Santa Monica Airport Artwalk 2024 Was A Huge Success!

 

Wow! Over 1400 folks visited our studios during the latest 2024 edition of the Santa Monica Airport Artwalk. Thanks to all the folks who visited my studio and engaged with me, my family, and my art. Producer and creator Austin Ross and his partner the amazing (The Harder They Fall) Annabel Durst brought scintillating energy into my studio. My recent painted homage to Basquiat found a moment with Austin while @sergioarau looked on from the background with a copy of @la_weather_novel by @mariaescandon in his hands. Good vibes, good folks, good hope! Thank you @18thstreetarts , @cityofsantamonica, @stgactor 

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Art walk draws impressive crowd to airport https://smdp.com/2024/05/23/art-walk-draws-impressive-crowd-to-airport/ 

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Thank You Mary Tyler Moore!

Mary Tyler Moore, 1936-2017. https://t.co/untjNkK5IM pic.twitter.com/2oomydy5IU

— Michiko Kakutani (@michikokakutani) January 25, 2017

Thank You President Obama

by Gregg Chadwick

Gregg Chadwick
"A Walk With Obama: January 20, 2017"
18"x24" oil on linen 2017
#art #POTUS #beauty #change #hope

Rain covers the Los Angeles basin this morning as President Obama leaves office. I want to take a moment to thank you, Barack Obama, for 8 years of hard work and commitment to affordable health care for all, LGBTQ equality, transgender rights, environmental protections, and so much more. Today and tomorrow and forever, I honor Barack Obama who led this country with wisdom, dignity, and compassion. 

President Obama Heroically Supports a Ban on Conversion Therapy for LGBTQ Youth (New Video)

by Gregg Chadwick

photo by White House photographer Pete Souza of President Obama and rainbow 
April 9, 2015 in Jamaica

Today the White House released an historic video on its YouTube channel calling for a ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ individuals. I am heartened by this important development that follows up on President Barack Obama's support for a ban on all forms of so-called "conversion" therapy for minors, also known as "reparative" or "ex-gay" therapy. These efforts by the White House to lovingly support LGBTQ folks are game changing. The White House provides a clear statement of intent on their video page:


"The overwhelming scientific evidence demonstrates that conversion therapy, especially when it is practiced on young people, is neither medically nor ethically appropriate and can cause substantial harm.

As part of our dedication to protecting America’s youth, the Obama administration supports efforts to ban the use of conversion therapy for minors."


The White House announcement was in response to a popular petition calling for the federal government to enact Leelah's Law, which would ban sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts nationally. Leelah's Law is named for Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teen who took her own life after being subjected to misguided attempts to get her to perform as a cisgendered male by her family and church.


President Barack Obama and his administration have moved America towards a positive, inclusive future. I cannot recall any other administration that has supported LGBTQ citizens so profoundly.


Thanks you President Obama.


Please watch this beautiful and inspiring message of love, support and hope.

photo by White House photographer Pete Souza of President Obama and rainbow 

April 9, 2015 in Jamaica