Solving Sac: Creativity in the Capital

by Solving Sacramento

We find two artists or creatives in the Sacramento area and pair them together to discuss their successes, their struggles and how they feel they fit into the Sacramento creative community. The two strangers are provided a list of questions and off they go.

Creativity in the Capital is a production of the Solving Sacramento journalism collaborative hosted by Casey Rafter. Intro and outro music is by Celia St. Croix. Ce ... 

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Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • Creativity in the Capital: Liv Moe and Jennifer Jackson

    Creativity in the Capital: Liv Moe and Jennifer Jackson

    S01 E04
    36:20

    Sacramento artist and writer Liv Moe is the founder, curator and director of the Verge Center for the Arts, which offers residency programs, exhibitions and workshops to artists. Placerville native Jennifer Jackson not only owns Grigio Art Consulting, which places art in commercial and health care spaces, she is also a co-founder of The Red Museum, a performance and art warehouse in Sacramento.

  • Creativity in the Capital: Barbara Range and Jaya King

    Creativity in the Capital: Barbara Range and Jaya King

    S01 E03
    37:44

    Barbara Range, director of The Brickhouse Gallery and Art Complex since 2012, has called her work as the space’s curator “in service of arts to the community.” Jaya King is a Sacramento-based muralist and painter with a portfolio that boasts a diverse selection of black-and-white paintings, vibrant 4,600-square-foot murals and delightfully textured encaustic work. The two met at Brickhouse to discuss their earliest experiences with the Sacramento creative community, their thoughts on a primer for fledgling artists and the scarcity of artists residencies in the region.

  • Creativity in the Capital: Elle Jaye and Gabe Nelson

    Creativity in the Capital: Elle Jaye and Gabe Nelson

    S01 E02
    35:36

    For over 20 years, Sacramento photographer Elle Jaye has been playing with light, water and laughter to capture electric images in her work. At 12 years old, Sacramento musician Gabe Nelson found a guitar in his mother’s closet. A trade from guitar to bass eventually saw him as the bassist for the band Cake, which he left in 2015. The two met for the first time at a creaky table in the living room of Nelson’s Sacramento home.

  • Creativity in the Capital - Pilot episode: Anthony Krutzkamp and Romi Sunga

    Creativity in the Capital - Pilot episode: Anthony Krutzkamp and Romi Sunga

    S01 E01
    35:56

    Anthony Krutzkamp, artistic and executive director of the Sac Ballet, paired up with Romi Sunga, co-founder of Dance On the Edge, a free event that offers Latin dance lessons, for conversation. Having never met before, the two recently convened in a quiet office in the University Union at Sacramento State to talk about connecting with audiences on a personal level and growing their two worlds of dancers beyond their perceived potential.