Art

Sacramento native and photographer Amanda Lopez has teamed up with Los Angeles stylist and jewelry designer Tanya Melendez on a powerful new exhibit called Adornment. The exhibit pairs Lopez’s love of portraiture, Melendez’s eye for jewelry and design, and the duo’s shared love of cultural celebration and empowerment. Adornment received…

Earlier this week, Mayor Darrell Steinberg held a rally of sorts to make a series of announcements that promised to “ignite Sacramento’s arts and culture scene,” according to a flier promoting the event. A crowd of a couple hundred local artists, city leaders, street performers and arts enthusiasts gathered outside…

Recall the first moments of waking, when, adrift in the mental flotsam left over from a night of vivid dreaming, you try and sort the pieces together. The half-remembered places and in-between entities that had charged through the landscape of your imagination with such jarring solidity now burn away like…

Viewpoint Photographic Art Center on J Street in Sacramento is calling for photographers of all skill levels to submit photos for an upcoming exhibit. The focus of the exhibit will be the American River Parkway, and the exhibit will be called Picturing the Parkway: Celebrating the American River Parkway in…

The inaugural Sacramento Mural Festival took place for a week in August 2016 and left a colorful mark on the downtown area, bringing together nearly a dozen local and international artists to paint large-scale murals on buildings and walls. This year the event will return with a similar mission, even…

With the windows blacked out in her Washington, D.C., office for the second straight day, Jodi Cobb was hunkered down at her computer, editing photos as one last snowstorm had its way with the city outside. To get the color and composition just right, Cobb likes to eliminate all outside…

One age-old and wildly successful technique to creating a winning combination is adding good beer to the mix. Paints and Pints consistently pairs local brews with inventive art projects to create engaging one-of-a-kind events, and their upcoming class is no exception. At Paints & Pints’ special “Paint a Skateboard!” event…

Just because you’ve got a day job, doesn’t mean you can’t be creative. For evidence of this, look no further than the local art exhibit, So Watt! An illuminating look at the artwork of SMUD employees and their families. This mixed-media exhibit is on view now through May 10 at…

Avery Palmer isn’t the dark, brooding figure his paintings make it seem like he’d be. Looking at his work, I thought I’d be meeting up with an eccentric genius like Thom Yorke. While every bit the genius, there’s something pragmatic and humble that sets Palmer apart from the Thom Yorke…

In their three-and-a-half years of existence, Third Space Art Collective in Davis has hosted hundreds of touring and local bands, art shows, workshops, theater events, literary readings and other events, all the while becoming an integral part of Davis’ diverse creative community. Not bad for an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization, right?…