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Long-abused public sculpture to get dignified home in Crocker

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Published May 22, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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The sculpture, made of fiberglass covered with sparkly acrylic paint, was brought to town in 1985 by Phil Hitchcock, chairman the California State University, Sacramento, art department ... It's the end of the trail for a young vaquero and the red-eyed longhorn cow he first lassoed in downtown Sacramento a quarter-century ago ... "Progress II," the flashy Luis Jimenez sculpture that was loved, loathed and routinely vandalized when it stood at 16th and K streets, has a new home ... It was

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Sacramento's Crocker Art Museum marks 125th birthday

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Published May 9, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Retired attorney Karl Munz, 73, pauses to admire a painting by William F. Jackson on his way to get cake Sunday at the Crocker Art Museum's 125th birthday party. "I remember coming here as a kid," Munz said. "It's been a real pleasure to see the changes." ... Sacramentans turned out by the hundreds Saturday to celebrate the Crocker Art Museum's 125th birthday ... Admission was $1.25, and almost everyone sang the birthday song at 1:25 p.m ... Just to the west of the existing museum sits the

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Critics: Art-exhibit plan 'egregious' while budget cuts imperil Sacramento County kids

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Published May 5, 2010 at 11:08 a.m.

A proposal to spend more than $500,000 in public money on art exhibits for children is being condemned by some Sacramento leaders and child advocates, who consider the plan an outrage while life-and-death social services programs falter ... On Monday, the First 5 Sacramento Commission is poised to approve a three-year contract with the Crocker Art Museum to create kid-friendly museum exhibits and art programs. The local commission allocates tobacco-tax money collected under Proposition 10,

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Panel postpones vote on Crocker children's art program

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Published May 5, 2010 at 11:08 a.m.

Second thoughts and personal anguish among First 5 Sacramento commissioners delayed a decision Monday over a controversial public spending proposal involving the Crocker Art Museum ... The commission postponed a formal vote on the museum's plan to spend $566,000 in tobacco-tax money on exhibits and programs aimed at young children. The money is collected statewide under Proposition 10, approved by voters in 1998 to fund programs for the healthy development of children 5 and under ... But as word

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An 1885 festival marked the birth of the Crocker Art Museum

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Published May 2, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Courtesy of Crocker Art MuseumAbout 20,000 people filled the Agricultural Pavilion during festivities surrounding Margaret Crocker's gift of the Crocker Art Museum ... All of Sacramento took a holiday on May 6, 1885. Shops, schools and banks closed, and even trains stopped running, so that everyone could attend "the grandest floral exhibition ever witnessed." ... The city paused that day to honor wealthy widow Margaret Crocker who, surrounded by fragrant blooms and a grateful citizenry, gave

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Crocker Art Museum looks for a marketing director

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Published April 29, 2010 at 11:25 a.m.

The Crocker Art Museum is looking for an interim director of marketing communications while directors search for a permanent replacement for LeAnne Ruzzamenti, who accepted a position as marketing director for the Dairy Council of California ... "We will fill the position as quickly as possible," said Randy Roberts, the museum's deputy director ... Roberts hopes to have the interim marketing director in place by next week, and in the job for six months ... The Crocker will close June 7 to move

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May a milestone month for three Northern California museums

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Published April 30, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Crocker Art Museum ... Three of Northern California's most important museums will celebrate milestones over the next couple of weeks – and you're invited to their parties ... Oakland Museum of California reopens this weekend with free entertainment for 31 continuous hours (a nod to California being the 31st state admitted to the Union.) It's just undergone a two-year, $62.2 million renovation to better showcase its art and history collections. (The second phase, reinstalling the natural

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Behind the Scenes: Appraisal days help fund Crocker Art Museum programs

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Published March 7, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

Since 1963, the Art Service Group – which supports the Crocker Art Museum – has given a half-million dollars to the institution. Its two fundraisers are the Art & Antiques Show and Sale, held every October, and antiques-appraisal sessions called Evaluation Days, held most months of the year ... The next one is 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Tuesday at the museum, 216 O St., Sacramento, when appraisers will look at glass, pottery, ceramics, paintings, prints and costume jewelry. Fees are $10 per item, or

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Art review: Ceramics of pals Natsoulas, Kavaljian at Solomon Dubnick

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Published April 11, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Tony Natsoulas' "Hephaestus Sculpts Pandora" ... Lee Kavaljian, 84, and Tony Natsoulas, 51, are the odd couple of art ... Natsoulas, despite his small stature, seems larger than life. Outgoing, boisterous, full of energy, he's a force of nature. Kavaljian, also diminutive, is quiet, shy, diffident and self-effacing. Yet they are the best of friends, and both are strong ceramic artists who are sharing a show at Solomon Dubnick Gallery ... Their works are as different as their personas. Natsoulas,

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Obituary: Kathleen Inzerillo helped Sacramento libraries grow

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Published April 30, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Kathleen Inzerillo ... Kathleen Inzerillo, a book lover who shared her literary enthusiasm during a long career at the Sacramento Public Library, died April 22 of ocular melanoma. She was 65 ... Mrs. Inzerillo retired in 1999 as an administrator after 33 years with the city-county library system. She started as a clerk shelving books and climbed the ranks while working at the downtown, McClatchy, Natomas, Arden-Dimick, Colonial Heights and Belle Cooledge branches. She went on to supervise staff

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