Sacramento, California Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Visual arts === [[File:Church of Scientology Sacramento, California.jpg|thumb|The [[Spanish Colonial Revival style]] Ramona Building, built in 1930]] The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission is an organization that was established as the Sacramento [[arts council]] in 1977 to provide several arts programs for the city. These include Art in Public Places, Arts Education, Grants, and Cultural Programs, Poet Laureate Programs, Arts Stabilization Programs and Other Resources, and opportunities. Sacramento Second Saturday Art Walk is a program of local art galleries that stay open into the late evenings every second Saturday of each month. Sacramento is also home to the [[Wide Open Walls (Sacramento Mural Festival)|Wide Open Walls Festival]] where artists from across the world have added more than 140 murals across the city since the festival's inception in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kcra.com/article/artists-in-sacramento-prepare-for-wide-open-walls-mural-festival/39907539#|title=Artists in Sacramento prepare for Wide Open Walls mural festival |author=KCRA Staff |date=May 4, 2022 |website=KCRA 3 |access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref> [[File:Elks and Masons 4009 02.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Sacramento Masonic Temple]]]] Sacramento is home to one of California's oldest Latino cultural centers, the Latino Center of Art and Culture The Latino Center of Art and Culture was founded in the early '70s by activist Chicano students to combat racism and instill pride in the Chicano community. Known as La Raza Galeria it was home to artists like Ricardo Favela, JosΓ© Montoya, and Esteban Villa who formed the Chicano artist collective, the Royal Chicano Air Force. The center is a community hub offering support to emerging Latino artists and producing live programming.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page