Michael Wright Studio

05/03/2026

https://events.nationalmssociety.org/2638

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04/29/2026

TWO SPECIAL PHOTO MONTH INVITATIONS--JOIN US!

Wednesday, April 29
Sacramento County Board Supervisor Phil Serna's exhibit Learning to See, opens with a reception in the County Supervisor's Chamber Gallery,
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., April 29th.

Thursday, April 30
CLOSING PARTY! The Sheraton Grand Hotel will proudly host the closing reception for Photography Month 2026. Everyone is invited to attend and take in the historic images from the building's origins (circa 1923), 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

EXHBITS & EVENTS CONTINUE

Saturday, April 25, 2026
422 Fine Framing & Gallery Anniversary Celebration
An all-day event featuring giveaways, music, vendor swag, and a 25% storewide sale.

Sunday, April 26
Hands-On Cyanotype Photograms with Debra Small workshop presented by Viewpoint Photographic Art Center (2015 J Street in Sacramento) from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum exhibits Viewpoint Photographic Art Center's Annual Student Exhibit--this year's theme: Street Photography, Catching the Moment, in the Education & Community Gallery (first floor of the Victorian),

Photography Month in Focus: A Group Exhibit at the Auburn Old Town Gallery featuring four photographic artists.

And when in Auburn, stop by the Aperture Art Show at the General Gomez Arts (808 Lincoln Way in Auburn) open Tues. - Sat.

NatureScapes featuring three photographers: John Romie, Kevin Lee and Jim Wilson at the Freeport Wine Country Inn, 8201 Freeport Blvd., Sacramento. Reception 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Julie Bernadeth Crumb: Family Style, photography exhibit at Pence Gallery in Davis

The Paint Chip in Davis (217 F St., Davis) presents an exhibit by photographer David Kalb and painter Nancy Gelbard entitled: Seeing The Same Thing Differently.

De Natura Libris, Alvaro Alejandro Lopez (Step Up Gallery) and Seeing America--Open Call Exhibit (Main Gallery) at Viewpoint Photographic Art Center (2015 J Street in Sacramento).

Nick Shepard retrospective exhibit, The Known World at Axis Gallery, 625 S Street, Sacramento.

Spring 2026 Student Show at the Russ Solomon Gallery (3835 Freeport Blvd, Student Services Building, 2nd Floor in Sacramento) from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Estamos Aqui, photographic storytelling exhibit of 18 photographic artists at Casa de Español (1101 R Street, Sacramento) displayed in the lobby area.

Color/Texture/Pattern presented by YoloArts at Gallery 625 (625 Court Street in Woodland)

MORE PHOTO MONTH EVENTS!

Every Tuesday in April
Behind-the-Scenes at the Museum of Medical History special photograph opportunity (5380 Elvas Avenue in Sacramento) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Polaroid Picture Workshop for Kids (ticketed event) at the Sacramento Children’s Museum (2701 Prospect Park Drive in Rancho Cordova) at 1:30 p.m.

Every Sat. & Sun.
Eadweard Muybridge Tour inside the Leland Stanford Mansion, Sat. and Sun from Noon to 1 p.m.

Special THANK YOU to Sacramento365 and the professional team at Visit Sacramento for supporting Photography Month--you guys are amazing!

QUESTIONS? [email protected]
Viewpoint Photographic Art Center | 2015 J Street, Ste. 101 | Sacramento, CA 95811 US

04/08/2026

Here's a gift for my 45TH YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY from angela sangervasi!

11/12/2025

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1239311368069384&set=a.663354332331760

In 1967, Patti Smith stepped out of the Port Authority Bus Terminal with a plaid suitcase. “My desire was to become an artist. Perhaps I lacked the necessary skills, but I had the willingness to develop them, for I believed in the truth of my calling,” she writes, in a new essay. “I knew I would be on my own, yet still hoped for a compatriot, and Providence led me to him.” Robert Mapplethorpe was an American boy, raised in a devout Catholic family. He had played the saxophone in the high-school band and won an R.O.T.C. scholarship to study graphic arts at Pratt Institute. At Pratt, he proved himself to be an exceptional draftsman and, for a time, walked the expected path. No one suspected that another self was growing within. “We rescued one another,” Smith writes. “He was the artist and I the storyteller.” Smith reflects on her early days in New York and her relationship with Mapplethorpe: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/q2I9R9

10/31/2025

Brooks 80th Anniversary.

10/03/2025

10/01/2025

BROOKS INSTITUTE OF PHOTOGRAPHY

BROOKS GATHERING!
October 30th at the Elevate Gallery
4:30 to 8:00pm
With gratitude to Rod Rolle and the La Cumbre Center for the Creative Arts (LACC)
Galley Row at La Cumbre Center
Please join us, this promises to be a nice gathering of the Brooks Institute Alumnus.
Bring your own beer or wine!
Volunteers needed at 3:30 to help set up. We can get a jump on everyone else!
Ideas for the gathering:
Bring your favorite camera!
Someone may want to make name tags.
Who’s going to make the group photo?
If someone wants to volunteer to bring snacks, feel free.
People may want to join each other earlier in the day for other activities, but don’t miss this one!
Someone may volunteer to do a webcast, feel free.
What about a fun print exchange? Bring a dozen small 8x10 sized prints?
Wear a Brooks tee, hoodie or whatever you have!
Bring dark glasses just in case your ex walks by. Ha.
More suggestions?
WE ARE DEFINITELY ON!
2025 is also the Brooks 80th Anniversary.
The link has a map.
La Cumbre Plaza
121 S. Hope Avenue
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
(behind Starbucks)
https://lcccasb.com/elevate-gallery/

09/20/2025