Walk-through of "Points of Departure" at the Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica

Points of Departure 
(An exhibition curated by Maurizzio Hector Pineda) 
A film by Collin Stark

"These studio artists offer a visual mediation of time, site, and process. In this time of maelstrom and uncertainty, Points of Departure offers a visual respite for viewers to depart from the daily noise of contemporary life." - Maurizzio Hector Pineda, Curator

Participating artists; Janine Brown, Stephanie Cate, Gregg Chadwick, Claudia Concha Perea, Lola del Fresno, Wendy Edlen, Judith Golden, Deborah Lynn Irmas, Christiane Johnson, Sheila Karbassian, Sally Lamb, Jackie Nach, Maddy Le Mel, Luigia Martelloni, Susie McKay Krieser, Malvina Milliron, Shae Rocco, Paula Rosen, Melinda Smith Altshuler, Gwen Samuels, Rebecca Setareh, Elham Sagharchi, Diane Silver, Pamela Simon-Jensen, Doni Silver Simons, Collin Stark, Joan Wulf, Karen Woo and more.

Please Join Me today - January 28th at stARTup Art Fair in Venice CA for a Panel Discussion

Artist as Entrepreneur: 
Becoming the CEO of Your Life
(Panel at stARTup Art Fair)

Please Join Me today - January 28th at stARTup Art Fair in Venice CA as I chat about artistic goals and strategies. Moderated by stARTup Art Fair Founder Ray Beldner, this panel discussion will feature 2018 Clark Hulings Fund Business Accelerator Artist Fellows Juliana Coles and Gregg Chadwick, with CHF board member Steve Pruneau. Sponsored by the Clark Hulings Fund we will delve into what it takes to move an artist’s goal from theory to already accomplished. The Clark Hulings Fund (CHF)  helps professional visual artists compete in an increasingly complex marketplace by providing them with strategic business support, training, and targeted financial assistance.
More at: Artist as Entrepreneur - Becoming the CEO of Your Life

What:  Artist as Entrepreneur: Becoming the CEO of Your Life (Panel at stARTup Art Fair)
Where: Kinney Hotel, 737 Washington Blvd, Venice, CA 90292.
When:  Saturday, January 28, 2018  at 2::30 pm         
Website: https://www.startupartfair.com/la/programs/
Link to my recent Clark Hulings Fund podcast with Daniel DiGriz.

 

#MeToo- Art and Feminism Now (Full Video)

Krista Suh and Yareli Arizmendi get to the heart of the matter at #MeToo- Art and Feminism Now
photo by MarySue Heilemann

On Saturday, January 27th 2018 a vibrant panel discussion on #MeToo - Art and Feminism Now was held from 1-3pm at the Santa Monica Art Studios. 

We gathered as artists, writers, musicians, actors, filmmakers and more to help discuss ideas on how to build a path forward. 

Kathleen McHugh, Chair Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media at UCLA, Moderated the panel discussion.

The panelists included:

Actress/Writer Yareli Arizmendi (Like Water for Chocolate, A Day Without a Mexican) More at: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0034976/.Artist/Activist 

Michele Pred (Represented by Nancy Hoffman Gallery) More on Michele Pred at: http://michelepred.com/home.html.“Ms Pred's work is an important offering for its relevance to the times."- Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor 

Krista Suh - Krista is a feminist, artist, Hollywood screenwriter, and co-creator of The Pussyhat Project. She's based in Los Angeles. Her new book, DIY Rules for a WTF World: How to Speak Up, Get Creative, and Change the World will be released in January. Krista will be selling and signing copies of her new book after the panel discussion. More on Krista Suh at http://kristasuh.com/.

Kim Schoenstadt Contemporary Artist "This event was an opportunity to take a snapshot of all the female and female identifying working artists in the LA contemporary art community. It was an opportunity for us to capture a moment where we stood with each other in all of our diversity." More on Kim Schoenstadt at http://www.kimschoenstadt.com/about/ and https://www.nowbeherela.com/.

Organized by contemporary artist Gregg Chadwick http://www.greggchadwick.com/.

Kathleen McHugh, Krista Suh, Yareli Arizmendi, Michelle Pred, Kim Schoenstadt with her daughter at #MeToo - Art and Feminism
photo by MarySue Heilemann

Remembering David Bowie at the Neutra Institute

by Gregg Chadwick

Bowie Intergalactic Tribute Art Exhibit at the Neutra Museum
(Curated by Dulce Stein)

Gregg Chadwick

Changes: David Bowie
41”x25.5” pastel on paper 2017

My pastel on paper artwork Changes: David Bowie will be on exhibit in a David Bowie tribute international multidisciplinary group show at The Neutra Museum in Silverlake.
My artwork looks back on Bowie  when he released his haunting song Where Are We Now? which is as much a painting in soft greys as it is a song. A quiet rhythm of drums and synth warp and weft with minor key piano chords and Bowie's plaintive, elegiac voice.
Set in a Berlin of memory and dream, Bowie's voice and lyrics question the themes of human bondage, release, freedom, doubt, ageing, and death. Bowie lived in West Berlin between 1976 and 1979 in the Schöneberg district in a house with Iggy Pop while Brian Eno and Tony Visconti were helping record Bowie's Berlin trilogy of albums Low, Heroes, and Lodger in the now legendary Hansa Studios. Years later, Bowie looks back in "Where Are We Now?" and echoes his words about Low, "Berlin has the strange ability to make you write only the important things. Anything else you don't mention."
The political and the personal merge in my pastel painting of Bowie. We are left with existential questions and are reminded that bodies age, marriages end, friendships dissolve and memories fade. But Bowie's quietly defiant voice does not give in to any dying of the light.

What: Bowie Intergalactic Tribute Art Exhibit at the Neutra Museum
Where: Neutra Museum, 2379 Glendale Boulevard, Silver Lake, California
When:  Opening Night - Saturday, January 27, 2018, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
               Exhibition runs from January 27 - February 11, 2018
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/330235890792196/

MORE ART HERE at the Santa Monica Art Studios

by Gregg Chadwick

MORE ART HERE

Gregg Chadwick

City Lights (Chaplin's Night)
48”x36” oil on linen 2017

This weekend stop by the Santa Monica Art Studios for our 2nd Annual Open Studios event: MORE ART HERE. Situated across the street from Art Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair, and accessible via shuttle bus from the stARTup Art Fair, MORE ART HERE provides an opportunity for you to see what is cooking in my studio. In my fourteen years at the Santa Monica Art Studios, I have opened my space to visiting collectors, art writers, students, local groups, scholars, and international guests. Visitors to my studio have included a bus load of Japanese nursing students from Tokyo, a group of academics from the University of Verona in Italy, professional art conservators from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Getty Museum, a group art meditation session led by noted art writer Peter Clothier, as well as numerous visits by Santa Monica students interested in the arts and culture. 

At the Santa Monica Art Studios, I am part of a community of artists - driven to create, share knowledge and experience, and help the community at large. 

This week, I would be honored to have you join the long list of visitors to my studio #15 at the Santa Monica Art Studios. 

Hope to see you soon!

What:  MORE ART HERE

            (New Paintings by Gregg Chadwick in Studio #15)
Where: Studio #15, Santa Monica Art Studios, 3026 Airport Ave. SM 90405 
When: 
               Thursday, January 25 12-6 pm
                Friday, January 26 12-6 pm
                Saturday, January 27 12-6 pm
                Sunday, January 28 12-6 pm  
Website: www.greggchadwick.com

Link to my recent Clark Hulings Fund podcast with Daniel DiGriz.

Cost: This event is free 

MORE ART HERE is located across the street from and concurrent with Art Los Angeles Contemporary and just a short shuttle ride away from the stART Up Fair LA in Venice.

Complimentary Shuttle between MORE ART HERE and stART Up Fair at The Kinney Hotel and will be available hourly. The shuttle stops will be located on the west side of 3026 Airport Avenue and The Kinney Hotel, Venice.

Points of Departure at the Arena 1 Gallery in Santa Monica

by Gregg Chadwick

 Points of Departure 
(An exhibition curated by Maurizzio Hector Pineda) 

 

Gregg Chadwick

Flor De Asfalto (for Sergio Arau) 
50”x80” oil on linen 2018
(Installation View)

"These studio artists offer a visual mediation of time, site, and process. In this time of maelstrom and uncertainty, Points of Departure offers a visual respite for viewers to depart from the daily noise of contemporary life." - Maurizzio Hector Pineda, Curator

My painting Flor De Asfalto (for Sergio Arau) is featured in the Arena 1 exhibitionPoints of Departure. With his music, words and images, Sergio Arau has inspired me to create a series of paintings that feature him as the main character in my painted movies. Rock Star, actor, director, screenwriter, and artist Sergio Arau has often performed while wearing gear honoring Mexico's most famous wrestling star El Santo (The Man In the Silver Mask). Known as lucha libre, Mexican wrestlers such as El Santo are defenders of the poor and vulnerable. By taking on the persona of the Luchador (wrestler), Josh Kun writes in Audiotopia: Music, Race, and America, Sergio Arau and his bands have mixed "the traditional with the contemporary, the rural with the urban, the American with the Mexican, the charro with the rockero."
My painting Flor De Asfalto (for Sergio Arau) carries Sergio Arau into a Los Angeles seemingly pulled from the lyrics of his songs or gathered from scenes of his films that were left on the cutting room floor.

Gracias Sergio!

On the Curator: Maurizzio Hector Pineda is an emerging curator from EL Salvador who currently lives and works in Southern California. His most recent curatorial post was at the Torrance Art Museum as an assistant curator. During his tenure at the Museum he co-curated The Gildless Age, 2016 and developed the 2017 SUR: Biennial with a focus on Cuban contemporary art for the TAM. 

What:   Points of Departure
Where: Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica Art Studios, 3026 Airport Ave. SM 90405 
When:  Opening Night - Thursday, January 25, 2017, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
                with a performance by Doni Silver Simons at 7:30 pm
               Thursday, January 25 12-6 pm
                Friday, January 26 12-6 pm
                Saturday, January 27 12-6 pm
                Sunday, January 28 12-6 pm  
Website: www.greggchadwick.com

Cost: This exhibition is free 

MORE ART HERE is located across the street from and concurrent with Art Los Angeles Contemporary and just a short shuttle ride away from the stART Up Fair LA in Venice.

Complimentary Shuttle between MORE ART HERE and stART Up Fair at The Kinney Hotel and will be available hourly. The shuttle stops will be located on the west side of 3026 Airport Avenue and The Kinney Hotel, Venice.

Women's March 2018 Los Angeles - 600,000 Strong!

by Gregg Chadwick

I loved my day on the streets of Los Angeles with 600,000 members of the Resistance. I am filled with hope. Thank you to all who took part.

600,000 strong!#WMLA2018 | #WomensMarch2018 pic.twitter.com/l41n9LR9vI

— Mayor Eric Garcetti (@MayorOfLA) January 20, 2018

This—this right here—is what democracy looks like.

It doesn’t happen automatically. It demands our action and participation. It challenges us, but it also empowers us.

Because, at the end of the day, it is us. pic.twitter.com/vkxKWTRcnq

— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) January 21, 2018

In New York, women gather by the thousands for #WomensMarch2018 https://t.co/CVhpwEsjQh pic.twitter.com/XtbVOuRRBI

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 20, 2018

Halsey - A Story Like Mine

here is my entire “A Story Like Mine” poem from today’s #WomensMarch2018 in NYC tw: rape / assault. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/l3fji73woM

— h (@halsey) January 20, 2018

Let the world see you roar.

Are you fired up by the #TrumpShutdown? Are you continually shocked by the chaos, meanness and unstable nature of the @realDonaldTrump Administration? If so, go march tomorrow. Let the world see you roar. Understand the power you have to shape public sentiment. pic.twitter.com/fnpAnWgsYH

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 20, 2018

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

Sneak Peek: Springsteen on Broadway "Brilliant Disguise" - New York City, Walter Kerr Theater 1/11/18

You Are Invited to a Vibrant Panel Discussion - #MeToo - Art and Feminism Now on Jan 27, 2018

Michele Pred 
#MeToo 
November 2017
Neon on Vintage Case
16" x 16" x 8"
Courtesy the Nancy Hoffman Gallery

"We stand on the precipice of a very dynamic time, and it’s up to us to decide whether this is a moment or whether it’s something that really instigates systemic change." -Ava DuVernay, speaking about the #MeToo and Time's Up movements. (InStyle, Jan 3, 2018)

Artists often use their creations as a sort of reflecting device that mirrors and focuses attention on social and political change.  Beyoncé 's powerful song  ***Flawless  features writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's fierce appreciation of feminism in the 21st century. Actresses and their allies wore black to the Golden Globes to protest sexual harassment in Hollywood. At Art Basel in Miami, Michelle Pred and Pussyhat Project founder Krista Suh led a parade against patriarchy. The Time's Up website challenges us with a call to action: "No more silence. No more waiting. No more tolerance for discrimination, harassment or abuse."

Carrying these thoughts forward, on Saturday, January 27th 2018 a vibrant panel discussion on #MeToo - Art and Feminism Now will be held from 1-3pm at the Santa Monica Art Studios. 

We will gather as artists, writers, musicians, actors, filmmakers and more to help discuss ideas on how to build a path forward. 

Krista Suh and Michele Pred at the Parade Against Patriarchy. Photo courtesy of Ventiko

Kathleen McHugh, Chair Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media at UCLA, will be moderating the panel discussion.

The panelists include:

 Actress/Writer Yareli Arizmendi (Like Water for Chocolate, A Day Without a Mexican)  More at: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0034976/.Artist/Activist 

Michele Pred (Represented by Nancy Hoffman Gallery)  More on Michele Pred at: http://michelepred.com/home.html.“Ms Pred's work is an important offering for its relevance to the times."- Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor

Krista Suh Krista is a feminist, artist, Hollywood screenwriter, and co-creator of The Pussyhat Project. She's based in Los Angeles. Her new book, DIY Rules for a WTF World: How to Speak Up, Get Creative, and Change the World will be released in January. Krista will be selling and signing copies of her new book after the panel discussion. More on Krista Suh at  http://kristasuh.com/.

Kim Schoenstadt Contemporary Artist "This event was an opportunity to take a snapshot of all the female and female identifying working artists in the LA contemporary art community.  It was an opportunity for us to capture a moment where we stood with each other in all of our diversity."  More on Kim Schoenstadt at http://www.kimschoenstadt.com/about/ and https://www.nowbeherela.com/.

Organized by contemporary artist Gregg Chadwick http://www.greggchadwick.com/.

Our panel discussion #MeToo - Art and Feminism Now will be held on Saturday, January 27th from 1-3pm in the Arena 1 Gallery at the Santa Monica Art Studios, 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica CA 90405.

#Me Too - Art and Feminism Now is FREE. We ask that you please RSVP at metooartandfeminismnow@gmail.com.

#Me Too - Art and Feminism Now will be part of our satellite art event MORE ART HERE running concurrently with the Art Los Angeles Contemporary art fair across the street from the Santa Monica Art Studios at Barker Hangar. A few artists planted seeds for this event last year by asking all studio mates of Santa Monica Art Studios to open their studios during Art Los Angeles Contemporary’s 2017 Art Fair. With the success of 2017, we’re back and invite visitors to this year’s weekend of MORE ART HERE.

Where: 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA      

When : January 25-28, 201812 pm-6 pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 

Panel discussion #MeToo - Art and Feminism Now will be held on Saturday, January 27th from 1-3pm in the Arena 1 Gallery at the Santa Monica Art Studios, 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica CA 90405.

Cost: This event is free 

MORE ART HERE is located across the street from and concurrent with Art Los Angeles Contemporary and just a short shuttle ride away from the stART Up Fair LA in Venice.

Complimentary Shuttle between MORE ART HERE and stART Up Fair at The Kinney Hotel and will be available hourly. The shuttle stops will be located on the west side of 3026 Airport Avenue and The Kinney Hotel, Venice.

Time's Up

.@realDonaldTrump, did you get the memo? We, the people of the United States, are with @oprah:

“A new day is on the horizon.”#TimesUp #WhyWeWearBlack

— Women's March (@womensmarch) January 8, 2018

Oprah’s full speech accepting the 2018 Cecil B. DeMille Award. #GoldenGlobes

“I want all of the girls watching here now to know, that a new day is on the horizon.”

Here is Oprah’s full speech accepting the 2018 Cecil B. DeMille Award. #GoldenGlobes 

RT to save a life pic.twitter.com/gpm01I7DKh

— Common White Girl (@girlposts) January 8, 2018

Beyoncé - ***Flawless ft. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Yep!

The story behind Beyoncé's Flawless here:  'Flawless': The Full Story

Your challengers are a young group from Houston
Welcome Beyonce, Lativia, Nina, Nicky, Kelly, and Ashley
The Hip-Hop Rappin' 'Girls Tyme'

I'm out that H-town, coming, coming down
I'm coming down dripping candy on the ground
H, H-town, town, I'm coming down
Coming down, dripping candy on the ground

I know when you were little girls
You dreamt of being in my world
Don't forget it, don't forget it
Respect that, bow down bitches

I took some time to live my life
But don't think I'm just his little wife
Don't get it twisted, get it twisted
This my shit, bow down bitches

Bow down bitches, bow bow down bitches (Crown)
Bow down bitches, bow bow down bitches (Crown)
H Town bitches
H, H Town bitches
I'm so crown crown, bow down bitches

I'm out that H, town, coming coming down
I'm coming down, drippin' candy on the ground
On the ground

H, H town town
I'm coming down
Coming down
Drippin' candy on the ground

(Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We teach girls to shrink themselves
To make themselves smaller
We say to girls
"You can have ambition
But not too much
You should aim to be successful
But not too successful
Otherwise you will threaten the man"
Because I am female
I am expected to aspire to marriage
I am expected to make my life choices
Always keeping in mind that
Marriage is the most important
Now marriage can be a source of
Joy and love and mutual support
But why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage
And we don't teach boys the same?
We raise girls to each other as competitors
Not for jobs or for accomplishments
Which I think can be a good thing
But for the attention of men
We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings
In the way that boys are
Feminist - the person who believes in the social
Political, and economic equality of the sexes

You wake up, flawless
Post up, flawless
Ride round in it, flawless
Flossin on that, flawless
This diamond, flawless
My diamond, flawless
This rock, flawless
My Roc, flawless
I woke up like this
I woke up like this
We flawless, ladies tell 'em
I woke up like this
I woke up like this
We flawless, ladies tell 'em
Say I, look so good tonight
God damn, God damn
Say I, look so good tonight
God damn, God damn

Momma taught me good home training
My Daddy taught me how to love my hater s
My sister taught me I should speak my mind
My man made me feel so God damn fine

You wake up, flawless
Post up, flawless
Ride round in it, flawless
Flossin on that, flawless
This diamond, flawless
My diamond, flawless
This rock, flawless
My Roc, flawless
I woke up like this
I woke up like this
We flawless, ladies tell 'em
I woke up like this
I woke up like this
We flawless, ladies tell 'em
Say I, look so good tonight
God damn, God damn
Say I, look so good tonight
God damn, God damn

The Judges give champion Skeleton Groove 4 Stars
A perfect score
And the challenger Girls Tyme receives, 3 stars
Skeleton Groove, champions once again
Congratulations, we'll see you next week



Chimamanda Ngozi , We Should All Be Feminists

Please Save the Date: Gregg Chadwick’s Art Coming to "The Other Art Fair" in Downtown L.A. March 15 - March 18, 2018

Gregg Chadwick
City Lights (Chaplin's Night)
48”x36” oil on linen 2017

Gregg Chadwick will have a booth at the inaugural Los Angeles edition of The Other Art Fair which comes to Downtown Los Angeles from March 15-18. Chadwick will show a selection of artworks from his traveling exhibition Mystery Train, which examines the mythos of America as seen through the physical and cultural history of the railroad in the United States, and also a new series of works that engage the viewer in the story of Los Angeles.

Hosted at the Majestic Downtown, and presented by the world's leading online art gallery Saatchi Art, the Fair showcases work by 110 talented emerging artists, each hand picked by a selection committee of art world experts. Art lovers can visit the fair with the confidence that they are buying from the very best and most promising emerging artists in a unique and immersive experience.

“Overflowing with creative talent” 
Time Out

"The Other Art Fair's got hipster credentials, but it's serious about nurturing talent too."

Telegraph Luxury

The Other Art Fair will make its LA debut at the Majestic Downtown from March 15th – 18th 2018. Tickets for the fair are now live and for more information about the fair program visit la.theotherartfair.com

Hours for the art fair are:

• Thursday, March 15: 6 to 10 p.m. (private viewing, with limited tickets available)
• Friday, March 16: 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.
• Saturday, March 17: 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.
• Sunday, March 18: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Early Bird tickets are currently available online for Friday, Saturday and Sunday admission for just $8. After January 8, tickets will start at $15. Admission to the private viewing on Thursday is $30.

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Details

Start:

March 15

End:

March 18

              Event Category:

art

Website:

http://la.theotherartfair.com/

https://www.greggchadwick.com 

Venue

Majestic Downtown

650 South Spring Street 

Los Angeles, 90014 United States

Website:

https://themajesticdowntown.com

Gregg Chadwick

Mystery Train (20th Century Limited)

60”x48” oil on linen 2016

Jackson Browne - The Dreamer (Featuring Los Cenzontles)

Hornswoggle

Good morning! Today's #WordOfTheDay is 'hornswoggle' https://t.co/17C070ErII pic.twitter.com/aizh70wiR5

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) January 4, 2018

Bruno Mars - Finesse (Remix) [Feat. Cardi B] [Official Video]

Tomorrow Night the Hammer Museum Presents Ai Weiwei's Film "Human Flow"

In L.A.? Tomorrow night @hammer_museum presents  @aiww 's film "Human Flow" and Q&A with Ai Weiwei https://t.co/pFlTnIuLyD pic.twitter.com/zMsYYTTUAC

— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) January 3, 2018