After missing 2017’s Wide Open Walls, this year’s event will feature the abstract and melancholic designs by new Sacramento local (by way of China) Lin Fei Fei. At the moment, she’s painting her mural outside Holy Diver, one of Midtown’s raddest music venues for performances local and beyond. Lin produces…
Sacramento’s creative scene is booming. For undeniable evidence of this, look to Capital Dance Project’s fourth annual Behind the Barre: Made in Sacramento on Aug. 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Crest Theatre (1013 K St.). Behind the Barre is a unique collaboration between CDP’s resident choreographers and dancers…
Carolyn Russo has a dream job. She’s the co-curator of the art collection at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., where she’s currently overseeing a total revamp of the art gallery, researching ongoing art acquisition, managing the Trophy and Poster collections and gets to fly all over the world taking photos….
Sacramento’s already impressive street art scene is about to grow significantly when the 2018 Wide Open Walls open-air art festival returns Aug. 9–19. Just like last year, W.O.W. is bringing a well-rounded group of dozens of international and regional artists together to paint various locations around town, most notably is…
Who’s ready to get their hands dirty in some good ‘ol fun?! Check out Manjar Ceramics’ demonstrative glazing workshop on Saturday, June 30, at Sol Collective, a 3,200 square-foot community-based arts organization. You’ll get the chance to paint your own cup under the guidance of Manjar Ceramics’ owners and artists…
The human experience, in large part, has been nomadic in nature—well, that was the case about 10,000 years ago when most of the world’s population was comprised of hunter-gatherer tribes, like the Mongols in Asia and the Inuit in the Arctic, who sustained their respective populations by foraging for plants…
Treat your eyes (and mind) to some truly mesmerizing artwork this month by Grass Valley-based artist Akira Beard, who currently has not one, but two exhibits up in different Sacramento galleries. Revelations from the Inner Landscape is a two-person show with new works from Beard and Heidi Zimmerman, up now…
Trent Dean admits that he “floated around” his entire life. “Didn’t have a degree, didn’t have a direction,” he explains. “I hated the holidays when people would ask, ‘What are you doing with your life?’” One constant in Dean’s life, though, was making things—whether helping his parents build a deck…
Awaken your love for art at the First Friday opening at WAL Public Market with the debut of Chicago-transplant and artist, Richard Muñoz’s first solo exhibit, Head, a series of portraits he’s created within the last year. Muñoz began showing his work publicly in 2015 and since then, he has…
Some months ago, longtime Sacramento artist Gale Hart reached out to friends to see if anyone knew where she could find some good pieces of wood. A few suggestions later led her to the Twin Rivers Housing Project (historically known as the Dos Rios Homes Housing Project) near Richards Boulevard,…
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