Get Lost in the Local Arts of West Sacramento
Sep 23, 2025 01:36PM ● By Seth Henderson
WEST SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) - At Gallery 1075, located at 1075 W. Capitol Ave., artwork from West Sacramento Art Guild members hangs in the gallery.
Gallery 1075 curator and lead recreation leader for the City of West Sacramento Evan Harté said that the city's partnership with the art guild provides a platform for local artists to display their artwork for free at the West Sacramento Community Center. A monthly reception is open to the public and, he said, the gallery is a zero-fee, zero-commission opportunity from the city for artists to display and sell their work.
The gallery’s large windows facing West Capitol Avenue provide a view of the artwork to anyone who takes the bus, drives or walks by the community center, Harté said.
The gallery’s large windows facing West Capitol Avenue provide a view of the artwork to anyone who takes the bus, drives or walks by the community center, Gallery 1075 curator and lead recreation leader for the City of West Sacramento Evan Harté said. Photo by Seth Henderson
“Our entire goal is just to find these really amazing artists in our local community and give them that platform that they otherwise wouldn’t have to get their foot in that kind of artistic community,” Harté said.
One of the best parts of the gallery, Harté said, was recognizing all the local talent that has always been around.
West Sacramento-native Grady Owings said it was his first time visiting Gallery 1075 and he did so on behalf of an invitation from his friend Chris Von Haunalter, a member of the West Sacramento Art Guild.
Owings, who didn’t know about the gallery until Von Haunalter mentioned it to him, said the paintings are great. Particularly, a painting depicting a portrait of a Native American Chief caught Owings’ attention.
The artist behind the brush strokes of the Native American Chief, “Strong Wind” in oils, a West Sacramento Art Guild member, said that she uses oils, acrylics, pens, ink, collage and photography mediums in her art. She has been a guild member for almost a decade and started creating art when she was teenager.
“The reason why I brought this in is because I want everybody to realize that you don’t just pick the medium,” the artist said. “Your mind has got to open up. Do what you like and try to expand your horizons.”
Von Haunalter said that he has been practicing art for about 30 years and started in his 20s. He said his landscape and abstract works use colored pencils and acrylics.
Spending most of his production time traveling within about 100 miles of the Sacramento area, Von Haunalter said that he is often balancing between the natural and urban landscapes within the city’s versatile geographic location, centrally located from the Sierra Mountain Range, Delta, downtown areas and wine country.
The next art guild meeting is scheduled for Oct. 16 and the theme is “Arts in the Heart,” according to Gallery 1075’s link on the City of Sacramento’s website. Photo courtesy of Gallery 1075 curator Evan Harté
Nikita Gill, a beginning artist who recently moved to West Sacramento with her partner in July from Canada, said that she was looking for art-related events and activities to attend in the community. She said the exhibition showed how people are inspired by many different things.
Regarding the Native American Chief painting, Gill said that “you can see the emotion in his eyes coming across.”
West Sacramento Art Guild Board Secretary and He Brews Coffee and Tea Company owner Michael Hayes said that his opportunity with the guild was seen as an extension of the artistic opportunities he provided through his establishment.
Hayes said period specific pieces bring back memories of a “kinder, gentler world.”
“We’re blessed that we have this space available that the city is welcoming,” Hayes said.
Anyone can join the art guild and Hayes said that he encourages artists of all ages and backgrounds from the entire Sacramento region to venture their way to the West Sacramento Community Center every third Thursday of the month for their regularly scheduled meetings.
Hayes said the goal of the guild and the gallery is to bring like-minded individuals together to express themselves in a healthy and collaborative way.
Guild members meet every third Thursday of the month from 6 to 8 p.m.
Members of the West Sacramento Art Guild and spectators of the guild’s monthly meeting chat over refreshments in Gallery 1075, located within the West Sacramento Community Center at 1075 W. Capitol Ave. Photo courtesy of Gallery 1075 Curator Evan Harté
The next art guild meeting is scheduled for Oct. 16, and the theme is “Arts in the Heart,” according to Gallery 1075’s link on the City of Sacramento’s website. To learn more about Gallery 1075, visit https://www.cityofwestsacramento.org/government/departments/parks-recreation/community-center/gallery-1075.
To learn more about the West Sacramento Art Guild, visit its Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063183012604 or follow the City of West Sacramento’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CityofWestSacramento.
“We’re trying to get as many different individuals together that love the arts to celebrate the art in West Sacramento,” Hayes said.
