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.
Media January 18, 2019
Talk at the Center for Contemporary Political Art
Talk at the Center for Contemporary Political Art (CCPArt), Washington, DC (January 18, 2019) — tips on painting while traveling
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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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Also in 2019
- Exhibition “No! Hate,” Center for Contemporary Political Art
- Exhibition Transformer Gallery 16th Annual Auction, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Exhibition Paintings at Slotin Folk Art Auction
- Media Documentary “Join Hands” available for streaming and distribution
- Milestone Career sales surpass 12,000 original paintings
- Press Ken Bromley Art Supplies — UK
- Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
- Media Film screened at Outsider Art Fair, New York City
- Media PBS / Nebraska Stories — Season 12
- Media CreativeMornings/DC — “Give You Goosebumps,” a 30-minute talk on the story of his art, inspiration and…
- Milestone Docents from the American Visionary Art Museum visit Matt’s downtown Washington, DC studio
- Press Making It! blog — Turner Houston
- Milestone early.sesow.com launched — June 2019
- Exhibition Collaboration with Madrid fashion designer Maya Hansen
- Milestone First live-streamed painting sessions on YouTube
- Exhibition Open studio, 916 G Street NW
- Media “Beating the Odds” — AOL
- Press Brightest Young Things — “Inside the Artist’s Studio: Matt Sesow and Dana Ellyn”
- Press Art Breakout — “Self-Taught Washington DC-Based Artist Matt Sesow at the American Visionary Art Museum”