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Major art exhibitions planned for Sacramento, Bay Area in 2013
Jan Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and a half-century of paintings by Sacramento's Gregory Kondos are among the highlights of art exhibitions opening in 2013. Jan Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl...
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The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission is offering grants of up to $1,500 to schools and community organizations that would like to hire artists for educational programs.
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Feast your eyes on these five new collections
Second Saturday gallery picks by Victoria Dalkey Elliott Fouts Gallery Teresa N. Fischer "Yes, I Hear You" Self-Portrait, Oil on panel, 24 X 20 Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Alpha by Gary Pruner,...
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Victoria Dalkey: Artists face themselves at Elliott Fouts
"Face Yourself" at the Elliott Fouts Gallery is a show of self-portraits by artists who are not, for the most part, known for their figurative work. The result is a show that ranges from a...
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'Pacemakers' show at Beatnik Studios puts curators on display
"Pacemakers" at Beatnik Studios is a show of works by Sacramento gallerists and curators. A gallerist is a person who owns or directs a gallery; not to be confused with a "gallerina," one of those...
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Victoria Dalkey: Five exhibits designed to fuel the imagination
Strong, emotive color and dreamlike imagery come together in the works of prominent Sacramento artist Irving Marcus, whose paintings are up at b. sakata garo, 923 20th St., Sacramento. Strong, emotive...
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Art: Bold use of color defines two shows in midtown
On the surface, the works of Irving Marcus and Peter Stegall would seem to have little in common. "Sit Up" by Irving Marcus is on display at b. sakata garo.
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Crocker welcomes the noise of a new sculpture
Museums – much like libraries – are places where voices are hushed and noise minimal. Sacramento artist Gerald Walburg, left, watches as Jeff Farley swings a hammer during installation of "Sakti No....
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Terra cotta warriors at S.F. Asian Art Museum
Like ancient Greek sculptures of gods and goddesses, China's terra-cotta warriors, on view at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, would have been brightly painted. A terra-cotta archer carries...
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Victoria Dalkey: Dramatic variety spices life during art walk for March
Alex Bult Gallery- "Waterworks" is a show of transcendent images of water, seen up close so that the image becomes abstract on first viewing Alex Bult Gallery "Waterworks" is a show of transcendent...
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Bee Critic Picks: Things to do this weekend
TONIGHT- Capitol Pops Concert Band gives a free performance at the California Automobile Museum. A mix of automotive-themed arrangements, 1950s-'70s hits and traditional favorites will be offered...
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Victoria Dalkey: Three sisters' works exhibited at CSUS Library Gallery
Water, wood and earth are the three elements the Zhang sisters explore in their joint show at CSU Sacramento's Library Gallery. The sisters – Ling, Bo and Hong – were born and raised in the northeast...
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Victoria Dalkey:Two midtown art shows share water theme
Though they are worlds apart, two shows at midtown galleries share a common thread. Mike Trask Ken Waterstreet's water images invite the viewer to peer beneath the surface.
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Art review: Crocker's 'Approaching Infinity' comes full circle
Abstraction was a staple of art in the 20th century until it was rudely displaced by Pop Art in the 1960s. While abstraction took a secondary role for a time, it is once again popular with artists in...
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Sacramento Live: Smile and rock on for Spooner, Seconds
Photographers Jay Spooner and Allyson Seconds wrap up their joint "Retrospectives" show with a fun-for-all closing night shindig Saturday at midtown's Little Relics Galleria. In one of Jay Spooner's...
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Victoria Dalkey: Exciting show by Robert Ortbal at Jay Jay Gallery
"Kind of Like a Sound," a bouquet of trumpetlike flowers, greets you on the first wall of Robert Ortbal's exciting show at Jay Jay. It's quirky yet beautiful, an elegant comedian made of unexpected...
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Second Saturday: Galleries offer a collage of new and time-tested art
Elliott Fouts Gallery - "Forever Picnics" is a show of 20 works by nationally known figurative painter Roland Petersen. "Forever Picnics" is a show of 20 works by nationally known figurative painter...
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Victoria Dalkey: Roland Petersen retrospective at Elliott Fouts Gallery
Geometric abstraction and narrative figuration vie in Roland Petersen's masterful paintings at the Elliott Fouts Gallery. A mini-retrospective, the show moves from nonobjective abstractions from the...
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Victoria Dalkey: Late artist's work forms basis for collaborative exhibit
"The Last Collaborations of Laureen Landau" at Archival Gallery is something of a contradiction in terms. Because Landau died in 2009, she couldn't participate in a process defined as two or more...
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Victoria Dalkey: Clay takes on many forms at Roseville's Blue Line
May is clay month in the Sacramento Valley. Long recognized as a hotbed of ceramic activity, the region has an extensive history of prominent ceramic sculptors, many of whom studied with the late...
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