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What's up: Where the wild things are
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Victoria Daley: Evocative reflections are puzzles to be solved
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Crocker Museum's Art Ark brings culture to classrooms
If you show a kindergarten student an ornate wooden mask from Africa, you're bound to get some interesting thoughts on what it was used for.
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Clayton and Betty Bailey complement each other in joint art show
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Clayton and Betty Bailey complement each other in joint art show
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Obituary: Larry Welden was influential artist, educator
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Norman Rockwell exhibit opens at Crocker Art Museum
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What's up: Delights at Folsom's Gallery at 48 Natoma
Three Sacramento-area artists, including former Bee features designer Susan Ballenger, will debut a collection of "yummy delights" (their description) for an art exhibition titled "Just Desserts" at the Gallery at 48 Natoma in Folsom.
"Case of Cakes" by Susan Ballenger
"Disappearing Chocolates" by Susan Ballenger
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Victoria Dalkey: Photographs, synthesizers round out the artistic mix
"The Art of Noises" is a unique show that traces the development of electronic instruments. The exhibition features more than two dozen vintage and contemporary synthesizers and one-of-a-kind instruments.
"Art of Noise"
Center for Contemporary Art, 1519 19th St.
"Birds and Bees"
Adamson Gallery, 1021 R St. Suite 15
"The Color of Light"
Elliott Fouts Gallery, 1831 P St.
20 large color photographs by Reno artist Dean Burton at Viewpoint Gallery, 2015 J St., Suite 101.
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Rockwell exhibit at Crocker paints snapshots of U.S. culture
The viewers of the "American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell" exhibit at the Crocker Art Museum on Saturday were as multigenerational as the characters in the 50 paintings and 323 Saturday Evening Post covers on display.
Fantasia Stensland of east Sacramento photographs Dick Cowan of Gold River at a display mimicking one of Norman Rockwell's famous paintings on Saturday at the Crocker Art Museum. A display of Rockwell's art runs through Feb. 3
Rodney Mitchell of Sacramento, his son, Nathan, 6, and daughter Eden, 3, view Norman Rockwell works at the Crocker on Saturday.
Virginia Brown of Livermore attends the Norman Rockwell exhibit on Saturday in Sacramento.
Rockwell's "No Swimming" is displayed at the exhibit that opened Saturday at the Crocker Art Museum.
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Victoria Dalkey: Artists Wetsel, Squaglia in compelling dual show at Jay Jay
David Wetzl and Kim Squaglia make an ideal pairing in their joint exhibit at Jay Jay. Wetzl's hyperactive compositions with references to cubism, surrealism, pop art, animation and technical drawing fit nicely with Squaglia's less-congested but equally compelling mixtures of pop and abstraction.
Kim Squaglia's "Tropez" is a complex image of overlapping petals in cool tones.
S.C.I.P. Moves Downward into the Po Mod Zone to View and Save the Distraught and Economic World by David Wetzl
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Nepalese art in Crocker museum exhibit
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Victoria Dalkey: Biennial Crocker-Kingsley art competition
A surreal insectlike creature, which won the Best of Show award in this year's Crocker-Kingsley juried competition, rises up menacingly at the entry to the exhibition.
Patrick Donovan's "Craigslist #1," left, won first place in this year's Crocker-Kingsley Art Competition. A sculpture by Adon Valenziano won best of show.
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City proclaims its identity with public artwork
When the Sacramento International Airport's new billion-dollar terminal opened in late 2011, its cultural pièce de résistance was the 56-foot-long aluminum red hare that appears to leap into the building from the outside.
The giant red hare, "Leap" by Lawrence Argent, in the airport's Terminal B is a distinctive piece of public art - and a rare sight in Sacramento.
For inspiration, the city could turn to the Claes Oldenburg sculpture "Cupid's Span," near San Francisco's Ferry Building. Funding for public art has been built into city law since 1977 with a mandate that developers allocate 2 percent of a project's cost to public art.
Rob Turner
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Second Saturday: Put these exhibitions on your evening itinerary
Highlights among Sacramento Second Saturday gallery offerings.
Adamson Gallery "Barks for Art" is the title of the 13th cat and dog art show benefiting the Placer SPCA. It's up at the Adamson Gallery
Elliott Fouts Gallery Jeff Nebeker's ceramic dessert is among the tempting small originals in the holiday show at Elliott Fouts Gallery
Axis Gallery "Side By Side" is the title of a show by 14 area artists, among them Karen Bearson (art above), Ron Peetz, Shirley Hazlett, Phil Amrhein and Janice Nakashima, at Axis Gallery,
Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Works by Khalil Chishtee (art above) and Meech Miyagi come together in "Paper and Plastic" at the Sacramento Temporary Contemporary
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New arts center may share space with Woodland newspaper
The building that is home to Woodland's daily newspaper is being sold, and plans call for turning much of the historic downtown space into a center for the arts.
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Victoria Dalkey: Judith Lowry's show at Pence Gallery depicts aspects of Native California
Judith Lowry's vibrant paintings tell the story of her California Indian roots. Ranging from images based on her family history to oral legends inspired by her Pit River, Maidu and Washoe heritage, they represent her reflections on Native California.
Judith Lowry's "Beautiful Dreamers" depicts the artist's father, right, and other revelers in 1945.
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Fine arts and physics side by side at Caltech
They have gathered in a modest room on a brisk Thursday night to assemble a makeshift stage, run lines and finalize light cues. Their mood is light but purposeful as "curtain time" nears.
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Multimedia presentation at Crocker museum honors Ruby Bridges
The saga of Ruby Bridges, a brave 6-year-old who became the first African American student to integrate Louisiana schools in 1960, came to life Friday at the Crocker Art Museum's Family Kwanzaa Concert.
The Crocker Art Museum's Norman Rockwell exhibit shows how the artist's work developed, taking on a more serious tone in the 1960s. The Saturday Evening Post only wanted traditional views, so he moved to Look.
Norman Rockwell's painting "The Problem We All Live With," on display at the Crocker through Feb. 3, inspired Deborah Pittman's multimedia piece.
A Ruby Bridges puppet is controlled by, left to right, Slater Penney, Spencer Tregilgas and Will Klundt as dancers Nicole Manker, Andrea Porras and Hanna Yanni perform in Deborah Pittman's "Big Dreams, Small Shoulders" at the Crocker Art Museum on Friday.
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Hunt is on for sculptures stolen from prominent Sacramento artist
Thieves made off with an unusual haul earlier this month in east Sacramento: five unfinished sculptures created by a prominent local artist.
Police are on the lookout for five unfinished sculptures by Sacramento artist Camille VandenBerge. The works were stolen Dec. 10 from a storage shed next to her east Sacramento studio.
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