Gregg Chadwick   The Future Is Woke   40”x30” oil on linen  2017      With millions of others, I marched this weekend in the #WomensMarch. Our crowd in Los Angeles numbered around 750,000.  The Future Is Woke  is the first in a series of paintings exploring this time of change.     Artists often use their creations as a sort of reflecting device that mirrors and focuses the viewers attention on social and political change.  As Marvin Gaye sang so poignantly- “What’s going on.”     As we carry the spirit of the Women's March forward: On Saturday, January 28th 2017, from 1-3pm at the Santa Monica Art Studios, a vibrant panel discussion on Art in the Time of Trump will be held.      Santa Monica Art Studios, 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica CA 90405     Confirmed Panelists:     Yareli Arizmendi - Actress/Screenwriter    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0034976/     Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn - Senior Editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books...