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SUMMARY:The Abstract Language of Ceramics
DESCRIPTION:The Abstract Language of Ceramics\nExhibit: April 10 – June 3\, 2026\nReception: April 10\, 6-9 PM (Free) \nThe Abstract Language of Ceramics features the work of ceramic artists Karyn Gabriel\, Mark Goudy\, Kris Marubayashi\, Liza Riddle\, and Laura Van Duren. Together\, these artists create striking geometric and biomorphic forms that underline their pursuit of simple forms inspired by nature. Karyn Gabriel’s woven vessels and hangings merge the idea of fiber and weaving with the flexible nature of clay. Goudy’s current sculptures are modeled on mathematical equations\, which he adapts on the computer\, using new technology to design and create molded forms. Kris Marubayashi’s vessels have a sense of movement and balance\, and employ natural textures and an earth-toned palette. Liza Riddle’s modified cubes\, hanging plinths\, and circles use color sparingly to emphasize the beauty of cracks that form while drying. Laura Van Duren shows a playful incorporation of found objects\, textiles\, and clay\, closely resembling the corporal reality of human interaction. \nThis exhibit is sponsored by Hollie Malamud & Chris Kelsch\, and Helen McClosky\, in memory of ceramicist Shelly Simon. \nImage:\nLaura Van Duren\, “Curl”\nKris Marubayashi\, Untitled\nKaryn Gabriel\, “Aspen Brick”\nMark Goudy\, “Flux Series”\nLiza Riddle\, Untitled
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/the-abstract-language-of-ceramics/
LOCATION:Pence Gallery\, 212 D St\, Davis\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260502
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260622
DTSTAMP:20260402T165501Z
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SUMMARY:Linda Clark Johnson: Sunshine & Shadows
DESCRIPTION:Linda Clark Johnson: Sunshine & Shadows\nExhibit: May 2 – June 21\, 2026\nLinda Clark Johnson is a Sacramento artist who primarily works with cyanotype\, an early photographic process that uses UV light to create luminous blue images without a camera or negative. Captivated by sunlight and always gathering plants\, she prints in her backyard\, capturing botanical impressions and their shadows on watercolor paper or fabric. She then uses natural toners\, collage\, watercolor\, and colored pencil to add layers of depth and detail to her work. Through her cyanotype prints\, she celebrates experimentation and the wonder of the natural world\, creating art that feels tranquil and atmospheric. \nArtist Talk & Reception: Sunday\, May 17\, 1-2:30 PM (Free)\nJoin artist Linda Clark Johnson as she discusses her artistic process in working with cyanotype\, including her love of sunlight and her ways of gathering and arranging plants. Linda will also show visitors how to get started with cyanotype through an artist demo\, as well as explore her current work in her exhibit\, Sunshine & Shadows. \nThis exhibit is sponsored by Wil & Karen Uecker. \nThe Pence Gallery is open 11:30 AM – 5 PM\, Tuesday through Sunday (closed Monday). \nImage: work by Linda Clark Johnson
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/linda-clark-johnson-sunshine-shadows/
LOCATION:Pence Gallery\, 212 D St\, Davis\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260606
DTSTAMP:20260408T182940Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T182940Z
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SUMMARY:Davis Art Studio Tour Preview Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Davis Art Studio Tour Preview Exhibit\nMay 8 – June 5\, 2026 | Reception: May 8\, 6-9 PM (free)\nStudio Tour: May 16-17\, 10 AM – 5 PM (free) \nThis year’s Davis Art Studio Tour returns\, and is open the weekend of May 16-17 for art lovers to enjoy for free! Stroll through 40+ art studios in Davis\, learn more about artists’ work\, and support our local creatives by buying directly from them. \nThe Pence will preview one piece per artist in the exhibit\, and you can plan your tour through the display! Art in various media is on display\, including glass\, wood\, paintings\, photography\, ceramics\, mixed media\, and more. \nLearn more about the studio tour: https://www.davisopenstudios.com/ \nImage: Cathie James-Robinson\, “My Happy Place”
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/davis-art-studio-tour-preview-exhibit-2/
LOCATION:Pence Gallery\, 212 D St\, Davis\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260604T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260604T200000
DTSTAMP:20260516T180654Z
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SUMMARY:The Smoldering Forest: A People Powered Cinema
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a one-of-a-kind\, people-powered cinema experience. \nMeet Sita—space-larva\, seed\, sentient forest\, cyborg goddess\, biohacker\, shaman\, and daughter of the earth—who returns in a time of upheaval to reimagine the stories that shape how we see and move through the world. \nThis live performance by artist Anuj Vaidya re-stories the South Asian epic Ramayana through the voice of its female protagonist\, transforming it into eco-tales at the edge of the sixth extinction. Rather than watching a screen\, audiences gather in a circle and become part of the film—passing images and objects hand-to-hand\, experiencing a live soundtrack\, and taking part in a guided visualization to co-create the story through imagination. \nBlending mythology\, ecology\, and storytelling\, this intimate and participatory experience invites you into a shared act of connection\, creativity\, and discovery. Presented as part of I-House Davis’ Roots & Routes series\, exploring diaspora\, identity\, and belonging. \n  \nSliding scale $10 – $20
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/the-smoldering-forest-a-people-powered-cinema-2/
LOCATION:International House (I-House)\, 10 College Pk.
CATEGORIES:Art,Community,Science
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ORGANIZER;CN="International House Davis":MAILTO:shahzana@ihousedavis.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T170000
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SUMMARY:after nature
DESCRIPTION:FIONA K. LAU\nAFTER NATURE\nJune 5–29\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: June 13 at 5–8 p.m. \nAxis Gallery\n625 S St\nSacramento\, CA 95811\nGallery hours: Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday\, 12 – 5pm \nIn after nature\, Fiona K. Lau examines our increasingly mediated relationship with the natural world through a series of paintings and installations that navigate the space between digital fascination and ecological crisis. The exhibition takes its title from Jedediah Purdy’s book\, which explores how nature as a notion of pure\, untouched wilderness no longer exists—if it ever did—and asks how genuine kinship can be forged in an era when human influence has transformed every ecosystem and the internet shapes our environmental consciousness. \nThe works in this exhibition embody this search for connection through their very making. They function as palimpsests\, layering diverse sources—personal records\, Chinese literati painting\, Japanese manga and pop culture\, internet-sourced photographs\, and AI-generated images and texts—into compositions where paint and line\, figure and ground\, shift and slip against one another. Strange reactions emerge between mark-making\, layered imagery\, fluid space and surfaces\, the invisible and the visible\, and emergence and disappearance in dialogue. They mirror our contemporary relationship with nature—mediated\, fragmented\, yet resonant. \nafter nature offers neither solutions nor nostalgia but rather a contemplative space to reconsider how we see\, know\, and care for the more-than-human world in an age of digital saturation and ecological transformation. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nFiona K. Lau is a Sacramento-based painter whose work explores the relationships of land\, environment\, and belonging. Born in British Hong Kong and raised in Canada\, she had worked in environmental pollution research and international aid across sub-Saharan Africa. Her practice is deeply influenced by experiences of shifting cultures and a background in scientific training\, creating layered works that bridge different realms of experience to reveal tensions and hidden constructs. \nLau’s work has been exhibited in Seattle\, Atlanta\, New York\, Philadelphia\, and internationally in Japan and Canada and is featured in public collections in Kent\, WA\, and Chamblee\, GA. She has completed artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center\, Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency\, and Verge Center for the Arts in the US; OCAD University in Toronto\, Canada; and AiR Yamanashi in Kofu\, Japan. Lau is the recipient of the 2025 Creative Growth Fellowship awarded by the City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture and is a member of Axis Gallery in Sacramento. \nfionaklau.com
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/after-nature/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T170000
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SUMMARY:IMMORAL UNTIL PROFITABLE
DESCRIPTION:KENNETH JORDAN\nIMMORAL UNTIL PROFITABLE\nJune 5–28\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: June 13\, 5–8 p.m. \nAxis Gallery\n625 S St\nSacramento\, CA 95811\nGallery hours: Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday\, 12–5 p.m. \nAxis Gallery is pleased to present Immoral Until Profitable by Kenneth Jordan \nJazz is one of America’s greatest innovations; born from creativity\, collaboration\, and resilience. Yet like many American art forms created by marginalized communities\, jazz was first condemned before it was celebrated. \nReligious leaders called it immoral.\nCritics called it primitive.\nRespectable society called it dangerous.\nBut the music didn’t disappear. It evolved. It spread.\nAnd once it became profitable\, condemnation gave way to consumption. \nImmoral Until Profitable examines a recurring American pattern: reject\, resist\, rebrand\, monetize. \nThrough portraiture\, text\, and layered materials drawn from newspapers and public rhetoric\, this exhibition highlights both the brilliance of jazz and the cultural forces that once tried to suppress it. What was once feared became profitable. What was once dismissed became foundational. This show uses jazz as a lens to ask a broader question: What are we condemning today that we will eventually consume? \nJoin us at Axis Gallery\, located at 625 S Street in Sacramento’s historic R Street Corridor\, within the Verge Center for the Arts building. The gallery has exhibited innovative contemporary art for over 35 years and continues to serve as a vital space for artists to explore\, connect\, and share work outside the commercial sphere. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nKenneth Jordan is a California based painter whose practice centers on large-scale works that command attention through bold composition\, layered materials\, and expressive use of color. His work explores the intersection of history and visual storytelling\, examining how cultural ideas evolve over time; how they are shaped\, challenged\, and ultimately redefined. Raised in a deeply creative environment\, Kenneth was influenced early on by a family of artists\, including his great uncle\, renown Disney animator Marc Davis\, whose contributions to classic Disney films helped shape his understanding of art as a powerful narrative force. \nWebsite: https://www.kennethjordanart.com\nInstagram: @k.jordanart
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/immoral-until-profitable/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T200000
DTSTAMP:20260414T204530Z
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SUMMARY:Adding Stones to Rise A Group Exhibition of Sacramento-Based Artists
DESCRIPTION:Adding Stones to Rise\nA Group Exhibition of Sacramento-Based Artists\nArtist and Curator: Adero Willard \nMay 1 – May 29\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: Saturday\, May 9\, 5–8 PM \nAdding Stones to Rise is a curated group exhibition bringing together Sacramento-based artists working across multiple media\, including painting\, printmaking\, ceramics\, sculpture\, and new media. The title was developed in response to the work and writings of the artists in the exhibition and to the regional presence of rivers that move through and around Sacramento. Water becomes a point of connection—flowing\, sustaining\, eroding\, nurturing\, and reshaping. It can lift\, carry\, overwhelm\, or renew. The flow of a river may also be understood simply as the movement of material through the earth. In this context\, adding stones may suggest burden\, accumulation\, protection\, labor\, or foundation; rising may evoke resistance\, healing\, survival\, visibility\, or change. \nArtists were selected to create a diversity of voice\, perspective\, process\, medium\, and identity\, speaking to the expansiveness of Blackness and representing a collective of varying experiences. Each point is distinct\, yet inseparable from the whole—reflecting how identity\, particularly Blackness\, can be understood as fluid\, relational\, and non-monolithic. \nAdding Stones to Rise centers the work of Black women and nonbinary artists—new to the region\, rooted here\, or returning. Together\, these artists offer a collective meditation on movement\, care\, resistance\, and transformation. This exhibition is one moment in an ongoing story. It is not the first of its kind\, and it will not be the last. \nCuratorial Note: As a curatorial framework\, stones\, water\, and rivers function as metaphors for ideas brought together in this space and may not reflect the specific themes or content of each artist’s work. \nParticipating Artists\nDebra Pitman\, Laurelin Gilmore\, Amari More\, Victoria Kinyanjui\, Khalia Morris\, Tasha Green\, Delgreta Brown\, Alex Lowe\, Sabrina Clark\, Tasha Nicole \nPress Contact\n[Adero Willard] [potterybyadero@gmail.com |
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/adding-stones-to-rise-a-group-exhibition-of-sacramento-based-artists-13/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260606
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260630
DTSTAMP:20260521T193829Z
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SUMMARY:French Twist
DESCRIPTION:The Artery presents “French Twist” featuring the paintings and ceramics of Cathie James-Robinson and Amanda Cadelago. Cathie and Amanda’s show was inspired by their visit to France a few years ago. Cathie’s paintings feature the natural world\, particularly the wetlands’ plant life and birds. Her hand-built ceramics include detailed sculptures\, small pots and vases. Amanda Cadelago paints playful interiors\, collected objects\, florals\, birds\, and animals. Her vibrant compositions explore the emotional pull of color\, design\, memory\, and personal symbolism. Amanda’s work exudes warmth\, humor\, and curiosity. The reception for this exhibit is on Friday\, June 12\, 6-9 pm coinciding with the Davis Second Friday ArtAbout.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/french-twist/
LOCATION:The Artery\, 207 G Street\, Davis\, ca\, 95616
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155710Z
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SUMMARY:after nature
DESCRIPTION:FIONA K. LAU\nAFTER NATURE\nJune 5–29\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: June 13 at 5–8 p.m. \nAxis Gallery\n625 S St\nSacramento\, CA 95811\nGallery hours: Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday\, 12 – 5pm \nIn after nature\, Fiona K. Lau examines our increasingly mediated relationship with the natural world through a series of paintings and installations that navigate the space between digital fascination and ecological crisis. The exhibition takes its title from Jedediah Purdy’s book\, which explores how nature as a notion of pure\, untouched wilderness no longer exists—if it ever did—and asks how genuine kinship can be forged in an era when human influence has transformed every ecosystem and the internet shapes our environmental consciousness. \nThe works in this exhibition embody this search for connection through their very making. They function as palimpsests\, layering diverse sources—personal records\, Chinese literati painting\, Japanese manga and pop culture\, internet-sourced photographs\, and AI-generated images and texts—into compositions where paint and line\, figure and ground\, shift and slip against one another. Strange reactions emerge between mark-making\, layered imagery\, fluid space and surfaces\, the invisible and the visible\, and emergence and disappearance in dialogue. They mirror our contemporary relationship with nature—mediated\, fragmented\, yet resonant. \nafter nature offers neither solutions nor nostalgia but rather a contemplative space to reconsider how we see\, know\, and care for the more-than-human world in an age of digital saturation and ecological transformation. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nFiona K. Lau is a Sacramento-based painter whose work explores the relationships of land\, environment\, and belonging. Born in British Hong Kong and raised in Canada\, she had worked in environmental pollution research and international aid across sub-Saharan Africa. Her practice is deeply influenced by experiences of shifting cultures and a background in scientific training\, creating layered works that bridge different realms of experience to reveal tensions and hidden constructs. \nLau’s work has been exhibited in Seattle\, Atlanta\, New York\, Philadelphia\, and internationally in Japan and Canada and is featured in public collections in Kent\, WA\, and Chamblee\, GA. She has completed artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center\, Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency\, and Verge Center for the Arts in the US; OCAD University in Toronto\, Canada; and AiR Yamanashi in Kofu\, Japan. Lau is the recipient of the 2025 Creative Growth Fellowship awarded by the City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture and is a member of Axis Gallery in Sacramento. \nfionaklau.com
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/after-nature-2/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155712Z
CREATED:20260509T155712Z
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SUMMARY:IMMORAL UNTIL PROFITABLE
DESCRIPTION:KENNETH JORDAN\nIMMORAL UNTIL PROFITABLE\nJune 5–28\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: June 13\, 5–8 p.m. \nAxis Gallery\n625 S St\nSacramento\, CA 95811\nGallery hours: Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday\, 12–5 p.m. \nAxis Gallery is pleased to present Immoral Until Profitable by Kenneth Jordan \nJazz is one of America’s greatest innovations; born from creativity\, collaboration\, and resilience. Yet like many American art forms created by marginalized communities\, jazz was first condemned before it was celebrated. \nReligious leaders called it immoral.\nCritics called it primitive.\nRespectable society called it dangerous.\nBut the music didn’t disappear. It evolved. It spread.\nAnd once it became profitable\, condemnation gave way to consumption. \nImmoral Until Profitable examines a recurring American pattern: reject\, resist\, rebrand\, monetize. \nThrough portraiture\, text\, and layered materials drawn from newspapers and public rhetoric\, this exhibition highlights both the brilliance of jazz and the cultural forces that once tried to suppress it. What was once feared became profitable. What was once dismissed became foundational. This show uses jazz as a lens to ask a broader question: What are we condemning today that we will eventually consume? \nJoin us at Axis Gallery\, located at 625 S Street in Sacramento’s historic R Street Corridor\, within the Verge Center for the Arts building. The gallery has exhibited innovative contemporary art for over 35 years and continues to serve as a vital space for artists to explore\, connect\, and share work outside the commercial sphere. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nKenneth Jordan is a California based painter whose practice centers on large-scale works that command attention through bold composition\, layered materials\, and expressive use of color. His work explores the intersection of history and visual storytelling\, examining how cultural ideas evolve over time; how they are shaped\, challenged\, and ultimately redefined. Raised in a deeply creative environment\, Kenneth was influenced early on by a family of artists\, including his great uncle\, renown Disney animator Marc Davis\, whose contributions to classic Disney films helped shape his understanding of art as a powerful narrative force. \nWebsite: https://www.kennethjordanart.com\nInstagram: @k.jordanart
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/immoral-until-profitable-2/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T200000
DTSTAMP:20260414T204550Z
CREATED:20260414T204550Z
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SUMMARY:Adding Stones to Rise A Group Exhibition of Sacramento-Based Artists
DESCRIPTION:Adding Stones to Rise\nA Group Exhibition of Sacramento-Based Artists\nArtist and Curator: Adero Willard \nMay 1 – May 29\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: Saturday\, May 9\, 5–8 PM \nAdding Stones to Rise is a curated group exhibition bringing together Sacramento-based artists working across multiple media\, including painting\, printmaking\, ceramics\, sculpture\, and new media. The title was developed in response to the work and writings of the artists in the exhibition and to the regional presence of rivers that move through and around Sacramento. Water becomes a point of connection—flowing\, sustaining\, eroding\, nurturing\, and reshaping. It can lift\, carry\, overwhelm\, or renew. The flow of a river may also be understood simply as the movement of material through the earth. In this context\, adding stones may suggest burden\, accumulation\, protection\, labor\, or foundation; rising may evoke resistance\, healing\, survival\, visibility\, or change. \nArtists were selected to create a diversity of voice\, perspective\, process\, medium\, and identity\, speaking to the expansiveness of Blackness and representing a collective of varying experiences. Each point is distinct\, yet inseparable from the whole—reflecting how identity\, particularly Blackness\, can be understood as fluid\, relational\, and non-monolithic. \nAdding Stones to Rise centers the work of Black women and nonbinary artists—new to the region\, rooted here\, or returning. Together\, these artists offer a collective meditation on movement\, care\, resistance\, and transformation. This exhibition is one moment in an ongoing story. It is not the first of its kind\, and it will not be the last. \nCuratorial Note: As a curatorial framework\, stones\, water\, and rivers function as metaphors for ideas brought together in this space and may not reflect the specific themes or content of each artist’s work. \nParticipating Artists\nDebra Pitman\, Laurelin Gilmore\, Amari More\, Victoria Kinyanjui\, Khalia Morris\, Tasha Green\, Delgreta Brown\, Alex Lowe\, Sabrina Clark\, Tasha Nicole \nPress Contact\n[Adero Willard] [potterybyadero@gmail.com |
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/adding-stones-to-rise-a-group-exhibition-of-sacramento-based-artists-14/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260607T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260607T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155725Z
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SUMMARY:after nature
DESCRIPTION:FIONA K. LAU\nAFTER NATURE\nJune 5–29\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: June 13 at 5–8 p.m. \nAxis Gallery\n625 S St\nSacramento\, CA 95811\nGallery hours: Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday\, 12 – 5pm \nIn after nature\, Fiona K. Lau examines our increasingly mediated relationship with the natural world through a series of paintings and installations that navigate the space between digital fascination and ecological crisis. The exhibition takes its title from Jedediah Purdy’s book\, which explores how nature as a notion of pure\, untouched wilderness no longer exists—if it ever did—and asks how genuine kinship can be forged in an era when human influence has transformed every ecosystem and the internet shapes our environmental consciousness. \nThe works in this exhibition embody this search for connection through their very making. They function as palimpsests\, layering diverse sources—personal records\, Chinese literati painting\, Japanese manga and pop culture\, internet-sourced photographs\, and AI-generated images and texts—into compositions where paint and line\, figure and ground\, shift and slip against one another. Strange reactions emerge between mark-making\, layered imagery\, fluid space and surfaces\, the invisible and the visible\, and emergence and disappearance in dialogue. They mirror our contemporary relationship with nature—mediated\, fragmented\, yet resonant. \nafter nature offers neither solutions nor nostalgia but rather a contemplative space to reconsider how we see\, know\, and care for the more-than-human world in an age of digital saturation and ecological transformation. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nFiona K. Lau is a Sacramento-based painter whose work explores the relationships of land\, environment\, and belonging. Born in British Hong Kong and raised in Canada\, she had worked in environmental pollution research and international aid across sub-Saharan Africa. Her practice is deeply influenced by experiences of shifting cultures and a background in scientific training\, creating layered works that bridge different realms of experience to reveal tensions and hidden constructs. \nLau’s work has been exhibited in Seattle\, Atlanta\, New York\, Philadelphia\, and internationally in Japan and Canada and is featured in public collections in Kent\, WA\, and Chamblee\, GA. She has completed artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center\, Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency\, and Verge Center for the Arts in the US; OCAD University in Toronto\, Canada; and AiR Yamanashi in Kofu\, Japan. Lau is the recipient of the 2025 Creative Growth Fellowship awarded by the City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture and is a member of Axis Gallery in Sacramento. \nfionaklau.com
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/after-nature-3/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260607T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260607T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155727Z
CREATED:20260509T155727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155727Z
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SUMMARY:IMMORAL UNTIL PROFITABLE
DESCRIPTION:KENNETH JORDAN\nIMMORAL UNTIL PROFITABLE\nJune 5–28\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: June 13\, 5–8 p.m. \nAxis Gallery\n625 S St\nSacramento\, CA 95811\nGallery hours: Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday\, 12–5 p.m. \nAxis Gallery is pleased to present Immoral Until Profitable by Kenneth Jordan \nJazz is one of America’s greatest innovations; born from creativity\, collaboration\, and resilience. Yet like many American art forms created by marginalized communities\, jazz was first condemned before it was celebrated. \nReligious leaders called it immoral.\nCritics called it primitive.\nRespectable society called it dangerous.\nBut the music didn’t disappear. It evolved. It spread.\nAnd once it became profitable\, condemnation gave way to consumption. \nImmoral Until Profitable examines a recurring American pattern: reject\, resist\, rebrand\, monetize. \nThrough portraiture\, text\, and layered materials drawn from newspapers and public rhetoric\, this exhibition highlights both the brilliance of jazz and the cultural forces that once tried to suppress it. What was once feared became profitable. What was once dismissed became foundational. This show uses jazz as a lens to ask a broader question: What are we condemning today that we will eventually consume? \nJoin us at Axis Gallery\, located at 625 S Street in Sacramento’s historic R Street Corridor\, within the Verge Center for the Arts building. The gallery has exhibited innovative contemporary art for over 35 years and continues to serve as a vital space for artists to explore\, connect\, and share work outside the commercial sphere. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nKenneth Jordan is a California based painter whose practice centers on large-scale works that command attention through bold composition\, layered materials\, and expressive use of color. His work explores the intersection of history and visual storytelling\, examining how cultural ideas evolve over time; how they are shaped\, challenged\, and ultimately redefined. Raised in a deeply creative environment\, Kenneth was influenced early on by a family of artists\, including his great uncle\, renown Disney animator Marc Davis\, whose contributions to classic Disney films helped shape his understanding of art as a powerful narrative force. \nWebsite: https://www.kennethjordanart.com\nInstagram: @k.jordanart
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/immoral-until-profitable-3/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260607T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260607T200000
DTSTAMP:20260414T204551Z
CREATED:20260414T204551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T204551Z
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SUMMARY:Adding Stones to Rise A Group Exhibition of Sacramento-Based Artists
DESCRIPTION:Adding Stones to Rise\nA Group Exhibition of Sacramento-Based Artists\nArtist and Curator: Adero Willard \nMay 1 – May 29\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: Saturday\, May 9\, 5–8 PM \nAdding Stones to Rise is a curated group exhibition bringing together Sacramento-based artists working across multiple media\, including painting\, printmaking\, ceramics\, sculpture\, and new media. The title was developed in response to the work and writings of the artists in the exhibition and to the regional presence of rivers that move through and around Sacramento. Water becomes a point of connection—flowing\, sustaining\, eroding\, nurturing\, and reshaping. It can lift\, carry\, overwhelm\, or renew. The flow of a river may also be understood simply as the movement of material through the earth. In this context\, adding stones may suggest burden\, accumulation\, protection\, labor\, or foundation; rising may evoke resistance\, healing\, survival\, visibility\, or change. \nArtists were selected to create a diversity of voice\, perspective\, process\, medium\, and identity\, speaking to the expansiveness of Blackness and representing a collective of varying experiences. Each point is distinct\, yet inseparable from the whole—reflecting how identity\, particularly Blackness\, can be understood as fluid\, relational\, and non-monolithic. \nAdding Stones to Rise centers the work of Black women and nonbinary artists—new to the region\, rooted here\, or returning. Together\, these artists offer a collective meditation on movement\, care\, resistance\, and transformation. This exhibition is one moment in an ongoing story. It is not the first of its kind\, and it will not be the last. \nCuratorial Note: As a curatorial framework\, stones\, water\, and rivers function as metaphors for ideas brought together in this space and may not reflect the specific themes or content of each artist’s work. \nParticipating Artists\nDebra Pitman\, Laurelin Gilmore\, Amari More\, Victoria Kinyanjui\, Khalia Morris\, Tasha Green\, Delgreta Brown\, Alex Lowe\, Sabrina Clark\, Tasha Nicole \nPress Contact\n[Adero Willard] [potterybyadero@gmail.com |
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/adding-stones-to-rise-a-group-exhibition-of-sacramento-based-artists-15/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260611T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260611T200000
DTSTAMP:20260521T193952Z
CREATED:20260521T193952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T193952Z
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SUMMARY:Crystalline Disruption Opening Reception at The Barn Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening reception of Crystalline Disruption at The Barn Gallery\, which features contemporary work by nine artists that use glass as a material in their artwork. Art includes fused glass\, stained glass\, kiln cast glass\, blown glass\, mixed media glass installations\, and more. This exhibition opens with a reception from 5:30 – 8 p.m. on Thursday\, June 11 with local wine\, light refreshments\, and live music. This event is free and open to the public. \nFeatured artists include Ann Kalb\, Catherine Van Aken\, Celeste Budd\, Isaac Carman\, Katie DelaVaughn\, Mark Abildgaard\, Mickey Abbey\, Natalie Sakurai\, and Rachel Escoe. \nAlso on view from 5:30-8pm is Glass from the Past\, at the Gibson House\, which explores how man-made glass has been used in communities and households for thousands of years. \nThese concurrent exhibitions explore historic glass at the Gibson House and contemporary glass art from the West Coast at The Barn Gallery. We invite you to explore the different ways glass has impacted our society and culture from the mid 19th century through to the present day. \nCrystalline Disruption is on view at The Barn Gallery June 11 through August 16\, 2026. Regular open hours of The Barn Gallery are Tuesdays\, Wednesdays\, and Thursdays from 12 – 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 12 – 3 p.m. \nGlass from the Past is on view at the Gibson House June 11\, 2026 through May 15\, 2027. Regular open hours of the Gibson House are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 – 4 p.m. and every third Saturday from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. \nThe Barn Gallery and the Gibson House are located at 512 Gibson Road in Woodland. For more information\, visit www.yoloarts.org\, or contact ya@yoloarts.org or 530-309-6464. \nArtwork pictured: Burst of Color\, Celeste Budd\, Stained Glass
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/crystalline-disruption-opening-reception-at-the-barn-gallery/
LOCATION:The Barn Gallery\, 512 Gibson Road\, Woodland\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Community,Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="YoloArts":MAILTO:jpurnell@yoloarts.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155808Z
CREATED:20260509T155808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155808Z
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SUMMARY:after nature
DESCRIPTION:FIONA K. LAU\nAFTER NATURE\nJune 5–29\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: June 13 at 5–8 p.m. \nAxis Gallery\n625 S St\nSacramento\, CA 95811\nGallery hours: Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday\, 12 – 5pm \nIn after nature\, Fiona K. Lau examines our increasingly mediated relationship with the natural world through a series of paintings and installations that navigate the space between digital fascination and ecological crisis. The exhibition takes its title from Jedediah Purdy’s book\, which explores how nature as a notion of pure\, untouched wilderness no longer exists—if it ever did—and asks how genuine kinship can be forged in an era when human influence has transformed every ecosystem and the internet shapes our environmental consciousness. \nThe works in this exhibition embody this search for connection through their very making. They function as palimpsests\, layering diverse sources—personal records\, Chinese literati painting\, Japanese manga and pop culture\, internet-sourced photographs\, and AI-generated images and texts—into compositions where paint and line\, figure and ground\, shift and slip against one another. Strange reactions emerge between mark-making\, layered imagery\, fluid space and surfaces\, the invisible and the visible\, and emergence and disappearance in dialogue. They mirror our contemporary relationship with nature—mediated\, fragmented\, yet resonant. \nafter nature offers neither solutions nor nostalgia but rather a contemplative space to reconsider how we see\, know\, and care for the more-than-human world in an age of digital saturation and ecological transformation. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nFiona K. Lau is a Sacramento-based painter whose work explores the relationships of land\, environment\, and belonging. Born in British Hong Kong and raised in Canada\, she had worked in environmental pollution research and international aid across sub-Saharan Africa. Her practice is deeply influenced by experiences of shifting cultures and a background in scientific training\, creating layered works that bridge different realms of experience to reveal tensions and hidden constructs. \nLau’s work has been exhibited in Seattle\, Atlanta\, New York\, Philadelphia\, and internationally in Japan and Canada and is featured in public collections in Kent\, WA\, and Chamblee\, GA. She has completed artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center\, Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency\, and Verge Center for the Arts in the US; OCAD University in Toronto\, Canada; and AiR Yamanashi in Kofu\, Japan. Lau is the recipient of the 2025 Creative Growth Fellowship awarded by the City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture and is a member of Axis Gallery in Sacramento. \nfionaklau.com
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/after-nature-4/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155810Z
CREATED:20260509T155810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155810Z
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SUMMARY:IMMORAL UNTIL PROFITABLE
DESCRIPTION:KENNETH JORDAN\nIMMORAL UNTIL PROFITABLE\nJune 5–28\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: June 13\, 5–8 p.m. \nAxis Gallery\n625 S St\nSacramento\, CA 95811\nGallery hours: Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday\, 12–5 p.m. \nAxis Gallery is pleased to present Immoral Until Profitable by Kenneth Jordan \nJazz is one of America’s greatest innovations; born from creativity\, collaboration\, and resilience. Yet like many American art forms created by marginalized communities\, jazz was first condemned before it was celebrated. \nReligious leaders called it immoral.\nCritics called it primitive.\nRespectable society called it dangerous.\nBut the music didn’t disappear. It evolved. It spread.\nAnd once it became profitable\, condemnation gave way to consumption. \nImmoral Until Profitable examines a recurring American pattern: reject\, resist\, rebrand\, monetize. \nThrough portraiture\, text\, and layered materials drawn from newspapers and public rhetoric\, this exhibition highlights both the brilliance of jazz and the cultural forces that once tried to suppress it. What was once feared became profitable. What was once dismissed became foundational. This show uses jazz as a lens to ask a broader question: What are we condemning today that we will eventually consume? \nJoin us at Axis Gallery\, located at 625 S Street in Sacramento’s historic R Street Corridor\, within the Verge Center for the Arts building. The gallery has exhibited innovative contemporary art for over 35 years and continues to serve as a vital space for artists to explore\, connect\, and share work outside the commercial sphere. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nKenneth Jordan is a California based painter whose practice centers on large-scale works that command attention through bold composition\, layered materials\, and expressive use of color. His work explores the intersection of history and visual storytelling\, examining how cultural ideas evolve over time; how they are shaped\, challenged\, and ultimately redefined. Raised in a deeply creative environment\, Kenneth was influenced early on by a family of artists\, including his great uncle\, renown Disney animator Marc Davis\, whose contributions to classic Disney films helped shape his understanding of art as a powerful narrative force. \nWebsite: https://www.kennethjordanart.com\nInstagram: @k.jordanart
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/immoral-until-profitable-4/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T200000
DTSTAMP:20260414T204635Z
CREATED:20260414T204635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T204635Z
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SUMMARY:Adding Stones to Rise A Group Exhibition of Sacramento-Based Artists
DESCRIPTION:Adding Stones to Rise\nA Group Exhibition of Sacramento-Based Artists\nArtist and Curator: Adero Willard \nMay 1 – May 29\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: Saturday\, May 9\, 5–8 PM \nAdding Stones to Rise is a curated group exhibition bringing together Sacramento-based artists working across multiple media\, including painting\, printmaking\, ceramics\, sculpture\, and new media. The title was developed in response to the work and writings of the artists in the exhibition and to the regional presence of rivers that move through and around Sacramento. Water becomes a point of connection—flowing\, sustaining\, eroding\, nurturing\, and reshaping. It can lift\, carry\, overwhelm\, or renew. The flow of a river may also be understood simply as the movement of material through the earth. In this context\, adding stones may suggest burden\, accumulation\, protection\, labor\, or foundation; rising may evoke resistance\, healing\, survival\, visibility\, or change. \nArtists were selected to create a diversity of voice\, perspective\, process\, medium\, and identity\, speaking to the expansiveness of Blackness and representing a collective of varying experiences. Each point is distinct\, yet inseparable from the whole—reflecting how identity\, particularly Blackness\, can be understood as fluid\, relational\, and non-monolithic. \nAdding Stones to Rise centers the work of Black women and nonbinary artists—new to the region\, rooted here\, or returning. Together\, these artists offer a collective meditation on movement\, care\, resistance\, and transformation. This exhibition is one moment in an ongoing story. It is not the first of its kind\, and it will not be the last. \nCuratorial Note: As a curatorial framework\, stones\, water\, and rivers function as metaphors for ideas brought together in this space and may not reflect the specific themes or content of each artist’s work. \nParticipating Artists\nDebra Pitman\, Laurelin Gilmore\, Amari More\, Victoria Kinyanjui\, Khalia Morris\, Tasha Green\, Delgreta Brown\, Alex Lowe\, Sabrina Clark\, Tasha Nicole \nPress Contact\n[Adero Willard] [potterybyadero@gmail.com |
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/adding-stones-to-rise-a-group-exhibition-of-sacramento-based-artists-16/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T200000
DTSTAMP:20260523T201307Z
CREATED:20260523T201307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260523T201307Z
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SUMMARY:Chinese Knot-Making Workshop
DESCRIPTION:1882 FOUNDATION\, MUZI LI ROWE\, FIONA K. LAU\nCHINESE KNOT-MAKING WORKSHOP \nWorkshop 1: Friday\, June 12\, 2026 | 5:00–8:00 PM\nWorkshop 2: Thursday\, June 18\, 2026 | 5:00–8:00 PM \nJoin us for a Chinese knot-making workshop for cultural celebration and historical reflection. \nChinese knotting (中国结) is an ancient form of folk art that is typically made with fabric cords and is used as festive decoration. Traditionally made from cotton and silk cords\, various cord materials can be used to make these intricate designs\, including nylon\, hemp\, waxed cotton\, leather\, and more. In conjunction with Fiona K. Lau’s After Nature exhibit\, we are invited to re-examine our relationship with surrounding physical goods through repurposing their use. In a time where more increasingly feels less\, we are reminded that we already have the resources we want around us. Whether it be old cables or cut-up yoga mats\, this workshop aims to bring a different sense of life to discarded\, forgotten\, or menial objects. \nThese three-hour workshops will include a brief history of Chinese knotting\, live demonstrations on knot designs\, and the opportunity for attendees to make their own décor. The four designs illustrated will be Double Connection Knot\, Cloverleaf Knot\, Button Knot and Four-Squared Pan Chang (Endless) Knot\, important basic knots that are the building blocks of many designs. Each knot is made unique with each maker’s design\, as just knowing a couple single and supplementary knots can result in unlimited possibilities of combinations. Written instruments and book recommendations will be provided for further interest and creation. \nTools and materials will be provided\, including nylon cords for construction. Attendees are heavily encouraged to source materials made available to them\, as these knots can be made from a vast variety of materials. Bring any type of long string material (25” or more) with a minimum diameter of 1⁄8” (paracord\, guitar strap\, ropes\, belts\, wired headphones\, etc.) to the workshop to experiment! \nAdmission is free and RSVP is required. Light refreshments and drinks will be available. \nTickets are available at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chinese-knot-making-workshop-tickets-1989965719034 \nABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR \nMuzi Li Rowe is an interdisciplinary artist working across photography\, sculpture\, installation\, and drawing. Her practice investigates the relationship between technology\, consumerism and cultural heritage through the use of electronic waste and obsolete technologies. Since 2022\, Li Rowe has incorporated Chinese knotting into her artistic practice as a means of reconnecting with her cultural roots. Using defunct cables such as ethernet cords\, charging cables\, and wired headphones\, she creates contemporary sculptural works implementing techniques from this traditional folk art. Through this labor-intensive process\, she explores the physical and temporal experience of navigating between cultures while reflecting on life in a world shaped by advancing technology\, excessive consumption\, and waste. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nFiona K. Lau is a Sacramento-based painter whose work explores the relationships of land\, environment\, and belonging. Born in British Hong Kong and raised in Canada\, she worked extensively in environmental research and international public health. Her practice is deeply influenced by experiences of shifting cultures and a background in scientific training\, creating layered works that bridge different realms of experience to reveal tensions and hidden constructs. She is a member of Axis Gallery and the recipient of the 2025 Creative Growth Fellowship awarded by the City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture. \nFor more information about After Nature\, visit https://www.fionaklau.com/newsevents.html \nABOUT 1882 Foundation \nBased in Sacramento and Washington D.C.\, 1882 Foundation is a non-profit organization that aims to highlight the stories\, impacts\, and lingering legacies of the Chinese Exclusion Acts. Through narrative public programming and educational materials\, 1882 focuses on expanding the public awareness of Chinese American experience and history. \nLearn more here: https://1882foundation.org
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/chinese-knot-making-workshop/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/orange-white-aad-logo.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T200000
DTSTAMP:20260525T205515Z
CREATED:20260525T205515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260525T205515Z
UID:25600-1781283600-1781294400@artsalliancedavis.org
SUMMARY:Chinese Knot-Making Workshop
DESCRIPTION:1882 FOUNDATION\, MUZI LI ROWE\, FIONA K. LAU\nCHINESE KNOT-MAKING WORKSHOP \nWorkshop 1: Friday\, June 12\, 2026 | 5:00–8:00 PM\nWorkshop 2: Thursday\, June 18\, 2026 | 5:00–8:00 PM \nJoin us for a Chinese knot-making workshop for cultural celebration and historical reflection. \nChinese knotting (中国结) is an ancient form of folk art that is typically made with fabric cords and is used as festive decoration. Traditionally made from cotton and silk cords\, various cord materials can be used to make these intricate designs\, including nylon\, hemp\, waxed cotton\, leather\, and more. In conjunction with Fiona K. Lau’s After Nature exhibit\, we are invited to re-examine our relationship with surrounding physical goods through repurposing their use. In a time where more increasingly feels less\, we are reminded that we already have the resources we want around us. Whether it be old cables or cut-up yoga mats\, this workshop aims to bring a different sense of life to discarded\, forgotten\, or menial objects. \nThese three-hour workshops will include a brief history of Chinese knotting\, live demonstrations on knot designs\, and the opportunity for attendees to make their own décor. The four designs illustrated will be Double Connection Knot\, Cloverleaf Knot\, Button Knot and Four-Squared Pan Chang (Endless) Knot\, important basic knots that are the building blocks of many designs. Each knot is made unique with each maker’s design\, as just knowing a couple single and supplementary knots can result in unlimited possibilities of combinations. Written instruments and book recommendations will be provided for further interest and creation. \nTools and materials will be provided\, including nylon cords for construction. Attendees are heavily encouraged to source materials made available to them\, as these knots can be made from a vast variety of materials. Bring any type of long string material (25” or more) with a minimum diameter of 1⁄8” (paracord\, guitar strap\, ropes\, belts\, wired headphones\, etc.) to the workshop to experiment! \nAdmission is free and RSVP is required. Light refreshments and drinks will be available. \nTickets are available at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chinese-knot-making-workshop-tickets-1989965719034 \nABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR \nMuzi Li Rowe is an interdisciplinary artist working across photography\, sculpture\, installation\, and drawing. Her practice investigates the relationship between technology\, consumerism and cultural heritage through the use of electronic waste and obsolete technologies. Since 2022\, Li Rowe has incorporated Chinese knotting into her artistic practice as a means of reconnecting with her cultural roots. Using defunct cables such as ethernet cords\, charging cables\, and wired headphones\, she creates contemporary sculptural works implementing techniques from this traditional folk art. Through this labor-intensive process\, she explores the physical and temporal experience of navigating between cultures while reflecting on life in a world shaped by advancing technology\, excessive consumption\, and waste. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nFiona K. Lau is a Sacramento-based painter whose work explores the relationships of land\, environment\, and belonging. Born in British Hong Kong and raised in Canada\, she worked extensively in environmental research and international public health. Her practice is deeply influenced by experiences of shifting cultures and a background in scientific training\, creating layered works that bridge different realms of experience to reveal tensions and hidden constructs. She is a member of Axis Gallery and the recipient of the 2025 Creative Growth Fellowship awarded by the City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture. \nFor more information about After Nature\, visit https://www.fionaklau.com/newsevents.html \nABOUT 1882 Foundation \nBased in Sacramento and Washington D.C.\, 1882 Foundation is a non-profit organization that aims to highlight the stories\, impacts\, and lingering legacies of the Chinese Exclusion Acts. Through narrative public programming and educational materials\, 1882 focuses on expanding the public awareness of Chinese American experience and history. \nLearn more here: https://1882foundation.org
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/chinese-knot-making-workshop-3/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/orange-white-aad-logo.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T210000
DTSTAMP:20260528T221049Z
CREATED:20260528T221049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T221049Z
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtAbout
DESCRIPTION:The vibrant Davis art scene is powered by local artists! Check out art receptions\, pop-ups\, open studios\, live music\, and more in Downtown Davis & beyond the evening of June 12. This is a great free event to enjoy with friends and family each month. Participating venues: \nArboretum Art Works\, 17 Arboretum Dr\, Suites G & H | 5:30-8 PM\nVisit the working artist collective \nThe Artery\, 207 G St | 6-9 PM\nCathie James-Robinson & Amanda Cadelago: French Twist \nDavis Community Church\, 412 C St | 12-1 PM\nLIVE@DCC: 2nd Friday Free Noon Concert by Light Opera Theatre of Sacramento \nDavis Craft & Vintage Fair\, E St Plaza | 5-9 PM\nPop-up arts\, crafts\, and vintage sellers + live music (weather permitting) \nD Street Offices\, 430 D St | 5-11 PM\n‘Three of Cups’ feat. Boneyard Art Show \nLogos Books\, 513 2nd St | 6-8 PM\nSchorré Chevalier Oldham: Artist Playdate \nThe Paint Chip\, 217 F St | 5-6 PM\nYi-Chuan Chen & Mary King: Memory Remains \nPence Gallery\, 212 D St | 6-9 PM\nNight Market\nGarden Tour Landscapes\nLinda Clark Johnson: Sunshine & Shadows \nThe Wardrobe\, 231 D St\, Ste. B | 5-8 PM\nWearable Art by Anna Katharina Ernst \n[OFF-MAP EVENTS]\nEuphoria\, Davis Pole Studio\, 720 Olive Dr\, Ste. M | 8-9 PM\nQueer Pole Showcase (recommended for ages 18+) \nSuper Owl Brewing\, 1260 Lake Blvd\, Ste. 121 | 5-8:30 PM\nArtwork by Tommy Kakaiba \nUC Davis Basement Gallery\, MMS Art Hall\, 240 Hutchison Dr | 6:30-9 PM\nNo Flowers in Eden \n— \nThe ArtAbout is coordinated by the Pence Gallery and sponsored by Signature Sponsor Willowgrove and the Davis Downtown Business Association. To support this free community offering as a sponsor\, please visit https://pencegallery.org/events/artabout/. \nImages:\nAmy Teutemacher (Arboretum Art Works)\nCathie James-Robinson (The Artery)\nMary King (The Paint Chip)\nTommy Kakaiba (Super Owl Brewing)
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/2nd-friday-artabout-47/
LOCATION:Downtown Davis Various Locations
CATEGORIES:Art,Community,Shopping
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pence Gallery":MAILTO:pencesocialmedia@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T200000
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtAbout reception: Schorré Chevalier Oldham
DESCRIPTION:Artist Playdate\nSchorré Chevalier Oldham\ngel plate prints and collage\nJune 2 to June 27 \nArtist Playdate is a series of work that developed out of discovery and experimentation. Using a gel plate with acrylic paint and found objects\, Schorré creates prints and collages that are colorful and texture-rich with repetitive and irregular patterns. This body of work reflects the playful nature of spending time in her studio. \nSchorré Chevalier Oldham is a mixed media artist and jewelry designer. When she is not “playing” in her studio in Davis she enjoys spending time with her husband and three sons.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/2nd-friday-artabout-reception-schorre-chevalier-oldham/
LOCATION:Logos Books\, 513 2nd Street\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Bring the Kids,Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T210000
DTSTAMP:20260528T221124Z
CREATED:20260528T221124Z
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtAbout & Night Market at the Pence Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Pence Gallery for our 2nd Friday ArtAbout reception on June 12\, 6-9 PM. Enjoy shopping in the Night Market\, browsing the art on display\, complimentary wine\, and live music. Free admission! \nNight Market | June 12\, 6-9 PM\nOur pop-up Night Market inside the gallery features young visual artists selling prints\, paintings\, ceramics\, jewelry\, and more. Come visit the Pence to support and buy from the artists—they keep all proceeds! \nLinda Clark Johnson: Sunshine & Shadows | May 2 – Jun. 21\nView beautiful cyanotype prints created by capturing botanical impressions and their shadows on watercolor paper or fabric. The artist then uses natural toners\, collage\, watercolor\, and colored pencil to add layers of depth and detail to her work. \nGarden Tour Landscapes | May 22 – Jun. 21\nAs an essential part of our Garden Tour event on May 3rd\, seven artists created distinct views of the selected gardens in Davis in different media\, from oil and acrylic paint to watercolors. Visitors can view the completed works on display along the stairway. \n— \nVisit the Pence and other venues in Downtown Davis for the 2nd Friday ArtAbout artwalk. We will have printed ArtAbout guides available that week. Follow the ArtAbout’s Facebook page for more information: https://www.facebook.com/davisartabout. \nImages:\nNight Market 2025\nLinda Clark Johnson\, “Spring Rain”\nMisuk Goltz\, “Jane’s Mission Garden”
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/2nd-friday-artabout-night-market-at-the-pence-gallery/
LOCATION:Pence Gallery\, 212 D St\, Davis\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Community,Shopping
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pence Gallery":MAILTO:pencesocialmedia@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155825Z
CREATED:20260509T155825Z
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SUMMARY:after nature
DESCRIPTION:FIONA K. LAU\nAFTER NATURE\nJune 5–29\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: June 13 at 5–8 p.m. \nAxis Gallery\n625 S St\nSacramento\, CA 95811\nGallery hours: Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday\, 12 – 5pm \nIn after nature\, Fiona K. Lau examines our increasingly mediated relationship with the natural world through a series of paintings and installations that navigate the space between digital fascination and ecological crisis. The exhibition takes its title from Jedediah Purdy’s book\, which explores how nature as a notion of pure\, untouched wilderness no longer exists—if it ever did—and asks how genuine kinship can be forged in an era when human influence has transformed every ecosystem and the internet shapes our environmental consciousness. \nThe works in this exhibition embody this search for connection through their very making. They function as palimpsests\, layering diverse sources—personal records\, Chinese literati painting\, Japanese manga and pop culture\, internet-sourced photographs\, and AI-generated images and texts—into compositions where paint and line\, figure and ground\, shift and slip against one another. Strange reactions emerge between mark-making\, layered imagery\, fluid space and surfaces\, the invisible and the visible\, and emergence and disappearance in dialogue. They mirror our contemporary relationship with nature—mediated\, fragmented\, yet resonant. \nafter nature offers neither solutions nor nostalgia but rather a contemplative space to reconsider how we see\, know\, and care for the more-than-human world in an age of digital saturation and ecological transformation. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nFiona K. Lau is a Sacramento-based painter whose work explores the relationships of land\, environment\, and belonging. Born in British Hong Kong and raised in Canada\, she had worked in environmental pollution research and international aid across sub-Saharan Africa. Her practice is deeply influenced by experiences of shifting cultures and a background in scientific training\, creating layered works that bridge different realms of experience to reveal tensions and hidden constructs. \nLau’s work has been exhibited in Seattle\, Atlanta\, New York\, Philadelphia\, and internationally in Japan and Canada and is featured in public collections in Kent\, WA\, and Chamblee\, GA. She has completed artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center\, Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency\, and Verge Center for the Arts in the US; OCAD University in Toronto\, Canada; and AiR Yamanashi in Kofu\, Japan. Lau is the recipient of the 2025 Creative Growth Fellowship awarded by the City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture and is a member of Axis Gallery in Sacramento. \nfionaklau.com
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/after-nature-5/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155827Z
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SUMMARY:IMMORAL UNTIL PROFITABLE
DESCRIPTION:KENNETH JORDAN\nIMMORAL UNTIL PROFITABLE\nJune 5–28\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: June 13\, 5–8 p.m. \nAxis Gallery\n625 S St\nSacramento\, CA 95811\nGallery hours: Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday\, 12–5 p.m. \nAxis Gallery is pleased to present Immoral Until Profitable by Kenneth Jordan \nJazz is one of America’s greatest innovations; born from creativity\, collaboration\, and resilience. Yet like many American art forms created by marginalized communities\, jazz was first condemned before it was celebrated. \nReligious leaders called it immoral.\nCritics called it primitive.\nRespectable society called it dangerous.\nBut the music didn’t disappear. It evolved. It spread.\nAnd once it became profitable\, condemnation gave way to consumption. \nImmoral Until Profitable examines a recurring American pattern: reject\, resist\, rebrand\, monetize. \nThrough portraiture\, text\, and layered materials drawn from newspapers and public rhetoric\, this exhibition highlights both the brilliance of jazz and the cultural forces that once tried to suppress it. What was once feared became profitable. What was once dismissed became foundational. This show uses jazz as a lens to ask a broader question: What are we condemning today that we will eventually consume? \nJoin us at Axis Gallery\, located at 625 S Street in Sacramento’s historic R Street Corridor\, within the Verge Center for the Arts building. The gallery has exhibited innovative contemporary art for over 35 years and continues to serve as a vital space for artists to explore\, connect\, and share work outside the commercial sphere. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nKenneth Jordan is a California based painter whose practice centers on large-scale works that command attention through bold composition\, layered materials\, and expressive use of color. His work explores the intersection of history and visual storytelling\, examining how cultural ideas evolve over time; how they are shaped\, challenged\, and ultimately redefined. Raised in a deeply creative environment\, Kenneth was influenced early on by a family of artists\, including his great uncle\, renown Disney animator Marc Davis\, whose contributions to classic Disney films helped shape his understanding of art as a powerful narrative force. \nWebsite: https://www.kennethjordanart.com\nInstagram: @k.jordanart
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/immoral-until-profitable-5/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T200000
DTSTAMP:20260414T204636Z
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SUMMARY:Adding Stones to Rise A Group Exhibition of Sacramento-Based Artists
DESCRIPTION:Adding Stones to Rise\nA Group Exhibition of Sacramento-Based Artists\nArtist and Curator: Adero Willard \nMay 1 – May 29\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: Saturday\, May 9\, 5–8 PM \nAdding Stones to Rise is a curated group exhibition bringing together Sacramento-based artists working across multiple media\, including painting\, printmaking\, ceramics\, sculpture\, and new media. The title was developed in response to the work and writings of the artists in the exhibition and to the regional presence of rivers that move through and around Sacramento. Water becomes a point of connection—flowing\, sustaining\, eroding\, nurturing\, and reshaping. It can lift\, carry\, overwhelm\, or renew. The flow of a river may also be understood simply as the movement of material through the earth. In this context\, adding stones may suggest burden\, accumulation\, protection\, labor\, or foundation; rising may evoke resistance\, healing\, survival\, visibility\, or change. \nArtists were selected to create a diversity of voice\, perspective\, process\, medium\, and identity\, speaking to the expansiveness of Blackness and representing a collective of varying experiences. Each point is distinct\, yet inseparable from the whole—reflecting how identity\, particularly Blackness\, can be understood as fluid\, relational\, and non-monolithic. \nAdding Stones to Rise centers the work of Black women and nonbinary artists—new to the region\, rooted here\, or returning. Together\, these artists offer a collective meditation on movement\, care\, resistance\, and transformation. This exhibition is one moment in an ongoing story. It is not the first of its kind\, and it will not be the last. \nCuratorial Note: As a curatorial framework\, stones\, water\, and rivers function as metaphors for ideas brought together in this space and may not reflect the specific themes or content of each artist’s work. \nParticipating Artists\nDebra Pitman\, Laurelin Gilmore\, Amari More\, Victoria Kinyanjui\, Khalia Morris\, Tasha Green\, Delgreta Brown\, Alex Lowe\, Sabrina Clark\, Tasha Nicole \nPress Contact\n[Adero Willard] [potterybyadero@gmail.com |
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/adding-stones-to-rise-a-group-exhibition-of-sacramento-based-artists-17/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T200000
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SUMMARY:Reception: after nature
DESCRIPTION:FIONA K. LAU\nAFTER NATURE\nJune 5–29\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: June 13 at 5–8 p.m. \nAxis Gallery\n625 S St\nSacramento\, CA 95811\nGallery hours: Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday\, 12 – 5pm \nIn after nature\, Fiona K. Lau examines our increasingly mediated relationship with the natural world through a series of paintings and installations that navigate the space between digital fascination and ecological crisis. The exhibition takes its title from Jedediah Purdy’s book\, which explores how nature as a notion of pure\, untouched wilderness no longer exists—if it ever did—and asks how genuine kinship can be forged in an era when human influence has transformed every ecosystem and the internet shapes our environmental consciousness. \nThe works in this exhibition embody this search for connection through their very making. They function as palimpsests\, layering diverse sources—personal records\, Chinese literati painting\, Japanese manga and pop culture\, internet-sourced photographs\, and AI-generated images and texts—into compositions where paint and line\, figure and ground\, shift and slip against one another. Strange reactions emerge between mark-making\, layered imagery\, fluid space and surfaces\, the invisible and the visible\, and emergence and disappearance in dialogue. They mirror our contemporary relationship with nature—mediated\, fragmented\, yet resonant. \nafter nature offers neither solutions nor nostalgia but rather a contemplative space to reconsider how we see\, know\, and care for the more-than-human world in an age of digital saturation and ecological transformation. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nFiona K. Lau is a Sacramento-based painter whose work explores the relationships of land\, environment\, and belonging. Born in British Hong Kong and raised in Canada\, she had worked in environmental pollution research and international aid across sub-Saharan Africa. Her practice is deeply influenced by experiences of shifting cultures and a background in scientific training\, creating layered works that bridge different realms of experience to reveal tensions and hidden constructs. \nLau’s work has been exhibited in Seattle\, Atlanta\, New York\, Philadelphia\, and internationally in Japan and Canada and is featured in public collections in Kent\, WA\, and Chamblee\, GA. She has completed artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center\, Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency\, and Verge Center for the Arts in the US; OCAD University in Toronto\, Canada; and AiR Yamanashi in Kofu\, Japan. Lau is the recipient of the 2025 Creative Growth Fellowship awarded by the City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture and is a member of Axis Gallery in Sacramento. \nfionaklau.com
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/reception-after-nature/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T200000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155830Z
CREATED:20260509T155830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155830Z
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SUMMARY:Reception: IMMORAL UNTIL PROFITABLE
DESCRIPTION:KENNETH JORDAN\nIMMORAL UNTIL PROFITABLE\nJune 5–28\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: June 13\, 5–8 p.m. \nAxis Gallery\n625 S St\nSacramento\, CA 95811\nGallery hours: Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday\, 12–5 p.m. \nAxis Gallery is pleased to present Immoral Until Profitable by Kenneth Jordan \nJazz is one of America’s greatest innovations; born from creativity\, collaboration\, and resilience. Yet like many American art forms created by marginalized communities\, jazz was first condemned before it was celebrated. \nReligious leaders called it immoral.\nCritics called it primitive.\nRespectable society called it dangerous.\nBut the music didn’t disappear. It evolved. It spread.\nAnd once it became profitable\, condemnation gave way to consumption. \nImmoral Until Profitable examines a recurring American pattern: reject\, resist\, rebrand\, monetize. \nThrough portraiture\, text\, and layered materials drawn from newspapers and public rhetoric\, this exhibition highlights both the brilliance of jazz and the cultural forces that once tried to suppress it. What was once feared became profitable. What was once dismissed became foundational. This show uses jazz as a lens to ask a broader question: What are we condemning today that we will eventually consume? \nJoin us at Axis Gallery\, located at 625 S Street in Sacramento’s historic R Street Corridor\, within the Verge Center for the Arts building. The gallery has exhibited innovative contemporary art for over 35 years and continues to serve as a vital space for artists to explore\, connect\, and share work outside the commercial sphere. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nKenneth Jordan is a California based painter whose practice centers on large-scale works that command attention through bold composition\, layered materials\, and expressive use of color. His work explores the intersection of history and visual storytelling\, examining how cultural ideas evolve over time; how they are shaped\, challenged\, and ultimately redefined. Raised in a deeply creative environment\, Kenneth was influenced early on by a family of artists\, including his great uncle\, renown Disney animator Marc Davis\, whose contributions to classic Disney films helped shape his understanding of art as a powerful narrative force. \nWebsite: https://www.kennethjordanart.com\nInstagram: @k.jordanart
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/reception-immoral-until-profitable/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260614T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260614T170000
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SUMMARY:after nature
DESCRIPTION:FIONA K. LAU\nAFTER NATURE\nJune 5–29\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: June 13 at 5–8 p.m. \nAxis Gallery\n625 S St\nSacramento\, CA 95811\nGallery hours: Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday\, 12 – 5pm \nIn after nature\, Fiona K. Lau examines our increasingly mediated relationship with the natural world through a series of paintings and installations that navigate the space between digital fascination and ecological crisis. The exhibition takes its title from Jedediah Purdy’s book\, which explores how nature as a notion of pure\, untouched wilderness no longer exists—if it ever did—and asks how genuine kinship can be forged in an era when human influence has transformed every ecosystem and the internet shapes our environmental consciousness. \nThe works in this exhibition embody this search for connection through their very making. They function as palimpsests\, layering diverse sources—personal records\, Chinese literati painting\, Japanese manga and pop culture\, internet-sourced photographs\, and AI-generated images and texts—into compositions where paint and line\, figure and ground\, shift and slip against one another. Strange reactions emerge between mark-making\, layered imagery\, fluid space and surfaces\, the invisible and the visible\, and emergence and disappearance in dialogue. They mirror our contemporary relationship with nature—mediated\, fragmented\, yet resonant. \nafter nature offers neither solutions nor nostalgia but rather a contemplative space to reconsider how we see\, know\, and care for the more-than-human world in an age of digital saturation and ecological transformation. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nFiona K. Lau is a Sacramento-based painter whose work explores the relationships of land\, environment\, and belonging. Born in British Hong Kong and raised in Canada\, she had worked in environmental pollution research and international aid across sub-Saharan Africa. Her practice is deeply influenced by experiences of shifting cultures and a background in scientific training\, creating layered works that bridge different realms of experience to reveal tensions and hidden constructs. \nLau’s work has been exhibited in Seattle\, Atlanta\, New York\, Philadelphia\, and internationally in Japan and Canada and is featured in public collections in Kent\, WA\, and Chamblee\, GA. She has completed artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center\, Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency\, and Verge Center for the Arts in the US; OCAD University in Toronto\, Canada; and AiR Yamanashi in Kofu\, Japan. Lau is the recipient of the 2025 Creative Growth Fellowship awarded by the City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture and is a member of Axis Gallery in Sacramento. \nfionaklau.com
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/after-nature-6/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260614T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260614T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155846Z
CREATED:20260509T155846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155846Z
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SUMMARY:IMMORAL UNTIL PROFITABLE
DESCRIPTION:KENNETH JORDAN\nIMMORAL UNTIL PROFITABLE\nJune 5–28\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: June 13\, 5–8 p.m. \nAxis Gallery\n625 S St\nSacramento\, CA 95811\nGallery hours: Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday\, 12–5 p.m. \nAxis Gallery is pleased to present Immoral Until Profitable by Kenneth Jordan \nJazz is one of America’s greatest innovations; born from creativity\, collaboration\, and resilience. Yet like many American art forms created by marginalized communities\, jazz was first condemned before it was celebrated. \nReligious leaders called it immoral.\nCritics called it primitive.\nRespectable society called it dangerous.\nBut the music didn’t disappear. It evolved. It spread.\nAnd once it became profitable\, condemnation gave way to consumption. \nImmoral Until Profitable examines a recurring American pattern: reject\, resist\, rebrand\, monetize. \nThrough portraiture\, text\, and layered materials drawn from newspapers and public rhetoric\, this exhibition highlights both the brilliance of jazz and the cultural forces that once tried to suppress it. What was once feared became profitable. What was once dismissed became foundational. This show uses jazz as a lens to ask a broader question: What are we condemning today that we will eventually consume? \nJoin us at Axis Gallery\, located at 625 S Street in Sacramento’s historic R Street Corridor\, within the Verge Center for the Arts building. The gallery has exhibited innovative contemporary art for over 35 years and continues to serve as a vital space for artists to explore\, connect\, and share work outside the commercial sphere. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nKenneth Jordan is a California based painter whose practice centers on large-scale works that command attention through bold composition\, layered materials\, and expressive use of color. His work explores the intersection of history and visual storytelling\, examining how cultural ideas evolve over time; how they are shaped\, challenged\, and ultimately redefined. Raised in a deeply creative environment\, Kenneth was influenced early on by a family of artists\, including his great uncle\, renown Disney animator Marc Davis\, whose contributions to classic Disney films helped shape his understanding of art as a powerful narrative force. \nWebsite: https://www.kennethjordanart.com\nInstagram: @k.jordanart
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/immoral-until-profitable-6/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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