The Crest Theater will soon be filled with adoring and screaming Garibaldi fans once more. On October 26, performing live at the Crest Theatre will be the Sacramento native and world famous performance artist, David Garibaldi. Garibaldi’s works are known for wowing crowds. The artist travels nationwide and overseas to showcase his talents on something as simple as an empty canvas. Music feeds into his performances and crowds go wild. Many admiring fans guess and wonder what the painting will be when he is finished, but they are always astounded and amazed. Once he has your attention, that’s it - you’re hooked. Garibaldi has created everything from the King of Pop to the King of Rock ‘n’

Opens at La Raza Galería Posada on July 9; Artist Reception on July 14 (Sacramento, CA) No matter how one views the wars in the Middle East, the visual window into that world is a compelling and valuable one to experience. The photographs from Sacramento native Chief Warrant Officer-2 (CWO2) Tony R. Ulep’s military service have resulted in a vast portfolio of fascinating cultures, architecture, landscapes, and blazing sunrises and sunsets. His debut exhibition at La Raza Galería Posada shows his passion for studying and experiencing other cultures combined with his love of photojournalism is apparent. Specifically, he presents photographs from his two Iraqi deployments, beginning in 200

The Crocker Art Museum’s “Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism” is more than an exhibit of 38 paintings; it’s a lesson in art history. The exhibition is one of three that make up the museum’s “Summer of Impressionism,” a story about the Impressionist movement and how it evolved from France to the U.S., as told through its showcased art. There are paintings by Claude Monet, Gustave Courbet, Camille Pissaro and some of their most notable American followers. Visitors of "Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism" are greeted by Monet’s loose brushstrokes, those that form a cropped cottage overlooking the sea in “Rising Tide of Pourville, 1882.” Surrounding “Rising Tide of Pourville” are

Mark your calendars for two days in late May. Two local artists will have their work exhibited and auctioned to aid St. Francis Episcopalian Church in Fair Oaks. Artists AJ Tudury and Linda Senor-Weyl will be the featured artists. The artists and their work will be shown at St. Francis Episcopal Church, located at 11430 Fair Oaks Boulevard, on Friday, May 20, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event will include drinks and a reception. On May 21, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., a reception with tea and treats will be held. Admission is $10 and covers the cost of two drinks and a raffle ticket. Senor-Weyl is both excited and apprehensive about the showing, as it will give her work more exposure. She is hop

While planning your route this 2nd Saturday, be sure to stop by Elliott Fouts Gallery (4749 J Street, Sacramento) for the reception for Go Figure!, a group exhibition of figural paintings, from 6pm-9pm. Among the artists showing in the exhibition is Sacramento-based painter Jeff Felker. His paintings included in the show address revisiting abandoned places and moments in time, marked by emotional significance to the figure. Each painting captures fragments, as once forgotten and neglected as the scenery, with a desire to find new meanings and relevance within the same space. The show also features work by Candice Bohannon, Derek Gores, James Crandall, Kenney Mencher, Peter Wedel, Sara Zi

SACRAMENTO – Mayor Kevin Johnson insists Sacramento’s popular Second Saturday art walk is alive and well, and this month includes a different kind of gallery to tour: a medical building. “For anyone who thinks Second Saturday is dead, it’s not,” the mayor said during a press conference Tuesday for the grand opening of the Sutter Capitol Pavilion at 2725 Capitol Ave. “Sutter is opening up its new medical facility to the public for Second Saturday in order to showcase its art installation and the local artists who created the pieces.” The public open house is billed as “Art & Medicine” and will feature tours of the artwork installed throughout the medical office building and outpatient ser

One big fat Greek festival offers all you need for Hellenistic acculturation. Fortunately for Sacramentans, the Sacramento Convention Center will host the 47th annual Sacramento Greek Festival this weekend to make this possible. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church’s Mike Dariotis has been involved in the event for 15 years and said his favorite part of the weekend is, first, the food; second, the folk dancing and then of course working together with the church community and fellow parishioners. In recent years, the event has served around 10,000 people over the course of the three-day festival. So what is it about this event that brings both Greek and non-Greeks out? The answer is simple

Every Friday evening this summer, up-and-coming local artists present their latest pieces at Mix Downtown’s The Gallery. Friday’s happy-hour event featured painter Mariana Alvarez. In 2006, Sacramento native Alvarez graduated from California State University, Chico, and moved into a white-walled apartment. “My landlord said I couldn’t paint the walls,” she said. “But I couldn’t stand the stark white.” Alvarez, who had never taken an art class before, decided to buy a few canvasses and brighten up her house with some original pieces. A few friends noticed the paintings, which encouraged her to take her art to the next level. “I started to call different nightclubs to see if I could show

In the now thriving Sacramento art scene, theft has been a recurring problem among college artists. Since 2005 American River College students and instructors have been seemingly targeted as victims of art theft. Within the past year the problem has become increasingly worse, with three pieces taken weeks apart from each other. On Aug. 15, 2005, Craig Schindler, an instructor at ARC had a painting titled, "Para Las Mujeres Victimas de Cuidad Juarez" [translated as "For the victims of Cuidad Juarez"], taken from the Kanakos Gallery, a gallery located on the campus of ARC for students and faculty. Schindler said the painting was a tribute to the women being victimized and found dead in th