'selection day' :)
the VSA Access Gallery in Denver is coming by today to select paintings for my June/July solo "Pet Project".
Award 2010
Nominated for “Best Show” in the Denver Art District’s Best of 2010
Nominated for "Best Show" in the Denver Art District's Best of 2010 — for the solo exhibition "Pet Project" at Access Gallery
Matt at the time · his Facebook posts
preview night of my solo in Denver, "Pet Project" next thursday... show opens Friday night at Access Gallery in Denver. http://bit.ly/cioHiY
my solo "Pet Project" in Denver from earlier this year has been nominated as the "Best Show by... http://fb.me/EmSFbsLL
Saved web pages and links
- Susan Froyd, “Art District Best of 2010: Cast your votes!,” Westword, Nov. 16, 2010 · how the awards worked; the list of nominees was in pictures that no longer load
- His earlier Denver solo with VSA Arts Colorado, August 2007 (press archive)
Research notes
- From Matt’s Facebook posts: VSA Arts Colorado’s Access Gallery chose the paintings on June 7, 2010; the show of 41 recent paintings had a preview on June 18 and opened at 909 Santa Fe Drive with a reception, live painting and a gallery talk.
- Westword explained that critic Michael Paglia juried the Art District on Santa Fe’s Best of 2010 exhibition at 910Arts, with public online voting in six categories (among them Best Solo Show and Best Show by National/International Artist); winners were announced at the opening gala on Friday, November 19, 2010.
- Matt posted the nomination on November 15, 2010. The nominee list itself has not been found yet.
Where this record comes from
- history.sesow.com (live, 2026-10-03)
- Matt Sesow’s Facebook posts (artist’s own export), matched to this entry by name and date
Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “Nominated for ‘Best Show’ in the Denver Art District’s Best of 2010.” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2010. history.sesow.com/e/2010-nominated-best-denver-art-district.html. Accessed [date].
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Also in 2010
- Press Washington Post — “United artists” and “Gallery opening of the week” cover the Ellyn/Sesow wedding-paintings…
- Exhibition “Pet Project,” VSA Colorado / Access Gallery, 909 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO
- Press Art World News magazine — coverage of the “Super Men and Scoundrels” solo exhibition at the Gallery at Black…
- Exhibition “Super Men and Scoundrels,” Gallery at Black Rock, Bridgeport, CT
- Exhibition “Sesow in Albi,” Gallery ArteVistas, Albi, France
- Exhibition “Balance of Power,” Galeria ArteVistas, Barcelona, Spain
- Exhibition “Till Death Do Us Part” — Wedding & Two-Person Exhibition with Dana Ellyn, Long View Gallery, 1234 9th Street…
- Press “A Nice Day For a White Wedding” — Washington City Paper, February 8, 2010
- Exhibition MODUS UNION 2010 — Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC
- Exhibition Paintings at Covet, a new gallery in Arlington, VA
- Exhibition Affordable Art Fair, New York City
- Exhibition Foresight Gallery, Amman, Jordan
- Exhibition Galerie BelAge, Westhampton Beach, NY
- Media Keynote Speaker — “Unique Perspectives: The Healing Power of Making Art” symposium, Takoma Park, MD
- Press Albi, France newspaper interview during solo exhibition
- Press Standart Magazine — Spain
- Exhibition G40 Art Summit, Richmond, VA
- Media Voice of America — VOA
- Press The New York Times — wedding announcement for Matt Sesow and Dana Ellyn, whose wedding at Long View Gallery…
- Press Brightest Young Things — interview
- Media The Larz from Mars Show #125 — Matt Sesow and Dana Ellyn (2010)
- Exhibition Museum of Contemporary Art DC
- Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
- Exhibition “Yuri’s Night” group show, Washington, DC
- Exhibition “Art Everywhere” group show, Granby Street, Norfolk, VA
- Media Fox 5 Morning News — WTTG, Washington, DC
- Exhibition Arts on Belmont / 32nd annual Adams Morgan Festival, Washington, DC
- Exhibition Transformer Gallery annual silent auction, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC