ABOUT SAC OPEN STUDIOS Verge Center for the Arts Is Proud to Sac Open Studios Is Verge’S Largest Annual Public Program
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2021 GUIDE 16TH ANNUAL • ANNUAL 16TH SAC OPEN STUDIOS SAC 2 WEEKENDS 240+ARTISTS September 11-12 & 18-19 10am-5pm SACRAMENTO REGION’S LARGEST OPEN STUDIO TOUR PRESENTED BY Executive Director Sac Open Studios Verge Center SAC OPEN Committee for the Arts Liv Moe ABOUT Michelle Cordova Chair 625 S Street Public Engagement Sandra Kopp Chair Sacramento, CA 95811 STUDIOS 2021 and Outreach 916.448.2985 Paula Bellacera VERGE Manager [email protected] Uuganbayar Yuki Cloud PRESENTED BY Justina Martino Phillip Cunningham Gallery Hours This past year, Public Engagement Thur.-Sat. 11am–5pm Kate Farrall Verge staff, board, Coordinator CONVERGE CLAY LAB Joy Gough Sun. 12pm–5pm volunteers, resident Saba Moghtader Darrene Hackler Verge will open at 10am artists, and community Converge is a podcast which features Before the start of COVID, our weekly Clay during Weekend 1 of conversations about contemporary art and Lab was already gaining popularity. During the TABLE OF CONTENTS Outreach Associate Catherine Ann Miller members have risen Sac Open Studios to the challenges ideas with Sacramento regional artists, art early days of the pandemic, Clay Lab regulars Estathea Lyons Nick Shepard About Verge 3 presented by COVID-19 professionals, and art enthusiasts. Hosts were eager to get back to Verge to get their Maya Wallace Guide Design to keep our community Massiel Bobadilla and Justina Martino talk to hands dirty. By improvising a combination Nancy Wylie Supporters 5 Benjamin Della Rosa safe, connected, guests about topics including accessibility in the of outdoor studio facilities as well as private and engaged with arts, curatorial practice, arts education, artist reservation opportunities which allowed artists Welcome 6 Maps Stay Connected contemporary art. communities, and more. to work individually, we were able to maintain this program and actually grow it during the Molly Roy Sign up for our newsletter Whether it was our Artist Demos 8 at vergeart.com first-ever entirely shut down. Now anyone who is interested in PR virtual art auction or a experimenting with clay or honing their skills is @vergeart Traci Rockefeller Cusack invited to join us at Clay Lab Tuesdays from Artist Spotlights 12 @vergeart record-setting Big Day @vergeart of Giving, the melding 5pm–8pm and Saturdays from 10am–1pm. of the staff’s ingenuity Weekend 1 Artist Directory 19 #vergeart #sacopenstudios with our community’s Weekend 2 Artist Directory 43 remarkable generosity jointly helped steer Artist Index by Name 60 us through the most BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2021 tumultuous time in Artist Index by Medium 62 our history as an Gwenna Howard Jesse Powell Gail Counts Miller organization. President Founder Carlin Naify Renee Carter & Jayne Sarah Barkawi Gloria Naify Rasmussen Gerardo Cabral Manuel Fernando Rios To the right is a sampling Vice President of some of the new and ON THE COVER: Richard Baumhofer Anette Smith Phil Cunningham & improved Verge programs EXHIBITIONS VIRTUAL PROGRAMS Darrene Hackler Paulette Trainor Paint Can Rich Simpson produced during Executive Director Liv Moe and Deputy Quarantine required us to stay physically apart Phil Isenberg Treasurer Ladi Youssefi quarantine. Director Amy Greer kept Verge’s exhibition but that didn’t stop us from gathering online. Gale Hart Betty Moulds Sandra Kopp program going strong and continued to present Since we were not able to hold an in-person PVC, Paint, Polished Secretary Catherine Ann Miller exhibitions when public health guidelines Sac Open Studios program in 2020, we held Aluminum with allowed. it entirely online. Two successes of virtual Chrome Finish Sac Open Studios were a series of artist Don’t miss our current exhibition, RHODASCOPE, interviews with regional art professionals called 2020 STAFF presented in collaboration with the San Conversations with Artists and an online artist Francisco Art Commission, the Golden Gate Liv Moe Justina Martino Lily Failla directory which features a profile for every Kindergarten Association and curated by Jordan Founding Director Public Engagement and Education Associate participating artist. In addition to virtual Sac Stein and Lindsey White. RHODASCOPE brings Open Studios, our Public Engagement and Amy Greer Outreach Manager Ah’Ndiya Kiburi together approximately 200 artworks from the Outreach Manager, Justina Martino, started Deputy Director Saba Moghtader Education Associate Rhoda Kellogg International Child Art Collection Public Engagement a series of Lunchtime Art Chats with Verge Ann Andreazzi Anna Morales selected by Brooklyn-based artist Brian Belott; Coordinator exhibiting artists which include a lecture by the Office Manager Education Associate Belott’s own child art “forgery” paintings; and Estathea Lyons artist followed by a group discussion. Massiel Bobadilla Kiana Morgan several of Kellogg’s original artworks, produced Outreach Associate Development Manager Gallery Associate during her final years and never before seen Nicole Martin Danielle Bronson and Preparator in San Francisco. The exhibition marks a Education Associate Education Manager homecoming for the visionary Bay Area figure and her extraordinarily vast, yet profoundly singular collection. Sac Open Studios | 3 SUPPORTERS Verge Center for the Arts extends a large thank you to the generous funders, sponsors, community partners, and individual donors for supporting our regional art community and helping make Sac Open Studios a success. FUNDERS MAJOR SPONSORS SUPPORTING SPONSORS REGIONAL SPONSORS COMMUNITY PARTNERS INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS Darrene Hackler Kip Bridges Samuel Rose Parkinson Garrett Cotham Gioia Fonda John Krempel Nanette Roe Jodi Connelly Paulette Trainor Ryan Dominguez Jeffrey Paradis Liv Moe & Tim Foster Gwenna & Dan Howard Margot Wilhelm Jeff Myers WELCOME ABOUT SAC OPEN STUDIOS Verge Center for the Arts is proud to Sac Open Studios is Verge’s largest annual public program. It features an in-person artist “open studio” tour throughout present the 16th annual Sac Open Sacramento County and parts of Yolo County. This year, the in- Studios program. After a year of person tour takes place September 11–12, 2021 and September quarantine and social distancing, 18–19, 2021. To attend the in-person tour, use the artist directory and maps in this guide to discover the artists you’d like to visit we’re excited to celebrate the 240+ and plan your route. The artist directory also contains artist email participating artists and to visit addresses and websites. We invite you to contact artists whose work you love. If you’d like to dive even deeper, visit the artist them at their studios! directory on Verge’s website for more information about each artist. Every year, we look forward to In addition to the in-person tour, Sac Open exploring our region through Studios includes a virtual artist interview visiting artist studios. When we series, Conversations with Artists from July go on the in-person tour, we get - August 2021. If you missed Conversations the chance to meet the artists with Artists, use the QR code on this page who bring vibrancy to our region for a link to the recordings and more Sac and form deeper ties to our Open Studios resources including the online community. If you are an artist artist directory and event information. yourself, this is a wonderful Photo by opportunity to plug into the local Sarah Marie Hawkins art community, to make friends, and to learn new techniques. Sac Open Sac Open Sac Open Studios holds a special place in my heart Studios Studios because attending the 2014 tour was my introduction to the artists of our region. I witnessed strangers Kick Off Preview Exhibit connect and bond over artwork. I met talented artists who have become friends and whose art I have added to my personal collection. My own artistic practice has September 9, September 9–26 been reinvigorated by talking to artists and learning 6pm–9pm about their challenges, routines, and inspirations. Verge Center Verge Center Whether you’re new to the region, are an out-of-town for the Arts for the Arts visitor, or are a long-time resident, there’s something in Sac Open Studios for you. You’ll meet amazing artists Join us at Verge to kick off the With over 240+ participating working in their homes, studios, backyard sheds, or in-person tour. Get first dibs on artists, we recommend starting warehouses. You’ll find beautiful, thought-provoking, art at the Preview Exhibition, at the Preview Exhibition to strange, and amazing art in the studios. On the way meet participating artists, choose some favorites before you’ll also find magical parts of our region you’ve never Verge staff, advertisers, and planning your route. You may seen before. sponsors. Make a print with also find artwork to add to your Sac Open Studios artist, Peter personal collection! This is my invitation to you to look at our region with Foucault, at his Portable Print new eyes, to be inspired by the art created in our Lab, cool off with a refreshing community, and to tune into the creativity which exists beverage, and more. all around us. I hope to see you on the tour! Verge encourages all in-person Justina Martino tour goers to follow current CDC Public Engagement and Outreach Manager guidelines regarding safety from ARTIST COVID-19. Verge disclaims any STUDIO and all liability for any injury or accident, including but not limited to the spread or contrac- #SACOPENSTUDIOS // SEPT. 11–12 & SEPT. 18–19 // VERGEART.COM tion of COVID-19 symptoms or effects, which occur as a result Look for this yard sign to point of your visiting any participating you to participating artist studios. artist studio in-person. 6 | 2021 Guide ARTIST DEMOS ARTIST Sac Open Studios artists have planned a number of unique and creative demos for THE RUN AROUND JOY KUO 160B KATE FARRALL 217B LINDA NUNES 255 ROOM 125 Not suitable for kids Chinese Color Ink on Rice Paper Pinhole Camera Demo Encaustic 101 Demo tour-goers like you! Watching or participating in an artist demo is a great way to (Deanna Norwood & Liz Awesome) engage with art and add more fun to your self-guided tour of Sac Open Studios.