There’s so much going on this summer – so when the weather is warm you can always find a lovely air conditioned gallery to explore. Check out a few exhibitions, installations, and activities that you’ll want to get on your calendar this season.
Coming up on Friday, August 1 from 5-8PM is the 2025 Sac Open Studios Guide Release Happy Hour! Enjoy music, refreshments, meet artists, and check out the schedule for this year’s two-weekend event.
The party is at Verge Center for the Arts. Learn more > https://sacopenstudios.com/.
Now showing at the Crocker Art Museum, American Art 1945 To Today.
Explore artists living and working in California in a diverse collection of figurative, photorealism, funk and more. Learn more about the collection and plan your visit to the museum at > https://www.crockerart.org/art/collections/american-art-1945-to-today.
The Sacramento Fine Arts Center’s annual fundraiser is Ars Gratia Artis, and runs August 12 to September 6, with a drawing and reception on September 7 at 2PM.
Purchase tickets and check out the artwork online > https://www.sacfinearts.org/AGA.
Even More To Do
- Viva La Frida: Maggie Gomez-Devos and Raul Mejia art exhibition at The Atrium shows through August 3.
- Gorgeous Light Elaine Bowers: A Remembrance and Retrospective showing at 2425 Sierra Boulevard, with an Artist Remembrance on Friday July 25th. Get more information at art@uuss.org.
- Blue Line Arts has a whole series of Youth Art Camps this summer. Check out the full schedule at https://www.bluelinearts.org/events/category/youth-family-programs
- The Elk Grove Fine Arts Center will present the third in a series of art lectures by Dale Chilcoat – Artists of the Italian Renaissance on October 11 from 1:30-3PM. Get tickets online > https://elkgrovefineartscenter.org/events/lectures/
- Second Saturday in August comes alive in Midtown in an open-air gallery presented by Urban Dreams Art Experience and the offices of Mayor Kevin McCarty and Supervisor Phil Serna. Learn more > https://exploremidtown.org/urbandreams/
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Enjoy your art adventures!