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Join us for the closing reception of Haute Romantics, as well as the last day of Verge Gallery at it's current location. Verge is moving on to bigger and better things, including a new location at 625 S st. Details available at the reception, more information to follow!

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 New York based Art Fag City Editor in Chief Paddy Johnson, will discuss the show Haute Romantics.

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Please join us for Sacramento's thriving Second Saturday Art evening. In the front gallery we will feature Verge Studio Artist Jeff Musser's work, and in the Main Gallery, Haute Romantics, curated by Art Fag City.

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Featuring work by Ryan McGinley, K8 Hardy, Katherine Bernhardt, Maximillian Schubert, Cian McConn and Kristen Jensen, Paul Gabrielli, Peter Sutherland, Asher Penn, Sara Vanderbeek, Naomi Fischer, Sebastian Mlynarski, and The Delusional Downtown Divas.

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In the front gallery, we feature work by Verge Studio Artist Jeff Musser. The show includes works in oil, painting studies, and pencil and ink drawings.

Musser's current body of work intersects his masterful traditional oil painting of the human figure, with his intense study of modern day tattoo work and body art culture. Musser was born and raised in Sacramento, returning after receiving a BFA at the Chicago Art Institute. He joined the Verge Studio Project in May of 2009.

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Verge Gallery and Studio Project presents Magic Window, a group exhibition of Contemporary painting. Featuring 11 Sacramento and Bay Area based artists, Magic Window encompasses a wide breadth of work that exemplifies the diversity of painting today.  From Patrick Marasso’s  masterfully recreated oil paintings of candid photographs and Gale Hart’s politically based abstract figurative work, to Andrew Patterson-Tutschka’s formal exploration of urban landscapes and S. Patricia Patterson’s large scale watercolor glimpses of Americana, Magic Window promises something for everyone. Artists include David Fiveash, Jacob Fossum, Gale Hart, Cynthia Horn, Rhia Hurt, Patrick Marasso, Robert Minervini, Patricia S. Patterson, Andrew Patterson-Tutschka, Gina Tuzzi, and Sara Wanie. 

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 In addition to an opening night preview of The Magic Window, an exhibition of contemporary painting, Verge guests will be treated to live performances by CORE Dance Collective, tours of our studio project, treats and cider for the kids, as well as tasty snacks and drinks.

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Stop by the Verge Second Saturday, October 10 for the closing reception of Women on Nature, curated by Emily Prince. If you can't make it this weekend not to worry, the show will be up through October 24.



Hope to see there!

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 Join us for a panel discussion Thursday September 17, with Guest Curator Emily Prince and selected artists from the exhibition.

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The Verge Gallery and Studio Project is a featured destination on this year's Capitol Artists' Studio Tour sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento.  You can find more info on the tour below or by checking out the CCAS website. Please, join us for two days of art, education, and fun!



2009 Capitol Artists' Studio Tour

Sept 12 & 13, 12-4pm



The Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento, proudly invites you to the fourth annual Capitol Artists' Studio Tour. This year, the Tour features more than 90 Sacramento artists within a 4 mile radius of the museum. The self-guided tour is free and provides a great opportunity to purchase art directly from many of the artists. This is a very family friendly event, and you are highly encouraged to ride your bike.

The studios will be open 12-4pm on both days of the Tour (September 12 & 13).

Preview the Art before the Tour

August 21 - September 13

Work from more than 70 of the participating artists on the Tour are on display at the CCAS. The work has been arranged based on the location of the studios and keyed to the Tour map. You are highly encouraged to preview the work and plan your tour outing.

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Join us this Thursday, July 16 at 7pm for Doug Biggert, in conversation with Gary Kolbert. Biggert met Kolbert while working at Socrates Sandals in 1967. The two became fast friends and Kolbert assisted Biggert with the first installation of A Sandalshop Wall at the Newport Harbor Art Museum in 1972.

The two will discuss life in the sandal shop and the circumstances that led to the photo project in addition to Biggert's later hitch hiker work.

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Opening July 9, the Verge Gallery and Studio Project presents, Hitchhikers and Other Work, showcasing forty years of photography by one of Sacramento's hidden gems, Doug Biggert.

A Sacramento resident for over twenty years, Biggert has long been known to locals as the buyer for Tower Books and later, Newsbeat. Outside of Sacramento, Biggert is best known as the godfather of the 1990's zine movement for his work in getting 'zine aisles' into all Tower Books locations internationally.

Biggert's photography habit remained largely unknown until 2002 when two visiting friends, Xavier Carcelle and Chloe Colpe, discovered a box of stunning photographs in Biggert's living room. The box contained photographs of nearly every hitchhiker that Biggert had ever picked up. Impressed by the close to 400 images of wayward travelers, Colpe and Carcelle took the photos back to France and helped arrange a Paris exhibit of the work. In 2007, Hitch Hikers, a book of the photos, was published and multiple European shows and a documentary would follow, relaunching Biggert's career as a serial photographer.

Note the word relaunch as opposed to launch. Biggert's work had been recognized in the early 1970s with a solo show at the Newport Harbor Art Museum, showcasing a series of photographs he had taken at the Balboa Park sandal shop he worked at. Though the work was well received Biggert opted for freedom, choosing not to pursue a fulltime art career.

In July and August Verge is proud to present both Biggert's Hitchhiker series as well as A Sandalshop Wall uniting two of the artist's most important bodies of work. Please, join us in celebrating one of Sacramento's hidden talents!

Doug Biggert's Hitchhikers and Other Work will be running July 9 through August 23 with an opening reception Thursday July 9 from 6-10pm.

In addition to the opening reception, Verge will also be offering two Second Saturday receptions: July 11 and August 8, also from 6-10pm.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!! Thursday July 16th at 7PM Verge will be hosting Doug Biggert in conversation with special guests TBA. Don't miss it!!!