Announcing 10th Annual Art of Painting in the 21st Century Conference

10th Annual Art of Painting in the 21st Century Conference

Friday March 30-31st

Featuring

Chester Arnold || Alex Gross|| Peri Schwartz

The Art of Painting in the 21st Century is an annual conference being held at the John Natsoulas Gallery (521 First Street, Davis, CA). It is geared towards nurturing dialog on contemporary painting and the shared ideas that define current trends in the field. Many painters work alone, an isolated process that deprives the artist of thriving debate until the work is shown. This year’s conference will feature some of the most talented and well known painters working today. We are proud to be featuring world renown painters Chester Arnold, Alex Gross and Peri Schwartz.

Students who register online are free if sign up through eventbrite and non-students must purchase ticketshttps://goo.gl/tzUPGX . The prices will increase after March 14, 2018.


In an intimate setting, interact with top artists in a way not possible elsewhere. UC Davis, home to artist Roy de Forest, Roland Peterson, Wayne Thiebaud, and Robert Arneson, was instrumental in defining a new direction for a uniquely West Coast style. Nowhere else in the country will the participant be able to interact and discuss the purity of painting in one place. Meet face-to- face with distinguished artists you might only otherwise read about. This year, a collegiate exhibition of the top 20 young college student painters will be on display. Many awards will be given to these young artists because they are the future painting. Peri Schwartz is from New York and works with abstraction from carefully curated still lifes. Chester Arnold spent his formative years in Germany which influenced his art making tocenter around ideas of perspective. Finally, Alex Gross; “His respect for the past, his intelligent sympathy for the alien, and his manifest love for his craft have made him very much an artist of our time”-Bruce Sterling, Los Angeles Times. Alex Gross is from New York and iscurrently in L.A. but is heavily influenced by the history of Japanese art. These three artists have unique perspectives and approaches to their professional work. The conferences goal is to provide these varying perspectives and allow interaction between young students and
professionals in the field, fostering the strong tradition of painting and culture in the Northern California region through exposure and discussion.

The 10th Annual Art of Painting in the 21st Century Conference was funded in part by a grant from the City of Davis.

March 30th

CHESTER ARNOLD HANDS ON DEMONSTRATION: 1 p.m.- 5 p.m.
AWARDS CEREMONY: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
March 31st

FEATURED SPEAKERS: 10a.m.-12p.m. Gamblin Oil Paint Presentation with Tom Colcord

1p.m. – Alex Gross world renowned painter “LA”

2:30 p.m. – Peri Schwartz Top female contemporary painter “NY”

PANEL DISCUSSION: March 31st, 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
OPENING RECEPTION: March 31st, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
John Natsoulas Gallery

521 First Street, Davis CA 95618
art@natsoulas.com

www.natsoulas.com





Art, Art, and more Art

Location:California