Cover Artist Patris
Inside Arden September 2020
Patris is a self-employed artist who runs her own studio/gallery in Oak Park where she teaches art, and creates and exhibits her artwork.
Cover Artist Marc Foster
Inside East Sac September 2020
During the stay-at-home order, East Sac artist Marc Foster crafted an entirely new world of metal sculpture. Foster’s work is part of many private collections, as well as four public pieces in Sacramento including “La Feuille” in McKinley Village and “Gather” in Sutter Park.
A Stitch In Time
Multi-media artist Jennifer Kim Sohn understands that most people have nostalgic associations with crafts like sewing and stitching. There’s a sense of comfort connected to the medium, which Sohn uses to explore serious social and environmental issues.
“I want to bring these difficult issues through the comfortable artform so I can disarm people a little bit,” says Sohn, a South Land Park resident. In previous works, Sohn used fabric frogs to confront environmental pollution and fabric pillows to build awareness of human trafficking. “The images are not in your face. I want the viewers to arrive on their own decision, or at least give them room to reflect on these issues.”
“Not Be Replaced”
For years, levee lovers have known the offensive fences that block people from walking on the Sacramento River levee would disappear during the major levee repairs now underway.
State and city authorities told me (and anyone else who asked) the fences would be removed by construction crews and not replaced. The construction removal was strategic. It was designed to avoid arguments with a few people who live along the river and insist they need fences stretched across the levee for security and privacy.
County Supervisor’s Report September 2020
The September 2020 County Supervisor Report with County Supervisor Susan Peters.
