Sacramento Playing Cards

Sacramento Card Black & White Deck

Sacramento Fine Arts Center produced two decks of playing cards with landscapes from Sacramento. Each card features a local Artist.

Cathedral of the Blessed

Ink

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.

C.K. McClatchy High School

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.

State Capitol

Acrylic

Don Taylor

California State Capital

1315 10th 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

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.

Old Town, Same Heart

Acrylic

Sarah Bluford

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

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

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

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.

Sacramento Fine Arts Center

Watercolor & Ink

Dave Keck

Sacramento Fine Arts Center

5330-B Gibbons Drive, Carmichael, CA 95608

About the Artist

About the Location

Established in April 1986 by independent art clubs. Sacramento Fine Arts Center is dedicated to the creation and presentation of the visual arts. Our center is entirely self supported by a small staff and local volunteers. The center thrives by its memberships, contributions, sales, show fees, art classes, grants, and fundraisers.

Whether you are an artist or art lover, membership at Sacramento Fine Arts Center allows you to join any art club housed at the center. Members may enter numerous local and national juried art shows.

The art shows are held in our two spacious exhibition galleries. you will meet and make friends with many other artists who have similar goals. All members have numerous opportunities to expand their artistic talents with the guidance of other inspirational artists.

On the Bike Path

Oil Pastel

Kristin L. Fuller

About the Artist

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.

The I Street Studios

Pen on Paper

Lori Franz

1727 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95811

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 I Street Art Studios is the oldest continually operating art venue in Sacramento. The studios formed as the Sacramento art scene blossomed in the 70’s, grew in the 80’s and emerged as a great block party in the early 2000’s. For at least 40 years the Studios has nurtured artists and given them a home for their work. Studio artists donned their masks during covid, kept working, and the space has continued as a home for emerging and established artists who are willing to share their love of the arts every Second Saturday.

The Art Studios is located down the narrow path between Bambi Restaurant and The Tattoo Shop. The large building houses a large gallery/workspace and 4 associated “studios” which are home to 18 resident artists. The Studios are rented individually and the gallery room is used as shared work space during the month except for 2nd Saturdays when the Studios participate in 2nd Saturday art-walk and are open between 2 pm and 8 pm. Each 2nd Saturday the Studios hosts a new show in the gallery and the individual studios are open for visitors enjoyment. The Studios are open on 2nd Saturdays year round and at infrequent other times for special shows and event. Information about shows and events can be found on the website and on Facebook and Instagram.

Currently, The Art Studios operates as a collection of individuals who share space and a strong interest in art. Soon, the resident artists will consider the option of becoming a not-for-profit Cooperative so that the building can support a wider variety of art related events.

Mother

Color Pencil on Paper

Crystal Miles

Old City Cemetery

1000 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95818

About the Artist

About the Location

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.

American Indian Artifacts

Ink and ink wash

Janet Kruse

California State Indian Museum

2618 K St, Sacramento, CA 95816

(located in Sutter's Fort State Historic Park)

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

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.

Indo Arch #2

Watercolor and pencil

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).

Imperial Tower

Photograph

Dana Meinders

Imperial Tower

333 J St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

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.

Eagle Theatre

Photograph

Dana Meinders

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

About the Artist

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.

Ls artistas en Sacramento State University

Acrylic on cold press watercolor paper

Mayra Ramos Chavez

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

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.

The Sofia

Ink and Acrylic

Susanne Mandell

The Sofia, Home of B Street Theatre

2700 Capitol Ave, Sacramento, CA 95816

About the Artist

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.

Crocker New Building

Mixed media

Rose Wesley

Crocker Art Museum

216 O St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

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.

Fairy Tale Town

Ink

Alex Williams

Fairytale Town

3901 Land Park Dr, Sacramento, CA 95822

(Located in William Land Park)

About the Artist

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.

The Ziggurat

Watercolor

Samantha Pina

The Ziggurat

707 3rd St, West Sacramento, CA 95605

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 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.

Evening on the Sacramento River

Oil pastel

Kristin L Fuller

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.

The Mansion

Pen & ink

Cyndy Spita

Governor's Mansion

1526 H St, Sacramento, CA 95814

About the Artist

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.

WPA Trellis

Watercolor

Joan Tarver

Willianm Land Park

3800 W Land Park Dr, Sacramento, CA 95822

About the Artist

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.

Goose Pond

Pen & ink

Shelby Henneberger

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.

Cow Catcher Special

Graphite

David Kalbach

California State Railroad Museum

125 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814

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

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.

Sacramento Valley Station

Oil pastel

Kristin L Fuller

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.

Sutters Fort

Ink & ball point pen

Emily Korock

Sutter's Fort State Historic Park

2701 L St, Sacramento, CA 95816

About the Artist

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.

Art Experience

Ink

Susan Mandell

Sacramento Fine Arts Center

5330-B Gibbons Dr., Carmicahel, CA 95608

About the Artist

About the Location

Whether you are an artist or art lover, membership at Sacramento Fine Arts Center allows you to join any art club housed at the center. Members may enter numerous local and national juried art shows.

Fair Oaks Bridge

Photograph

Dana Davis

Fair Oaks Bridge

Fair Oaks, CA 95628

About the Artist

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.

Black and White 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.

Tower Bridge

Acrylic

Kristin L Fuller

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.

First Synogogue

Mixed media

Rosalie Roth

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.

Delta King on the River

Acrylic

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.

2024 Sac Zoo

Gouache

Shannon Sphar

Sacramento Zoo

3930 W Land Park Dr, Sacramento, CA 95822

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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.

Old Sac

Photograph

Susan Giles

Old Town Sacramento

Sacramento, CA 95814

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McKinley Rose Garden

Collage

A. Gorcia

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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.

Crocker Art Museum

Watercolor

Dave Keck

Crocker Art Museum

216 O St, Sacramento, CA 95814

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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.

Governor's Mansion

Watercolor

Celia Surridge

Governor's Mansion

1526 H St, Sacramento, CA 95814

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

B Street Theatre

Photograph

Dana Meinders

The Sofia, Home of B Street Theatre

2700 Capitol Ave, Sacramento, CA 95816

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California Auto Museum

Mixed

Rose Wesley

California Auto Museum

2200 Front St, Sacramento, CA 95818

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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.

Peaceful

Watercolor

Phyllis A Brady

Old City Cemetery

1000 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95818

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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.

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Crest Theater

Marker

Amy Todd

Crest Theatre

1013 K St, Sacramento, CA 95814

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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.

Gurudwara Sahib, Bradshaw

Linocut Print

Kate Merrick

Guruwara Sahib Sikh Temple

2301 Evergreen Ave, West Sacramento, CA 95691

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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.

Little Siagon

Pen & Ink

Lori Franz

William Land Park

3800 W Land Park Dr, Sacramento, CA 95822

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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.

Gurudwara Dashmesh Darbar Sikh Temple

Pencil

Chuck Franz

Guruwara Sahib Sikh Temple

2301 Evergreen Ave, West Sacramento, CA 95691

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Old Sac

Photograph

Susan Giles

Sacramento, CA 95814

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American River and Rainbow Bridge

Ink and watercolor

Edward Reus

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In 1918, when Rainbow Bridge was going up amid granite outcroppings, The Folsom Telegraph described the structure as rising apparently out of solid rocks. Standing strong 100 years later, this iconic Folsom bridge has served as a symbol of strength for the City of Folsom. Join the entire community as we celebrate Rainbow Bridge during its centennial year.

Sacramento County had big plans for Rainbow Bridge when it opened it 1919. The graceful structure with its distinctive concrete arch was to be the final link in a “40-mile loop through some of the richest agricultural lands in the state.” County officials predicted the pastoral drive between Sacramento and Folsom “was destined to become famous” as a tourist attraction. The route followed Greenback Lane on the north and Folsom Boulevard on the south. Those roads no longer lure sightseers, but Rainbow Bridge is still one of the most photographed spots on the American River.

When it was built, the concrete arch of Rainbow Bridge was the fourth-largest concrete arch span in the world. The open-spandrel arch, with cutouts between the arch and the roadway, was a popular design in the early 1900s made possible by strengthening concrete with reinforcing steel.

In 1927, Rainbow Bridge was part of the historic Lincoln Highway, the first coast-to-coast route in the United States. The Lincoln Highway was divided in Nevada to circle Lake Tahoe – roughly following today’s Highway 50 and Interstate 80 and became one road again in Sacramento. In 1927, the route was altered to cross Rainbow Bridge and rejoin at Greenback Lane.

When it opened in 1919, Rainbow Bridge was officially known as the American River Bridge at Folsom and informally called simply “the bridge.” In the early 1950s, a Folsom resident suggested to a Sutter Street shopkeeper that the more descriptive designation be used on postcards. The name immediately took hold, and the picturesque crossing, with its rainbow-shaped arches, has been Rainbow Bridge ever since.

The Governors Mansion

Acrylic

Don Taylor

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

Sacramento Valley Station

Photograph

Dana Meinders

Sacramento Valley Train Station

401 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814

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