Double Date

Richard Ashby, "Flowing Pink"

Clear your calendar for Saturday, November 23, 2013 because we have a full evening of contemporary art planned just for you!

Understanding Broadway Augmented

Image courtesy of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission

Beginning in the spring of 2014 Broadway street in Sacramento will undergo a radical transformation imperceptible to the naked eye. Utilizing augmented reality technology the Broadway corridor will feature ten site specific virtual public artworks created by local, regional and national artists. Titled Broadway Augmented, the project combines computer generated environments seamlessly merged with the real world. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the project proposes to lay the groundwork for permanent works of public art for this diverse neighborhood.

Learn more about Broadway Augmented by joining us at 7pm on Thursday, November 14th at CCAS. The evening will begin with introductions by Shelly Willis, followed by a discussion moderated by Rachel Clarke, featuring participating artists Jose Carlos Casado (NY), Sabrina Ratte (Montreal), and Michael Rees (NJ).  For those unable to attend be sure to visit the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission’s website, or read their press release below, for more details.

Call for Artists - CCAS Annual Art Auction

The Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement and appreciation of new and experimental art by international, national and regional artists. We accomplish our goal of promoting the appreciation of contemporary art in the Greater Sacramento Region through a mixture of exhibitions, lectures, Art Camp! and the ever increasingly popular Capital Artists' Studio Tour.

In order to support all of these programs and more, CCAS needs your artwork for the 2013 Benefit Art Auction.

This year we are very pleased to announce that the artwork will be featured at the Elliott Fouts Gallery during the month of  November with the auction taking place on the night of November 23.

To donate artwork follow the guidelines [PDF], fill out the online form, and drop off your artwork at CCAS by October 30, 2013. 

Call for Artists - Extended Deadline - Pink Week 20th Anniversary!

Extended deadlines:
October 21, 2013 for artists outside Sacramento

October 31 for artist in the Sacramento region

Celebrating it's 20 year anniversary, Pink Week is a conceptual artwork created by Gioia Fonda in the form of a holiday celebrating the color pink. By honoring the color pink, in and of itself, the objective is to liberate it from any political, religious, social, or medical associations.The ultimate goal of Pink Week is to use art to foster a reexamination our preconditioned responses to color and the roles holidays play in our contemporary lives.

This year Pink Week culminates in a juried exhibition at the Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento with a special panel discussion November 21, 2013. To have your pink artwork considered for the exhibition download and follow the submission guidelines here [PDF] or visit pinkweek.org for more information