Meetings & Conventions - September 1, 2014: Artist Gregory Adamson, (middle) the epitome of a colorful performer, paints onstage to music with his bare hands or brushes, creating huge works in just minutes. Then he auctions his art off at the end, to enthusiastic audience bidding...READ MORE … [Read more...]
95.5 KLOS Spotlight on the Community
Spotlight on the Community - July 27, 2014: Greg was interviewed by Denise Westwood on 95.5 KLOS' Spotlight on the Community show about his career transition from banking to art, his performance art and his fundraising work for charities. To listen to the full interview click here and start at the 27 minute mark. … [Read more...]
Architecture + Design Museum Gala: Celebrate Groundswell 2014
AskMissA.com - July 2, 2014: The annual A+D (Architecture + Design) Museum Gala brings together hundreds of the world’s most creative trailblazers in design and architecture. This past Saturday, A+D continued their legacy by hosting Celebrate Groundswell; acknowledging 13 years of cutting edge design exhibits and stellar programming initiatives. This year’s theme “Groundswell,” highlighted … [Read more...]
A+D Museum’s Event
Sicky Eyewear Blog - July 8, 2014: This year's gala theme "CELEBRATE: Groundswell" was inspired by Cali's beach communities and the surf/skate style and design that pervades from such. The gala was comprised of a meet and greet, silent auction, and fashion show where SICKY eyewear was the perfect accessory for the hot skimpily clad models working the runway. Donning beachwear by O'Neill, the … [Read more...]
Report from the “Celebrate: Groundswell” Gala for the A+D Museum
The Curated Object - June 28, 2014: This year, A+D Museum’s annual gala was “Celebrate: Groundswell”—a tribute to the vibrant surf and skate cultures that enliven the Los Angeles area. Challenging designers, architects, and artists to use surf and skate boards as inspiration for their projects, the A+D helped to produce a dynamic collection of pieces that went up for silent auction (100% of … [Read more...]
4 New Ideas for Teambuilding
Collaborate Magazine - June 10, 2014: Artist Gregory Adamson is known for the “oohs” and “aahs” he gets from the crowd when he performs his fast-paced paintings of celebrities, sports legends, historical leaders and more onstage. But in the near future, he’s expanding his creative repertoire to include teambuilding exercises for corporate groups...READ MORE … [Read more...]
Gregory Adamson’s 2nd Career Ensures his Live Art Performing Gives Back Like No Other…and he has fun
Your Mark of the World Center - June 3, 2014: How many times have you wondered if your current career was the right choice for you? How many people do you know who have acted on this uncertainty and changed life paths? One such individual who has restarted his life and made giving back the centerpiece of his second career is Gregory Adamson. A former 30-year banking executive, Adamson longed … [Read more...]
Claremont resident goes from banker to artist and finds happiness
Daily Bulletin - April 14, 2014: In about 11 minutes — choreographed to music and in front of hundreds, sometimes thousands of people — Gregory Adamson creates magic. With only his hands and fingers as tools, the accomplished performance artist swirls paint around life-sized canvases creating popular and well-known images that at first glance are unrecognizable. That is, until he turns them … [Read more...]
Adamson portrait of Carole King featured at Grammy event
On January 24, 2014, Carole King is honored as the 2014 MusiCares Person of the Year. This benefit gala is held during Grammy Week, just before the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, CA. … [Read more...]
Greg’s art featured by 3M in a special exhibit in New York City
On April 10, 2013 the 3M Company is hosting a media event for it's Post-it products division. This event will be attended by editors of print and electronic media, including magazines and blogs. 3M approached Greg about exhibiting some of his Post-it Notes art at this event. The result was that 672 individual pieces of Greg's Post-it Notes art will be exhibit at this event. Most of the pieces are … [Read more...]
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