My sister @ZerlinaMaxwell said it on @MSNBC today: Many of the people protesting to "reopen" the country are doing it to be served, not to be in the jobs that serve.— Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (@RevDrBarber) May 17, 2020
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Important Message from Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Friday, May 15, 2020
Director's Pick: Gregg Chadwick
The Other Art Fair
presents
Travels With
Gregg Chadwick
I am honored to have been chosen this week by The Other Art Fair Los Angeles director Nicole Garton as her Director’s Pick.
Deep thanks to Nicole Garton, The Other Art Fair and Saatchi Art. Please take a journey with me in the paintings below.
Arrivals and Departures
On June 26, 2015 Marriage Equality became the law of the land and with hundreds of others we celebrated on the Supreme Court steps. Later on that glorious day, I chatted with President Obama’s photographer Pete Souza in front of the White House which was lit up in rainbow colors in celebration of the LGBTQ community.
While we watched, the Presidential Marine Corps air unit returned with President Obama from his moving speech at the memorial service for the church folks who were gunned down by a young white supremacist in South Carolina. President Obama sang “Amazing Grace” that day.
In her current Netflix film Becoming, Michelle Obama reflects upon that day as well. Michelle Obama describes how she and her daughter Malia sneaked outside that night, needing to share in the crowd’s joy after all the terrible grief in Charleston. They let the jubilation soften their anguish. Arrivals and departures. The struggle for equality for all continues.
While we watched, the Presidential Marine Corps air unit returned with President Obama from his moving speech at the memorial service for the church folks who were gunned down by a young white supremacist in South Carolina. President Obama sang “Amazing Grace” that day.
In her current Netflix film Becoming, Michelle Obama reflects upon that day as well. Michelle Obama describes how she and her daughter Malia sneaked outside that night, needing to share in the crowd’s joy after all the terrible grief in Charleston. They let the jubilation soften their anguish. Arrivals and departures. The struggle for equality for all continues.
Steps of Time
In the morning light, a young monk walks along a path that has been traveled by other monks for centuries. This moment is an accumulation of all the moments that have come before and will occur again.
For 20 years, I have painted artworks inspired by the aspirational nature of Buddhism. “Gregg Chadwick paints scenes from the life of Asia that reminds us of the monastic life of pilgrimage which has been all but lost in the West.”
-Ratnagarbha and Thomas Jones
from “Urthona: Journal of Buddhism and the Arts” Issue 20
For 20 years, I have painted artworks inspired by the aspirational nature of Buddhism. “Gregg Chadwick paints scenes from the life of Asia that reminds us of the monastic life of pilgrimage which has been all but lost in the West.”
-Ratnagarbha and Thomas Jones
from “Urthona: Journal of Buddhism and the Arts” Issue 20
Bookseller’s Night
I was inspired by a sojourn in Paris near Montmartre. That summer the light hung on late into the evening until the sky rolled into the blue hour. While walking the Parisian streets under those deep blue skies, I would often stop to glance at books spread out like magical treatises on art and life. We lived that summer in the shadow of Monet, Manet, and Caillebotte. Two of Manet’s last studios were on our street and nearby on the Place de Dublin, Caillebotte set his magical painting Paris Street; Rainy Day (Rue de Paris, temps de pluie). Nearby was the Gare Saint-Lazare which inspired Monet to create Turneresque images of trains and steam. I carried those memories with me as I painted Bookseller’s Night along with time traveling thoughts of San Francisco and New York.
Spring Reader (Botanical Garden)
I am honored to have my painting The Reader (Botanical Garden) up for auction in this year’s Venice Family Clinic Art Walk and Auction. I’ve donated a painting to the cause for 15 years now and am excited to have this sensitive artwork in this year’s auction. To pick up a book and be transported to another world is one of life’s great pleasures. In my oil on panel painting, a woman sits with quiet dignity and reads on a spring day. One can almost smell honeysuckle in the air and feel a cool breeze on a warm day.
The Other Art Fair Online Studios can be found at the link https://www.saatchiart.com/studios/theotherartfair/los-angeles
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Cocktails with a Curator: Bellini's 'St. Francis in the Desert'
In the first episode of "Cocktails with a Curator," Xavier F. Salomon, Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, hosts us for happy hour at his apartment. The subject of tonight's presentation is the Frick's beloved painting "St. Francis in the Desert," by Giovanni Bellini, and the complementary cocktail is the Manhattan.
To see this painting in detail, please visit our website: https://collections.frick.org/objects/39
Robert Pinsky & Bruce Springsteen Recite Pinksky's "Jersey Rain"
Jersey Rain
Now near the end of the middle stretch of road
What have I learned? Some earthly wiles. An art.
That often I cannot tell good fortune from bad,
That once had seemed so easy to tell apart.
What have I learned? Some earthly wiles. An art.
That often I cannot tell good fortune from bad,
That once had seemed so easy to tell apart.
The source of art and woe aslant in wind
Dissolves or nourishes everything it touches.
What roadbank gullies and ruts it doesn't mend
It carves the deeper, boiling tawny in ditches.
Dissolves or nourishes everything it touches.
What roadbank gullies and ruts it doesn't mend
It carves the deeper, boiling tawny in ditches.
It spends itself regardless into the ocean.
It stains and scours and makes things dark or bright:
Sweat of the moon, a shroud of benediction,
The chilly liquefaction of day to night,
It stains and scours and makes things dark or bright:
Sweat of the moon, a shroud of benediction,
The chilly liquefaction of day to night,
The Jersey rain, my rain, soaks all as one:
It smites Metuchen, Rahway, Saddle River,
Fair Haven, Newark, Little Silver, Bayonne.
I feel it churning even in fair weather
It smites Metuchen, Rahway, Saddle River,
Fair Haven, Newark, Little Silver, Bayonne.
I feel it churning even in fair weather
To craze distinction, dry the same as wet.
In ripples of heat the August drought still feeds
Vapors in the sky that swell to smite the state --
The Jersey rain, my rain, in streams and beads
In ripples of heat the August drought still feeds
Vapors in the sky that swell to smite the state --
The Jersey rain, my rain, in streams and beads
Of indissoluble grudge and aspiration:
Original milk, replenisher of grief,
Descending destroyer, arrowed source of passion,
Silver and black, executioner, font of life.
Original milk, replenisher of grief,
Descending destroyer, arrowed source of passion,
Silver and black, executioner, font of life.
On May 5, 2010, David Daniel put together Robert and Bruce for a conversation with Wesley Stace to explore the relationship between poetry and music and the "popular" and "literary" arts in general. What followed was a wonderful conversation and collaboration between two great artists, born in the same hospital a decade apart, who had never met until an hour before the show. In this clip, they perform "Jersey Rain" and "Promised Land" together. There were about 350 students and faculty in the audience, and both Robert and Bruce donated their time because, well, it was a really good idea. I had that idea three years before, when I put together the first WAMFEST: The Words and Music Festival with the idea of breaking down the barriers between the arts of the people and the arts of the academy in order to provide a model for my students in the creative writing program at FDU. Since then, I've produced over thirty performances along those lines. With a special thanks to Barbara Carr and Jan Stabile at Jon Landau Management, Inc. for their support and permission.
pTV--Poetry TV--is devoted to presenting collaborative work by poets, writers, songwriters, and visual and performing artists. Please subscribe. The rest of this hour and a half show along with many others will be released periodically. For more information, please contact David Daniel at fortheloveofitall@gmail.com.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Monday, May 11, 2020
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Saturday, May 09, 2020
Swans For Relief
32 premier ballerinas from 22 dance companies in 14 countries perform Le Cygne (The Swan) variation sequentially with music by Camille Saint-Saëns, performed by cellist Wade Davis, in support of Swans for Relief.
Organized by Misty Copeland and Joseph Phillips, 100% of the funds raised will be distributed to each dancer’s company’s COVID-19 relief fund, or other arts/dance-based relief fund in the event that a company is not set up to receive donations. To donate please visit, https://charity.gofundme.com/SwansFor...
Ballet companies are largely dependent on revenue from performances to pay their dancers and fund their operations, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, all performances have been halted.
Consequently, many dancers are unable to depend on paychecks and are facing the hardship of paying rent and/or buying food and other necessities.
Below are the featured ballerinas and their respective companies:
•Stella Abrera
American Ballet Theatre, USA
•Precious Adams
English National Ballet, England
•Nathalia Arja
Miami City Ballet, USA
•Isabella Boylston
American Ballet Theatre, USA
•Skylar Brandt
American Ballet Theatre, USA
•Misty Copeland
American Ballet Theatre, USA
•Monike Cristina
Joburg Ballet, South Africa
•Ashley Ellis
Boston Ballet, USA
•Greta Elizondo
Nacional de Danza Mexico, Mexico
•Nikisha Fogo
Vienna State Ballet, Austria
•Angelica Generosa
Pacific Northwest Ballet, USA
•Sarah Hay
Freelance Ballerina, USA
•Frances Hayward
The Royal Ballet, England
•Robyn Hendricks
The Australian Ballet, Australia
•Whitney Jensen
The Norwegian National Ballet, Norway
•Yuriko Kajiya
Houston Ballet, USA
•Maria Khoreva
Mariinsky Theatre, Russia
•Ako Kondo
The Australian Ballet, Australia
•Misa Kuranaga
San Francisco Ballet, USA
•Stephanie Kurlow
Freelance Hijabi Ballerina, Australia
•Sara Mearns
New York City Ballet, USA
•Ginett Moncho
Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Cuba
•Katherine Ochoa
Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Cuba
•Hannah O'Neill
Paris Opera Ballet, France
•Denise Parungao
Ballet Philippines, Philippines
•Tiler Peck
New York City Ballet, USA
•Tina Pereira
The National Ballet of Canada, Canada
•Ida Praetorius
The Royal Danish Ballet, Denmark
•Jemima Reyes
Ballet Philippines, Philippines
•Ingrid Silva
Dance Theater of Harlem, USA
•Bianca Teixeira
San Francisco Ballet, USA
•Xu Yan
The National Ballet of China, China
Le Cygne (The Swan) with music by Camille Saint-Saëns, performed by cellist Wade Davis (USA),
choreography by Michel Fokine
Friday, May 08, 2020
Livestream Saturday, 5/9 at 9pm ET: Aoife O’Donovan Performing The Album "Nebraska"
Livestream Saturday, 5/9 at 9pm ET: Aoife O’Donovan Performing The Album "Nebraska"
During a 2011 residency at Rockwood Music Hall in New York, Aoife sang Springsteen’s Nebraska album front to back. She's doing it for a second time this Saturday. A portion of the proceeds will benefit MusiCares Covid-19 Relief Fund.
Thursday, May 07, 2020
Waitin' On A Sunny Day #WeAreAsburyPark
Please support the Asbury Park Music Foundation:
https://asburyparkmusiclives.org/donate
Written by:
Bruce Springsteen
Performed by:
Patty C
Jarod Clemons
Matt Cook
Tara Dente
Rachel Ana Dobken
Luke Dowler
Kevin Duggan
Brian Erickson
Natalie Farrell
Matt Fernicola
Owen Flanagan
Ryan Gregg
Zach Kornhauser
Ray Laux
Bobby Mahoney
Mark Masefield
Jessie McCormick
Ashley McKinley
Chad Morales
Lou Panico
Joe Pomarico
Avery Rose Puryear
Nick Ryan
Zack Sandler
Dillon Schindler
Deseree Spinks
Mike Squillace
Marc Tappan
Taylor Tote
Max Viner
Produced by:
Joe Pomarico at Telegraph Hill Records
Check out more Asbury Park music at Telegraph Hill Records Website:
https://www.telegraphhillrecords.com/
Email for Press:
Promo@TelegraphHillRecords.com
Playlist of Cast:
https://telegraphhillrecords.helpgive...
#WeAreAsburyPark
Real presidents lead. Reality TV presidents don’t.
Real presidents lead. Reality TV presidents don’t. pic.twitter.com/2lMwnRXLcG— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 7, 2020
Wednesday, May 06, 2020
Pet Shop Boys - The Last To Die (Audio)
"We were ill-prepared... if you ignore science and scientific fact in 2020... people will pay the price..." @petshopboys ask who'll be the "Last to Die" for a mistake on "From His Home to Yours," now on @SiriusXM @springsteen— Backstreets Magazine (@backstreetsmag) May 6, 2020
Tuesday, May 05, 2020
Monday, May 04, 2020
Mourning in America
📺 NEW VIDEO @realdonaldtrump’s failed presidency has left the nation weaker, sicker, and teetering on the verge of a new Great Depression.— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) May 4, 2020
There’s mourning in America. pic.twitter.com/QoEWJVNEXc
Please VOTE for Biden in November!
Michelle Obama's "Becoming" Premieres on Netflix on May 6
I’m thrilled to give you a sneak peek of BECOMING before it premieres on Netflix on May 6. This movie tells my story, from my childhood on the South Side of Chicago to my life today—and it celebrates the powerful stories of the people I met along the way. #IAmBecoming pic.twitter.com/jXqGTMRIZc— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) May 4, 2020
Sunday, May 03, 2020
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Elgar's "Salut d'Amour."
❤️ For the canceled weddings, separated lovers, new loves found, and loved ones near and far. This is Elgar's "Salut d'Amour." #songsofcomfort ❤️ pic.twitter.com/2MkquXnN4B— Yo-Yo Ma (@YoYo_Ma) May 1, 2020
Friday, May 01, 2020
Missing Sounds of New York
The New York Public Library along with creative agency Mother New York has created an aural love letter to NYC: "an album of audio landscapes that evoke the sounds of New York City."
The NYPL explains:
"The New York we know and love is one click away: cabs honking, pigeons cooing, bike messengers whizzing by, strangers gossiping, the hum of a local library. Anywhere you are can now become the city—all you need is Missing Sounds of New York, The New York Public Library’s new album. Missing Sounds of New York, connects New Yorkers around the familiar sounds of urban life that they love and miss during this unprecedented time of social separation.Each track uses a combination of sounds to create familiar, ambient canvases on which mini stories are placed: a glass breaking in a bar, a dance performance on the subway, an overly enthusiastic baseball fan. Missing Sounds of New York reminds us of what makes New York so special for so many people."
Spotify users can head here to listen (listening on Spotify requires using or creating a Spotify account, including free accounts). Or you can take a listen above!
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Dorothea Lange | Live Q&A with Sarah Meister and Sally Mann | VIRTUAL VIEWS
Explore how Dorothea Lange’s iconic works redefined how we see America . Our next #MoMAVirtualViews, “Dorothea Lange: Words & Pictures,” launches this Thursday, April 30, with a live Q&A with curator Sarah Meister and photographer Sally Mann
Venice Art Walk: Benefit Auction 2020
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| Gregg Chadwick The Reader (Botanical Garden) 14"x11" oil on panel 2019 |
I am honored to have my painting The Reader (Botanical Garden) up for auction in this year’s Venice Family Clinic Art Walk and Auction. I’ve donated a painting to the auction for 15 years now and am excited to have this sensitive artwork in this year's auction.
To pick up a book and be transported to another world is one of life's great pleasures. In my oil on panel painting, a woman sits with quiet dignity and reads. One can almost smell honeysuckle in the air and feel a cool breeze on a warm day.
The Venice Family Clinic Art Walk and Auction has moved exclusively to an online art auction for 2020. From May 3 - May 19, visit artsy.net/veniceartwalk to view the online collection. Art lovers and artists unite to benefit Venice Family Clinic, now commemorating 50 years of providing quality health care to people in need. Venice Family Clinic + Artsy are thrilled to present Venice Art Walk: Benefit Auction 2020 featuring works by artists including John Baldessari, Gregg Chadwick, Trine Churchill, Deborah Lynn Irmas, Claudy Jongstra, Alex Prager, the Haas Brothers, Ramona Otto, Gwen Samuels and more.
Browse lots and place bids before the sale closes on Tuesday, May 19th, at 12:00pm PDT (3:00pm EDT).
Auction proceeds will provide vital health care to nearly 28,000 low-income, uninsured and homeless patients in Los Angeles. Venice Family Clinic's innovative, integrated approach includes primary medical care as well as specialty care, dental, behavioral health, substance use treatment, vision, early child development, health education, pharmacy, domestic violence counseling, HIV services, street medicine for people experiencing homelessness and health insurance enrollment services.
Now more than ever, we need healthcare for everyone. Auction proceeds will also help strengthen Venice Family Clinic's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Venice Family Clinic’s patients are among the most vulnerable in our community, and they need you more than ever. If you can, please give generously to the Venice Family Clinic so they can make healthcare a reality for all.
[🎨: Gregg Chadwick, The Reader (Botanical Garden), 2019. 14”x11”. Oil on panel.
Featured in the 2020 Venice Family Clinic Art Walk and Auction.]⠀
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Monday, April 27, 2020
All Art is Political
I know I shouldn't let it get under my skin, but it always irks me when people say "You're an author, stop being so political!" Writing, like any art, IS political. Part of my job as an author is to comment on the world I live in. If you think art can be apolitical, you're wrong.— Celeste Ng (@pronounced_ing) April 27, 2020
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Miley Cyrus: Wish You Were Here (At Home) - SNL
Musical guest Miley Cyrus covers Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” on a special at-home edition of Saturday Night Live.
X - Delta 88 Nightmare (Official Video)
The world's a mess, and X is back https://t.co/68Djs3gsC9— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) April 26, 2020
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Thanks for Singing San Francisco!
— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) April 25, 2020
🎶I Left My Heart in San Francisco 🎶#SingOutSF | @RenelSFVoyce | #SFGiants pic.twitter.com/pfcJ4sHAdb— SFGiants (@SFGiants) April 25, 2020
— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) April 25, 2020
Please Sing "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" With Tony Bennett Today at Noon PDT
I am proud to invite the citizens of San Francisco to raise their voices in song. This Saturday, April 25 at 12pm PDT, join as we sing I Left My Heart in San Francisco from our homes. Let's spread the love and strength throughout the bay! #SingOutSF pic.twitter.com/7sYkPfskR2— Tony Bennett (@itstonybennett) April 23, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joins with San Franciscans around the world, and others, to salute our brave health care workers in the fight against COVID-19: encouraging participation in the sing-a-long of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" on Saturday, April 25 at 12 noon PDT.
Hashtag #SingOutSF
Friday, April 24, 2020
Bruce Springsteen Chats About Art, Inspiration and "Journey to Nowhere"
From 1996 in Youngstown, Ohio - Bruce Springsteen Chats About Art, Inspiration and the Book "Journey to Nowhere"
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Making six huge frames for Titian's mythological paintings | National Ga...
Peter Schade, the Head of the Framing department at the National Gallery, shows the process of creating six huge matching frames for the Titian: Love Desire Death exhibition. Matthias Wivel, Curator of 16th-century Italian paintings, and curator of the exhibition, discusses how these frames complement the paintings, known as Titian's 'poesie'. Watch the process of these frames being created, from workshop to exhibition. This includes sourcing materials, planing, carving, gilding, and toning the frames. Titian: Love, Desire, Death 16 March – 14 June 2020 🎟️Book now: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ex... Learn more about Titian the artist 🖌️: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ar... Paintings shown in this video: 🎨Venus and Adonis - https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-c... 🎨Diana and Actaeon - https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/pa... 🎨Diana and Callisto - https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/pa... 🎨Death of Actaeon - https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/pa... 🎨Rape of Europa - https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experie... 🎨Perseus and Andromeda - https://wallacelive.wallacecollection... Subscribe to our channel and never miss a video: http://bit.ly/1HrNTFd Follow us on social media: Like the National Gallery on Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/thenationa... Follow the National Gallery on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NationalGallery Follow the National Gallery on Instagram: https://instagram.com/nationalgallery
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Happy Earth Day - When the Earth Moves Film
When the Earth Moves reclaims the authentic story and original vision of Earth Day as a bipartisan and socially just environmental movement and highlights the need for people across generations and on both sides of the political aisle to play an active part. It also calls attention to the urgent need for Americans to unite around a common goal and purpose.
Happy Earth Day!
by Gregg Chadwick
"The thing that really surprised me was that it [Earth] projected an air of fragility. And why, I don’t know. I don’t know to this day. I had a feeling it’s tiny, it’s shiny, it’s beautiful, it’s home, and it’s fragile."
— Michael Collins, Apollo 11
Gregg Chadwick
30”x36” oil on linen 2020
My oil on linen painting Terra Nostra was inspired by the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and the first photograph taken by a human of the globe from space. On December 7, 1972, the astronauts on board Apollo 17 looked out of their spacecraft and saw the entire earth illuminated by the sun. It glowed like a blue jewel. From then on, our conception of our shared earth changed. Eugene Cernan, the pilot of that flight said to Al Reinert in an interview in Atlantic Magazine: "You have to literally just pinch yourself and ask yourself the question, silently: Do you know where you are at this point in time and space, and in reality and in existence, when you can look out the window and you're looking at the most beautiful star in the heavens -- the most beautiful because it's the one we understand and we know, it's home, it's people, family, love, life -- and besides that it is beautiful. You can see from pole to pole and across oceans and continents and you can watch it turn and there's no strings holding it up, and it's moving in a blackness that is almost beyond conception."
I thought it important to get a sense of what NASA astronauts described as the Overview Effect. From space the Earth is revealed to be fragile with a thin atmosphere. And from space, there are no boundaries. No lines demarcating countries or regions. We are united as citizens of earth and we need to protect each other and our planet.
I first became aware of the fragile nature of our planet as an elementary school student. For Christmas one year, I asked my parents for the book “Wildlife in Danger” published by the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature). They are still an important organization providing information, plans, and hope for our endangered earth. Worried about the environment as a kid, I drew pictures of animals constantly. Now I am bringing out a series of paintings inspired by the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, 2020, that shed light on climate change, the beauty of the natural world, and our place with other species.
Our Earth, Planetary, and Space Scientists have key roles with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. We're excited to see its data used in such a thrilling, educational, and fun way! https://t.co/md5q2nnKRM— UCLA Physical Sciences (@uclaphyssci) April 22, 2020
Please take a moment today to celebrate #EarthDay. @RRauschenberg had the vision 50 years ago to create an iconic image that juxtaposed hope and fear. What will you write, compose, draw, or paint today on #EarthDay2020 to inspire future generations? https://t.co/wMD6xQcSA9— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) April 22, 2020
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