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John Seed – Two Films on Bay Area Figurative Art (Online)
Join John Seed and Martha Jordan for an online viewing of two recent videos John created on Bay Area Figurative Art!
Date recorded: Thursday, November 20, 2025
Join John Seed and Martha Jordan for an online viewing of two recent videos John created for YouTube. The first, “This Should Not Happen” is a 15-minute mini-documentary about the 1957 exhibition that introduced Bay Area Figurative art to the American public. The second is “Experimentation and Tradition: The Art of James Weeks” (8 1/2 minutes) which presents the art and life of a seminal Bay Area artist and teacher. After each video John and Martha will discuss the content and John will share more information about what he learned while producing them. John will also offer information about a conference on Bay Area art that he is planning for the Fall of 2027. Afterwards, there will be time for questions for the audience.
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John Seed – Two Films on Bay Area Figurative Art (Online)
Join John Seed and Martha Jordan for an online viewing of two recent videos John created for YouTube. The first, “This Should Not Happen” is a 15-minute mini-documentary about the 1957 exhibition that introduced Bay Area Figurative art to the American public. The second is “Experimentation and Tradition: The Art of James Weeks” (8 1/2 minutes) which presents the art and life of a seminal Bay Area artist and teacher. After each video John and Martha will discuss the content and John will share more information about what he learned while producing them. John will also offer information about a conference on Bay Area art that he is planning for the Fall of 2027. Afterwards, there will be time for questions for the audience.
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Join John Seed and Martha Jordan for an online viewing of two recent videos John created for YouTube. The first, “This Should Not Happen” is a 15-minute mini-documentary about the 1957 exhibition that introduced Bay Area Figurative art to the American public. The second is “Experimentation and Tradition: The Art of James Weeks” (8 1/2 minutes) which presents the art and life of a seminal Bay Area artist and teacher. After each video John and Martha will discuss the content and John will share more information about what he learned while producing them. John will also offer information about a conference on Bay Area art that he is planning for the Fall of 2027. Afterwards, there will be time for questions for the audience.
John Seed is a Professor Emeritus at Mt. San Jacinto College who holds degrees in Studio Art from Stanford University and UC Berkeley. During his 35 year teaching career Seed also taught Theory and Criticism in the MFA program of Laguna College of Art and Design. A noted writer and independent curator Seed is the author of Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World as well as numerous blogs and articles.
