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Featured Artists: Pamela Mower-Conner and Sheena Wolfe
image: Mycota Queen by Pamela Mower-Conner
A Group Exhibit curated by John Stuart Berger
image: “Where is my mind/Growth” by Eric MacLachland
Featuring artists:
Skye Becker-Yamakawa
Diana Ormanzhi
Angela Tannehill-Caldwell
image: “Wanderer” by Diana Ormanzhi
A group exhibit featuring an artist’s interpretation of a “Verdant Heart”
“Green fingers are an extension of a verdant heart.” (Russell Page). In this positive sense, within our workplace environment, it means that you have brought in with you an aura of buoyant and cheerful energy. This is happening because you are glowing with the green shoots of life in your core – your heart.
First Place: Telipogon Synomotikos (forged & fabricated steel) by Leah Aripotch
Second Place: Bleeding Heart (hand-cut paper, archival glue, acid-free foam core) by Tiffany Budzisz [image above]
Third Place: Joyous Song II (Watercolor) by Mary Lyn Gough
“Sown” - Seeds carry the life cycle; lives rise from fertile ground. Eight ceramic artists working in installation, sculpture, and pottery explore migration, experiences of immigration, and cultural hybridity.
image: “Reconstruction” wood-fired North Carolina stoneware clay and slips, red iron oxide, and wood ash) by Takuro Shibata
Fe Gallery presents “Silence” (an artist's interpretation of silence).
Image: “Arrows in Time” (acrylic) by Jackie Cassidy2
Fe Gallery hosts "Winter," an exhibit curated by the CAC displaying works by members of the Greater Sacramento/Sierra and San Francisco Bay Area chapters of the California Art Club.
image: “Early Morning Meltdown” by Linda Sutton
Fantasy is a group exhibit featuring Fantasy Art depicting magical or other supernatural themes, ideas, creatures, or settings exploring fantasy, imagination, and the dream state.
List of Artists (scroll to FANTASY Artists)
Image: Awkwardness by Authan Chen
Image: “Always Watching” by Emma Vanderlinden
TiNY MONSTERS a national group show which featured Monster Art - 12"x12" or smaller.
First place in the show is "Quietly Croaking" by Jackie Cassidy, Second Place is "Viscera" by Angelique Benicio, Third place is "Nepenthes Vorax" by Leah Aripotch.
List of Artists (scroll to TiNY MONSTER Artists)
Featured Artists: Emerald Barkley, Megan Ellis, Lydia Petunia
Image: “Terrestrial Terrarium” (watercolor) by Megan Ellis
INK, a national group show that features ink art in a small format.
List of Artists (scroll to INK Artists)
1st Place “Consumption I” by Max MarchoI (image above)
2nd Place “The Urge” by Kara Bender
3rd Place (tied) “Pigeon” by Sarah Koch; I’ve Seen Fire, and I’ve Seen Rain” by George Clark
A group exhibit that melds beauty with oddity.
Best in Show: “Stag in the City” by Dan Cohen (image above)
Tie for 2nd in Show:
“It’s all about the Little Black Bag” by Sue DeWulf
“Fall of Arachne” by Trung Cao
List of Artists (scroll down to “Pretty & Peculiar.”
The Reality of Dreams, as seen through four exceptional artists:
John Stuart Berger, Jared Tharp, Jared Konopitski, Waylon Horner
February/March 2019
Dreams, everyone has them which artists dreams speak to you.
Artists:
Richard Black - sculptures; Alison Ye - sculptures; John Krempel - paintings; Zsalto - paintings
image: Forbidden Fruit by Alison Ye
April/May 2019
A group show curated by California Art Club (CAC) and hosted by Fe Gallery.
image The Ray of Hope (oil on canvas) by Sindhumathi Subramanian
June/July 2019
A national show exhibiting work with the ambitious use of artistic elements-Line, space, shape, form, texture, value, and color- to create an exhibit that juxtaposes various extremes.
Best in show: Portal (sculpture) by Lisa Schenkelberg
2nd Place: Tessellation (textile) by Katie Mongoven (image above)
3rd Place: (painting) Dissolve, Remain by Ashley Busby
image: Enchanted by Aazam Irilian
Mythic -August/September 2019
An imaginative realism and pop surrealism art show with fantastic and imaginary subjects portrayed in a realistic and representational style.
More information about artists under Artists.
Congratulations:
1st Place: “Cement Shoes” by Leah Aripotch
2nd Place: “Illusion of Men” by Patrick Watson
3rd Place tie: “Bear of the Ball” by Henry Blunt and “Rainbow Blood Queen” by Daniel Cohen
image: “Cement Shoes” by Leah Aripotch
Featured Artists
image: “Newton’s Soul” by Karen Anable-Nichols
February/March 2018
Featuring over 50 pieces of art inspired by artists from across the country.
Congratulations to: 1st in show: ‘Cyphonistes Vallatus’ by Kelsey Nollette; 2nd in show: ‘The Necessity of Opposition’ by Nicole Woodbury; 3rd in show: ‘Dacelo Noveguineae’ by Megan Ellis
image Trading Pollinators by Kim Moss
"Things you shouldn't put in your mouth" curated by John Stuart Berger.
April/May 2018
The show will feature amazingly talented artists of Northern California. This event will also feature some cool artwork from both Short Center North and Short Center South. Those of you that aren't familiar with these DDSO programs; they are arts programs serving adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities. I am looking forward to seeing what all of the artists have created for this event.
image "Bad Medicine" by Stephanie Skalisky
“Metamorphosis June/July 2018” high school senior art show and scholarship.
First place to: Tyler Boyer for “Troy” image shown
Second place to: Naomi Dasari for “Light & shadow”
Third place to: Ashlyn Miles for “Origins”
Honorable mention to: Candice Leung for “Phosphene”; Abie Madaki for “Curby”; and Conner Kurata for “Conflict”
August/September 2018 group art show inspired by Art Nouveau.
Best in Show:
1st Place: “Exploit No More” by Kelly Wagner - Milwaukee, WI
2nd Place: “Bee Maiden” by Alayne Sahar - Ambler, PA
3rd Place: “Viva Frida” by Karen Barry - Moraga, CA
October/November 2018
Mental discomfort never looked so good!
Featuring Artists:
John Stuart Berger, Robert Bowen, Carrie Cottini, Tracy Lewis, and Taylor Robenalt
Heterogeneous
Featuring art works by Emerald Barkley, Elena Botts, Ivan Farmer, Bruce Gossett, & Douglas Pryor.
A diverse show that flows naturally from each end of the spectrum. Come see the delicate and ominous watercolors by Barkley, the emotional portraits by Botts, the layered designs found in Farmers art, the satirical graphic style of Gosset's paintings, and the skillfully chased copper and steel animals by Pryor.
image "Go Fast" by Bruce Gosset pictured above.
August + September
Shot Live for "Good Day Sacramento" on 8/24/17 Deuce Mason talks with Matt Lewis about TiNY MONSTERS, to view click here.
A national show featured over 90 pieces of 2d and 3d monsters and monster stuff. (MAX size 12" x 12" x 12")
Congratulations to: Best in show - THE INTRUDER by Ben Walker; 1st in 3d - INSIDE US by Eunsil Leem; 2nd in 3d - FIRST DATE by Alison Ye; 1st in 2d - GLOW IN THE DARK by PJ Mills; 2nd in 2d - GRETCHEN by Ryan Morse
Congratualtions to Glen Yamakawa the winner of the raffle of “The Evolution of the Pink Zebra did not go well!” by JoMur.
image "Inside Us" by Eunsil Leem pictured above.
Trains, Planes, & Automobiles
Works inspired by “Trains, Planes, and Automobiles. Featuring art works by Jim Marxen, vibrant acrylics; Camilo Valencia, dust bowl vibe; Kevin Wilhite, vintage inspired; and the artistic team of Garrett Winiecke and Sean Bailey sculptures of reclaimed. Also featuring FREIGEIST by guest blacksmith Fritz Gruber.
We had a wonderful time with Deuce Mason from Good Day Sacramento as he talks to Kevin Wilhite and Jim Marxen about "Trains, Planes & Automobiles please check out the video!
Painting by Jim Marxen pictured above.
Fauna Anomaly 2017
Back by popular demand is curated by John Stuart Berger. John who is known for his creepy crawlers and other curious creatures is also Program Director of Short Center North and has included several students and staff from the Short Center North along with many other exceptionally talented artists from Northern California.
Featuring over 40 artists whose art ranges from the hauntingly beautiful to the grotesquely abnormal.
image “Secret Creature” by Christine Benjamin
Artist's Choice
Featuring: Whimsical Sculpted Creatures by Alison Ye; Pop Surrealism by Skye Becker-Yamakawa; Paintings that Celebrate the Surface by Heather Robinson; Bright Abstract Pop by Sid Wellman; and Mixed Media by Donine Wellman
Sculpture by Alison Ye
Over 50 original works of art from local and national artists featuring their interpretation of a Fable, Fairy Tale, Folktales, Legend, or Myth.
image “Hello” by Andrew Ghiringhelli
Fe Gallery’s Unauthorized/Unofficial Lily Tomlin Art Show
This group show will feature original art interpretations of “Lily Tomlin”. A wall of Lily photos, magazine covers, books, etc., and a video loop featuring photos, small video clips, audio stand-up of “Lily Tomlin”.
image by Camilo Valencia
Artists: Susan Ballenger, Tavarus Blackmon, Cindy Long, Daniel Mendoza, Eric Ryser, & Zsalto
Music by The Templetons
image by Zsalto
Curated by John Stuart Berger, the annual Fauna Anomaly features over 40 artists whose unexpected art ranges from the hauntingly beautiful to the grotesqually abnormal.
image by Tracy Lewis
Artists: Chris K Foster, Marlene Kidd, Jim Marxen, Camille Singer, Madelyne Templeton, & Stephen Ward
image by Stephen Ward
Featuring: Alaric Barca, Kainan Becker, Jeanne Dentzel, JJ Jacobs, Rachel Mcpherson, Linda Nunes
image by Rachel Mcpherson