Extortion

'Extortion' has an additional specific meaning: "the act or practice of extorting by a public official acting under color of office." https://t.co/KwIFT4o2IC

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) November 5, 2019

Now that the extortion plot has been confirmed, it's important to reiterate that Trump and Giuliani above all wanted a *public statement* from Ukraine.

This was key to their disinformation tactics, which Bannon has explained well.@paulwaldman1 and me:https://t.co/KDkgEwonjX

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) November 5, 2019

📈'Insidious' is seeing an 1800% spike in searches today. https://t.co/9v49cMSdKd

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) November 5, 2019

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Must Watch: Why Trump’s attempted extortion of Ukraine is an impeachable offense

If you’re having trouble understanding why Trump’s attempted extortion of Ukraine is an impeachable offense, Chris Murphy explains it in very simple terms.

Note: Trump’s attempted extortion of Ukraine will not be the only Article of Impeachment.pic.twitter.com/6UfNM9sli0

— LiA (@LibsInAmerica) November 1, 2019

Please take some time and watch all of Chris Murphy's clear and concise 
explanation why Trump’s attempted extortion of Ukraine is an impeachable offense.

The Modern Art Notes Podcast by Tyler Green featuring artist Julie Mehretu

This week's The Modern Art Notes Podcast by Tyler Green features artist Julie Mehretu and curator Jane Aspinwall. Tyler's podcast is timed with the new Julie Mehretu mid-career survey that opens at LACMA on November 3, 2019.
More info from LACMA here: https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/julie-mehretu

From LACMA:

Co-organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Whitney Museum of American Art, Julie Mehretu is a mid-career survey that will unite nearly 40 works on paper with 35 paintings dating from 1996 to the present by Julie Mehretu (b. 1970, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). The first-ever comprehensive retrospective of Mehretu’s career, it covers over two decades of her examination of history, colonialism, capitalism, geopolitics, war, global uprising, diaspora, and displacement through the artistic strategies of abstraction, architecture, landscape, movement, and, most recently, figuration. Mehretu’s play with scale, as evident in her intimate drawings and large canvases and complex techniques in printmaking, will be explored in depth. Mehretu received her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and, among many awards and honors, is a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” (2005) and a U.S. State Department National Medal of Arts (2015).

November 3, 2019–March 22, 2020 (BCAM, Level 1)

Tyler writes,  "After closing at LACMA on March 22, 2020, “Mehretu” will travel to the Whitney Museum of American Art, the High Museum of Art, and the Walker Art Center. The exhibition was curated by LACMA’s Christine Y. Kim and the Whitney’s Rujeko Hockley. The handsome exhibition catalogue was published by DelMonico Prestel. Amazon offers it for $65.

An exhibition of six new Mehretu aquatints opens at Los Angeles’s Gemini G.E.L. on November 1. It will remain on view through January 10, 2020."

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At the #ObamaSummit Michelle Obama discusses what her parents taught her about empathy

At the #ObamaSummit, @MichelleObama and @CraigMalRob share family stories and discuss what their parents taught them about empathy around the kitchen table. pic.twitter.com/dMe8eMJuKI

— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) October 29, 2019

“Most social change starts with a story.” —@BarackObama on how tapping into a story can be the most powerful way to change the world. #ObamaSummit pic.twitter.com/Oz10g2PT7j

— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) October 29, 2019

“We’re recreating life in cinema. We’re recreating stories that you remember.”

At the #ObamaSummit, @Ava talks about the power of storytelling to nourish and grow audiences. pic.twitter.com/F2EwHaWg9e

— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) October 29, 2019

#GettyFire Context - How architects made California’s Getty Museum fireproof

#GettyFire Context - How architects made California’s Getty Museum fireproof. The @GettyMuseum is safe.
Suppressing sparks isn’t easy in wildfire-prone Los Angeles. https://t.co/4oQhYfFkqN

— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) October 28, 2019

Barack Obama invokes the Parable of the Sower to start his eulogy of Rep. Elijah Cummings

Former Pres. Barack Obama invokes the Parable of the Sower to start his eulogy of Rep. Elijah Cummings.

"The seed on good soil: Elijah Cummings came from good soil, and in this sturdy frame, goodness took root." https://t.co/87H50yox0v pic.twitter.com/d4gWEO1fvi

— ABC News (@ABC) October 25, 2019

.@BarackObama: "I was just noticing 'Honorable Elijah A. Cummings,' & you know this is a title that we confer on all kinds of people who get elected to public office. We're supposed to introduce them as 'honorable.' But #ElijahCummings was honorable before he was elected."💔💔 pic.twitter.com/WOmKPPQbot

— dσxxεd Ъuт หσт σuт (@twmentality1) October 25, 2019

Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and others remember Elijah Cummings https://t.co/dvxCnvN3gh

— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) October 25, 2019

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Nice to wake up to this awesome version of Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith's "Because the Night" on my birthday!!

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Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. On Racism in America

Watch Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. deliver what one person called "the most important breakdown of racism in America." https://t.co/wT9LFMhEt6 via @HuffPostPol

— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) October 22, 2019

Only in Lebanon would a song like “Baby Shark" become the anthem of a revolution

Protesters were blocking the road a mum told them she wanted to pass because her baby was afraid.
This is what they did 😂
Our people are the best!#Lebanon #ThatsHowWeProtest pic.twitter.com/CI7NX545dq

— Rachel R. (@RachelleRashid) October 19, 2019

From the New York Times:

Only in Lebanon would a song like “Baby Shark" become the anthem of a revolution. But the catchy tune has now become symbolic of how the Lebanese, when united, lead demonstrations, writes

@rabihalameddine

More at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/opinion/baby-shark-and-the-sounds-of-protest-in-lebanon.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur

Final Star Wars #TheRiseofSkywalker trailer

The saga will end. The story lives forever. Check out the final Star Wars #TheRiseofSkywalker trailer and get your tickets now. pic.twitter.com/E6Ozp99sTv

— Star Wars UK (@StarWarsUK) October 22, 2019

Final Star Wars #TheRiseofSkywalker trailer 

Brittany Howard's Tiny Desk concert

Alabama Shake's Brittany Howard's gritty storytelling is in full force in her Tiny Desk concert.

SET LIST "Stay High" "Georgia" "Baby" "Goat Head"
MUSICIANS Brittany Howard: vocals, guitar; Nate Smith: drums; Alex Chakour: guitar; Brad Allen Williams: guitar; Zac Cockrell: bass; Lloyd Buchanan: keys; Paul Horton: keys; Shanay Johnson: vocals; Karita Law: vocals CREDITS Producers: Bob Boilen, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Kara Frame, Beck Harlan, CJ Riculan; Associate Producer: Bobby Carter; Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey; VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann; Photo: Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR

Tyler Green's Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Lari Pittman

Wonderful podcast by Tyler Green featuring artist Lari Pittman.
The Hammer Museum at UCLA is featuring the exhibition “Lari Pittman: Declaration of Independence,” a retrospective of Pittman’s nearly forty-year career. 

Tyler writes:

The exhibition reveals Pittman’s engagements with America’s history and with issues and subjects that have been core to our history and identity, including landscape, violence, citizenship, belonging and more. The exhibition was curated by Hammer chief curator Connie Butler. It is on view through January 5, 2020. The excellent exhibition catalogue was published by DelMonico Prestel. Amazon offers it for $51.

We Need LGBTQ Voices! Please Register to Vote

A recent @WilliamsPolicy study found 21% of the LGBTQ population in the United States is not registered to vote.

Please join us in raising awareness of the vital importance of voting, which begins with registering to vote: https://t.co/Lm6002WdSS

— Matthew Shepard Foundation (@MattShepardFDN) October 18, 2019

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Rest In Power Elijah Cummings

WATCH: Elijah Cummings in June:

"200 to 300 years from now, people will look back on this moment and they will ask the question, what did you do? ... I may be dancing with the angels when all of this is corrected, but I've got to tell you, we must fight for our democracy." pic.twitter.com/6Mk1OWnbni

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 17, 2019

Please read Barack Obama's thoughts on the passing of Elijah Cummings:

This speech gave me goosebumps. The last words from Elijah Cummings' 92-year-old mother were, “Do not let them take the vote away from us.”

“There are efforts to stop people from voting. That's not right! This is not Russia. This is the United States of America!” #RIPElijah pic.twitter.com/CBrAVLzt4j

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 17, 2019

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Happy International Pronouns Day!

Happy International Pronouns Day!

She/Her/Hers.

He/Him/His.

They/Them/Theirs.

Calling people by the correct pronouns matters. #PronounsDay pic.twitter.com/2sDmNBWGHP

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) October 16, 2019

It's really quite simple:

Pronouns are important to everyone, not just LGBTQ people.

If you were a cisgender male (assigned male at birth and identifying as male) but referred to as she/her, you'd be uncomfortable, right?

Now, turn that into empathy for us.#PronounsDay

— Charlotte Clymer🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) October 16, 2019

In honor of International #PronounsDay...

Purposefully misgendering trans people:
❌ Extremely not nice
❌ Rude rude rude
❌ Something Voldemort would do

Respecting trans people:
✔️ 100% free
✔️ Is the right thing to do
✔️ Proves you can be in a society
✔️ Did we mention free pic.twitter.com/0hrjkyyTtt

— National Center for Transgender Equality (@TransEquality) October 16, 2019

NursingNow Nightingale Challenge

Kamala Harris on Love

@kamalaharris at her best. (Which is very, very good.) https://t.co/gP9f5mNrXk

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) October 11, 2019

Love Is Love!

Happy National #ComingOutDay! Be Loud, Be Proud, Be You!

Happy National #ComingOutDay

! Be Loud, Be Proud, Be You! #NCOD

#NOH8

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Trans People Belong

Today, for the first time in history, the Supreme Court will hear a trans civil rights case.

Let's do this. #RiseUpOct8 pic.twitter.com/jEN8HuErXK

— ACLU (@ACLU) October 8, 2019

Bruce Springsteen - Sundown (Film Version)

On my recent road trip across the American West, I often listened to Springsteen's haunting Americana soaked "Western Stars". 2500 miles from where I want to be indeed. Enjoy.

Ghost Rider

Memory coats the American West like photographic silver. It only takes a bit of light to bring out the past hiding in the shadows. Driving across the vast landscape, I am conscious of the countless Native American souls that inhabit the land. Many are living and many have passed on.  
There is a presence in the red dust and auburn rocks that speaks beyond time. I am humbled. My painting "Ghost Rider" is inspired by these shadows of memory. In my work a modern, hat wearing person seems to nod to the ghostly apparition of a Native American rider in the middle ground. I can hear Robbie Robertson's plaintive voice in the distance:

Crow has brought the message
to the children of the sun
for the return of the buffalo
and for a better day to come
You can kill my body
You can damn my soul
for not believing in your god
and some world down below
You don't stand a chance
against my prayers
You don't stand a chance
against my love
They outlawed the Ghost Dance
but we shall live again,
we shall live again
My sister above
She has red paint
She died at Wounded Knee
like a later day saint
You got the big drum in the distance
blackbird in the sky
That's the sound that you hear
when the buffalo cry
You don't stand a chance
against my prayers
You don't stand a chance
against my love
They outlawed the Ghost Dance
but we shall live again,
we shall live again
Crazy Horse was a mystic
He knew the secret of the trance
And Sitting Bull the great apostle
of the Ghost Dance
Come on Comanche
Come on Blackfoot
Come on Shoshone
Come on Cheyenne
We shall live again
Come on Arapaho
Come on Cherokee
Come on Paiute
Come on Sioux
We shall live again

Ghost Dance
Robbie Robertson, Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Songwriters: Robbie Robertson / William James Wilson
Ghost Dance lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc

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Einstein's Dreams

Gregg Chadwick
Einstein's Dreams
48"x36" oil on linen 2019 

Good Morning! Things move at the speed of light in my studio. Getting ready for my next exhibition. Excited to let you know that I will have a booth at The Other Art Fair September 5-8, 2019 in Santa Monica at Barker Hangar. 
And I will be exhibiting at the inaugural The Other Art Fair in Dallas September 19-22, 2019.

My new painting “Einstein’s Dreams” shifts the focus to the nature of time itself. 




@theotherartfair #TheOtherArtFair #LosAngeles #art#science #Physics #artistsoninstagram  #MondayMotivation#Timeflux 
#art #categoricallynot#kccole #greggchadwick

Bruce Springsteen - I'll Stand By You (Audio)

Sam Fender - Will We Talk? (Lyrics)

Please Join Gregg Chadwick For An Artist Talk At Castelli Art Space

 

Surf & Turf Artist Talk and Tour at Castelli Art Space
August 10, 2019

Please join us at Castelli Art Space on Saturday, August 10th, 3-6pm for the Surf & Turf Artist Talk & Tour -

LA as Muse: How the city and it's diverse neighborhoods and cultures influence art today

Open 3-6, Curator and Artist Talk and Walkabout, 3:30-4:30

(In Conjunction with the Culver City Art Walk)

 

Featuring New Paintings About Los Angeles by Gregg Chadwick,
 Brooke Harker, Gay Summer Rick, Teale Hatheway,  Alex Schaefer, and John Kilduff

Castelli Art Space 
5428 West Washington Blvd,
Los Angeles CA, 90016
Please RSVP here for your free tickets.

 

About Gregg Chadwick's L.A. Inspired Art

“Tonight the riders on Sunset are smothered in the Santa Ana winds
And the western stars are shining bright again”
- Bruce Springsteen, Western Stars

My new paintings in Surf & Turf at Castelli Art Space are crafted as magic lenses that combine the past, present, and future of Los Angeles. The clear daylight of Los Angeles brought the movie studios out west. And the neon soaked nocturnal light lured writers into the shadows of L.A. As a 17 year old art student at UCLA, I embraced the flickering cinematic light of Hollywood and the poetic light of night and day in the City of Angels.  I am continuously inspired by the diversity, history, and beauty of greater Los Angeles.
 

Gregg Chadwick
Los Angeles Inspired Artwork at Castelli Art Space



Castelli Art Space
5428 West Washington Blvd,
Los Angeles CA, 90016

Gallery hours are Tuesday - Friday 10-5
https://www.greggchadwick.com/Gregg_Chadwick/index.html
 

“Surf & Turf “ 

Saturday August 10th, 3-6 pm  Artists Walk & Talk:
LA as Muse: How the city and it's diverse neighborhoods and cultures influence art today

Closing Reception - Saturday, August 17th, 5-8 pm

More on Gregg Chadwick's Artwork.

Opening Tonight: New Paintings About Los Angeles by Gregg Chadwick

 

Gregg Chadwick
The Space Age (LAX)
40"x30" oil on linen 2019

I am pleased to invite you to my latest art exhibition:

Surf & Turf at Castelli Fine Arts in Culver City, California -
Opening July 27, 2019

Surf & Turf

Featuring New Paintings About Los Angeles by Gregg Chadwick, 
 Brooke Harker, Gay Summer Rick, Teale Hatheway,  Alex Schaefer, and John Kilduff

A new group exhibition at Castelli Art Space in Culver City. 
Opening Reception - July 27, 2019
6-9 pm 
Castelli Art Space 
5428 West Washington Blvd,
Los Angeles CA, 90016
RSVP dale@castelliartspace.com


Gregg Chadwick
L.A. Noire (Formosa Cafe)
24"x36" oil on linen 2019

About Gregg Chadwick's L.A. Inspired Art

“Tonight the riders on Sunset are smothered in the Santa Ana winds
And the western stars are shining bright again”
- Bruce Springsteen, Western Stars

My new paintings in Surf & Turf at Castelli Art Space are crafted as magic lenses that combine the past, present, and future of Los Angeles. The clear daylight of Los Angeles brought the movie studios out west. And the neon soaked nocturnal light lured writers into the shadows of L.A. As a 17 year old art student at UCLA, I embraced the flickering cinematic light of Hollywood and the poetic light of night and day in the City of Angels.  I am continuously inspired by the diversity, history, and beauty of greater Los Angeles.

Gregg Chadwick
Santa Monica Nocturne
24"x36" oil on linen 2019


Castelli Art Space 
5428 West Washington Blvd,
Los Angeles CA, 90016

Gallery hours are Tuesday - Friday 10-5
https://www.greggchadwick.com/Gregg_Chadwick/index.html

Gregg Chadwick
Los Angeles Theatre 

30"x24" oil on linen 2019

“Surf & Turf “  Opens at Castelli Art Space on July 27th,
with an Artist Reception from 6-9 pm.
 
Saturday August 10th, 3-5 pm  Artists Walk & Talk:
LA as Muse: How the city and it's diverse neighborhoods and cultures influence art today

Closing Reception - Saturday, August 17th, 5-8 pm

More on Gregg Chadwick's Artwork.

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Close The Camps

Karina Perez, a #MovementMujeres artist in residence, created a powerful series of illustrations on family separations at the border.

1/5 #FamiliesBelongTogether #CloseTheCamps pic.twitter.com/EpZTnUwGJx

— Jolt Initiative (@JoltInitiative) July 22, 2019

Karina Perez, a #MovementMujeres artist in residence, created a powerful series of illustrations on family separations at the border. #FamiliesBelongTogether #CloseTheCamps

Apollo 11 TV Broadcast - Neil Armstrong First Step on Moon

Today in 1969: #Apollo11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon. https://bit.ly/1qrr0bO 

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