Speed of Life

From the front page of Backstreets - We encourage readers to contact their representatives and senators to demand a humane border and immigration policy that protects children, values human life, and allows unrestrained access to detention facilities by aid agencies and human service organizations. We also encourage you to visit these sites for more information and ways you can help: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee: No More Deaths/No Mas Muertes National Immigrant Justice Center Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services Humane Borders Kids in Need of Defense American Civil Liberties Union: Immigrants' Rights Project

In memory of Oscar and his daughter Valeria.

The Investigation , a live-streamed play based on the Mueller investigation.  9PM EST, 6PM PST - June 24, 2019

Gregg Chadwick Route 66 24"x30" oil on linen 2019

View this post on Instagram My painting “Hanuman’s Dream” oil on linen 72”x96” has been in the NEC Collection since I painted it in 1996. Featured in the @sfartdealers Introductions series in 1996. Beginning to revisit this vantage point in my current work. Excited for what comes next. Grateful thanks to the @andreaschwartzgallery who sold the artwork and to all of you who have joined me on this journey over the years. #art #painting #instaart #color #hanuman #saffron #bayarea #light #India #sanfrancisco #greggchadwick #siliconvalley A post shared by Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) on Jun 7, 2019 at 8:27pm PDT

Charles Leslie has spent the last 50 years showcasing and protecting queer art —and now his collection includes 30,000 pieces. Check out the latest episode of Legendary, hosted by @JMunozActor : pic.twitter.com/Hcybov7m56 — NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 7, 2019

by Gregg Chadwick “I spect I grow’d. Don’t think nobody ever made me.”  - Topsy from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin Alison Saar's  Grow’d sits majestically in L.A. Louver’s open-air Skyroom. Last night, I was privileged to chat with Ms. Saar about her life and work in front of her haunting bronze sculpture. Saar has reimagined Topsy as a strong, fully aware woman. The cotton bale that she sits on has become a throne. And the sickle in her hand has become a harbinger of justice to come. Cotton stalks tied to her hair float like a firmament of earthly stars.  Alison Saar Grow'd 2019 / cast bronze / 78 1/2 x 39 x 38 3/4 in. (199.4 x 99.1 x 98.4 cm) L.A. Louver - June 5, 2019 (photo by Gregg Chadwick) In 2017-18, Saar created a body of artwork featured in a 2018 solo show at L.A. Louver centered around the character of Topsy. Saar's exhibition entitled Topsy Turvy  dove headfirst into the legacy of slavery in America. Douglas Messerli wrote,...

100 years ago today: the U.S. Senate in 56-25 vote adopted what would become the 19th amendment “The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” # 19thAt100 On this day in 1919, Congress approved the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote. Follow #19thAt100 to read on the complicated and complex history of the women's suffrage movement. #BecauseOfHerStory pic.twitter.com/Qc5FgNilh2 — National Portrait Gallery (@smithsoniannpg) June 4, 2019 On June 4, 1919,  Congress passed the #19thAmendment , granting women the right to vote. African American women, however, still faced barriers exercising their right to vote. This could include waiting hours to register, facing violence, or taking new tests. #19thAt100 pic.twitter.com/b3RhpehBr3 — Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 4, 2019