Timeless Creations
At 90, Sacramento artist Gerald “Jerry” Walburg approaches his work with the curiosity and persistence of someone who sees no reason to stop.
Last month, I wrote about the remarkable East Sac home and garden Jerry shaped over decades. He oversees a collection of houses, studios, sculpture gardens and gallery spaces that blur boundaries between art, architecture and landscape.
The surroundings reveal how Walburg sees the world: carefully composed, deeply personal, always evolving.
Science Guy
Carlos Gonzalez-Jaime knows he has a big job as new executive director of MOSAC, the SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity in the old PG&E power station on Jibboom Street.
The elegant steam turbine facility is an inspired home for a science museum, but MOSAC has never been on easy street. Successor to the Discovery Museum Science and Space Center on Auburn Boulevard, MOSAC needed almost 15 years to move from pipe dream to reality.
When the museum finally welcomed visitors in November 2021, the region was still recovering from pandemic lockdowns.
Essential Simplicity
For Susan Poirier, the artistic journey toward minimalist abstraction is about uncovering what matters.
Born in Boston and shaped by a childhood of travel, Poirier spent much of her professional life as a critical-care nurse and educator. Now she maintains a disciplined routine, often spending days working in her home-based Carmichael studio surrounded by canvases in various stages of development.
No Age Limit
The farm-to-fork movement shows us how to eat in a healthy, local way. We enjoy food co-ops, farmers markets and restaurants that cook with regional produce, fruits and meats.
But what happens as we grow older? When we can’t or don’t want to for ourselves?
The latest farm-to-fork evolution involves senior living, retirement communities and nursing homes. They are embracing the farm-to-fork movement.
I met two chefs, Russell Middleton and Anthony Vo, who run the kitchens at Avella, a senior community in Roseville. We discussed how they incorporate healthy, local food into their menus.
Door Prize
If you see a new well-designed, affordable apartment complex or hear a spirited conversation about how to get reasonably priced housing built, odds are John Vignocchi and his Urban Capital firm are involved.
Vignocchi, 39, has a solid reputation for creativity and commitment to building “workforce housing” people can actually afford.
