City Seeks Art for Public Art Project

The City’s Office of Arts + Culture invites professional artists and artist teams to apply for community engagement, creative placemaking and public art installations along the Del Rio Trail. “This project will bring the local community together with local and national artists to create a beautiful and engaging pedestrian corridor for Sacramentans to enjoy the...

Wine Label Art Competition for Art Students

Heringer Estates is a family vineyard and winery in Clarksburg, Ca (just about 20 minutes from Downtown Sacramento).  This year we are starting a new Artisan Series wine label where we feature a new artist's work each year.  This wine label will be released every fall with a limited production.  The idea is to give our...

Free Photo Artist Lecture

Viewpoint is starting up their Photography Lecture series again! The first Zoom lecture is Thursday Sept 15 from 7:00-8:30pm and the topic is Explorations with Smartphone Photography. Betty Sederquist will be the speaker.   It’s the camera you always have with you. Somehow, smartphones have grown better than our “real cameras.” In this little presentation, we hope you can...

Community Mural Paint Days

So...the blog has been quiet the last two weeks as I grade like mad for the end of the semester. For the most part, I keep this blog running only during the school year, but I like to end it each time with something fun to unwind with. I think this next post qualifies for...

Cal State Fair Art Showcase Volunteers

From Emily Reed, Competition & Exhibit Coordinator at the Cal State Fair: The California State Fair (Fine Arts, Plein Air, Photography, California Crafts, and Student Showcase) is looking for enthusiastic art lovers who want to share their love of arts and other crafts with large numbers of fairgoers who come through the California State Fair. We have...

Sacramento Freelancer Grant!

I had another post set for this week, but I simply could NOT skip this information once I found it. I had to let you guys know. Sacramento county is offering $2500 grants to an estimated 650 "micro businesses" to help small businesses and freelancers (like photographers and (...)