Cincinnati native Jennie C. Jones receives 29th Heinz Awards for the Arts

By Abby ManishorPITTSBURGH — The Heinz Family Foundation named artist and Cincinnati native Jennie C. Jones the recipient of the prestigious 29th Heinz Award for the Arts. As part of the accolade, Jones received an unrestricted cash award of $250,000.     Jennie C. Jones’ works of painting, sculpture and sound are influenced by minimalism and abstract art of the 20th century and by avant-garde music of the same era. Her work tells a more complete story of the cultural and social happenings of the time while also bringing past visual art movements into a contemporary context.  Her work is found in collections ranging from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to the Studio Museum in Harlem.& & & A lifelong music enthusiast, some of her early works focused on the bygone physicality of listening to music — opening an album or flipping a vinyl record over — by making sculptures of cables, album covers and cassette cases. Her works on paper played with visual elements of sheet music, and in 2000, she made her first sound piece. Through her innovative approach to object-making, she often paints on acoustic panels that direct sound toward the viewer.One of Jennie Jones’ artworks. Provided&...