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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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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
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SUMMARY:Friday Family Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:Looking for a space where you\, your family\, and even friends can have fun with art and creativity? Drop in at our Art Explorers: Family Open Studio! Explore an array of art materials\, such as paint\, oil pastels\, and recycled materials. Let your creative imagination run wild! (An adult must attend with at least one child\, and children must attend with an adult.) \nALL AGES
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/friday-family-open-studio-15/
LOCATION:1919 F St\, Davis CA\, 1919 F St\, Davis\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Davis Arts Center":MAILTO:office@davisartscenter.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260606
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260630
DTSTAMP:20260521T193829Z
CREATED: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
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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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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T170000
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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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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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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260607T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260607T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155727Z
CREATED: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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260607T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260607T150000
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SUMMARY:Lavender Weekend Paint & Sip
DESCRIPTION:🎨💜🍷 Lavender Weekend Paint & Sip 🍷💜🎨\n📅 Sunday\, June 7 | 1–3 PM\nTicket Includes: First Glass of Wine\, Painting Class & All Art Supplies\n🌿 Wine Club Members: Please log in to have your discount automatically applied at checkout.\nUncork your creativity and join us for a relaxing afternoon of art\, wine\, and lavender-inspired beauty at Great Bear Vineyards!\nSet among the vineyard’s stunning lavender blooms\, this Paint & Sip experience is the perfect way to slow down\, sip your favorite wine\, and create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or haven’t picked up a paintbrush in years\, this fun and welcoming class is designed for everyone.\n🎨 Guided by talented local artists Pooja Sreekakula and Anne Bennett\, you’ll create a beautiful painting inspired by the lavender harvest at Great Bear Vineyards. Their step-by-step instruction makes it easy to follow along while adding your own personal artistic touch.\n🍷 Enjoy your first glass of Great Bear wine as you paint\, relax\, and soak in the beauty of Lavender Weekend. Additional wine will be available for purchase by the glass or bottle throughout the event.\n✨ Your Ticket Includes:\n🎨 Guided painting instruction\n🖌️ All paints\, brushes\, canvas\, and art supplies\n🍷 Your first glass of Great Bear Vineyards wine\n💜 A lavender-inspired masterpiece to take home\n📍 Event Details\n📅 Sunday\, June 7\n⏰ 1–3 PM\n🎟️ $60 per person\n🌸 About the Instructors\nPooja Sreekakula and Anne Bennett are the founders of Children Create\, a Davis-based mobile art studio that brings creativity and artistic experiences to the community. Their fun\, approachable teaching style makes every class enjoyable for artists of all skill levels.\nGather your friends\, raise a glass\, and let the beauty of lavender inspire your inner artist. We can’t wait to paint\, sip\, and celebrate Lavender Weekend with you!
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/lavender-weekend-paint-sip/
LOCATION:Great Bear Vineyards (Great Bear)\, 24800 County Rd 101A
CATEGORIES:Art,Food & Drink
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T170000
DTSTAMP: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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T170000
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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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Jordan_Kenneth_MainShowImage-Kenneth-Jordan-y3Xm5B.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T190000
DTSTAMP:20260314T113241Z
CREATED:20260314T113241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260314T113241Z
UID:24253-1781283600-1781290800@artsalliancedavis.org
SUMMARY:Friday Family Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:Looking for a space where you\, your family\, and even friends can have fun with art and creativity? Drop in at our Art Explorers: Family Open Studio! Explore an array of art materials\, such as paint\, oil pastels\, and recycled materials. Let your creative imagination run wild! (An adult must attend with at least one child\, and children must attend with an adult.) \nALL AGES
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/friday-family-open-studio-16/
LOCATION:1919 F St\, Davis CA\, 1919 F St\, Davis\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Davis Arts Center":MAILTO:office@davisartscenter.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155825Z
CREATED:20260509T155825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155825Z
UID:25293-1781352000-1781370000@artsalliancedavis.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/after_nature_front_tensor_pure-white_v4_wild-fruit-iZZ1nw.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155827Z
CREATED:20260509T155827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155827Z
UID:25294-1781352000-1781370000@artsalliancedavis.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Jordan_Kenneth_MainShowImage-Kenneth-Jordan-y3Xm5B.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T200000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155828Z
CREATED:20260509T155828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155828Z
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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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/after_nature_front_tensor_pure-white_v4_wild-fruit-iZZ1nw.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T200000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155830Z
CREATED:20260509T155830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155830Z
UID:25296-1781370000-1781380800@artsalliancedavis.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Jordan_Kenneth_MainShowImage-Kenneth-Jordan-y3Xm5B.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260614T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260614T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155845Z
CREATED:20260509T155845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155845Z
UID:25297-1781438400-1781456400@artsalliancedavis.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/after_nature_front_tensor_pure-white_v4_wild-fruit-iZZ1nw.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260614T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260614T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155846Z
CREATED:20260509T155846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155846Z
UID:25298-1781438400-1781456400@artsalliancedavis.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Jordan_Kenneth_MainShowImage-Kenneth-Jordan-y3Xm5B.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260619T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260619T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155915Z
CREATED:20260509T155915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155915Z
UID:25299-1781870400-1781888400@artsalliancedavis.org
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-7/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/after_nature_front_tensor_pure-white_v4_wild-fruit-iZZ1nw.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260619T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260619T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155917Z
CREATED:20260509T155917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155917Z
UID:25300-1781870400-1781888400@artsalliancedavis.org
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-7/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Jordan_Kenneth_MainShowImage-Kenneth-Jordan-y3Xm5B.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260619T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260619T190000
DTSTAMP:20260323T140329Z
CREATED:20260323T140329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T140329Z
UID:24401-1781888400-1781895600@artsalliancedavis.org
SUMMARY:Friday Family Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:Looking for a space where you\, your family\, and even friends can have fun with art and creativity? Drop in at our Art Explorers: Family Open Studio! Explore an array of art materials\, such as paint\, oil pastels\, and recycled materials. Let your creative imagination run wild! (An adult must attend with at least one child\, and children must attend with an adult.) \nALL AGES
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/friday-family-open-studio-17/
LOCATION:1919 F St\, Davis CA\, 1919 F St\, Davis\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Family-Open-Studio-1-WIuUHT.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Davis Arts Center":MAILTO:office@davisartscenter.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260620T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260620T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155933Z
CREATED:20260509T155933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155933Z
UID:25301-1781956800-1781974800@artsalliancedavis.org
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-8/
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:20260620T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260620T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155946Z
CREATED:20260509T155946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155946Z
UID:25302-1781956800-1781974800@artsalliancedavis.org
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-8/
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:20260621T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260621T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155948Z
CREATED:20260509T155948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155948Z
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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-9/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/after_nature_front_tensor_pure-white_v4_wild-fruit-iZZ1nw.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260621T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260621T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T155952Z
CREATED:20260509T155952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T155952Z
UID:25304-1782043200-1782061200@artsalliancedavis.org
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-9/
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:20260622T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260626T150000
DTSTAMP:20260328T153434Z
CREATED:20260328T153434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T153434Z
UID:24501-1782118800-1782486000@artsalliancedavis.org
SUMMARY:Art Explorers: All Day Summer Arts Camp
DESCRIPTION:Let’s make art! Join us for a week of art adventures\, friendship\, and fun during Summer break. Explore ceramics\, paper mache\, painting\, drawing\, and mixed media\, led by our amazing team of Teaching Artists. Camp Counselors will guide campers in fun camp activities and outdoor play. All materials are provided\, just bring a water bottle\, snack\, sunscreen and your creativity! The week of 06/29-07/03 is broken up into individual days. \nPrice: $550/week and $75/day
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/art-explorers-all-day-summer-arts-camp/
LOCATION:1919 F St\, Davis CA\, 1919 F St\, Davis\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260622T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260626T150000
DTSTAMP:20260525T205700Z
CREATED:20260525T205700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260525T205700Z
UID:25606-1782118800-1782486000@artsalliancedavis.org
SUMMARY:Art Explorers: All Day Summer Arts Camp
DESCRIPTION:Let’s make art! Join us for a week of art adventures\, friendship\, and fun during Summer break. Explore ceramics\, paper mache\, painting\, drawing\, and mixed media\, led by our amazing team of Teaching Artists. Camp Counselors will guide campers in fun camp activities and outdoor play. All materials are provided\, just bring a water bottle\, snack\, sunscreen and your creativity! The week of 06/29-07/03 is broken up into individual days. \nPrice: $550/week and $75/day
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/art-explorers-all-day-summer-arts-camp-8/
LOCATION:1919 F St\, Davis CA\, 1919 F St\, Davis\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260623T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260623T120000
DTSTAMP:20260519T185728Z
CREATED:20260519T185728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T185728Z
UID:25451-1782208800-1782216000@artsalliancedavis.org
SUMMARY:Intermediate Watercolor Painting with Misuk Goltz (6-Sessions)
DESCRIPTION:Intermediate Watercolor Painting with Misuk Goltz\nTuesdays\, 10 AM – 12 PM | Jun. 23\, 30 & Jul. 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\n$195 Members | $215 Non-Members (Materials not included) \nIn this 6-week course\, artist Misuk Goltz will guide you through essential watercolor techniques to help you paint your favorite subjects more expressively. Sessions will cover choosing inspiring subjects and methods for creating colors\, textures\, and values to elevate your art. Each class includes a critique of participants’ completed work\, live demonstrations\, and extended individual guidance. Please note that this class is intended for participants who already have some watercolor painting experience. \nRegister here: https://pencegallery.org/education/programs/workshops-and-classes/ \nAny questions? Email pencegallery@gmail.com. \n 
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/intermediate-watercolor-painting-with-misuk-goltz-6-sessions-7/
LOCATION:Pence Gallery\, 212 D St\, Davis\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pence Gallery":MAILTO:pencesocialmedia@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260626T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260626T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T160039Z
CREATED:20260509T160039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T160039Z
UID:25305-1782475200-1782493200@artsalliancedavis.org
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-10/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artsalliancedavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/after_nature_front_tensor_pure-white_v4_wild-fruit-iZZ1nw.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260626T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260626T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T160041Z
CREATED:20260509T160041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T160041Z
UID:25306-1782475200-1782493200@artsalliancedavis.org
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-10/
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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