Description of a recent members-only Crocker virtual exhibition opening featuring the three newest exhibitions at the venerable art museum. Over 500 Crocker Art Museum members attended the recent virtual exhibition opening of three new exhibitions: Scheherazade and her Sisters: Real and Imagined Gilded Age Women from the Dijkstra Collection Flowers from Fire: Ceramics and the […]
Crocker Art Auction
(UPDATED 9/30/2020) Description of the 2020 Crocker Art Auction, an annual event to raise funds for the Crocker Art Museum and its varied programs. See UPDATE below. The 2020 Crocker Art Auction is currently underway, but you still have time to get registered and participate! Like all annual events in Sacramento that have not been […]
Virtual Photographic Art Exhibit
Description and review of a joint Crocker Art Museum and Viewpoint Photographic Art Center virtual photographic art exhibit: Voices: Speaking with Your Photographic Eye. April is Photography Month Sacramento! However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic what was going to be a physical photography art exhibit at the Crocker Art Museum has now been transformed into […]
Granville Redmond at Crocker Art Museum
Description and review of the Granville Redmond exhibit showing at the Crocker Art Museum through May 17, 2020. The Eloquent Palette, an exhibit of the works of American impressionist painter Granville Redmond (1871-1935), is well-worth seeing. Prior to its opening I attended the Member Preview of the exhibit. A good-sized crowd was in attendance, attracted […]
Nests – Patterns from Nature
Description of Nests – Patterns from Nature, an Environmental Art Exhibit in the Filoli Garden and Nature Preserve created by W. Gary Smith A friend and I recently hiked around the beautiful grounds of Filoli, located in Woodside, California. The historic house and its gardens are always a pleasure to visit. We were particularly […]