Sacramento Fine Arts Center

Reviewed by the Sacramento Region Community Foundation

$21,147 raised

100% complete

$20,000 Goal

The Sacramento Fine Arts Center (Sac Arts Center) was founded in 1986 when five regional art clubs joined together to find a place where they could meet and display their art.  The clubs found their new home in the La Sierra Community Center located in Carmichael.  Two of the original clubs, Northern California Arts (NCA), and Watercolor Artists of Sacramento Horizons (WASH) continue to constitute an invaluable part of the Center's life and programs.

Sacramento Fine Arts Center provides 17 shows in the larger galleries, and 12 in the smaller gallery.  An average of 7 classes are offered each week, as well as several workshops, and open studio opportunities.  In addition to three galleries, the Center has a large studio used for classes, workshops, and meetings.  A gift shop provides opportunities for artists to sell their unique creations and for the community to purchase original art at reasonable prices.

Giving Activity

Mission

The Sacramento Fine Arts Center is a coalition of visual artists of all levels and media forming a vibrant, active, nurturing community. Our mission is to encourage the creation and presentation of original visual arts, to support the cultural life of the community, and to encourage artists to fulfill their potential. Our vision is to maximize the synergy of artists of all ages, cultures, abilities, experience, and genres working together, and to expand the appreciation of art in our community.

Needs

General operation and much needed facility maintenance. Funding need: $40,000.

Our studio and Galleries are located in an old San Juan School District building which is very much in need of updating. Since its inception in 1986 the Sacramento Fine Arts Center has relied almost entirely on volunteers to create, manage, and execute an ever-increasing array of programs and services. While volunteers will always be a crucial part of our center, we are in need of additional staff to keep our center open.

Exhibits, Demos, and workshops. Funding need: $25,000.

Outreach and education are core parts of our organization. The Board of Directors has worked to increase the visibility of Sacramento Fine Art Center throughout the region. Sac Arts plan to increase sales for artists and provide more visual arts activities for the community. Funding from BDOG will assist in revitalizing those plans.

Funding need: $15,000.

While volunteers will always be a crucial part of our center, we are in need of additional staff to keep our center open.

Volunteers are always needed for a wide variety of services. This includes serving as a docent in the galleries, assisting with show planning and execution, clerical assistance, staffing the gift shop, and assisting with the children's community outreach events.

Volunteers with skills and experience in computer and software management, developing and maintaining social media platforms, and marketing activities are especially needed.

Equity Statement

Following from the mission of the Sacramento Fine Art Center, it is clear that honoring and supporting the cultural life of our community includes all people, their cultures and their art. Artists are in a special position in their creative processes to inspire and to demonstrate the ways in which social injustice and inequity impact the lives of those who have experienced these historic discrimination-based practices.

Sac Arts commits itself to inclusion of all artists and the promotion of racial equity through its activities. This includes policies and procedures, show proposals, art classes and workshop presentations, Board governance, and other programs regularly presented by Sac Arts. This includes elimination of cultural messages and attitudes that have historically created adverse outcomes for communities of color and others who have experienced historic bias. Striving for equity means fair treatment, access and encouragement of all artists by creating a welcoming and encouraging environment in which any individual or group can feel welcome, respected and valued as an individual with unique history and potential for artistic development and appreciation.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Sacramento Fine Arts Center

other names

Sac Arts, SFAC, Fine Art Center

Year Established

1986

Tax id (EIN)

68-0072298

Mission Category

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Operating Budget

$250,001-$500,000

Organization Need

Funding: Unrestricted, Funding: Program, Volunteers

Demographics Served

Seniors, General population, Women/Female-identifying

BIPOC Leadership

Executive Director/CEO

Local Counties Served

Sacramento

Equity Statement

Equity Statement

Address

5330-B Gibbons Dr
Carmichael, CA 95608

Service areas

Sacramento, CA, US

Carmichael, CA, US

Fair Oaks, CA, US

Citrus Heights, CA, US

Phone

916-971-3713