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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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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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Map: Second Saturday - 05/08/10

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Published May 6, 2010 at 5:14 p.m.

Second Saturday is a phenomenon in Sacramento -- a combination of art galleries, music, dining and street life that has the whole city talking. Here is a guide to this month's Second Saturday art walk ... *Don't miss out on free parking at The Sacramento Bee on the corner of 21st & Q ... BEES AT THE BEE ... WHAT: Works by more than 60 artists will be on display – and for sale – at a special art show and benefit for the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of

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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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Second Saturday's success hasn't paid off for Sacramento galleries

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Published April 10, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Art can seem secondary on Second Saturdays, so 20th Street Gallery now hosts other events for more-serious patrons. Thursday's "20/20" reception drew 62 artists – and elbow room ... The ring of cash registers is no longer part of the din of Second Saturday, the monthly Sacramento happening, when art galleries throw open their doors and offer plastic cups of wine and paper plates of cheese to put people in highbrow humor ... Sales, at least at the art galleries that initially launched the

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Friends, family have a wake for North Sacramento artist

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Published March 28, 2010 at 6:06 p.m.
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Wayne Kern's sister-in-law Gina Kern, left; friend Rod Lewis and wife Jasmine Lewis; and nephew Dustin Kern, right, mourn him at a memorial held at The Bolt bar in Del Paso Heights on Saturday. The bar was next door to his studio ... Wayne Kern was there Saturday, on the same gritty street where he turned other people's trash into art that graced homes and galleries ... There in his funky sculptures and mobiles. There in the funny and poignant stories of his life. There in a metal urn that held

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Second Saturday Map: 03-13-10

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Published March 26, 2010 at 2:26 p.m.

Second Saturday is a phenomenon in Sacramento -- a combination of art galleries, music, dining and street life that has the whole city talking. Here is a guide to this month's Second Saturday art walk ... View Second Saturday Map in a larger map ...

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Map: Second Saturday - 04/10/10

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Published April 9, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

Second Saturday is a phenomenon in Sacramento -- a combination of art galleries, music, dining and street life that has the whole city talking. Here is a guide to this month's Second Saturday art walk ... View Second Saturday Map in a larger map ...

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Oakland Museum of California plans grand reopening May 1

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Published April 25, 2010 at 1:35 p.m.
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The mixed-media sculpture "Chinese Tower" by Lois Anderson stands out in the Gallery of California Art at the Oakland Museum of California ... OAKLAND – Picture the late 1960s. In nearby Berkeley, anti-war protesters raged against the establishment. Across the bay in San Francisco, hippies frolicked in Golden Gate Park. And just across the street at the Alameda County Courthouse, Black Panther Party member Huey Newton stood trial for murder ... The Oakland Museum of California debuted in an

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