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Illustration by Phillip Altstatt
Illustration by Phillip Altstatt

Public Art Scavenger Hunt

Sacramento State hosts more than 30 public artworks on our campus including murals and sculptures. Former University Galleries student-intern Genesis Torres in conjunction with students from Professor Mya Dosch's Public Art course collaborated on a new Google map marking locations of the artworks across our campus. We are excited to launch this new map, featuring 13 artworks with more locations to be added. In conjunction with the map launch, Torres and former-student Brianna Fernandez created a Scavenger Hunt to highlight some of the fun facts about these artworks. We invite you to campus to explore and discover our public art. Participate in our Scavenger Hunt and be eligible to win a poster featuring an illustration by artist Phillip Altstatt.

Click here for the Public Art Scavenger Hunt and Public Art Google Map

Sunday Funday, April 16, 2023 10AM - 4PM

About Sacramento State Art Collection

Sacramento State Art Collection

The Sacramento State Art Collection is part of the University's extraordinary collection of valuable objects of art and visual culture. The collection holds over six hundred works of art in various media, primarily objects made by Art Department faculty, students, and other notable regional artists from the 1960s to the 1980s.

This online gallery consists of seventy works from the collection; all of them have been photographed and researched by Art History students. The Art Department and University Galleries are proud to present their work as a showcase and an art historical resource for students, faculty, and the general public.

Highlights From the Collection

Collection by Medium

Wayne Thiebaud: In Memoriam

The Sacramento State community honors artist Wayne Thiebaud who passed away on December 25, 2021 at the age of 101. A local legend, national treasure and internationally renown painter, Thiebaud and his work inspired generations. Thiebaud is an alumnus of Sacramento State, earning both his BA and MA in Art, and taught at the University of Calfiornia, Davis for thirty years.

The University Galleries and Sacramento State are the proud caretakers of an extraordinary collection of Thiebaud's prints gifted to the University in 2009. The prints, ranging from early etchings to lithographs depicting the artist's fascination with desserts and cakes, survey the breadth of the artist's intensive printmaking practice.

Learn more about the Thiebaud Print Collection at Sac State