For those of you who don’t yet follow us on Facebook or Twitter, you may not have heard that we were featured on Fox40’s ‘Know Your Neighbor’ series on April 27th. What a treat to share public art with a larger audience! You can see the video of our live news coverage here. The in-studio…
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Sacramento Education Events for Art (SEEART)
Sacramento Education Events for Art (SEEART) is a local non-profit that has partnered with neighbors, businesses and the City of Sacramento to create quality arts and education programs including: Midtown Murals Project, Arts for the Generations, Mural Project Kids summer arts program, and The Legacy Trees Project (1). The Midtown Murals project has a goal…
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Midtown Mosaic (1 of 4) ~ 2220 K Street
The Midtown Mosaic mural is truly an art mosaic, with over 60 different artists’ work spanning an 80’x10′ alley wall. The project was conceived and coordinated by Sacramento’s Midtown Alley Project (MAP). MAP was started by local artists Kristina McClanahan and Clare Bailey (1), and the group collaborates to bring beauty and culture to the…
Flash Mob Dance
I dig Flash Mobs. Watching them never fails to elicit a big grin. Truth be told… I sometimes get a little teary eyed, but who wouldn’t watching Christmas Food Court Hallelujah? Of course, I have yet to see a zombie flash complete with fake blood or a mob of naked folks streaking the streets, so…
SMAC Art in Public Places Program
Since 1977, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission (SMAC) has managed the Art in Public Places (APP) program. The APP program “includes a collection of more than 400 permanently sited works of art integrated into Sacramento’s built and natural environments. More than 80% of these artworks are by local and regional artists” (1). The funding comes…
Russ Andris Gallery of Public Murals
Update 2019: The link to Russ’ site no longer works and I have not found another location for his remarkable collection of photos. Russ Andris has collected an amazing photo gallery of public murals in and around Sacramento: http://www.pbase.com/southyuba/public_murals_sacramento Most of the murals Andris photographs are in the Midtown and Downtown areas. For many of…
“Art is All Around Us” Walking Tour
Together, the Downtown Sacramento Partnership and Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places program co-developed an art walk in downtown Sacramento called, Art is All Around Us Art is All Around Us | A tour of Sacramento’s collection of art in public places Tour Sacramento’s impressive collection of permanently sited works of art integrated…