Ty Jones (designer)

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Ty Jones
Birth name Robert Ty Jones
Born March 16, 1962(1962-03-16)
San Diego, California
Nationality American
Field design, architecture,painting, printmaking, sculpture, drawing, collage
Training Sonoma State University,UC Berkeley

Ty Jones is an artist, designer [1] and art gallery owner in Sonoma County, California.

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[edit] Club Townsend

In late 1993 and early 1994, Ty Jones, aka Ty Dakota, joined Audrey Joseph in ownership of Club Townsend. To compliment the popular Sunday night gay tea dance, Pleasuredome, Dakota & Joseph founded Club Universe which became an international renowned dance club and entertainment venue and hosted shows for international stars like Grace Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Chaka Kahn, B 52s, Blondie, and world class disc jockeys from around the globe. [2]

Universe was known for its ever evolving, ever changing themes each week. Club Townsend and its counterpart King Street Garage (174 King Street) hosted numerous and diverse clubs and entertainment including, Wicked, Futura, New Wave City, Club Asia, Club Q, Electric and a host of live music concerts including Sammy Hagar, The Blues Travelers, The Wallflowers, Third Eye Blind, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Reverand Horton Heat, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic. [3]

[edit] The Great West End & Railroad Square Hand-Car Regatta & Exposition

Ty Jones, along with Spring Maxfield, was awarded a grant by the City of Santa Rosa, California in 2008 to create The Great West End & Railroad Square Hand-Car Regatta & Exposition. [4]

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