, bringing together musicians, artists and music and art educators to both educate and entertain students, workshop participants and visitors to the Gallery. To date the Jazz Lab has produced music CDs featuring the musical talents of E.J. Gold, Bob Canatsey, Jimmi Accardi, Robbert Trice, Bob Bachtold, Pedro Gonzalez, Matthias Schossig, Justin Lowis, Isaac James, Aja Salvatore and others.
To rave reviews, Gold has also conducted "Music for Morons" workshops at the Mill Street Gallery, giving beginning musicians a structure within which to delve into musical performance.
As a volunteer to the Museum of Ancient and Modern Art (MAMA), Gold initiated and participated in the Museum's twenty-five years of Free Saturday Morning Children's Art Classes in Nevada City, California, which course received numerous commendations from state and local educational departments for its contribution to the art education of the children of the County.
Gold also provided his expertise and talent in helping MAMA develop the TAP (Travelling Art Program) Tours which brought to elementary schools in six surrounding counties programs on Ancient Egypt, "Mummies, Myths & Magic," "When Dinosaurs Invented Flowers," "The Medieval Art of Illumination," and "The Martians have Landed!"
Gold's formal and informal educational influences include:
- 1969-70
- Instructor, Otis Art Institute
- 1964-67
- Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles
- Arthur Ames, Otis, Los Angeles, Instructor
- John C. Braun, Otis, Los Angeles, Instructor
- Edmund Carpenter, Otis, Los Angeles, Design Instructor
- Samuel Clayberger, Otis, Los Angeles, Drawing, Painting & Design
- William Enking, Otis, Los Angeles, Oriental Art History
- Renzo Fenci, Otis, Los Angeles, Sculpture Instructor & Dept. Head
- Harry Finestone, Otis, Los Angeles, Instructor
- Joe Funk, Otis, Los Angeles, Instructor, Graphics & Design
- Bob Glover, Otis, Los Angeles, Instructor, 3-D Design
- David Green, Otis, Los Angeles, Instructor, Carpentry, Art, Plumbing & Mechanics
- Rico Lebrun, Otis, Los Angeles, Instructor
- Bentley Schaad, Otis, Los Angeles, Painting Instructor
- Millard Sheets, Los Angeles, Instructor
- Tom Van Sant, Otis, Los Angeles, Instructor
- Helen Watson, Otis, Los Angeles, Instructor
- Charles White III, Otis, Los Angeles, Instructor
- Alan Zaslove, Otis, Los Angeles, Drawing Instructor
- 1964-66
- Fritz Schwaderer, Los Angeles
- 1964-65 Gutai School of Art, Japan
- 1961-64
- Rico Lebrun, Los Angeles, CA
- 1961-64
- Los Angeles City College
- 1958-60
- Franz Kline, NY
- 1958-59
- George Rosenberg, NY, mentor
- 1953-56
- Isamu Noguchi, Woodstock, family friend
- 1952-55
- Ben Shahn, NY, family friend
In addition, as a developing artist, Gold's rich cultural upbringing enabled him to have the opportunity to spend time with Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein; Charles Laughton, Orson Welles, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Pete Seeger, Jackson Pollock, Willem deKooning, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, among others.
