Lost Childhoods
FOSTER YOUTH MUSEUM
September 4 - December 6, 2025
Foster Youth Museum’s Lost Childhoods is presented by the Foster Youth Education Fund and the University Galleries at Sacramento State. This exhibition has been conceived by current and former foster youth.
Lost Childhoods tells the story of loss and powerlessness in the foster care system – and the human capacity for resilience and connection. Organized around themes that characterize experiences of foster care, the exhibit includes art, artifacts and photographic portraits.
In California there are currently 45,000 young people in foster care. The experiences of these youth are commonly misunderstood and sometimes made deliberately invisible. Lost Childhoods offers viewers a way to understand these experiences and to witness how healing and growth come from supportive relationships, sharing in decision‐making, and from love and respect. The stories told in this exhibition are real.
As you experience the object and photographs throughout the exhibit , visitors will move through the themes of powerlessness, institutionalization, loss, and hope. Some are raw, some are sweet and heartwarming, and many will move you to action.
Exhibition Reception: Thursday, September 4, 5-8PM
Additional public programs forthcoming.
About Library Gallery
Gioia Fonda: One Thing After Another
September 4 – December 6, 2025
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, Fonda's work spans painting, social practice, sculpture, drawing, and public art. This exhibition features a new series of paintings exploring states of insomnia. In a departure from her primarily abstract work, the paintings are representational in nature, foregrounding the artist and the existential moments that only happen at night.
The exhibition also includes an interactive painting installation. The artist invites viewers to play with abstract compositions comprised of magnetized canvases rendered with brighly colored shapes and patterns. Come design your own artwork!
- Exhibition Reception Thursday, September 4, 5-8PM
- Artist Talk: Thursday, October 16, 4PM
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Learn More About Our Past Exhibitions
Master of Fine Arts Candidate Exhibition 2025
April 29 – May 16, 2025
Co-sponsored with the Department of Art, this annual exhibition showcases the final projects of the MFA in Studio Art candidates. This year, the exhibition features work by Sokthea Chan and Elise Mahan.
