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Slice: A Juried
Exhibit of Regional Art
July 10 – August 16, 2026
Reception: July 10, 6-9 PM | Awards at 8 PM
Slice celebrates the diversity of expression in our region with an array of different media created by 35 visual artists.
This year marks the 14th anniversary of the Pence’s regional call to artists. Representing a ‘slice’ of work fresh from the studio produced by new and established artists working in the state,
this annual juried exhibit has quickly gained a reputation for displaying innovative and thought-provoking work.
Gioia Fonda is this year’s juror of Slice. Fonda is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in two-dimensional media
(painting, drawing, sewing, and photography) with occasional forays in sculpture, social practice, and public art. She is
also a tenured professor of art at Sacramento City College, where she teaches painting, drawing, and design.
2026 Slice artists: Patricia Altschul, Alaine Blase, Douglas Burgess, Yi-Chuan Chen, Eun Cho, Tauna Coulson, Raquel Cox, Andrew Cunningham, Suzanne Falter, Linda Fitz Gibbon, Ruth Geos, Anne Gregory, Cherie Hacker, Debbie Hardesty, Brian Hite, Simmin Joy Holland, Carol Jenkins, Judith Johnson, David Kalb, Brett Kaufman, Christopher Keating, Melanie King, Julie Kumar, Michael Larson, Dottie Lo Bue, Gary Marsh, Peter Moen, Pamela Mooney, Erik Oliver, Mary Oros, Scottie Ross, Nicole Stau er, Michael Teson, Richard Turtletaub, and Amy Vidra.
Mirabel Wigon: Earth Stars
July 10 – August 16, 2026
Reception: July 10, 6-9 PM
Mirabel Wigon’s Earth Stars features imagined and fantastical futures with flora as the main subject. Her paintings deconstruct and reconstruct plant forms to explore the intermingled and entangled relationships in the natural world. Her range of mediated source materials, including photogrammetry scans of botanical specimens, offers new ways of looking at our planetary cohabitants. Wigon uses augmented reality to reveal the 3D models made through photogrammetry, further entangling the viewer in the processes of the paintings’ construction. Her reflections of mediation and translation call for a future that values diversity, adaptation, and perseverance.
Exhibit It!
A Community Art Exhibit
July 3 – August 16, 2026
Reception: July 10, 6-9 PM | Awards at 7:30 PM
Exhibit It! is our annual non-juried exhibit, open to artists ages 16 and up, which highlights the talent of our community’s artists. Fifty artists submitted their choice of artwork to be exhibited in our summer display. As an ‘open theme’ show, Exhibit It! features a wide variety of sculpture, paintings, drawings, mixed media works, fiber art, and photography. Artworks also vary in subject, style, size, and mood, creating a dynamic and diverse exhibition.
One artist will be awarded the Curator’s Choice Award by Director/Curator Natalie Nelson during the reception on Friday, July 10, at 7:30 PM. The public is also invited to vote for their favorite artwork for the Public Choice Award, which will be awarded at the end of the exhibit.
This exhibit is sponsored by Dawn Daro.
Please be aware that this exhibit is located in our upstairs gallery. Access may be slightly limited due to occasional events and classes that occur in this space. To ensure that your visit and enjoyment of this exhibit is not interrupted, please refer to our Programs page.
David Burkholder: Day Trip
July 3 – August 28, 2026
Reception: July 10, 6-9 PM
In his recent series of oil paintings, plein air painter David Burkholder explores the beauty and variety within Northern California and its close neighbors. Each painting was created during a different day or weekend trips out of his camper van. His paintings capture California’s warm light and diverse landscapes, bringing viewers back to a sense of presence and connection to nature.
