Points of Interest by Rhyena Halpern, Executive Director
Chair’s View by Dan Gorfain, Commissioner Chair
SMAC Highlight--New Model Arts Program Launched at Edward Kemble Elementary School
SMAC in Your Community--APP Gallery Exhibition Schedule

We recently completed a 60-page summary of research documents, 
entitled ARTS & CULTURE IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION: 
A SUMMARY OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING DOCUMENTS, 1990-2010.  
Included are local studies done on the arts, economic impact of the arts, arts
marketing as well as related and significant national research.

Ultimately, we will use this document to create a Master Arts Plan for
Sacramento.  The Compilation has been utilized by Mayor Johnson’s For Arts Sake
initiative.  It is my hope that it will serve as a helpful reference to others
in the arts community, so that we all have access to the necessary information
as we plan new initiatives.  To review the Summary, please log onto
www.sacmetroarts.org.  

And when you log onto the SMAC web site, please take a moment to enjoy the new
and improved look! We hope you will find the site easier to use.  I would like
to mention that our events web site, sacramento365, which went live just 17
months ago, already boasts 3,855,732 hits in February 2010, compared with about
1,000 hits in its  first month in October 2008. The site was also recently
honored by the Sacramento Area Museums at their annual reception for assisting
in the ongoing marketing of local museums. To learn more about this dynamic
marketing tool for the arts, please log onto www.sacramento365.com.   When you
are on these websites, please click through to our Facebook and Twitter pages.
We face many financial challenges for fiscal year 2011, beginning this July 1st.
 Our commissioners are developing a strategy, outlined below in our Chair’s
message, which will help quantify the importance of the arts in Sacramento. 
Please help us show the ripple effect of the arts throughout our entire
community, especially outreach to youth and clients of social service organizations.

In closing, I would also like to direct your attention to the APP Gallery
listings at the end of the newsletter. There you will find out about the opening
of on our new exhibit, entitled In Public: Designing Art for the Sacramento
International Airport. The exhibit tracks the review and design process of 10
artists’ proposals commissioned for the new terminal.  This is an extremely
exciting public art project and I hope the exhibit will be a beneficial
‘preview’ of the art to come.

We have a story to tell in the arts; a story of creativity, community support,
and commerce. The importance of telling our collective story is now more
relevant than ever and SMAC would like to bring this story to our elected
officials as they wrestle with difficult funding decisions in the near future. 

In the months of April and May, SMAC will meet with our elected officials to
show them how the arts support our communities. We will accomplish this by
presenting data which shows a clear correlation between the arts and our
communities. 

Keeping our voice heard is key to long term stability and support.  

Here’s how you can help!  Please send us your anecdotes and stories about what
the SMAC grant has meant to you, the impact your program has made in the lives
of real people- especially youth and the underrepresented, what kind of ripple
effect is created by the arts from your perspective. Please send to
lnorman@cityofsacramento.org a paragraph or two to show the power of the arts by
the end of March.

Thank you for your continuing support in these challenging times.

SMAC has just launched its third Model Arts School Program at Edward Kemble
Elementary School.  This program will provide students 24 sessions of theatre
and dance developed and taught by teaching artists.  The twelve K-3rd grade
classrooms targeted for the dance and theatre classes are designated by the
School District’s Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Initiative as model classrooms.
This program will explore and model for other teachers in the District how an
arts curriculum, developed in collaboration with classroom teachers, can meet
state performing arts standards while supporting the school’s culturally
responsive education initiative and other learning objects across the
curriculum. Artists will also provide professional development for classroom
teachers in theatre and dance.

The artists were selected for this program from SMAC’s Pre-Qualified Teaching
Artist Pool and are Nathan Jones, dance; Franchesca Sonoyama, theatre; and Gail
Dartez, theatre.  The project is funded by a grant from the California Arts
Council, CA Dept. of Education Arts Block Funds from Kemble School and SMAC Arts
Education funds.

Exhibit: In Public: Designing Art for the Sacramento International Airport
Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento
1519 19th Street, Sacramento, CA 

EXHIBIT DATES: March 4 – April 18, 2010
SECOND SATURDAY RECEPTION: March 13, 2010, 6-9pm
LECTURES: 
March 16, 6:30 -8:00 p.m.-- The Artist Selection Process:  a discussion
featuring panelists who selected and approved designs for the Sacramento
International Airport.

April 8, 2010, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. -- Working with New Media in Public: a lecture
by Camille Utterback, commissioned to create an interactive media work on the
Airport’s west bank of glass elevators.

The exhibition includes works by:  Donald Lipski, Mildred Howard, Joan Moment,
Lawrence Argent, Suzanne Adan, Po Shu Wang and Louise Bertelson, Camille
Utterback, Ned Kahn, Christian Moeller, and Lynn Criswell.

CONTACT:	Shelly Willis, 916-808-3971

The Franklin Urban Plein Air Project
Presented by North Franklin District Business Association and the Sacramento
Metropolitan Arts Commission. September 12, 2009 – March 12, 2010

SMUD Art Gallery
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Customer Service Center
6301 S Street at 65th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817
Hours -  Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Located in the first floor lobby.

Current Exhibit: The Art of Teaching: An Exhibition of work by the Art Faculty
of American River College 

EXHIBIT DATES: February 9, 2010 - April 8, 2010 
RECEPTION: Thursday, March 11, 4p-6pm

The exhibition includes works by Kurt Fishback, Doug Gardner, Linda Gelfman,
Crystal Haueter, Ken Hendrickson, Jodie Hooker, Pam Maddock, Sarah Solis
Mattson, Karen Roughton, Mick Sheldon, Craig N. Smith, and Diane Richey-Ward.

Airport Gallery
Sacramento International Airport, Terminal B
6900 Airport Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95837
Four enclosed exhibition cases are located in the public areas on the lower
level of Terminal B. Three enclosed exhibition cases are located on each of the
secured passenger concourses.
Current Exhibit: At the Airport: "Inside Sacramento" Sacramento International
Airport - Terminal B

EXHIBIT DATES: March 5 - June 9, 2010

An exhibition of artworks featured on the front pages of Sacramento's inside
Arden, Inside the city, and Inside East Sacramento publications. Artists
include:  Elaine Bowers, Phil Gross, Robin Giustina, Judy LewLoose, Bud Gordon,
Keith Bachmann, Jim Tracy, Paula Cameto, Vicki foote, Tina Jalalian, Earl Boley,
and Donnetella Hurley