Creative Critical Thinking with Daniel Segrove

🎨 Creative Critical Thinking with Daniel Segrove

What does it mean to make art that truly communicates — not just decorates? How do emerging artists find the courage to say something real, something personal, something intentional?

This thought-provoking lecture dives deep into the practice of meaning-making in art, designed especially for artists in the earlier stages of their creative journey. Speaker Daniel Segrove guides participants through the process of transforming artistic output from surface-level aesthetics into work that carries genuine weight, vulnerability, and purpose — and what it takes to develop the self-trust necessary to get there.

🖌️ About the Speaker: Daniel Segrove

Daniel Segrove (@dsegrove) is a San Francisco-based artist whose practice centers on themes of life, identity, and empathy. He portrays people close to him or those whose stories resonate with his own lived experience. His work ranges from meticulous anatomical studies to emotionally expressive pieces, primarily executed in mixed media on paper. Over the past decade, his work has been exhibited in galleries across the United States and internationally.

🏫 About Underpainting Collective

Underpainting Collective is a cooperatively-run art school based in Berkeley, California. Rooted in the legacy of the Oakland Atelier of Classical Realism — an institution with over 55 years of fine arts instruction in the East Bay — the Collective carries that tradition forward while shaping it into something entirely its own.

Composed of students, teachers, and working artists, the Collective aspires to build a vibrant community hub where rigorous artistic training coexists with creative exploration, mutual support, and a deep commitment to social justice.

🌐 www.underpainting.org
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