Historic City Cemetary

Watercolor

Samantha A. Piña 

Old City Cemetery

1000 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95818

About the Artist

My name is Samantha A. Piña and I am from sacramento. I have a degree in Bachelors of Fine Arts and a minor in anthropology from San Jose state university.

I enjoy working in different mediums. I work with glass, ceramics, wood, metal, stone, fabric, oil/ acrylic/ water paint, photography, and paper craft.I  have been studying different mediums of art because I believe that some ideas can only be realized in a specific medium and I do not want to limit myself. 

About Old City Cemetery

The Sacramento City Cemetery was established in 1849 with a donation of 10 acres by Captain John Sutter. The cemetery follows the Victorian Garden style, popular throughout the mid and late 1800’s. Among the first interments in the City Cemetery were over 600 victims of the 1850 Cholera Epidemic. Today, the Old City Cemetery is the final resting place of more than 25,000 pioneers, immigrants, their families, and descendants. Among the more notable are John A. Sutter, Jr., Sacramento city founder; lawyer and art collector E. B. Crocker; storekeeper turned railroad mogul Mark Hopkins; William Stephen Hamilton, the son of Alexander Hamilton; three California governors and many of Sacramento’s earliest mayors.

Many changes have taken place over the last 150 years. The cemetery continued to expand through 1880 when Margaret Crocker donated the final acreage on the hill, bringing the cemetery’s land holdings to nearly 60 acres. Today the cemetery covers approximately 30.44 acres and is the final resting place of over 25,000 individuals. Thousands of early settlers are buried in the Historic City Cemetery. They represent the historical and cultural diversity of Sacramento. The monuments are symbolic of Victorian funeral customs. 

Sac Zoo Fun

Acrylic

Sheila Mun Jacobs

Sacramento Zoo

3930 W Land Park Dr, Sacramento, CA 95822

About the Artist

I was born in South Korea and immigrated to the United States when I was 10 years old. I am blessed with two grown children, two grandchildren and a husband who is very supportive in every way including my art. I graduated from San Jose State University with Bachelors in Art and was an Art Teacher for 30 years before retiring five years ago. I have facilitated several annual artist retreats; have given workshops and art demonstrations at the California State Fair and Blue Line Art Gallery and other venues. I am active in my art community donating art to Crocker Art Museum, KVIE Art Auction and other organizations. I have been a Board Member at the Center for Contemporary Arts, Sacramento Fine Arts Center and have dedicated time as a judge for art shows. I have
Master Painter Standing through the Northern California Arts Inc., and have solo shows, two
person and group shows and received number of awards including First Place and Best of Show.  I have been interviewed by news channel KCRA and have illustrated children’s books. My art has been published in numerous publications, local magazines and newspapers including award winning publication, “American River Review.” I enjoy painting in various mediums and styles, my favorite being oils, acrylic and mixed-media sculptures. I believe it’s in our innate nature to create, each creation dipping into one’s soul- who we are, our cultures, our experiences, our life’s joys and sorrows. Along with it, our attitude and our wildest imaginations and fantasies. The creative process can be soul searching, reflective, relaxing to an extent, but quite intense at times. Art making is a process and for the Art Playing Cards, I visited the Sacramento Zoo to get a “feel” and a sense of the zoo vibe. Then after many sketches for the idea and letting it simmer in my mind, I painted.

I enjoy learning, exploring and expanding in all aspects of art to form my outwar expressions.

About the Sacramento Zoo

The Sacramento Zoo is a nonprofit, educational organization proudly accredited by the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The zoo is currently located in the William Land Park Neighborhood. It opened on June 2, 1927, with 40 animals. At that time, it occupied 4.2 acres, which remained the case until the early 1960s when the zoo expanded to its current 14.3 acres. The Zoo plans to move to Elk Grove in the near future.

Crest Theater

Acrylic

Sharon Norton

Old Town Sacramento consists of various locacations throughout a 28-acre area. The crest theatre is located at 1013 K St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

About the Location:

Old Town Sacramento was Founded in the 1960s, this 28-acre area has a visitor center, museums & a variety of history tours.

The Crest Theatre is a historic theater located in downtown Sacramento, California, just blocks from the State Capital, the Sacramento Convention Center, and the new Sacramento Kings basketball arena (Golden 1 Center). It was originally opened in 1912 as the Empress Theatre, a vaudeville palace.  It later operated as the Hippodrome theatre. On September 14, 1946, the Hippodrome’s marquee suddenly fell to the pavement below, killing a bystander. Shortly after the tragedy, in 1949, the building was completely remodeled and revamped to its current form as the art deco Crest Theatre. During the 1950s and 1960s, it was one of the premier first-run movie palaces in the Sacramento area. In the 1970s, it was reduced to mostly sub-run fare and eventually closed in the early 1980s.

A Walk Towards Eagle Theatre

Gouache and Graphite

Vanessa Valenzula-Berumen

California Historical Landmark #595, 921 Front St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

My name is Vanessa Valenzuela-Berumen, I am an artist from the Bay area who recently moved to Sacramento in 2023 with my partner. My favorite art media is gouache, oil painting and digital art. I tend to paint many subjects displaying my reverence and I am fascinated by experimenting with color and texture.

About the Location

 The Eagle Theatre is a reconstruction of the first building erected in California as a theater. The original playhouse, built of wood frame and canvas, with a tin roof, provided Gold Rush Sacramentans with entertainment for a mere three months before being inundated in the flood of January 4, 1850. Today, the Theatre offers docent and video programs on the history of Old Sacramento to grades 4 through 6 school groups on a reservation basis.

Origional Building at Sutter's Fort

Watercolor

Janet Kruse

Sutter's Fort State Historic Park

2701 L St, Sacramento, CA 95816

About the Artist

Light is at the core of every subject or image I paint. And only with light do we see color. 

 Pastel painting is what I do.  I choose soft pastels because of their painterly quality and the wide range of delicate tints as well as brilliant, fully saturated colors. I create luminous and translucent effects by exploring how light touches the subject. Whether I am painting en plein air or taking my reference photographs, I look for ephemeral moments of light in defining forms.

Art connects me to the world when I can express a part of myself and pass it on to others, as if I have captured a universal truth or shared experience with another. When I am stirred by excitement or concern, my task is to express the feeling in visual terms and pass it on for others to experience.

 In my current work, I am exploring the most effective ways to create a painting that radiates life.  My goal is to liberate the life of my subjects so that we, as viewers, are encouraged to take a collective deep breath.

About the Location

Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park sits in Midtown Sacramento in an area that has been the homeland of the Nisenan people since time immemorial. From 1839 to 1849, Sutter’s Fort was the economic center of the first permanent European colonial settlement in California’s Central Valley. Its founder was a Swiss immigrant named John Sutter who named his vast Mexican land grant “New Helvetia.” During that time, the Fort catalyzed patterns of change across California. No one felt those changes more acutely than the diverse Native peoples whose lives were transformed by the Fort’s presence. Many different Native people helped build the Fort, and their exploited labor made the Fort’s many industries possible. The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma in 1848 started the gold rush that ultimately undermined Sutter’s businesses at the Fort and led to an even greater exploitation of Native people across California.

Indo Arch

Watercolor

A. Gudrun Lorensen

Indo Arch

4th and, K St, Sacramento, CA

About the Artist

I’ve always had a big interest in art and in being creative. As a child I drew, painted, and crafted. I was fortunate to have parents who supported me in those activities. 

At the University of California at Davis I studied landscape architecture as a major and chose it as a profession. Being a landscape architect at California State Parks and Recreation for almost 28 years fulfilled many of my artistic and design needs, and along the way I attended watercolor, stained glass  and bronze classes, in addition to creating oil paintings.

I’ve been a member of the Sacramento Fine Arts Center for several years, continuing studies primarily in watercolor and figure drawing.

About the Location

The Indo Arch is located at 4th and K Streets in Downtown Sacramento at the entrance to DOCO.  It was created in 1978 but put in place in 1980. The 40-foot tall Indo Arch is an abstract sculpture made of Corten steel. Corten steel was an ideal choice because when it  rusts it develops a protective layer.  As a result, there is no need for weathering treatments.  The Indo Arch is now an attractive deep coffee brown.

The sculpture was designed by noteable artist, Gerald Walburg as part of Sacramento Art in Public Places Program. The Indo Arch was the first piece of public art commissioned by the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission (SMAC). 

Kadema Hall

Gouache

Vianne De Santiage

California State University

6000 Jed Smith Dr, Sacramento, CA 95819

About the Artist

Vianne De Santiago is a twenty-one-year-old, undergraduate at California State University Sacramento studying for a BFA with an emphasis in Printmaking. 

About the Location

California State University, Sacramento (CSUS, Sacramento State, or informally Sac State) is a public university in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, it is now part of the California State University system.

The university enrolls approximately 31,500 students annually. The university offers 151 different bachelor's degrees, 69 master's degrees, 28 types of teaching credentials, and 5 doctoral degrees.

The campus sits on 305 acres  covered with over 3,500 trees and over 1,200 resting in the University Arboretum. The university is home to one site of the National Register of Historic Places, the Julia Morgan House.

Sacramento State is federally recognized as both a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) and an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander serving institution (AANAPISI). The institution was also recognized by the California Legislative Assembly as the first Black-Serving Institution (BSI) in the state of California. The Arbor Day Foundation officially declared the university a "Tree Campus USA" in 2012.

Magia entre las rosas de Capitol Park

Acrylic

Mayra Ramos Chavez

Capitol Park

1300 L St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

Mayra Ramos Chavez is a Mexican artist who believes that art creates community. It is a bridge that connects people of all walks of life like a colorful painted ballad of synchronicity that transcends differences. 

Through a combination of iconic Mexican

imagery, bright colors, and the infused experience of her Mexican culture, she hopes to engage an audience in a world that reflects her own. Hope, dreams, and memories, dance around each piece in a collection of visual delight. She has a BA in studio art from Sacramento State and has participated in various group shows throughout California.

About the Location

Capitol Park is a beautiful and beloved treasure of California, listed in the National, California and Sacramento historic registers. The 40-acre park encompasses 10 city blocks surrounding the State Capitol.

In an 1885 address to the California Legislature, Governor George Waterman called Capitol Park “the greatest collection of diversified flora within any similar area of the globe.” From its humble start, the first original plantings were made in 1870-71. A Civil War Memorial Grove was added two decades later. Then, in 1914, schoolchildren throughout the state were asked to send plant specimens to be used in the California section of the park. Over more than a century, the park has received the attentions of professional botanists, biologists, entomologists, arborists, and a staff of dedicated groundskeepers.

The park is also home to numerous monuments and memorials. They range from war memorials and monuments dedicated to the memories of firefighters and peace officers lost in the line of duty and important individuals from California’s past to a World Peace Rose Garden, to mention but a few. This magnificent park, one of the largest in the nation, provides a wonderful natural setting in an otherwise major urban landscape. 

Sunset Over Fair Oaks Bridge

Acrylic

Shannon Garrison

Fair Oaks Bridge

 Fair Oaks, CA 95628

About the Artist

Emerging artist 

2023-2024 Crocker Museum: Big names, small art

2023-2024 Artquest: 30 works, 30 days

2024 Sacramento Fine Arts Center: Animal House

2024 Sacramento Fine Arts Center: Sacramento Playing Cards

About the Location

The Old Fair Oaks Bridge is an all-metal Pennsylvania Petit through truss bridge with a pony truss (Pratt) bridge form on its north side. It was built by Western Bridge and Construction Company of Omaha, Nebraska, and spans a wide bend on the American River. It was listed at the local level of significance under Criterion A in the areas of transportation and community development. Completion of this bridge helped transform communities of Fair Oaks and Orangevale, into thriving towns. The bridge originally gave the surrounding communities greater ability to transport their agricultural goods by rail to a much wider market. By the 1950s the Old Fair Oaks Bridge was carrying automobile traffic, and it served as the only crossing over the lower American River from 1907 until 1955. The bridge was also listed under Criterion C n the area of engineering. The truss bridge style dates back to at the least the sixteenth century, however, the metal truss bridge, like the Old Fair Oaks Bridge, dates to the 1840s. These bridges facilitated the enormous expansion of railroad lines in the late nineteenth century and were instrumental in turn-of the-century highway construction as well. The truss bridge became the most popular bridge type in California. The Old Fair Oaks Bridge is an excellent example of truss bridge construction and engineering. In its bridge survey the California Department of Transportation discovered there are only ten Pennsylvania Petit bridges left in California. The Old Fair Oaks Bridge is the second oldest of these bridges.

Ishi

Watercolor 

Phyllis A. Brady

California State  Indian Museum

2618 K St, Sacramento, CA 95816

(located in Sutter's Fort State Historic Park)

About the Artist

As a native Northern Californian, with three generations from San Francisco I was fortunate to see the Bay Area Figurative artist’s exhibits along with the great masters at the San Francisco de Young Museum and Legion of Honor Museum throughout my years in school and college. This Fine Art exposure would play an important role into my development as a painter.

With a B.A. in Art in drawing and painting and formal training from the Academy of Art University (awarded from a scholarship) the road to art would first lead to a career in Visual Display with prominent department stores, designing window displays, props and settings. Later starting a Floral and Event business from the ground up, the colors and textures of flowers were to be the natural palette for 24 years leading to signature work and articles published in books and other recognitions.

Today the primary focus is in watercolor and oil with figurative work and portraits. To capture an emotion, a grin, a fleeting glance, telling the story with integrity of ordinary people from all walks of life is the heartfelt intent.

The California Watercolor Association has provided the companionship of other artist’s. Watercolor classes from instructor Leslie Wilson renewed the love of painting and drawing. David Hill’s weekly life drawing class with a model, still ongoing after 10 years, has provided the rigor and discipline needed to capture the likeness of an individual. My gratitude extends to the artist Ted Nuttall who graciously shared his insights for painting portraits in his workshops both in California and Arizona. I have a deep appreciation for the warmth and generosity for all of these wonderful artists who have helped make me a better painter.

About the Location

The State Indian Museum reflects the rich heritage of California Indians with a fine collection of cultural items, including basketry and clothing. Descendants of the first Californians, tens of thousands of them, still live in California and cherish and carry on their unique cultural heritage. Indigenous people have donated many photographs of family, friends and memorable times for use in the museum. On display are traditional dance regalia such as feather headbands, plume sticks, dance capes and headdresses, as well as musical instruments including the foot drum, clapper stick, wood and bone whistles, and dance rattles.

Light the Beam

Acrylic

Kristin N. Fuller

Golden1 Center

500 David J Stern Walk, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

About the Location

Golden 1 Center sits proudly in the heart of downtown Sacramento and brings the community together through their favorite interests: sports, music, entertainment, food, beverage and culture. The carbon and grid-neutral and LEED Platinum Certified venue, sets a new standard for excellence in arena technology, sustainability and fan experience.

Golden 1 Center continues to rank as a top entertainment destination, creating an epicenter of entertainment for Sacramento and Northern California as one of the world’s greatest sports and entertainment facilities. For all its innovations, it has earned the 2017 Sports Business Journal Facility of the Year award and over 30 other awards and accolades highlighting its beautiful design, technological advancements, environmental innovations, and premium accommodations.

Imperial Tower Sunset

Digital

Lauren Tanner

Imperial Tower

333 J St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

Lauren Tanner is a Sacramento native living in Midtown. They enjoy drawing and watching horror movies in their spare time.

About the Location

Built in 1973, Imperial Tower is a 187-unit, 100% senior Section 8 community located in the downtown core of the City of Sacramento, CA. Before Standard Communities acquired Imperial Tower in 2018, the community was at-risk of losing its affordability. The 12-story building went through a rehab in 2019 to address deferred maintenance and upgrade common spaces and unit interiors.

Feelin' Fab in the 40's

Acrylic

Sarah Bluford

the Fabulous Forties includes streets from 38th Street through 48th Street east to west, and between J Street on the north side and Folsom Boulevard to the south.

About the Artist

My name is Sarah Bluford. I am a local artist who loves all things creative. Born and raised in the Sacramento area, and always looking to participate in local talent opportunities. I have been blessed to be able to partner with and participate in local events, such as the City of Folsom “Heartbeat of Folsom”project, Sacramento “I Love My Citee” project, and I use to have my own gallery in midtown. 

I have been drawing and painting since I was a child, and developed a true love and passion for it. See my work at BySarahBluford.com, where I also accept custom requests.

About the Location

East Sacramento's development began in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. However, the Fabulous Forties neighborhood experienced its rise to prominence in the 1920s and 1930s. During this period, the city experienced significant population and economic booms, leading to extensive residential growth. The homes built in the Forties during this time were grand, reflecting the aspirations of the city’s growing middle and upper class.

The Fabulous Forties is often hailed as one of Sacramento's most architecturally diverse neighborhoods, and a leisurely stroll down its avenues will show you why: Tudor, Colonial Revival, Arts and Crafts, California Bungalow—premier examples of these classic architectural styles have been wowing visitors who are not even architecture buffs since the neighborhood’s beginnings.

Sikh Temple

Watercolor

Lori Franz

Guruwara Sahib Sikh Temple

 2301 Evergreen Ave, West Sacramento, CA 95691

About the Artist:

Lori Franz resides in Midtown Sacramento.  She is one of 16 resident artists at The I Street Art Studios Sacramento.  Her works are on display at The I Street Art Studios Sacramento every 2nd Saturday Art Walk between 4-9 pm, by appointment and at art events around the city.  Her primary media are Acrylics and Watercolor.   Her expressionist style is a result of a collaboration between her brush and her brain.

About the Location:

The Sikh Temple Sacramento started in 1983 with purchase of a small church building located at 2301 Evergreen Ave., West Sacramento, on a two acre parcel of land. The Church building was remodeled to make it suitable for Gurdwara needs. To meet the needs of the rapidly growing congregation, an additional 2 acres of land adjacent to the original property was purchased in September 1991. A new Gurdwara Sahib (approximately 20,000 Sq. ft.), was built on this adjacent parcel and opened on July 27, 1997.  A new two-story complex, (approximately 26,000 Sq. ft.), containing a Langar Hall, second prayer hall, residential quarters, and schoolrooms, was completed on April 18, 2010.

Welcome One and All

Acrylic

Kathleen S. Farros

Fairytale Town

 3901 Land Park Dr, Sacramento, CA 95822

(Located in William Land Park)

About the Artist

As an artist, I am inspired and create work about the human condition & spirit, often using idiomatic expressions and surrealistic juxtapositions of imagery with flora & fauna. Concepts drive my art, whether working in 3-d with ceramics and assemblage or in 2-d with acrylics or printmaking. Expressing personal and social emotions, sometimes soulful and other times humorous, guides me.

I am influenced by the world, past & present, real & dream.  Following the Funk Artists in the 70's at U. C. Davis, I have been influenced and inspired, over the years. Expressing personal and emotional thoughts, working with a sense of humor, dealing with ambiguity, utilizing assemblage--all concepts the Funk artists utilized-- is integral my art.

I chose to attend U. C. Davis to work with the artists of the art department and primarily, Wayne Thiebuad in painting. In the first quarter, I was not  given one of his classes I had requested-so I enrolled with Robert Arneson.  From that point on, I took every class offered with "Mr. Arneson", and Independent studies to further my skills.  My eyes were opened to sculpture, but with always attention to the painted surface.  

About the Location

Fairytale Town is a 3.5-acre children’s play park and outdoor children’s museum that brings fairytales and nursery rhymes to life! Located in William Land Park in Sacramento, Fairytale Town has delighted millions of guests, inspiring imagination, creativity and literacy since it opened in 1959. Over 25 bright and colorful play sets give young children a backdrop to act out their favorite stories, to encourage creative discovery, and to exercise their minds and bodies on child-friendly slides throughout the lush grounds.

Year-round special events, theater performances and educational programming celebrate holidays, introduce multicultural themes, promote literacy and offer creative experiences to thousands of visitors.

C.K. McClatchy High School

Watercolor

Adele Ohs

About the Artist

Adele Ohs has been a lifelong creative and has dabbled in arts and crafts for decades. Raised by a master seamstress mother, Adele designed and executed unique clothing for herself while working as a costumer and a dancer. She has worked with stained glass, beaded jewelry, fiber arts.. She has worked with acrylics and oils, but has settled on watercolor at present. Always exploring, collage and mixed media are beckoning to her.

About the Location

As the oldest high school in the City of Sacramento, C.K. McClatchy High School has established a tradition of academic excellence, athletic competitiveness, and unwavering school spirit and pride in the cardinal red and white. Our school proudly serves over 2,000 students with a mission to prepare students to be academically proficient learners and technology users, creative critical thinkers, and socially responsible future citizens in a nurturing and safe environment—one that is academically challenging with high expectations for all students.

City of Trees

Watercolor

Karen Keys

Willianm Land Park

3800 W Land Park Dr, Sacramento, CA 95822

About the Artist

Watercolor has been Karen’s passion for the past 20 years, and fifteen years ago she picked up pastels and loves them also. Now she splits her time between the two and enjoys the lessons she learns from exploring both medium.

Karen mostly paints landscapes, but also paints florals, pet portraits, and sometimes abstracts. She likes painting plein aire, but usually ends up in her studio using a photo and her imagination. She feels like she grows with each painting that she completes and is still exploring all different aspects of the world on paper. Painting adds passion to her life and gives her great comfort and joy.

She is a member of the Folsom Art Association, Sacramento Fine Arts Center (WASH),the Placer County Arts Council, California Art Club, the Pastel Society of the West Coast, and Blue Line Arts Gallery.

About the Location

William Land Park, the “Jewel of Sacramento”, was established after William Land, a prominent Sacramento hotelier donated a large sum to “purchase a park within a suitable distance of Sacramento to be used as a recreation spot for the children and a pleasure ground for the poor.”  Since it opened in 1918, William Land Regional Park has fulfilled that dream.

The park spans 160 acres and is surrounded by the historical Land Park neighborhood.

Amenities include the William A. Carroll Amphitheater, several baseball fields, duck ponds, and larger attractions like The Sacramento Zoo, Funderland, and FairyTale Town.

8:22 A.M.

Goauche and Colored Pencil

Emily Lawson

Governor's Mansion

1526 H St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

Emily Lawson is a not-born half-raised Sacramento local. Her primary materials are acrylic paints, but she can’t knock the appeal of a twelve pack of crayons. According to a Buzzfeed quiz, if she were a yogurt, she’d be key lime pie flavor because she’s cool under pressure, refreshing, and a little bit daring. She can be reached through Instagram (@reznndi) and email (emilylawsonart@gmail.co).

About the Location

California's executive mansion, popularly known as the Governor's Mansion, was built in 1877 for Albert Gallatin, a partner in the Sacramento hardware store of Huntington & Hopkins. Gallatin hired Uriah Reese to build the house. The architect was Nathaniel

Goodell. The State of California purchased the house in 1903. 

Governor George Pardee and his family were the first residents of the "new" Governor's Mansion, which during the next 64-years was home to the families of 12 other governors, including Earl Warren who later became Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and Ronald Reagan, who later became president of the United State.

The Mansion is unusual among museums in that it is not a replica nor a restoration. It stands much as it did when vacated by the Reagans in 1967. "Walk through history" and see the furnishing and personal items left by each family, including Governor Pardee's 1902 Steinway piano.

Sacramento Valley Station

Watercolor

Cyndy Spita

Sacramento Valley Train Station

401 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist:

About the Location 

The historic Sacramento station, opened by the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) in 1926, succeeded at least two earlier SP stations on the site, which is part of a complex that dates back to 1863 and the Central Pacific Railroad’s construction of the western portion of the first transcontinental rail line. The station sits on an approximately 240-acre rail yard that was originally filled with every kind of building and equipment necessary for the fabrication of locomotives and rolling stock.

Designed by the San Francisco architectural firm of Bliss and Faville, the three story building with red tile roof employs a dignified Renaissance Revival style. A reinforced concrete frame is faced with Italian sienna-colored brick trimmed with terracotta. The famous waiting room includes a 40-foot-high barrel vaulted ceiling, Philippine mahogany woodwork and marble floors. Enormous arched windows allow sunlight, filtered through leaded, amber-colored glass, to stream into the space. A mural by John A. MacQuarrie located on the east wall of the waiting room depicts the 1863 groundbreaking ceremony of the Central Pacific Railroad.

Fanny Ann's

Oil

John Nichols

Old Town Sacramento

1023 2nd St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

John has lived in the West Sacramento area all of his life.  His passion for painting stretches back to his youth when an influential high school art instructor and family support motivated him to keep plugging away.  John continued his art studies at Sacramento City College in the 1970s.  

Already accomplished in still life, John states that “Viewers have stated that my landscape paintings portray peacefulness and tranquility.  I strive to communicate with the viewer my interpretation of each venue, creating a ‘sense of place’.”  He added “my landscape paintings often reflect my interpretations of the places I love to be in the Northern California region.”  

Besides creating his art, John is actively involved in advancing the arts in his community through his membership in a variety of art affiliations, including serving on the Board of Directors and Member of the Show Committee Board for the Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Show Chair for the “2019 Animal House International Show and Exhibition” and Judging the “2022 Animal House International Show and Exhibition” this summer.  

About the Location

Old Sacramento is the riverfront historic district, with Gold Rush-era buildings, cobblestone streets, and horse-drawn carriages. It’s home to numerous museums, including the Sacramento History Museum and the state Railroad Museum, which offers excursion train rides. Souvenir shops sell T-shirts, movie memorabilia, and antiques, and there are several upscale restaurants and a few bars popular with the college crowd.

On the Waterfront with Newton Booth

Acrylic

Christy Claes

Old Town Sacramento

1014 2nd St Suite 200, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist:

About the Location

Old Sacramento is the riverfront historic district, with Gold Rush-era buildings, cobblestone streets, and horse-drawn carriages. It’s home to numerous museums, including the Sacramento History Museum and the state Railroad Museum, which offers excursion train rides. Souvenir shops sell T-shirts, movie memorabilia, and antiques, and there are several upscale restaurants and a few bars popular with the college crowd. Old Sacramento Waterfront, the 28-acre Historic Landmark District to California's state capital, is a bustling neighborhood along the beautiful Sacramento River filled with shopping, dining, entertainment, and exploring options for everyone.

B Street Theatre

Watercolor

Suriani Holmes

The Sofia, Home of B Street Theatre

2700 Capitol Ave, Sacramento, CA 95816

About the Artist

 I work with oil and watercolor, and being outdoors helps me feel grounded and in tune with the energy of my surroundings. I often paint plein air to capture the natural beauty of Sacramento’s rivers and trees. I'm also captivated by the vibrant urban and flower farms that thrive around the greater Sacramento area, inspiring much of my work.

About the Location

For more than 25 years, B Street Theatre has been delighting audiences of all ages. Founded by actor Timothy Busfield in 1986 as Theatre for Children, Inc., the company’s first focus was a touring theatre company for children. The B Street Theatre School Tour (formerly known as Fantasy Theatre) was and continues to be extremely popular in the community— performing 12 times per week, 38 weeks a year.

In 1991, in an effort to broaden the success of B Street Theatre School Tour, Timothy Busfield and his brother Buck Busfield created B Street Theatre. Most of the plays produced each year are world, national, West Coast or regional premieres. 

In 2016, the company broke ground on Capitol Avenue to build The Sofia, Home of B Street! In 2018, B Street moved into their brand new, state-of-the-art-complex: The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for Performing Arts.

Tower Theatre

Oil

Bobbi Baldwin

Tower Theatre

2508 Land Park Dr, Sacramento, CA 95818

About the Artist

Bobbi Baldwin is a versatile painter who works mostly in oil, soft pastel, and bronze.  Her plein air paintings are both figurative and expressive, while her portrait and still life work are completely lifelike in a romantic realism.  The portraits are meticulously created with the clear and deep feeling of life exuding from every detail and stroke.  The paintings reminiscent of Renoir or Sargent are both vibrant and strong in color and composition. 

Bobbi is originally from southern California, where her parents were born and raised, her father a computer engineer from the early days of computing.  During her early years the family moved to 7 states and then settled in the Sacramento region of northern California.  The influence of the world through travel started in those early days as she visited nearly every state in the US, later to see many other countries and cultures.  Although her childhood was abusive, it gave her the ability to look at life through eyes that were wise with great depth of thinking concerning how every aspect of life fits together.  It gave her a passionate appreciation for the beautiful moments individuals often forget to stop and see, furthermore the larger picture that each unique character brings to this world. 

With great epiphanies of awareness, collectors become enthralled with her technical insights to create with two different methods ranging from the layering of an under painted, grisaille & bistre (dating back to Renaissance painters) and the method of painting directly on canvas pushing the strength of brilliant, beautiful color.  Progression towards illuminating vibrancy in color has been a drive in Bobbi’s work as well as creating a feeling of motion and movement.  The depth and brilliant colors are achieved through layering, glazes of thick painting medium added throughout the process, encasing the pigments, and creating a three-dimensional illusion.  This method causes the light to travel through the layers to the surface below, bounce off the white primer, and then refract against the encased pigments, producing a strong lifelike shape. It is impossible to see in photos this gorgeous effect in photos.

Bobbi’s paintings of horses, people, and still lives come from a deeply felt reverence that Bobbi has with her subjects.  She feels subjects on a level which she is capable of sharing. With her portraits, you will become mesmerized by the eloquence, in love with every element, and intimate with the subject from the deep sense of reality seen in the eyes and features.  Her strengths are in her masterful brush strokes, knowledge of color theory, and sensational composition.  Her portraits will take your breath away; you truly feel like the subject is with you as well as leaving you with a peaceful feeling. 

Drawing upon her 37 years of experience in commission portraits as well as over 34 years of teaching, Bobbi is capable of making her subjects look and feel as if they will turn at any moment and speak to you. Her ability to capture the true nature of a character is unmatched. 

About the Location

The Tower Theatre has been a Sacramento staple for decades. A landmark in the city of Sacramento, the tower beams with neon lights that can be seen from the freeway. Behind the doors of the iconic theatre are years of movie history.  

Built in 1938 the Tower Theatre became the heart of the Broadway District while Sacramento’s Land Park neighborhood was being developed at the same.

The Ziggurat

Watercolor and watercolor pencil

Fionna Paci

The Ziggurat

707 3rd St, West Sacramento, CA 95605

About the Artist

Asian American artist Fionna Pacl, born and raised in Northern California, has been immersed in art from a young age. With an educational background in illustration and graphic design, she is committed to lifelong learning and continuously refining her craft. Fionna's primary mediums—watercolors and oil paints—are her tools of choice, allowing her to vividly express her experiences. Each piece she creates offers a glimpse into her unique perspective, shaped by her connection to nature and her cultural heritage.

About the Location

The famous Ziggurat in Sacramento, CA was the first official project of Bagatelos Architectural Glass Systems. The unique stepped pyramid office building provided unique design challenges for BAGS. Since that time, we have provided high-quality glazing solutions for all manner of building developments. This unique building still stands today, serving as the offices for the California Department of General Services.

320,000 square foot office space, former western headquarters for The Money Store.

Bagatelos Family acted as design build glazing subcontractor.

Super Santa

Watercolor

Anterpreet Neki

California State Railroad Museum

125 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

Anterpreet is a self-taught artist and an oncologist at UC Davis Medical Center. His diverse works include landscapes, still lifes, florals, portraits, and abstracts, using both watercolors and acrylics. He sees a connection between art and medicine, believing there's art in medical practice and science in art principles. A member of The Central Ohio Watercolor Society, his work is published in Splash 16, The Best of Watercolor. He has won awards at juried shows and held solo exhibitions in OH, FL, and CA. His art is featured at Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, FL . He has the eyes of a physician, hands of an artist and soul of a wanderer.

anterpreetneki.blogspot.com

About the Location

First opened to the public in 1976, the California State Railroad Museum complex is one of Sacramento’s largest and most popular visitor destinations. 

With over 225,000 square feet of total exhibit space, the buildings within the California State Railroad Museum complex use stimulating exhibits, enthusiastic and knowledgeable docents, and beautifully restored railroad cars and locomotives to illustrate railroad history in California and the West.

Throughout the main Railroad History Museum building, 21 meticulously restored locomotives and cars and numerous exhibits illustrate how railroads have shaped people’s lives, the economy, and the unique culture of California and the West. Included are a Pullman-style sleeping car and a dining car filled with railroad china.

Farm to Fork Festival

Acrylic

Lori Franz

Held at Tower Bridge, West Sacramento

 Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

Lori Franz resides in Midtown Sacramento.  She is one of 16 resident artists at The I Street Art Studios Sacramento.  Her works are on display at The I Street Art Studios Sacramento every 2nd Saturday Art Walk between 4-9 pm, by appointment and at art events around the city.  Her primary media are Acrylics and Watercolor.   Her expressionist style is a result of a collaboration between her brush and her brain.

About the Location

Farm-to-fork eating has always been a way of life in the Sacramento region, long before the concept had a name. In 2012, Josh Nelson of the Selland Family Restaurants approached Visit Sacramento with the idea that the region should shine a light on its amazing food and agriculture and share it with the rest of the country. Soon after, the Sacramento region was declared America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital, and the world has been paying attention ever since.

Visit Sacramento’s Farm-to-Fork Festival events were created as a celebration of the region’s incredible food and agriculture, and a chance to introduce people to the chefs, farmers, ranchers, vintners and brewers who are bringing delicious food and drinks to our table every day. Since 2013, the Farm-to-Fork events have become some of the country’s most anticipated food and music festivals and culinary experiences, drawing thousands of visitors from across the country and around the world.

Safe Credit Union P.A.C.

Linocut

Kate Merrick

About the Artist:

About the Location

Located in the heart of downtown, the SAFE Credit Union Convention & Performing Arts District promises to be the vibrant nexus of Sacramento arts, entertainment, and business. The district includes the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center, and Memorial Auditorium

Midtown Farmers Market

Watercolor

Tanya Mullen

Midtown Farmers Market

1050 20th St, Sacramento, CA 95811

About the Artist:

About the Location

The Midtown Farmers Market brings thousands of visitors each week to support local entrepreneurs and artisans, find fresh and local food, and celebrate the unique spirit and vibrancy of Midtown with live music, entertainment, and interactive activities that add an extra layer of excitement to the market experience.

Sac Cap

Acrylic

Vicki Reid

California State Capital

1315 10th St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

I began painting about seven years ago. My mother was an artist, so I have always been

exposed to and interested in art. I had a few

art classes in college and took some oil

painting lessons from a local artist in Turlock, Ca. I became involved with the Mistlin Gallery in Modesto four years ago, volunteering as a docent, serving on the board and working as the exhibition chairperson before moving to the Sacramento area about two years ago. I have recently been Plein Air painting with a small group of ladies from the area and most of my recent work has been focused on painting on location in and around the Sacramento area. I paint with oil and acrylic predominantly, and I love to paint a variety of subjects from landscapes to still life and pet portraits. I hope to continue learning and enjoying the process of painting and creating beautiful art. You can view all my art on my Instagram page: @vicvoodle

About the Location

At the State Capitol, the past, present and future of California interact with equal force. The building serves as both a museum and the state’s working seat of government. Visitors to the Capitol can at once experience California’s rich history and witness the making of history through the modern lawmaking process.

Walegra Park Early Morning

Pastel

Sally Durante

Walerga Park

4901 Palm Ave, Sacramento, CA 95841

About the Artist

I have been claiming, “I’m an artist” since before I was five years old.

It has always made me feel like my true self, drawing or painting.

By the time I entered high school the head of the art department created a curriculum for me to follow for the entire 4 years. I had to give up all other electives and it was a very easy and good exchange, so I agreed to the terms.  However, after I graduated from HS, I went into a nursing program and worked my way through with art commissions portraits of people and animals, and murals throughout southern CA. I married and had a family moved from Southern CA to Sacramento raised 3 children and changed to another career choice. I retired after 35 years of CA State service with the State Controllers Office and since then I have been centered in my art.

As soon as I could hold a pencil I have been drawing or creating art. It is my energy.  I have painted many commission portraits, murals, and paintings consistently throughout my lifetime. I have taught pastel classes and also children’s art at Montessori schools and private lessons. 

I feel art allows me to create and express my emotions and add some beauty to the world. It is a  gift  and I am very grateful to have received this talent. It brings me peace and joy and hopefully it will inspire or make the on-looker inspired and enjoy an experience too.

I am very active with the Sacramento Fine Arts Center  on Gibbons Dr. in Carmichael, Ca. I am currently on the  Northern California Arts, Inc., (NCA) Board of Directors and was President for two years.

Many artists have inspired me. 

About the Location

Walerga Park is a community park and a California Historical Landmark. There is a  granite monument plaque marking the spot with cherry trees.  This park was the site where Japanese Americans were held at the Walerga Assembly Center during World War II.

Crocker

Acrylic

Don Taylor

Crocker Art Museum

216 O St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

I have been painting all my life as a hobby. My profession as owner of Taylor’s Art Center Inc gave me the opportunity to be involved with every art group in Sacramento. We supported the arts including the Crocker and KVIE sponsor. After my retirement and sale to University Art in 1998, my interest in painting has increased. I paint mostly in acrylics doing whatever subjects interest me. I was featured on the cover of Inside Sacramento December 2018.

About the Location 

Our history started with the activities of the Sacramento philanthropists Edwin Bryant Crocker and his wife Margaret in the mid 1800s. Their interest in art led to a European trip in 1869–1871, where they collected 701 paintings and 1,344 Master Drawings to display in their art gallery, which was part of a complex renovation and addition to an existing house at 3rd and O streets. They also commissioned a large number of paintings from artists working in California.

Although this was a private collection—the largest in the United States at the time—the Crockers enriched their growing community by providing citizens with opportunities to view the works of art that they had acquired. The Art Gallery, as it was then known, came to be prized by Sacramentans, and in response, Margaret Crocker generously donated the gallery building and its collection to the City of Sacramento in 1885, forming the first public art museum west of the Mississippi.

Today, the Museum consists of the historic house and gallery structures, as well as the contemporary Teel Family Pavilion, which more than tripled the Museum's size in 2010.

In 1868, Judge Edwin B. Crocker purchased the property and existing buildings on the corner of 3rd and O Streets. He then commissioned local architect Seth Babson (1830–1908) to renovate the home into a grander, Italianate mansion. In addition, Crocker asked Babson to design an elaborate gallery building adjacent to the mansion to display the family's growing art collection.

Babson envisioned the home and gallery as an integrated complex, unique in design and built from the finest materials. The gallery building included a bowling alley, skating rink, and billiards room on the ground floor; a natural history museum and a library on the first floor; and gallery space on the second floor. Completed in 1872, the Crocker family mansion and art gallery are considered the masterpieces of Babson's career. The family mansion went through several uses and reconstructions until a 1989 renovation restored the historic façade and created a modern gallery interior. The original buildings, now connected, as well as the since-demolished Herold Wing addition of 1969, were renamed the Crocker Art Museum in 1978. The gallery building is a California Historical Landmark and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church

Oil

Judie Martinez

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church

711 T St, Sacramento, CA 95811

About the Artist

My lifetime career was Interior Design and I owned Abbey House Interiors for 28 years.   The principles of interior design are much the same as in artistic painting--rhythm, balance, compatible shapes, and a pleasing color palette.

Except for a few art classes in college, I never considered myself an artist. Upon retiring I quickly ordered numerous instruction books on acrylic painting and self-taught myself.  Twelve years later, I still paint passionately daily and enjoy a plethora of online classes and art workshops in all mediums.

My craft has helped me get through many dark days after losing my husband of 59 years in 2020 and then my son, one year later. I am an advocate of art for grieving hearts and recommend only paint things that are beautiful to you and that make you happy.

I have won several first-place awards for three years and a Best of Show ribbon for    the Special Fair Theme at Yolo County Fair.       

My favorite time is  painting brilliant flowers and whimsical Mixed Media.   I choose to paint only happy subjects that make me smile. I am excited to call myself an Artist!

Thank you for your support and interest in local art!

Judie Martinez, Artist

President of West Sacramento Art Guild   

About the Location

The National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a church that meets the needs of the Spanish-speaking Catholic community of Sacramento, with several daily and weekly masses in Spanish.

Congregation B'Nai Israel

Pen and ink 

Kathleen C. Gamper

7th St between Capitol and L, Sacramento

 (NO. 654 SITE OF THE FIRST JEWISH SYNAGOGUE OWNED BY A CONGREGATION ON THE PACIFIC COAST) 

About the Artist:

About the Location

The building that stood on this site was prefabricated in Baltimore and shipped around Cape Horn in 1849. It originally housed the Methodist Episcopal Church, whose trustees sold the edifice on June 4, 1852 to Alexander Myer, Joseph Levison, and Charles Friedman, Officers of the Association of the Children of Israel (B'nai Israel), to serve as the first synagogue on the Pacific Coast, dedicated on September 3, 1852. The congregation followed the orthodox tradition until 1880, when it became an adherent of reform Judaism.

C.K. McClatchy High School

Watercolor and ink

Adele Ohs

C.K. McClatchy High School

3066 Freeport Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818

About the Artist

Adele Ohs has been a lifelong creative and has dabbled in arts and crafts for decades. Raised by a master seamstress mother, Adele designed and executed unique clothing for herself while working as a costumer and a dancer. She has worked with stained glass, beaded jewelry, fiber arts.. She has worked with acrylics and oils, but has settled on watercolor at present. Always exploring, collage and mixed media are beckoning to her.

About the Location

As the oldest high school in the City of Sacramento, C.K. McClatchy High School has established a tradition of academic excellence, athletic competitiveness, and unwavering school spirit and pride in the cardinal red and white.

Our school proudly serves over 2,000 students with a mission to prepare students to be academically proficient learners and technology users, creative critical thinkers, and socially responsible future citizens in a nurturing and safe environment—one that is academically challenging with high expectations for all students.

Tsakopoulas Library

Watercolor and ink

Linda Zempel

Tsakopoulos Library Galleria

828 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

Linda Zempel,  works  predominantly in ink and watercolor. ​An avid hiker and native Northern Californian, she draws ​much of her inspiration from nature. Best known for her ​abstract interpretations, Zempel's works have appeared in a ​number of galleries and juried exhibitions, including the ​Harris Art Center, Second Saturdays, Sacramento Fine Arts ​Center, and Open Studios.

About the Location

The Tsakopoulos Library Galleria was constructed between 1988 and 1992 during a major expansion and renovation of the Central Library. The Library’s original Italian Renaissance-style building opened in 1918 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The renovation created the immense atrium unifying the old and new sides of Library Plaza. Park Tower, the 25-story office building at the corner of 9th Street and I Street, was also constructed at this time.

The Galleria is named for developer Angelo Tsakopoulos and his family, whose generous donations helped make the space a reality. The family is known for their many charitable endeavors, which also include an endowed professorship in the Humanities at Stanford University and the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection in the University Library at Sacramento State University, which is the largest collection of its kind in the Western United States.

Sacramento River

Handmade watercolor and ink

Jessica Edwards- Payne

About the Artist:

About the Location

The Sacramento River is the principal river of Northern California in the United States and is the largest river in California. Rising in the Klamath Mountains, the river flows south for 400 miles before reaching the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and San Francisco Bay

The Sacramento River is California’s largest river, beginning its roughly 380-mile journey in the headwaters of the Sierra Nevada before flowing west into the fertile Sacramento Valley and merging with the San Joaquin River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.  The river supports irrigation on 2 million acres in California’s Central Valley and provides key habitat for a diverse range of species, including the imperiled salmon populations that migrate seasonally from the Pacific Ocean. The Sacramento River also provides 35% of California’s developed water supply, helping sustain life in California for the tens of millions who call the state home.  

Delta King on the River

Casein

Alia Lawrence

Delta King Hotel

1000 Front St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

A poet at heart. After migrating from China to the U.S. 20+ years ago, I lost that poetic part of me while adapting to a new culture and language. And I didn’t think I would ever find it again. 

Then I stumbled upon art during years of chronic headaches. In 2020, I picked up some pencils and drew. In the years following, I drew and/or painted on and off. But over time, I began to appreciate the beauty in nature and everyday things that I had previously overlooked. 

In mid-2024, I finally fell in love with art. Now, I’m committed to drawing and painting regularly, letting my pencils and brushes express the poetry within me. Art is my poem, painted with colors, values and a bit of imagination. At last, I've found the poet in me again. And I am looking forward to a lifelong journey of learning and creating.

About the Location

The Delta King Hotel was opened on the Sacramento Riverfront in 1989, but the story of the vessel goes back almost 100 years to 1927. It is an important part of Northern California history. The Coyne family meticulously restored the vessel to its former glory to share with visitors and residents of Sacramento. One of the brothers behind the resurrection, Charlie Coyne, wrote about the history of the Delta King and the renovations they completed in a letter below.

The Delta King is an authentic 285-foot riverboat that was originally built in Glasgow, Scotland and Stockton, California. The King and her identical twin, the Delta Queen, were christened on May 20, 1927, and began their daily river voyages between San Francisco and Sacramento in June of that year. At 6:00 p.m. each evening, the grand monarchs of the Delta left their docks for the 10 ½ hour trip that included prohibition-era drinking, jazz bands, gambling and fine dining.

The Delta King is on the National Register of Historic Places.  Accordingly, we are mindful of our role as caretakers of an important historical artifact and its significance to California.

Today, this beautiful floating hotel enjoys year-round activity. The original 88 staterooms have been remodeled to create 44 more spacious hotel rooms.  The Sacramento Bee has highlighted the Pilothouse Restaurant as a “must dine" destination, and has been featured in Travel + Leisure as one of the best small hotels in the world.

Crest Theater

Oil

Patris

Crest Theatre

1013 K St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

On July 14, 2012, Patris relocated her studio and gallery from the corner of 12th and S in downtown Sacramento into the Oak Park Historic District to become a major player in the flourishing revitalization efforts underway there.

Now the Patris Studio and Gallery - Northern California's premier art venue for art classes, workshops, life drawing/painting sessions, art exhibits and much more--is a flourishing mecca for artists and art lovers from near and far, from beginner to professional, from young to old, to come together in the creative art spirit.

About the Location

The Crest Theatre is a historic theater located in downtown Sacramento, California, just blocks from the State Capital, the Sacramento Convention Center, and the new Sacramento Kings basketball arena (Golden 1 Center). It was originally opened in 1912 as the Empress Theatre, a vaudeville palace.  It later operated as the Hippodrome theatre. On September 14, 1946, the Hippodrome’s marquee suddenly fell to the pavement below, killing a bystander. Shortly after the tragedy, in 1949, the building was completely remodeled and revamped to its current form as the art deco Crest Theatre. During the 1950s and 1960s, it was one of the premier first-run movie palaces in the Sacramento area. In the 1970s, it was reduced to mostly sub-run fare and eventually closed in the early 1980s.

Little Saigon

Watercolor and acrylic

Adele Ohs

Little Saigon

Business corridor south of Fruitridge Road to Florin Road

About the Artist

Adele Ohs has been a lifelong creative and has dabbled in arts and crafts for decades. Raised by a master seamstress mother, Adele designed and executed unique clothing for herself while working as a costumer and a dancer. She has worked with stained glass, beaded jewelry, fiber arts.. She has worked with acrylics and oils, but has settled on watercolor at present. Always exploring, collage and mixed media are beckoning to her.

About the Location

The Little Saigon designation is recognition of our community achievement, and also a vehicle to bring about positive changes in the areas of social, economic and political.

The landscapes of Stockton Boulevard have changed drastically thanks to all the contributions and efforts of the entire community as well as governmental and private organizations. The designation would not be possible without the tremendous help and support from all our friends and supporters, especially, all the members of the city council, as well as county board of supervisors. Our deepest gratitude goes to Councilmember Kevin McCarty for spearheading this project from beginning to end. In addition to being a great friend and leader to our community and the rest of Sacramento, County Supervisor Jimmy Yee has always been a strong and avid supporter of the Little Saigon Designation.

As a community, we have turned the corner and our defining moment has arrived. Together as one cohesive unit sharing in a common goal and vision, we can achieve great things.

Let’s celebrate our rich heritage, our diversity. Let’s unite and be a bridge to connect all generations, people of all walks of life, recognizing that each individual, each organization all equally play an important role in fate of our community.

As proud Americans, we can make Stockton boulevard a place we can be proud of to live, to work, to do business, raise our family and leave a legacy for generations to come. Stockton Boulevard is our home, a place we can all be honored to take ownership of and share with the rest of the country and world. Stockton Boulevard will become a destination for all.

The Cannery

Acrylic

Vicki Stenken

The Cannery

1651 Alhambra Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95816

About the Artist:

About the Location

The Libby, McNeill and Libby Fruit and Vegetable Cannery was a cannery operated in Sacramento, California by Libby, McNeill, and Libby. The building is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places

CA State Capitol

Oil

Michele Mowrey

State Capitol

1315 10th St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

About the Location

The Legislature determined that Sacramento would be the state’s capital and moved from Benicia in February 1854.

Sacramento offered its courthouse for immediate use and a building site for the permanent Capitol. Shortly after the close of the Session of 1854, the courthouse was razed by fire, but a new one was completed in time for the next session.

In 1976, a total reconstruction of the building was undertaken to strengthen and reinforce the weakening structure. This monumental project was completed in January 1982, and the old Capitol, restored to its turn-of-the-century decor, was again occupied by the Legislature and opened to the public.

Crocker Art Museum

Watercolor

Tiffany Waugh

Crocker Art Museum

216 O St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

Tiffany Waugh is known for her bold use of color during the Friday morning figure sketches at Sac Fine Arts. She paints vibrant portraits in acrylics and watercolors, capturing the most treasured people, places, and objects requested by friends, family, and clients. Tiffany also enjoys crafting, face painting, and teaching art techniques and history to students. 

About the Location

In 2000, the Crocker appointed a selection committee comprised of elected officials, community leaders, CAMA board members, city staff, and potential donors to search for an architect who would lead the Museum through master planning. After a comprehensive review of the world's major museum architects, Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects (GSAA) was chosen to guide the process because of their design aesthetic and past experience. Many voices from the community were involved in a collaborative process to ensure that the new building and the internal reconfiguration of the existing structures would work together as a whole. On October 10, 2010, the Crocker opened the 125,000-square-foot Teel Family Pavilion.

The expansion more than tripled the Museum's size, enhancing its ability to serve Sacramento and the region's many visitors. For the first time in the Museum's history, there were dedicated gallery spaces for all collecting areas. The expansion also enabled the dedication of the historic building's entire first floor as the Museum's Education Center, including four studios, space for student and community exhibitions, an expanded Gerald Hansen Library, the Art Education Resource Room, and Tot Land.

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Sacramento

Acrylic

Sally Durante

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament

1019 11th St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

I have been claiming, “I’m an artist” since before I was five years old.

It has always made me feel like my true self, drawing or painting.

By the time I entered high school the head of the art department created a curriculum for me to follow for the entire 4 years. I had to give up all other electives and it was a very easy and good exchange, so I agreed to the terms.  However, after I graduated from HS, I went into a nursing program and worked my way through with art commissions portraits of people and animals, and murals throughout southern CA. I married and had a family moved from Southern CA to Sacramento raised 3 children and changed to another career choice. I retired after 35 years of CA State service with the State Controllers Office and since then I have been centered in my art.

As soon as I could hold a pencil I have been drawing or creating art. It is my energy.  I have painted many commission portraits, murals, and paintings consistently throughout my lifetime. I have taught pastel classes and also children’s art at Montessori schools and private lessons. 

I feel art allows me to create and express my emotions and add some beauty to the world. It is a  gift  and I am very grateful to have received this talent. It brings me peace and joy and hopefully it will inspire or make the on-looker inspired and enjoy an experience too.

I am very active with the Sacramento Fine Arts Center  on Gibbons Dr. in Carmichael, Ca. I am currently on the  Northern California Arts, Inc., (NCA) Board of Directors and was President for two years.

Many artists have inspired me. 

About the Location

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is considered one of three of the most historically significant buildings in Sacramento. Built at time when Sacramento was transitioning from a mining town into a capitol city, it took the kind of dedication and fortitude for which the early pioneers of California were known.

California Auto Museum

Watercolor

Edward Reus

California Auto Museum

2200 Front St, Sacramento, CA 95818

About the Artist

About the Location

On May 1, 1987 the Towe Ford Museum opened to the public, displaying the personal collection of Edward Towe, which included one of almost every car Ford ever made, from the pre-Model T to the Pinto. The Museum flourished in its early days, attracting locals and visitors to this new attraction. In the mid-90s, however, in a tax dispute with Mr. Towe, the IRS slapped a lien on the cars. When efforts to find a buyer for the cars failed, the most extensive and complete collection of Fords was put on the auction block.

The 1997 auction broke up the Towe Ford Collection and that could have been a death sentence for the Museum. Not so. The newly renamed Towe Auto Museum, on the banks of the Sacramento River in the shadow of Old Town, began displaying vehicles of all makes and models, creating a much broader story of the automobile through history.

Since the Museum no longer housed the Towe Collection, in 2009, the Board of Directors officially changed the name of the Museum to the California Automobile Museum, reflecting the expanded mission it has grown into over the last 35 years, which is to educate and entertain while preserving and promoting the automobile and its influence on our lives.

Natoma on the River

Mixed Media

David Kalbach

About the Artist

Born in Salem, Massachusetts, David moved to Altadena, California during his formative years.  He sold his first painting (an acrylic abstract) while in high school.  He is a Juried Artist Member of American Society of Aviation Artists and past Treasurer of the Pastel Society of the West Coast.

Kalbach attended The Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles (now Pasadena). Graduate Studies at California State University, Los Angeles, Undergraduate at the University of California, Santa Barbara. 

He studied under Howard Warshaw, Robert Dole, Lorser Feitelson, Don Putnam, Nita Engle, Margot Schulzke, Don Teiwes. And earned a Masters Degree at the University of Southern California.

His work has recently been shown at the Air and Space Museum in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA and the Thurgood Marshall International Airport in Washington D.C./Baltimore, MD,  Three Stages Gallery, Folsom, CA, and The Art of Aviation, a Three Man Show, Gallery at 48 Natoma, Folsom.

Articles featuring Kalbach have appeared Visual Language Magazine and Style Magazine.  

About the Location

The American River is a 30-mile-long river in California that runs from the Sierra Nevada mountain range to its confluence with the Sacramento River in downtown Sacramento. Via the Sacramento River, it is part of the San Francisco Bay watershed

The American River originates in the high Sierra Nevada just west of Lake Tahoe, in the Tahoe and El Dorado National Forests. Its three main forks—the South, Middle, and North—flow through the Sierra foothills and converge east of Sacramento. Along the way, their water, rapids, lakes, and reservoirs provide recreation, power, and irrigation for northern California.

McKinley Park Roses

Oil

Rhonda Egan

About the Artist

Over the years, I have dabbled in several mediums, but have always come back to painting in oils.

My passion is to paint plain air landscapes. There is nothing like capturing the mood of a day; whether it is cloudy, sunny, windy, or threatening rain.

I love the challenge of developing the contrasting images in the rapidly changing light. It forces me to work fast and loose, which keeps my work fresh.

I like to capture action, which is difficult with the true plein air method, so my next challenge is to find ways to include people in my paintings, while continuing to explore the dramatic color changes in plein air painting.

I hope viewing my paintings brings you as much joy as I have had painting them.

About the Location

You may recognize this rose garden from the popular Sacramento-based film, Lady Bird, as it is where Lady Bird and Danny confessed their feelings towards one another. Sacramento’s McKinley Park Rose Garden is one of Sacramento’s largest rose gardens with nearly 1,200 rose bushes. Benches throughout the rose garden make it so you can sit and admire the roses and peacefulness of the garden during your stroll.

Seeds of Solidarity Farm

Watercolor

Jaimie Huyuh

Seeds of Solidarity Farm

491 Regatta Ln, West Sacramento

About the Artist

Jaimie is a climate scientist, rock climber, trail runner, and painter. She enjoys painting sceneries that take her outside and are meaningful to her. 

About the Location

Seeds of Solidarity: NorCal Resist’s farm project aims to provide fresh, affordable, and culturally appropriate food while also facilitating opportunities for people to build relationships, learn, and apply their farming skills in a local context around food production. It is also an educational space for volunteers to learn about ecological farming practices. 

Cattle Barn California State Fair

Oil

Kate Blue

Cal Expo

1600 Exposition Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95815

About the Artist

Kate Blue is an artist living in Northern California originally from South Dakota that uses subjects from her street photography and intense landscapes to paint in an almost expressionist style.  "My paintings are complicated mosaics of directional broken color based strongly on Van Gogh paintings that I have studied for years.  What they don't show is as important as what they do."

About the Location

Cal Expo is home to the California State Fair and plays host to hundreds of other signature events each year. Featuring 350 beautifully landscaped acres, Cal Expo was initiated by Governor Pat Brown and opened by Governor Ronald Reagan in 1968. The current Cal Expo facilities were dedicated as a place to celebrate California’s achievements, agriculture, diversity of its people, traditions and trends that will shape the Golden State’s future.

The California Exposition & State Fair mission is to create a State Fair experience reflecting California including its industries, agriculture, and diversity of its people, traditions and trends shaping its future supported by year-round events.

Lotus

Watercolor 

Susan Taira

William Land Park

3800 W Land Park Dr, Sacramento, CA 95822

About the Artist

About the Location

In 1911, former Sacramento Mayor William Land gave the city $250,000 upon his death to buy a park for its residents. When the city finally settled on a spot, it was a 238-acre section. The city purchased the land in 1918 for $147,000.

Land Park was the last of Sac’s Park Neighborhoods (Oak Park, Curtis Park, McKinley Park, etc.) to be developed, and the majority of the area’s houses — which feature Period Revivalist design elements + flourishes — were built in the 1930s.

A recent additin to  Land Park  is the transformation of the “duck pond” into the “lotus pond”. Master Gardner Daisy Mah started with a single lotus plant in 2005.

Sacramento Old City Cemetary

Clay and mixed media

Haley Justin

About the Artist

Haley graduated from Le Cordon Bleu and majored in Baking and Patisserie. A lover and collector of arts, oddities and plants. She is a gallery attendant, responsible for assisting Angelia on Saturdays. During the week she works as an Escrow Processor for a title company. 

About Old City Cemetery

The Sacramento City Cemetery was established in 1849 with a donation of 10 acres by Captain John Sutter. The cemetery follows the Victorian Garden style, popular throughout the mid and late 1800’s. Among the first interments in the City Cemetery were over 600 victims of the 1850 Cholera Epidemic. Today, the Old City Cemetery is the final resting place of more than 25,000 pioneers, immigrants, their families, and descendants. Among the more notable are John A. Sutter, Jr., Sacramento city founder; lawyer and art collector E. B. Crocker; storekeeper turned railroad mogul Mark Hopkins; William Stephen Hamilton, the son of Alexander Hamilton; three California governors and many of Sacramento’s earliest mayors.

Many changes have taken place over the last 150 years. The cemetery continued to expand through 1880 when Margaret Crocker donated the final acreage on the hill, bringing the cemetery’s land holdings to nearly 60 acres. Today the cemetery covers approximately 30.44 acres and is the final resting place of over 25,000 individuals. Thousands of early settlers are buried in the Historic City Cemetery. They represent the historical and cultural diversity of Sacramento. The monuments are symbolic of Victorian funeral customs. 

Temple - A Midtown Coffee House

Watercolor

Cyndy Spita

Temple Coffee Raosters

 2200 K St, Sacramento, CA 95816

About the Artist:

About the Location

After returning home from a lengthy stay in Indonesia, Temple founder and barista Sean Kohmescher opened the first Temple Coffee house in 2005 with a dream of creating a community gathering place much like the temples he visited during his travels. His vision was simple: good vibes, great service, and exceptionally well-prepared coffee.

Over 17 years later, eight coffee houses, and a roastery, it is still this vision that Temple strives to fulfill today.

Transformation Bridge

Photo and digital

Louise Vidallrri

About the Artist:

About the Location

This bridge is among the most beautiful and unique vertical lift bridges to be found, and it has more to do with the bridge's appearance rather than its design.

The bridge originally carried railroad traffic in the center, with vehicular traffic to the sides, but this was ended in 1963.

The bridge was originally painted silver, but since 1976 has been painted an ochre to give it the appearance of gold. The gold color suits the impressive landmark appearance of the bridge quite well. The concrete pillars on the approaches were originally painted blue, but this wore off long ago and the pillars are not just the color of plain concrete.