Kingsley Art Club Educational Foundation

  Elementary School students taking part in the art education programs given by Kingsley Art Club volunteers.The Kingsley Art Club, named for Elbridge Kingsley, artist and engraver, was organized in 1892 by a group of fifteen Sacramento women seeking art education. Education in the arts has lasted for 130 years through quiet evolution. What exists now, in a close relationship with the Crocker Art Museum, are lectures and outreach to many audiences through in person and social media sources.

Kingsley Art Club members and art lecture attendees show their support.

The club's mission, to promote knowledge, appreciation, and teaching of the arts, is achieved through our various programs.

The Kingsley annually presents eight lectures at the Crocker Art Museum featuring, generally, Northern California speakers knowledgeable in the arts. Retrospectives of an artist’s career, emerging artists, and developments in the surrounding art communities are the topics of the programs. The Kingsley provides videos of these lectures to the community, free of charge.

Our other programs include:

1. volunteer instructors and curriculum for the elementary school arts education programs,
2. the high school Inspiration Exhibit at the Crocker Art Museum,
3. the community college Merit Awards Exhibit at the Crocker Art Museum, and
4. the Crocker Kingsley Exhibit showcasing premiere names in American art.

Help us bring future short-term programs to the community, like:

1. our 5-year Kingsley Initiative program that supported BIPOC art and artists and expired in 2025,
2. the FREE May and June Art & Activism talks, underwritten by the Kingsley Art Club, curated by the La Raza Galeria Posada/Sol Collective that continue the Royal Chicano Air Force Art Collective celebration this year, and
3. the Interactive Printmaking Studio (underwritten by the Kingsley Art Club) at the Crocker Art Museum - a re-creation of a hands-on printmaking studio, brimming with the printmaker's tools, that invites visitors to imagine the spirit and feel of a Royal Chicano Air Force Art Collective's print workshop. This type of exhibit supports and brings depth to the Rebels With La Causa Exhibition (Crocker Art Museum).

The Interactive Printmaking Studio, underwritten by the Kingsley Art Club & Educational Foundation, at the Crocker Art Museum.