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Events in the Art Department
The Department of Art sponsors a full array of free public events at Sacramento State each year including art exhibitions by faculty, students and visiting artists, visiting scholar lectures, the Annual Student Awards Show, the Art History Symposium and the end of year Art Ball.
All of the artistic media taught in the Department of Art are represented in the Robert Else Gallery and R.W. & Joyce Witt Gallery in Kadema Hall. Most of the shows are designed and installed by Art students. Students and faculty are frequently involved in the University Union Gallery and University Library Gallery exhibitions.
Admission to events sponsored by the Department of Art is free and open to the public.
Witt Gallery Submissions
R.W. & Joyce Witt Gallery proposals are accepted by the Gallery & Events Committee each spring for consideration for the following academic year. Refer to the Witt Gallery Exhibition Guide and to the Witt Gallery Application for details and deadlines. Witt Gallery exhibitors are responsible for funding, publicizing, installing and staffing the exhibitions.
Apply for a 2025-26 Witt Exhibition!
Master of Fine Arts Candidate Exhibition 2025
April 29 - May 16. 2025
A Kite in the Drifting Clouds: Artists, Sokthea Chan & Elise Mahan
This annual exhibition showcases the final projects of the MFA candidates. The 2025 exhibition features work by Sokthea Chan and Elise Mahan. Exploring painting, printmaking, and other media, the artists have collaborated on work for this exhibition, describing their individual and collaborative work as "finding the glimmers of life hidden among the clouds."
Exhibition Reception
Thursday May 1, 2025 5 - 7PM
Join us for remarks by the artists at 5:30PM
University Library Gallery
Annual Student Awards Show
The Department of Art and the University Galleries hold their annual Awards Show each spring. The exhibition is juried by two guest jurors and features work by current art students. The Awards Show exhibition includes several award categories as well as merit awards. Please carefully review eligibility requirements for each category. Also included is a list of scholarship opportunities, which will be announced at the Awards Ceremony. We encourage you to apply if you are eligible. The competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as all matriculated and Open University students, enrolled at Sac State during the current academic year.
Congrats to all of our Awards Show and Scholarship recipients! We encourage all students to apply again next year!
| Important Date | Deadline |
|---|---|
| February 4, 2025, 4pm | Submit Name and Student ID for Awards Eligibility via Email |
| February 26-27, 2025, 12-4pm | Awards Show Application and Artwork Drop-off |
| March 2, 2025 | Other Academic Scholarship Applications Due |
| March 11, 2025 | Awards Show exhibition opens |
| March 20, 2025 | Awards Show reception and Awards Ceremony |
Festival of the Arts
Each spring, the College of Arts & Letters presents a showcase of all A&L programs through a week-long celebration. The Art Department participates through workshops, visiting artists and lectures, and the Art History Symposium. Stay tuned for more details about FOTA 2025!
Find Out More About the Festival of the Arts
Faculty-Led Study Abroad
The Department of Art is pleased to announce that the Art History program will be offering an Italy study abroad course again in January 2025. Experience art in person in Italy and use the cities of Rome and Florence as your classroom. This nine-day program will focus on art of the Italian peninsula from the ancient period to the year 1800. Visits to the Colosseum, Roman Forum, Vatican, and the Uffizi are some of the many highlights of this program! (January 8-17, 2025)
Art Ball
At the end of every Spring semester, we hold a huge celebration that spans across all areas of the Art Department and all galleries on campus called Art Ball. This is a chance to honor the hard work of all our Art students at once before we leave for summer break.
This year our Annual Art Ball is Friday May 9th!