News Filed Tue, Nov 10 8:11 PM · Updated 8:27 PM
Free City Hall art exhibit on plants and culture runs through Dec. 15
A new free exhibit at Sacramento City Hall features work by local artists exploring how seven plants shape culture, memory and daily life.
- "Plantas de Poder" is on display at the Robert T. Matsui Gallery, 915 I St., through Dec. 15.
- The exhibit is free and open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Works by six Sacramento artists use ceramics, printmaking, photography, woodwork and plant-based pigments and inks.
- The gallery is wheelchair accessible. (Release)
Local artists explore seven plants
- Exhibit
- "Plantas de Poder: Kinships, Knowledges & Reclamation"
- Curator
- Lorena Rodríguez, the City's Emerging Curator Fellow
- Source
- City of Sacramento news release
A new exhibit at City Hall features work by Sacramento artists on the roles plants play in cultural traditions, everyday life and personal memories.
The works explore seven plants: coca, cacao, tobacco, cannabis, angel's trumpet (floripondio), tea and coffee. The art includes ceramics, printmaking, photography, woodwork and paintings made with natural pigments and inks derived from plants.
Curator Lorena Rodríguez said the exhibit invites visitors to see these plants beyond their commercial uses and learn about their cultural, spiritual and historical significance.
Free at the Matsui Gallery through Dec. 15
- Where
- Robert T. Matsui Gallery, 915 I St.
- When
- Through Dec. 15
- Hours
- Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Cost
- Free
- Access
- The gallery is wheelchair accessible
- Source
- City of Sacramento news release
The exhibit is free to visit Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Robert T. Matsui Gallery, 915 I St. It runs through Dec. 15.
The gallery is wheelchair accessible.
Just drop in during weekday hours
- Tickets
- None needed; the exhibit is free
- Source
- City of Sacramento news release
No tickets are needed. Visitors can stop by during the gallery's weekday hours through Dec. 15.
The exhibit was inspired by "Siete Plantas: Historias de la Gente Sin Nombre," a book compiling three years of research by seven women in Colombia, each studying a different plant.
The participating Sacramento-based artists are Jaime Lee Dempsey, Abayomi Brownfield, Esme Cabrera, Elizabeth Anne Bezark, Pablo Gomez and Rosalva Willow. The Emerging Curators Fellowship is run by the City's Office of Arts and Culture.
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