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Neruda's Path Through Silence

Gregg Chadwick
Still I Rise
40"x30" oil on linen 2017

"From all this, my friends, there arises an insight which the poet must learn through other people. There is no insurmountable solitude. All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are. And we must pass through solitude and difficulty, isolation and silence in order to reach forth to the enchanted place where we can dance our clumsy dance and sing our sorrowful song - but in this dance or in this song there are fulfilled the most ancient rites of our conscience in the awareness of being human and of believing in a common destiny."
--Pablo Neruda

The Resistance Turns to the Arts

Gregg Chadwick speaks at the AACN Symposium at UCLA
on Art as a Tool for Social Justice

by Gregg Chadwick

Last Thursday, I spoke at the AACN Symposium at UCLA on Art as a Tool for Social Justice. It was an honor to speak at my alma mater. UCLA's proud history of advancing civil rights was a prime reason I attended the university as an undergraduate. I was inspired by the heroic stories of  UCLA alums: 

Jackie Robinson as he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.

Kenny Washington as he broke the color barrier in the National Football League in 1946

Ralph Bunche at the UN.  And as I learned later the advocacy for social justice by UCLA Nursing Grad AfAf Meleis.

As I write this, I am reminded that six years ago today, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed for simply being black in America. His death fueled a movement. I also remember that with millions of others, I marched on January 21, 2017 in the #WomensMarch. Our crowd in Los Angeles numbered around 750,000. This year on January 20, 2018, I marched again, and the crowd was estimated by L.A. Mayor Garcetti at 600,000. Artists often use their creations as a sort of reflecting device that mirrors and focuses the viewer’s attention on social and political change.  As Marvin Gaye sang so poignantly- “What’s going on.”

Margy Waller on her blog The Bright Ride has a powerful post up entitled Artistic Resistance In Our America .  Poignant and on point.  She points to Jeffrey Kahane's minor keyed interpretation of America the Beautiful. In our time, where does art stand in the current climate of Resistance against violence, racism, sexism, and anti-LGBT bigotry?  As I said at UCLA, art possesses an uncanny ability to communicate ideas and feelings that journalism  sometimes struggles to convey. It seems that especially in times of struggle or unrest, art helps us connect to the personhood of others. Jeffrey Kahane helps us connect to the intertwined history of the United States. Kahane seems to play a lament, not for our lost innocence - as Americans we never were innocent with our history of enslavement and brutal conquest. But instead, in Kahane's notes, I hear the slow, dogged pursuit of justice. In my mind's eye as Kahane plays, I see the heroic faces of the justice workers who have come before us and the faces of the current generation of students fighting oppression, gun violence, and tainted water supplies. As Margy Waller writes,"We will resist. We will return.Thank you, Jeffrey Kahane—for a moment of stunning artistic protest."

From Teen Vogue
Photo by Michele Sandberg/Getty Images

“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”

                                                     Martin Luther King, Jr.

Happy Martin Luther King Day!

Gregg Chadwick
An August Dream
18"x36" oil on linen 2009

"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war"

Watch the full version of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s powerful Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech: https://t.co/zF0ML7ZJ0I #MLKDay pic.twitter.com/eNkHK0f6xj

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) January 15, 2018

He marched for us. #goodtrouble pic.twitter.com/lvC8drCSEb

— John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) January 15, 2018

🙏 Thank you Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.#MLKDay pic.twitter.com/dreiN4EXox

— Daniel Peter (@danieljpeter) January 15, 2018

This #MLKDay I'm excited to share with you my new podcast: Lift Every Voice.

My 1st guest is a civil rights icon who always gets into #goodtrouble & has a treasure trove of stories: @RepJohnLewis

Listen @ApplePodcasts: https://t.co/AvdvTPFEJE & @Spotify: https://t.co/LVsLbZ9NOq pic.twitter.com/cFRSyz87gT

— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) January 15, 2018

#MLKDay

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Strengthening the Arts Community – Gregg Chadwick

I am honored to be a Fellow in The Clark Hulings Fund’s 2017 Business Accelerator Program which just posted a podcast with me - We cover a lot of ground and discuss some timely topics. Hope you enjoy it! Link Here:  https://clarkhulingsfund.org/strengthening-arts-community-gregg-chadwick/   Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe to the Thriving Artist Podcast: iTunes | Android | RSS Gregg Chadwick is a Santa Monica–based artist who has been painting for three decades, and his work has been exhibited in national and international galleries, art fairs, and museums. He’s given many lectures on the arts, including speaking engagements at UCLA and Categorically Not—a forum that examines the intersection of art and science. Art and social justice: “All art has a political stance whether it’s on the surface or boiling underneath.” “Every day something new happens in the world and art is really primed to look at those global changes and shifts.” “The history of oil paintings is so deep that it allows artists to address issues with a very subtle touch.” Developing a virtual network: “If you’re in your studio by yourself, people aren’t going to come looking for you. If you’re on social media, you’re communicating globally, and there are things that can only happen in that forum.” “I’ve had a number of people contact me over the years looking for particular paintings that I’ve shown online, even if they were previous works on older platforms like Flickr.” Social media translates to sales: “Art dealers are on Twitter, and I like to create subject matter that, when it’s Googled, my name comes up.” “Social media allows you to sow the seeds of your work and who you are. People want to get to know you a little bit, who the artist is—it’s not just a product.” “The collectors who want to be connected to the artists are able to do that. That community and camaraderie is there. It makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something significant, and it drives me to keep going, to keep my audience happy.” CHF’s Accelerator and artist forums: “The difficult thing is putting thoughts into numbers, having an organized system that you’re continually using to propel your business from one level to another.” “The encouragement and enthusiasm from the [Accelerator] program and other Fellows has led us to have bigger dreams and bigger ideas that we now know can come to fruition.” “This is a group of like-minded individuals in which we can talk about our work and challenges together.”

Update from May's Venice Art Walk & Auctions at Frank Gehry's Google building.  I just learned from the Venice Family Clinic - "that with the collective efforts of our participating artists, we raised more than $780,000 ($50k more than last year). We are pleased to announce that this is the most successful Venice Art Walk that we had in over a decade! “ Photo:  The Talented Actress Robin Tunney ( The Mentalist / Prison Break) with my painting "Museum Whispers (de Young)” Thank you for your interest in my work and for all that you do to make the world a better place, Gregg Chadwick www.greggchadwick.com http://www.artspace.com/gregg-chadwick https://shopvida.com/collections/greggchadwick

Manifest Justice Exhibition

Gregg Chadwick ‏@greggchadwick  4m4 minutes ago

Must See! Last day of #ManifestJustice! From 10a-4p - art, family & community events. http://www.manifestjustice.org 

Art and Social Justice

I am honored to be speaking at UCLA today on Art & Social Justice.#UCLA #UCLASON #art #Humanrights #P2

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