major publications

cience fiction

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* Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine (current editor of galaxyezine.org)

Fine art

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Consciousness, death and dying

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* cite book | title = American Book of the Dead (revised) | date = 1978 | isbn = 0-89556-007-0 cite book | title = New American Book of the Dead | date = 1981 | isbn = 0-89556-029-1 cite book | title = American Book of the Dead (revised) | date = 1987,1999 | isbn = 0-89556-051-8 cite book | title = American Book of the Dead (revised) | date = 1995 | publisher=HarperCollins | isbn = 0-06251-310-9
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The Secret Talks Volumes

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References

External links

* [http://www.bardotrainingcenter.com/ Bardo Training Center]
* [http://www.disinfo.com/archive/pages/article/id593/pg1/index.html hacking the master game: e.j. gold and quake]