Press 2002
Big News Magazine — cover and inside, homeless benefit magazine, New York City
Magazine cover · 2002-02 (Vol 2 No 19, February 2002)
BIG news, February 2002 — Helping the Homeless Help Themselves
BIG news
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Photographed by Matt Sesow from his press packets, October 18, 2026; text transcribed from the photos by Claude.
BIG news
Vol 2 No 19 February 2002
Published Monthly by Mainchance, a program of Grand Central Neighborhood
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Helping the Homeless Help Themselves
[Credit:] Matt Sesow
[Handwritten: cover by Sesow]
BIG news
Vol 2 No 19 February 2002
Published Monthly by Mainchance, a program of Grand Central Neighborhood
Buy From Authorized Vendors Only
One Dollar
Helping the Homeless Help Themselves
Matt Sesow [cover art credit]
[handwritten on sleeve:] NEW YORK CITY
Magazine article · 2002-02
BIGnews Art Featuring Matt Sesow
BIGnews
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Photographed by Matt Sesow from his press packets, October 18, 2026; text transcribed from the photos by Claude.
BIGnews Art
Featuring Matt Sesow
"Head Shrinker", 18"x24" (oil and mixed on arches paper)
"Guardian Angels Circle Saints (in Iowa)", 36"x24" (oil on canvas board)
Artist Statement:
I am a self-taught artist and I paint every day. I like to use intense colors and sharp lines to tell a moving story. I like the way cardboard holds oil paint and the way canvas burns my fingers and sands my nails as I scratch its surface. I enjoy the smell of linseed oil and turpentine as they fill my studio space. Painting takes all my energy and effort. It is the most important thing I do.
"When I was eight years old, in the summer of 1974, I was struck by a small landing airplane while playing outside with friends near the rural airfield across the street from my house. The airplane's propeller struck my upper left arm, dragged me over 150 feet, and subsequently removed it. The surgeons in Lincoln, Nebraska were able to re-attach the arm through a series of operations; however, blood flow to my left hand was insufficient, and the hand was amputated during one of several surgeries. I was left-handed before the accident; however, through the love and constant support of my parents and siblings, I was able to lead a happy childhood."
Matt Sesow's work is shown at Beverly Kaye Gallery and Annex Gallery (203-387-5700) opened by appointment and online at www.ArtBrut.com
Or contact Matt Sesow directly at 202-319-1459, at sesow@aol.com or write him at 1851 Columbia Rd NW #603, Washington, DC 20009. More work is available at www.sesow.com.
8 ~ BIGnews ~ February 2002 www.Mainchance.org/BIGnews
Magazine cover · 2002-02 (Vol 2 No 19, February 2002)
BIG news — Helping the Homeless Help Themselves
BIGnews
Click a page to open it — scroll or pinch to zoom, drag to move.
Full text
Photographed by Matt Sesow from his press packets, October 18, 2026; text transcribed from the photos by Claude.
BIG news
Vol 2 No 19 February 2002
Published Monthly by Mainchance, a program of Grand Central Neighborhood
Buy from Authorized Vendors Only
One Dollar
Helping the Homeless Help Themselves
[Cover art credit:] Matt Sesow
"Bunny Collector", 48" x 36" (oil on stretched canvas)
"Tempted", 30"x40" (oil on stretched canvas)
www.Mainchance.org/BIGnews February 2002 ~ BIGnews ~ 9
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From the press archive
Where this record comes from
- history.sesow.com (live, 2026-10-03)
- Matt Sesow press packet (photographed by Matt, 2026-10-18)
Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “Big News Magazine — cover and inside, homeless benefit magazine, New York City.” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2002. history.sesow.com/e/2002-big-news-magazine-cover-inside.html. Accessed [date].
Were you there? Do you have a photo, a clipping or a memory of this? Please write to sesow@sesow.com or use Ask Matt a question, and it will be added here.
Also in 2002
- Exhibition “Revelations and Reflections of American Self-Taught Artists”
- Exhibition The Arkansas Arts Center, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
- Exhibition Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers, Camden, NJ
- Press Exhibition catalog, wall labels and teaching slide set for “Revelations and Reflections”
- Press Washington Post — “Summer Show Standouts” names Sesow among the standout entrants in a juried summer…
- Exhibition “Friend or Foe,” Stone’s Breath Gallery, Ocean View, DE
- Exhibition CDW — CD Warehouse Gallery, 30th and M Street, Georgetown, Washington, DC
- Exhibition Windows at 14th and G, downtown Washington, DC
- Exhibition “In Response,” national juried exhibition, SCAD Red Gallery, Savannah, GA
- Exhibition “9/11 Memorial Exhibition,” 291 Broadway, New York City
- Exhibition “Artists With — disAbilities,” America Oh Yes!, Washington, DC
- Exhibition FASA — Folk Art Society of America event, Savannah, GA, curated by Joe Adams at “America Oh Yes” gallery
- Award Best in Show — Viewpoint Gallery, national juried exhibition, Schenectady, NY
- Award 2nd Place Award — Adams Morgan Day, Washington, DC
- Milestone GeekCorps Bulgaria — travels to Sofia to assist Bulgarian software industry; paints prolifically
- Exhibition “Held Ransom,” Gallery Three, San Pedro, CA
- Exhibition “OUTSIDE/IN: Visionary Artists and Virginia Collectors,” Contemporary Art Center, Virginia Beach, VA
- Exhibition Regional Juried Show — “To the Nth Degree,” Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
- Exhibition “Join Hands” in “Breaking the Walls of Bias: Art from Survivors,” Hofstra Museum (2002)
- Media “Voices from the Fringe” — lecture on Outsider Art, The New School, New York City
- Press Folk Art Messenger — Summer/Fall 2002, painting donated to benefit FASA
- Press Folk Art Messenger — Winter 2002
- Press New Art International Volume VIII
- Press Interview with GetUnderground.com
- Press Nonprofit Magazine — “Enron” painting published full page
- Press The Northwest Current, Washington, DC
- Exhibition “Our Undies Are Showing,” OXOXO Gallery, 1617 Sulgrave Avenue, Baltimore, MD
- Exhibition Meridian International Center, White-Meyer House, Washington, DC
- Exhibition DC Commission Grant Fellowship exhibition, MOCA DC, Washington, DC
- Exhibition “Creativity Gone Wild: Outsider Art Comes In,” Exhibit A Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design…
- Exhibition “Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory,” Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Exhibition “Splash,” Imagine Art Gallery, Austin, TX
- Exhibition SOWEBO Festival, 100 South Stricker Street, Baltimore, MD
- Exhibition Artist fair on the Corcoran lawn, Corcoran Museum, Washington, DC
- Exhibition Paintings featured at the Horizon Ballroom, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300…
- Exhibition Continuous representation — K2 Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Exhibition Continuous representation — East End Gallery, Appleton, WI; Lois Zetter Gallery, Carlsbad, CA; and Sardine…
- Media Short films screened in “All Small,” eyedrum gallery, Atlanta, GA
- Exhibition Art-O-Matic 2002, the former EPA headquarters, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC
- Press Washington City Paper — “Heist-O-Rama” by Bradford McKee