{"id":1584105,"date":"2024-12-20T10:15:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T10:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/20\/lookbackat2024\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T10:15:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T10:15:15","slug":"lookbackat2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/20\/lookbackat2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask an Artist: Look back at 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Season 6, Episode 22: Look back at 2024<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In this special episode of Ask An Artist, we take a look back at some of the highlights of 2024. 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