Heart to Art with Kosono Okina
She began making art when she was five. Now in Sacramento, former Nintendo art designer Kosono Okina is showing what she’s really capable of. “It’s…
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Surviving, digitally
The first exhibition of the year by Art Music Lit Space, Survival Sounds questions what it means to exist digitally during the pandemic During the…
Heart to Art with Joha Harrison
Joha Harrison has spent the past decade photographing the street, but it all started with some giant grapes “There was a store where I grew…
Sacramento Artist Corps puts artists to work to serve their community
Marie Acosta drew inspiration from the Works Progress Administration to help artists during the pandemic In response to mass unemployment caused by the Great Depression,…
Heart to Art with Janine Mapurunga
A Sacramento photographer’s lifelong project documents her grandmother’s house in Brazil The Warehouse Artist Lofts in Sacramento were still under construction when developer Ali Youssefi…
The spirit of art lives on at Project 25
Project 25 is Sacramento’s newest gallery and it’s got a mission: Cultivate community, not competition Eight years after the Solomon Dubnick Gallery closed its Midtown…
Heart to Art with Benjamin Della Rosa
Benjamin Della Rosa has spent more than a decade creating designs for Sacramento entrepreneurs. Now he’s designing for himself “I loved cross-stitching as a kid,”…
Review: ‘The Queen’s Gambit’
The Queen’s Gambit tells a familiar story in a refreshing way, but struggles with making its side characters feel real The show begins in a…
Indoor landscapes
Public Land sells plants and homemade products, but also exhibits art We stood in the back room of Public Land store holding a Calathea roseopicta….
Sentimental journey
Jason Burt honors his grandfather by releasing a jazz album recorded during World War II First, you hear the sound of a needle roughly dragging…
Opening Easy Diner in uneasy times
The owners of Bambi Vegan Tacos food truck prepare to open the Easy Diner on I Street as other Sacramento restaurants close during pandemic Dozens…
Heart to Art with Aik Brown
Aik Brown has been in love with the graffiti style since childhood and continued to pursue it even after his experience with racism in college…
Dancing to destigmatize
A new film series by Sac Ballet’s former artistic director explores mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic Amy Seiwert began the Sketch dance series with…
Heart to Art with Lin Fei Fei
Lin Fei Fei’s latest project, Introspection, is taking the artist around the world in search of universal truths about the human condition “I’m really interested…
Heart to Art with Enoch Ku
Enoch Ku grew up as a Korean-American in Sacramento and now shares his love for the city through Ordinary Sacramento “Oddly enough, I don’t have…
Heart to Art with AndYes
He says poetry saved his life. Now AndYes uses his words to share his experiences and uplift others “It was the last discussion that he…
Journey to Scovidria
After months at home, Luna Steele makes a strange discovery that brings her to the kingdom of Scovidria This is the story of a Dungeons…