Mondavi Center to stream classical music Friday
Friday doesn't have to mean watching whatever is on television or playing video games. This Friday, May 8, listen to classical music by virtuosos Cho-Liang Lin on the violin and Jon Kimura Parker on the piano. On Saturday, May 9, enjoy John Beasley鈥檚 MONK鈥檈stra, a contemporary take on the arrangements of 20th century jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. During the closures, Mondavi continues to offer free virtual concerts. The virtual concerts will be shared on the dates the shows were scheduled to occur. Click to view the full schedule of virtual concerts.
Manetti Shrem: There's no place like home
The theme for this week鈥檚 Manetti Shrem At Home newsletter is 鈥淣o Place Like Home.鈥 Now that we are all at home, we might as well reflect on this experience. The Museum invites you to consider your "palace" and how "the great slowing" has transformed your connection to home.
Professor Simon Sadler considers, describing to us the ordinariness of occupying a mass-produced house and turning it into a home. More information and photos in this Arts Blog story.
Catch a glimpse of one family sheltering in place through Hug Your Family, an documenting professors Katie Peterson and Young Suh, their daughter and each day鈥檚 range of emotions
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SFMOMA recreates famous art at home
The hashtag #BetweenArtandQuarantine was started by the Getty Museum in Los Angeles in late March. It encourages people to recreate their favorite works of art at home and post them online. A recent SFMOMA article, 鈥淏etween Art and Quarantine: Our Favorite SFMOMA Art Recreations,鈥 showcases recreations of SFMOMA art by SFMOMA employees. Check it out . Pick your favorite art and try it.
Crocker Art Museum introduces upcoming exhibit
Get some background on an upcoming art exhibit at the Crocker Museum: Scheherazade and her Sisters in this article on the Crocker blog. This exhibit focuses on Gilded-Age women. Scheherazade and her Sisters is scheduled to open on June 20 and close on Oct. 11, 2020. Dates subject to change. Learn more
di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art closes for season but remains online
The physical di Rosa campus will be closed for the remainder of 2020. However, they continue to offer art online. You can take online photo tours of two current exhibitions: Jim Drain鈥檚 and Davina Semo鈥檚 . Feeling inspired? Learn how to make your own sculpture out of natural materials .
Miss live music? See Sacramento orchestra perform 'at home'
Christian Baldini, music director and conductor of the 澳门六合彩开奖结果走势图 Symphony Orchestra, is also music director of the Camellia Symphony Orchestra in Sacramento. While the Camellia Symphony musicians usually perform in the McClatchy Auditorium in Sacramento, they are currently performing from their homes. Watch a clip of the orchestra playing together remotely .
Arts and culture organizations invited to apply for grant
Is your organization struggling financially due to coronavirus? WESTAF CARES Relief Fund for Organizations is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. It will provide at least one Californian organization affected by the pandemic with up to $20,000. Learn more and apply .