I Got|To Be Me
November 5, 2025 11:31 am Comments Off on I Got|To Be MeMain image photo credit: Eddie WalkerDecember 2025 I was born in 1954 in Passaic, New Jersey, and lived there until... View Article
Author Archives for articulator_sgabga
A Seat at|the Table
July 29, 2024 11:30 am Leave your thoughtsAbove: Shonna in front of mural, A Dedication To Aaron Douglas, Judah Pimental, Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum, 2024 Published... View Article
Watch & Listen
December 16, 2022 10:14 pm Leave your thoughtsArt Shapes CitiesNovember 14, 2022Kimpton Sawyer Hotel What are the benefits of an arts-led revitalization process, and what are the... View Article
Order|The Sacramento Edition
February 17, 2021 5:36 pm Comments Off on Order|The Sacramento EditionThis Fall, The Sacramento Edition makes a comeback, with a new director of Things to Do & See in Sacramento.... View Article
Work in|Progress
March 1, 2021 9:07 am Comments Off on Work in|ProgressPublished July, 2021 Throughout my life, I’ve had to work through a lot of my anger, my hate, and my... View Article
Shonna|McDaniels
August 6, 2021 9:12 am Leave your thoughtsShonna McDaniels is one of Sacramento’s most gifted “Artists!” She has made it her mission as a Black woman,as a... View Article
Playing the |Long Game
August 14, 2020 10:57 am Comments Off on Playing the |Long GameMay 2020Liv pictured above in front of mural by Spencer Keeton CunninghamRead the full interview -> Liv Moe is an... View Article
Aida|Lizalde
August 6, 2021 10:02 am Leave your thoughtsThe first work of Aida’s I ever saw was a carefully-crafted clay sculpture of a lamb wearing a ring of... View Article
It’s not Deep
May 10, 2020 2:00 pm Comments Off on It’s not DeepMay 2020 Read the full interview -> Pulitzer Prize-nominated musician and composer Harley White Jr. has been living life out... View Article
Milton 510|Bowens
August 6, 2021 10:14 am Leave your thoughtsMilton Bowens is from OaklandI grew up at 622 E.10th streetHe is one of my favorite artistsSo when we talk... View Article
The Persistence|of Generosity
April 4, 2019 3:33 pm Leave your thoughtsApril 2019 Read the full interview -> The founder and Executive Director of Sol Collective, Estella Sanchez, is an artist,... View Article
Xico|González
August 6, 2021 10:38 am Leave your thoughtsI met Xico González while we were both students at Cal State University, Sacramento. We were working on various projects... View Article
Make Shit &|Show Up
February 20, 2019 9:02 pm Leave your thoughtsPublished January 1, 2019 Read the full interview -> Gioia Fonda is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in two-dimensional media... View Article
Manuel|Fernando|Rios
August 6, 2021 11:39 am Leave your thoughtsI tend to think of Manuel as a painter, but I’ve also seen him take on printmaking, sculpture, and public... View Article
Spelling it Out &|Not Selling Out
February 20, 2019 4:36 pm Leave your thoughtsFebruary 2019 Read the full interview -> Trisha Rhomberg is an artist dedicated to collaborating with other makers, musicians, and... View Article
Penelope|Lenaerts
August 6, 2021 11:52 am Leave your thoughtsPenelope’s work is like watching a snapshot of a conversation between objects that have unexpected relationships. She works between sculpture... View Article
Launch Party
December 29, 2018 6:10 pm Leave your thoughtsLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam... View Article
Watch Gioia Fonda’s Artist Talk
April 29, 2020 3:41 pm Leave your thoughtsarticulator teamed up with the Kimpton Sawyer hotel for an artist talk set in the heart of the DOCO District... View Article
“I’m sitting here, in this town square…” — Estella Sanchez
April 18, 2019 4:19 pm Leave your thoughts“I’m sitting here, in this town square, with my cousin and I’m thinking how it happened that people who look... View Article
“I don’t think the city is responsible for making it all happen…” — Estella Sanchez
April 18, 2019 4:13 pm Leave your thoughts“I don’t think the city is responsible for making it all happen. I think it’s going to take all of... View Article
The Persistence|of Generosity (full interview)
April 9, 2019 7:47 pm Leave your thoughtsApril 2019 Read the shorter narrative > The founder and Executive Director of Sol Collective, Estella Sanchez, is an artist,... View Article
“I don’t believe in labels…” — Harley White Jr.
May 10, 2020 2:55 pm Comments Off on “I don’t believe in labels…” — Harley White Jr.“I don’t believe in labels. I think they are a 20th-century idea that was very helpful finding music in record... View Article
“What’s wrong with white kids…” —Harley White Jr.
May 10, 2020 3:05 pm Leave your thoughts“What’s wrong with white kids today? Well, they don’t have any cool black kids to copy.” — Harley White Jr.
“You think black kids…” —Harley White Jr.
May 10, 2020 3:02 pm Leave your thoughts“You think black kids don’t want to go to Sly Park, get out in the woods, and play their clarinets... View Article
“That’s what a collective is—it’s finding a group of people with a shared vision who make you feel that you belong and are supported…and that’s vital.” — Estella Sanchez
April 18, 2019 4:10 pm Leave your thoughts“That’s what a collective is—it’s finding a group of people with a shared vision who make you feel that you... View Article
“Limiting choices…” — Gioia Fonda
January 15, 2019 12:00 am Leave your thoughts“Limiting choices, and making a clear path has become the strategy. Programming education this narrowly eliminates the type of student... View Article
“My guiding principle is..” — Gioia Fonda
January 14, 2019 11:56 pm Leave your thoughts“My guiding principle can be summed up in the four words ‘Make Shit and Show Up’. Here’s what that means:... View Article
“I thought goddamn…” — Gioia Fonda
January 14, 2019 10:53 pm Leave your thoughts“I thought goddamn, even if I got the highest acclaim in New York City, nobody in my hometown, would ever... View Article
“He went on to say ‘I would pull out of the system and go straight into the community and educate that way.'”—Estella Sanchez
April 18, 2019 4:41 pm Leave your thoughts“He went on to say ‘I would pull out of the system and go straight into the community and educate... View Article
“My education had…” — Gioia Fonda
January 14, 2019 10:27 pm Leave your thoughts“My education had imprinted the role of cultural producer and culture maker on me, so if we’re only making culture... View Article
“I saw the kind of things that you could do to make things happen.” — Estella Sanchez
April 18, 2019 3:59 pm Leave your thoughtsI saw the kind of things that you could do to make things happen. My mom worked and saved money,... View Article
“The City doesn’t really…” — Trisha Rhomberg
January 15, 2019 6:30 pm Leave your thoughts“The City doesn’t really understand this world, and we don’t truly understand that world. Money should be set aside for... View Article
“A dedicated space…” — Trisha Rhomberg
January 15, 2019 6:17 pm Leave your thoughts“A dedicated space for art creates this whole ring around it of positive impacts and energy with things to do,... View Article
“My school was very…” — Trisha Rhomberg
January 15, 2019 1:14 am Leave your thoughts“My school was very much inside a bubble. I initially wanted to blame the program because I didn’t realize until... View Article
“I have no problem…” — Trisha Rhomberg
January 15, 2019 1:11 am Leave your thoughts“I have no problem with working hard. I could work all night and go all day because it was fun.... View Article
Spelling it Out &|Not Selling Out (full Interview)
January 4, 2019 2:11 am Leave your thoughtsPublished February 1, 2019 Read the shorter narrative > Trisha Rhomberg is an artist dedicated to collaborating with other makers,... View Article
Make Shit &|Show Up (full interview)
December 21, 2018 10:04 pm Leave your thoughtsPublished January 1, 2019 Read the shorter narrative > Gioia Fonda is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in two-dimensional media... View Article
Playing the Long Game (full interview)
August 14, 2020 12:38 pm Comments Off on Playing the Long Game (full interview)August 2020Liv pictured above in front of mural by Spencer Keeton CunninghamRead the narrative version > Liv Moe is an... View Article
It’s not Deep (full interview)
May 10, 2020 2:53 pm Comments Off on It’s not Deep (full interview)May 2020 Read the narrative version > Pulitzer Prize-nominated musician and composer Harley White Jr. has been living life out... View Article