Gioia Fonda, an artist and professor at Sacramento City College since 2006, takes every opportunity to combine art with teaching. 

The Sacramento-based photographer is traveling around her native country of Ukraine to aid refugees during the Russia-Ukraine war, documenting their experiences along the way.

We’ve rounded up some of our previous Art Exposed interviews with photographers to learn how local artists make a living out of drawing with light.

As a woodworker and metal fabricator, Nancy Sayavong uses her training both for art and remodeling jobs. Her work is interested in the contrast between the romantic ideal of the home and its lived reality.

Tasha Reneé sells ceramics independently and through plant shops and home decor businesses and is currently pivoting to teach others through private lessons, workshops and classes.

Jonathan Joiner finds inspiration in retro-futuristic gadgets, movies and “practical things.”

Less than 2 percent of professional classical musicians identify as Black. Lee Pringle wants to change that.

Multimedia artist Sarah Marie Hawkins uses a variety of methods to tell not just her story, but the stories of many women.

Photographer and college professor Dan Herrera appreciates the art of using older or alternative methods in his work; some of his techniques date back 200 years or more. 

A professional clarinetist broadens her creative output with ceramics, writing, filmmaking, multimedia performances — and puppets.