About University Galleries
Lost Childhoods
Foster Youth Museum
September 4 - December 6, 2025
Exhibition Reception: Thursday, September 4, 5-8PM
Lost Childhoods tells the story of loss and powerlessness in the foster care system – and the human capacity for resilience and connection. The exhibit includes art, artifacts and photographic portraits, and is organized by themes that characterize experiences in foster care and beyond: loss, powerlessness, developmental disruption, institutionalization—and connection and achievement.
Lost Childhoods is sponsored by the Foster Youth Education Fund.
Gioia Fonda: One Thing After Another
September 4 – December 6, 2025
Artist Talk and Exhibition Walk-Through:Saturday, November 8, 1PM
The University Galleries is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Sacramento-based artist Gioia Fonda in the Library Gallery this fall. Recognized as a multidisciplinary artist with bodies of work spanning painting, social practice, sculpture, drawing, and public art, Fonda reimagines the world around us through prisms of color and pattern. Showcasing a new series, the exhibition will feature paintings exploring stages of insomnia, an analog slide installation, and an interactive painting installation.
Fonda is a studio resident at Verge Center for the Arts and a dedicated member of the Sacramento art community. A full-time professor since 2008, Fonda teaches at Sacramento City College.
Coming Spring 2026!
Painting La Comuniversidad:
Three Murals of the Royal Chicano Air Force
University Library Gallery
February 12 - May 2, 2026
The University Galleries at Sacramento State is proud to present Painting La Comuniversidad: Three Murals of the Royal Chicano Air Force — a landmark exhibition opening Spring 2026 at the University Library Gallery. The Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF) was founded by artists/activists, educators, and students in Sacramento in the 1970s. Foregrounding community, education, and Chicano civil rights and history, the collective used visual art to create community. The legacy of the RCAF continues to reverberate throughout Sacramento, most visibly in their murals in public and community spaces.
Join la comuniversidad...DONATE to the University Galleries Swarmfunding project to support this exhibition.
Witt Gallery Student Exhibitions
Visit the Witt Gallery to see weekly exhibitions featuring work by student exhibitors. Presenting a range of media explorations, each show is organized by a student artist.
August 26 - December 12, 2025
Visiting
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About the Galleries
The University Galleries includes the University Library Gallery, the Robert Else Gallery, and the RW & Joyce Witt Gallery.
The University Galleries actively employs students in the galleries with funding provided by Associated Students (ASI), Instructionally Related Activities (IRA), and Federal Work-Study.
Gallery Hours
The University Galleries are open during the academic year and closed during campus holidays and the summer months.
University Library Gallery
Tuesday - Friday, 10AM - 4PM
Saturday, Noon - 4PM
Robert Else Gallery
Tuesday - Friday, Noon - 4PM
R.W & Joyce Witt Gallery
Tuesday - Friday, Noon - 4PM
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