Creative Factory Veldze (Radošā rūpnīca Veldze) · Riga, Latvia · September 4–6, 2026
"Art for Meat Tax" Festival — Featured Artists Dana Ellyn & Matt Sesow
Washington, DC painters Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow travel to Riga as featured international artists at the second "Art for Meat Tax" festival — an international contemporary art event on empathy, environment, health, and this year's special theme, gluttony, presented as part of Riga's White Night (Baltā Nakts) weekend.
"Playing Favorites" — featured in Delfi's coverage of the festival, July 2026
Delfi Kultūra, July 2026 · click to read in English
Delfi Kultūra, July 2026 · click to read in English
Delfi (Latvia's largest news outlet) · July 2026
"Internationally recognized American artists will be guests at the 'Art for Meat Tax' festival"
A feature on Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow's upcoming visit, led by Ellyn's painting "Playing Favorites."
Delfi · July 2026
"The 'Art for Meat Tax' festival will use art to stimulate discussion about meat consumption"
The festival announcement, led by Ellyn's 2016 painting "Some Toys are More Equal Than Other Toys" — with Ellyn the only artist quoted.
Satori.lv · July 2026
"The meat tax is about curbing our gluttony"
The festival organizers' essay introducing this year's special theme.
"My art highlights contradictions in public perception that we no longer see — a cute piglet on a t-shirt and his mother in a shopping bag. If my paintings make you think even for a moment, the goal has been achieved." — Dana Ellyn, as quoted in Delfi (translated)
