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Linda Gelfman, an art professor at American River College, poses with one of her sculptures at her recent exhibition. (Photo courtesy of Linda Gelfman)

ARC art professor provides much-needed uplifting atmosphere for students

Shy Bell, A&C Editor November 16, 2023

Students of all ages are faced with many hardships. Constant battles against the plagues of life, one’s inherited mores and social programming. In the American education system, many students are...

Art Professor Craig Smith speaks at the Kaneko Gallery about the Symbols of Objects exhibition opening reception on August 30, 2018. The art department at American River College will have their first live showing of the Kaneko Gallery, twenty months after the campus was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in the spring semester of 2022. (File Photo)

Kaneko Gallery plans to host first in-person exhibit in spring 2022

Samuel Berg, Staff Writer November 28, 2021

The American River College art department will host its first in-person showing of the Kaneko Gallery since March 2020. According to Patricia Wood, Kaneko Gallery art director, the gallery plans to...

A student stands next to a ceramic mosaic wall in the biological sciences hallway at American River College in Sacramento, California on Sept. 12, 2017. (Photo by Nathan Bauer)

ARC instructor creates mosaics and murals with help of students

Nathan Bauer September 19, 2017

Spread across the American River College campus are ceramic murals and mosaics created by Ceramics Professor Linda Gelfman and her students. Gelfman became an ARC faculty member in 2001 and since that...

American River Review art submission by ARC student in a previous edition. (Photo by Lidiya Grib)

Students Submit Work for the ARR Publication:

Lidiya Grib March 18, 2017

The American River Review is accepting art submissions for its annual literary magazine, which features different categories like prose, poetry, fashion, culinary and visual arts. The ARR is a literature...

Abstract sculptures and painting pieces by artists 
Linda Fitz Gibbon and Ken Hendrickson were hosted in the Kaneko Gallery reception on Nov. 1. 
(photo by Lidiya Grib)

Kaneko gallery hosts abstract themed art show

Lidiya Grib November 8, 2016

Two abstract artists’ art portraying “beauty and grotesque shapes” was showcased in the ARC Kaneko Gallery from Oct. 20 through Nov. 10. There was a similar dreamy and imaginative theme in the...

“Solemente” by Laura Parker on display at the James Kaneko Gallery at American River College in Sacramento, California on Sept. 1, 2016. The gallery held a reception for the annual faculty art show. (Photo by Jared Smith)

Kaneko Gallery exhibits faculty art

Lidiya Grib September 8, 2016

The Kaneko Gallery hosted a reception on Sept. 1 for an American River College faculty art show. “This is a great art gallery,” said art professor Linda Gelfman. “I think it’s really important...

Anthony Maki Gill describes his digital ceramic hybrid prints to audience members at the Explicit Material gallery. Maki Gills artwork was located in the Kaneko Gallery at American River College in Sacramento, California until April 14, 2016. (Photo by Kyle Elsasser)

Kaneko Gallery holds reception to close “Explicit Material” exhibition

Hannah Darden April 15, 2016

The James Kaneko Gallery at American River College held a closing reception for their current exhibition, “Explicit Material” by Anthony Maki Gill, on Thursday. The exhibition featured a multimedia...

Students from the ceramics department sell their art

Students from the ceramics department sell their art

Jose Garcia and Jose Garcia May 13, 2015

Student’s from the ceramics department sold their handmade wares today at the X-sale being held behind the ceramics lab. Michelle Wong Yukmui, an art major, has her own booth at the X-sale. “I’m...

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