Art

West Sacramento has been going through many changes and turning an empty riverbank into a bustling district is one of them. Recently, The Bridge District in West Sacramento has been morphing into a location where food trucks, musicians and locals converge for commerce and entertainment. In keeping with that cultural…

A brand new, albeit somewhat temporary, art gallery is now open on J Street in the heart of Midtown Sacramento. Catherine Kleckner, who was one of the co-founders of the wildly popular Art Hotel and ArtStreet projects in Sacramento, opened the doors to CK Art Gallery just last week at…

Fifty-seven local arts organizations and projects will receive financial aid thanks to the City of Sacramento’s Creative Economy Pilot Project, who earlier this month announced 13 recipients of grants up to $25,000 and 44 recipients of microgrants up to $5,000. The purpose of providing Creative Economy Pilot Project grants, according…

Well before there was metalsmithing, people adorned their bodies with jewelry. Neanderthals decorated themselves with animal teeth and shells. Jewelry even predates the first cave paintings. It is, as far as we know, the oldest form of visual art, and one that even today is sometimes taken to the grave…

Most are familiar with the parable of the starving artist—the dramatic amalgamation of being artistically gifted but incessantly strapped for cash is a motif that has been romanticized beyond reproach: think, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Paul Gauguin. Cue the violins. Rarely, however, does one see the trope…

If you could sum up Lynnz Perry’s art in one word, you’d have to call it bold. Thick black lines and striking colors seem to make Perry’s choices of subjects—birds, skulls, dinosaurs and an assortment of fantastical characters—come to life. Her first solo exhibit, Transcend the Void, is currently on…

Jonathon Bafus considers himself a musician first, but he’s also a talented painter. The Sacramento artist tends to blur the lines between music and art when it comes to his creative process. Typically, you start with an idea as a springboard, but as you dive in, the idea shapeshifts so…

The symbiotic relationship between skateboarding and the arts formed almost from the sport’s onset—the street culture that skating emerged from was one of such complete freedom of creativity that it was inevitable that art would eventually permeate every pore of the industry. The skill and dedication necessary for both are…

You probably don’t know too many blacksmiths. I don’t. I don’t know any. But now I know Douglas Pryor, because he’s the shit at fucking with metal. He’s more metal than a rare Venom cassette at that thrift store in Orinda. He is a Sacramento guy you may not have…

Art is constantly transforming, and the ways in which we can appreciate it are becoming more and more accessible. Street art is a clear example of this, and through all types of creativity, urban art thrives with this powerful notion: Art should be accessible to everyone. Muralist duo Alegria del…