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Senior Show at Art Ball 2024

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As a graduating senior BFA student, I am enrolled in the senior seminar, which is a mostly self-led course where senior students develop a body of work to exhibit in the Else and Witt art galleries in Kadema Hall at Sacramento State. Graduation looms nearer, but before that, we celebrated the Art Ball this last Friday. Art Ball is a traditional celebration and exhibition held each semester by the various art departments across campus. Galleries are open for visitors to see student art, with food and beverages to enjoy. The Senior Art Show held its closing reception from 5-7, allowing friends and family to come view the Seniors’ art before the semesters end. I had the privilege of showing my five artworks in the senior show, and my best friends and my parents were able to come see my work and the festivities. In between the ceramics labs, sat the potluck table full of juice, cookies, and sausages that Professor Scott Parady cooked on his grill. On display were various student pi...
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Linda Gelfman: My Life in Clay

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On April 27, I was able to attend the reception for Linda Gelfman’s show— My Life in Clay: Four Decades in the Making— at Alpha Fired Arts. Linda was my ceramics Professor while I attended American River College between 2016 and 2020. Linda, as stated in the title of her show, has been working with clay for years. She is a great instructor, and truly brought me out of my comfort zone in order to become more masterful with clay. I will never forget the skills I learned from her, my favorite being how to get the details right when sculpting fingers and toes! Linda’s work is vast and surreal. In her show, the works begins at the earliest stage of her career—high school ceramics—and on view are two little pigs that she sculpted as a pre-college student. The work slowly evolves into the work of a true artist. Whimsical figures, the essence of nature, and sometimes cats are featured in her pieces. She uses a variety of techniques in her hand-built sculptures, showing off differe...
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A Sunday Visit to the SF MOMA

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Exhibit: Zanele Muholi: Eye Me I have enjoyed visits to San Francisco for as long as I can remember. Growing up I would go on shopping trips with my mom to the Westfield mall and Union Square. My brother and I would get dragged by our parents to all the tourist locations around the city, even a ferry boat tour of Alcatraz Island. I’m pretty well-versed in what the city has to offer in terms of sights, food, music festivals, and of course—the art. I enjoy going to the art museums of San Francisco, but I tend to visit the Deyoung and the Legion of Honor most often since they participate in Museums For All and are generally more accessible. However, in order to ensure I got a fully contemporary experience this time round, I chose to visit the Museum of Modern Art. The SFMOMA is almost like Willy Wonka's factory— endless floors filled with amazing sights and sounds. It’s worth the high admission every once in a while. My last visit to the SF MOMA was all the way back in 2018! Final...
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I Love Being a Woman

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Postcard for the show Acceptance and Liberation in Motherhood was a group student show running in the Witt gallery from 3/12-3/15. Curated by Allison Beck, and including artists Mia Hill, Stefani Figueroa, and Solana Torres-Pepito, the show was a plethora of women's experiences through the lens of these women. Works ranging from paintings, ceramics, prints, and mixed media filled the gallery with pieces revolving self-care, identity, periods, motherhood, and abortion. These intimate experiences are private yet universal, and they are depicted here in this show.  Acceptance and Liberation in Motherhood, ceramic maracas Beneath the title of the exhibition there was a podium topped with a baby blanket and ceramic maracas created by Allison Beck and Mia Hill. Each maraca was different and held a connection to feminine energy, such as a peach, a seed pod, an image of an IUD, and a red heart labeled mom. I love interactive exhibitions, and it was satisfying to shake each maraca and...
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"She Laughs Back" Bay Area Women creating art in the 1970s

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She Laughs Back,  now showing in the University Library Gallery here at Sac State, was curated by Elaine O'brien and displays artworks from nineteen women bay area artists who had active careers in the 1970s. A variety of drawings, paintings, and mixed media,  She Laughs Back  provides wit and female insight that makes viewers giggle to themselves as they make their way through the exhibition.   Slide from "Why is that So Funny?" Artist talk on Feb. 8 The 1970s saw a rise in feminist art, and a rise in humor being used to discuss uncomfortable issues. Many of the works shown are humorous, absurd, or both. I very much enjoyed the variety and representation among the artists shown. Like Lorraine Garcia-Nakata, the only female member of the RCAF-The Royal Chicano Air Force, who also participated in the artist talk related to the exhibit. In her presentation she shed light on her treatment by her male counterparts in relation to her depictions of indigenousness. In ...
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Labor and Love in Clay

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Mud, Sweat, and Tears, a show put on by the ceramics guild here at Sacramento State, ran in the Witt gallery from February 6-9. I am lucky enough to be a club member, and to have had three of my artworks on display during the exhibition. Being a member of the ceramics guild is inspirational and enjoyable. I adore getting to see what artists my peers are discussing, and being responsible for running events like the wood fire schedule and facilitating a ceramics sale at the end of the semester.  Reception crowd at Mud, Sweat, and Tears The reception for the show was held on Thursday, February 8 and unified our club to enjoy our work displayed side by side. I often see my peers engaging in their work during the week, but seldom get to see the finished product on display. The show bore a display of various techniques, styles, and functions. Vessels, wall-hanging pieces, and sculptures filled the gallery space with awe, variety, and wonder. House for Spiders by student Mars Starling In ...
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