Everyone is invited: more details to follow but here is the topline: The Center for Contemporary Political Art (CCPArt) is opening our new show, POLITICAL ART FROM THE 18th CENTURY TO THE 21st on Thursday, December 6th--from 5:30-7pm there will be a program and book signing w Congresswoman Jackie Speier and at 7pm we kick into high gear with a reception to officially open the show--hope everyone can come join us at 916 G Street NW in DC.
Hope to you all on thursday for the opening of this show at the Mather Studios! 916 G Street NW, at the gallery on the street level.
Exhibition 2018
“Political Art from the 18th Century to the 21st”
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Matt at the time · his Facebook posts
I hope to see you tomorrow for the opening of "Political art from the 18th century to the 21st"... It is a large show at the new gallery in downtown DC! They have one of my large paintings in the show that I created while in China in 2008.
It will be up until the 15th of January, come check it out and I hope to see you tomorrow! 7-8:30pm
TOMORROW/THURSDAY at the The Center for Contemporary Political Art in downtown DC from 7:00-8:30PM. Hosted by Robin Strongin and Charles Krause
916 G street, NW Mather Studios
FRIDAY: I'll be on hand this friday 5:30-7:30pm the 18th at the The Center for Contemporary Political Art in downtown DC (across from the MLK Library). COME SAY HI and hear about our "painting while traveling" tips, see some political art, etc. Dana Ellyn will be there too. I just have one painting in the show, but there are tons of interesting works from all over the world in this exhibit. It's a new gallery in DC and VERY UNIQUE. hope to see you FRIDAY! thanks, Matt Sesow
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Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “‘Political Art from the 18th Century to the 21st’.” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2018. history.sesow.com/e/2018-political-art-18th-century-21st.html. Accessed [date].
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Also in 2018
- Exhibition “All in the Family,” Metro Gallery, 1316 N Street, Lincoln, NE
- Exhibition “Radical Fluidity: Grotesque in Art,” MISP Museum, St
- Exhibition Transformer Gallery 15th Annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Press Nebraska Public Media — NET News
- Press Washington Post retrospective mention
- Exhibition Paintings at gallery in Dahouet, Bretagne, France
- Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
- Exhibition 2018 open-studio series with Dana Ellyn
- Media Slovenian documentary celebrating 50 years of the meeting of naïve artists in Trebnje, featuring Matt as the…
- Milestone Patreon patron tiers published
- Media Artist talk at AVAM on his 20+ paintings in the permanent collection, Jim Rouse Visionary Center, third floor
- Press Wahoo Newspaper — Nebraska
- Press Georgetown Voice: Sesow as Charlie Visconage’s mentor (2018)


