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Monthly Update
September
2012 
 
In this issue...
New Poet Laureate!
Call for Performing Artists
New Exhibit at City Hall
New Exhibit at SMUD
Remembering Christine Hodgins
Scavenger Hunt coming soon
Art and Architecture Bike Tour
Artober on Sac365
Greetings!

 

What makes a healthy art scene and what can SMAC do now in this new economy to help develop and nurture it here in Sacramento? These two questions have been in my mind since being appointed SMAC's Interim Director and as I've begun to meet with key stakeholders in the arts, culture, business, and political communities.   

 

Certainly, funding and opportunities for artists and arts organizations are basic and critical components of a vibrant arts scene, but it clearly takes more than these ingredients to make an arts community thrive. Using Curator Renny Pritikin's "Facets of a Healthy Art Scene"for inspiration as well as a recently released Americans for the Arts study about Sacramento art and cultural organizations and their audiences, staff and the Commission will be exploring the answer to these questions in the coming months. We will also be setting up a series of workshops as well as written documentation showing and explaining the results of the Americans for the Arts study.    

 

As the summer ends and fall begins I find it difficult to choose which performance, exhibition, or event to attend each week. This weekend I am looking forward to seeing the Tony Award winning play Red at the B Street Theater. The play explores the creative process of one of the last century's most influential and complex artists, Mark Rothko. Then there was Chalk it Up! at Fremont Park last weekend (you can still stop by the park and see dozens of chalk drawings through the month) and... Read more>  

 

Shelly Willis

Interim Executive Director, SMAC

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Announcing the Sacramento Poet Laureate!  

Congratulations Jeff Knorr! Jeff Knorr - Sac Poet Laureate 2012-14

 

Jeff Knorr has been selected to serve as Sacramento's Poet Laureate for the 2012-14 term. He was selected from a number of talented poets who vied for the opportunity to represent Sacramento's literary community by a panel of poets and literary experts.  Learn more> 

2012 Holiday Performing Arts Series 

Applications due October 15th SMAC and Airport logos

  

Don't miss your chance to apply to the Holiday Performing Arts Series in Sacramento International Airport's Terminal B featuring local artists!   Click here for the application and guidelines.

New Exhibit at Robert T. Matsui Gallery 

To the Point: Political Cartoons by the late Rex Babin

 

A retrospective exhibit, showcasing work by cartoonist Rex BabinMore>  

 

The public is invited to come to a FREE reception.

Where: Sac. City Hall, Gallery, 915 I St., Sacramento
When: Thursday, September 6, 2012; 4:30-6:30 p.m.

�Viva la Vida! SMUD exhibit - 9-2012  

New Exhibit At the SMUD Gallery 

 

This exhibit features the work of 12 Sacramento area artists.  More> 

 

The public is invited to meet the artists at a FREE reception.

 

Where: SMUD Art Gallery, 6301 S Street, Sacramento
When: Thursday, September 6, 2012; 4-6 p.m.
 

Photo of Christine HodginsRemembering Christine Hodgins 

  

The imaginative and accomplished Sacramento artist, Christine Hodgins passed away August 21, 2012.   "I vividly remember her installation of large and figurative suspended sculptures and delicate drawings at the Art Foundry Gallery in 2010.More> 

Scavenger Hunt - coming next month!SMAC SCVNGR Hunt

SAVE THE DATE: October 13, 2012  

 

Join SMAC for a SCVNGR hunt in Artober! The top teams will win prizes ranging from restaurant gift cards to original art by local artists.  Follow us on Facebook to receive updates on this fun event! 

Art and Architecture Bike Tour  

SAVE THE DATE: October 13, 2012, 10:00 - noon 

  Stephen Kaltenbach fountain

Click here to register.  Sponsored by SMAC together with the AIA Central Valley Region Architecture Festival. More info>  

Have an Arts or Cultural Event in October?

Sacramento365.com - The year-round source for Sacramento events Include it in Sacramento365.com's ARTober listings

 

ARTober, the month-long celebration of the arts in Sacramento, is quickly approaching.  Sacramento365.com serves as THE event calendar partner for ARTober, so be sure to post your October events on Sac365 so they are included on the ARTober calendar.   Learn more about ARTober and other promotional opportunities with Sac365 here