Adventure in place
How Dungeon & Dragon’s fantasy world has carried people through the pandemic You’re standing in front of a simple wooden door with a brass handle….
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Heart to Art with Franceska Gamez
Franceska Gamez is co-founder of 1810 Gallery, a member of Trust Your Struggle Collective and co-organizer of Art Hotel and Art Street “1810 really started…
Heart to Art with Mark Thomas Dillon
Skateboarding and photography took over Mark Thomas Dillon’s life from an early age and neither are leaving any time soon. “I never shoot with the…
Sacramento arts roundup
Abstract, photo-realistic and ceramic art exhibitions opened this month. Plus, new grants for artists. Even with COVID-19 forcing businesses to close again, some local art…
Heart to Art with Aida Lizalde
Multimedia artist Aida Lizalde explores identity, politics, decolonization and her experience as an immigrant. “It was difficult to feel like I understood what was going…
Heart to Art with Cloudy
Cloudy writes poetry about love, sexuality, Black bodies, romance, police brutality and self harm. And she’s only 17 years old. It was Chianne Rhodes Carrier’s…
Culture shock
Axis Gallery is among the arts institutions across Sacramento finding ways to face financial difficulties from COVID-19 closures When Richard Gilles first stumbled across Axis…
Heart to Art with Darby Madden Gross
Sacramento artist Darby Madden Gross explores childhood, politics, education and the human experience “I have a saying that goes, ‘Behind every large political issue, there’s…
Heart to Art with Tavarus Blackmon
Artist Tavarus Blackmon explores themes of police brutality, animal cruelty and gender and racial inequities, while fighting for a better future A pair of red…
Funding Black arts, one donation at a time
A local grassroots organization provides micro grants to Black artists The Black Artist’s Fund began in Faith McKinnie’s mind when she was seven years old….
Heart to Art with Brandon Gastinell
Sacramento pop artist Brandon Gastinell has always tried to stay ahead of the next trend “I’m trying to figure out how to put cereal in…
Heart to Art with Jupiter Lockett
A mother’s son, Jupiter Lockett uses his art to honor his late mother and uplift the black experience Our conversation began with a seemingly simple…
Who let the books out?
Sacramento Public Library opens eight locations for curbside pickup by appointment.
15 Minutes: Tyler Boynton, multi-media collage artist
A local artist creates dark, morbid collages using books, magazines, and pages from Sacramento News & Review
A brush with history
How will people look back on art during the coronavirus?
In control
Sacramento gamers talk about the games they’re playing while staying at home
Setting up shop
The Ali Youssefi Project has announced two new artists for its residency program