Despite the shift to online learning, ARC’s art shows must go on
Alexander Musa, Staff Writer
September 28, 2020
By Alexander Musa [email protected] This Spring, American River College, and campuses across the United States went into lockdown in direct response to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. ARC’s Fine and Applied Arts faced the same challenges that others did for the lockdown: find a way to trans...
Transitioning interactive arts classes online has come with challenges
Alex Muegge, Staff Writer
May 5, 2020
Both professors and students in the music, art and theater arts departments continue to struggle with transitioning their interactive classes online after the coronavirus-induced shut-down of American River College on March 13. The most challenging classes prove to be the ones where the students used ...
American River College Pride Center presents the 2020 Lavender Art Show
February 19, 2020
The Lavender Art Show, put on by the American River College Pride Center, will take place in the Student Center Feb. 24-26. A reception is scheduled for the last day from 12-2 p.m. to announce the winners as well as allow for students to come and speak with the artists about their pieces. The Lave...
ARC Kaneko Gallery opens with “Its Complicated” gallery show
February 7, 2020
The Kaneko Art Gallery debuted its first gallery exhibit for the spring semester on Jan. 29. “It’s Complicated” features art from artists across Sacramento. The “It's Complicated” gallery showcase ends Feb.12 and includes artwork from Xabi Soto Beleche, Yolonda Reyes, Richard Munoz-Moore, Ga...
Thrifty art student dresses to express
November 21, 2019
Between the art buildings at American River College, Caitlin “Cat” Alfstad sits comfortably amongst the in-progress art projects created by other students. She is wearing a worn-in, oversized knit blazer, an old Franz Ferdinand T-shirt stained with paint that she’s claimed to have owned since 200...
Art student detained by ICE
September 30, 2019
American River College art student Miguel Gonzalez-Miranda’s portrait “Inner Puzzle” has sat in a narrow closet in the back of the James Kaneko Gallery since early spring. Intended to hang in a student art show in February, the glass-framed, mixed-media collage was too heavy to hang and needed...
Kaneko features work from ARC professors
September 17, 2019
The James Kaneko Art Gallery hosted its annual fall faculty exhibit reception on Sept. 4, showcasing a variety of unique pieces from American River College art professors. Pieces by fine arts professor Laura Parker and art history professor Craig Smith were on display; art professor Valerie Constanti...
Groundbreaking animation means more than 3D
May 14, 2019
In an era dominated by 3D animation, we should not forget to appreciate other amazing films that have successfully taken on different animation approaches. Society has grown very comfortable with 3D animation, and this has caused a narrow-mindedness when it comes to animation in general. When an ani...
Patricia Wood brings art home to the Kaneko Gallery
April 11, 2019
In 2016, part time art professor Patricia Wood and art department chair Sarah Mattson took a seat in the Oak Cafe at American River College. The restaurant’s beige high ceiling held modern square light fixtures that shone down on the two professors as they discussed their day. While they scanne...
Bay area artist used ancient symbolism in “Piece$” show
March 14, 2019
Old and mismatching picture frames adorned the walls of the gallery; inside are paintings of different subjects on distressed paper. The subjects of these paintings are mostly children, incorporated with repeating symbols related to time. A crowd of art professors and students crowded into the Kaneko G...
TTC: ArtNM 499: Monetizing Social Media for the Artist
December 13, 2018
American River College is full of talented artists who work nine-five jobs or slave in fast food kitchens. With the help of a new experimental class, set to be offered in spring 2019, such students will now have the chance to learn about how to make a living as an artist in the modern era. Matt Stoe...
LRCCD factors in the possibility of a second wave of COVID-19
October 23, 2020
Review: ARC Theatre triumphs with “Fires in the Mirror”
October 23, 2020
Criminal justice reform should not be limited to what it can do for the state
October 22, 2020
Pride Center invites LGBTQ+ students to spill their tea
October 21, 2020
10 spine-tingling thrillers that are sure to haunt you
October 21, 2020
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