If you haven’t stopped by the retail space and gallery known as Public Land in the Curtis Park neighborhood of Sacramento yet, you really owe it to yourself to do so. They’ve got a well-curated selection of unusual cacti, succulents, tropical house plants and plenty of stylish pots to house…
The mystique of the artistic process is a trope that has permeated just about every discipline that comprises the visual art world. We’re all eager to know “what” that piece means or “why” that artist used those specific brushstrokes to create that particular form. But the mere act of creative…
An exciting new opportunity for two artists—one from the Sacramento region and one from beyond—was just announced last week when the newly formed Ali Youssefi Project, in partnership with the Verge Center for the Arts, announced its inaugural initiative. Their “Artist in Residency Program” is now open for applications through…
Upon first glance, the recently installed visual piece by local artist Vincent Damyanovich may not seem like much. It’s a freestanding wall of what appears to be textured plexiglass sitting almost sullenly; the slate gray waves formed in the surface of the piece flow into each other, coming together to…
For such a seriously dedicated artist (or, um, sculptor—we’ll get to that later), Richard Jackson’s art is uncommonly comical. Walking into his exhibition at the Crocker was like walking into a vibrant dick joke. And as a Richard myself, let me tell you that Richards know their way around dick…
Block printing, or the transfer of an image from a wood or rubber block onto a surface, is one of the oldest methods of putting intricate designs onto clothing (and books, for that matter). Local arts-and-activism spot, The Sol Collective (2574 21st St., Sacramento), is giving a combination tutorial and…
Now that Wide Open Walls (formerly the Sacramento Mural Festival) has been running for three years, our city is quickly becoming one of the nation’s leading patrons of urban art. So-called “urban art” combines the aesthetic sensibilities of street art with the familiar imagery of pop art, and uses techniques…
Hollie Dilley loves animals. And she loves art. When you picture taxidermy, love isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. You think of hunting lodges and rich old men and trophy cases. Gaston singing, “I use antlers in all of my decorating!” Death, decay, formaldehyde. Taxidermy literally means “arrangement…
On Sunday, May 5, introduce yourself to scratch board 101! In this workshop, you’ll learn how scratch boards are used to produce unique and creative pieces of beauty. For those unfamiliar with the medium, it is a form of direct engraving where the artist scratches dark ink off the surface…
It seems like there’s an official day/week/month for everything nowadays—you know, National Hot Dog Day or Organize Your Files Week, those sort of silly and mostly useless “holidays.” But here’s a new one we can really get behind: Starting this year, April in California will henceforth be known as Arts,…
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