What happened to Silk Screening Workshop in Crocker Art Museum Park?

“Try your hand at silk-screening, a printmaking technique made famous by artist, Andy Warhol. T-shirts will be available for purchase or participants can bring their own. Take a tour of artwork that inspires the activity in the exhibition American Pop,” The Sacramento Bee Entertainment and Event calendar read.

There were 20 cars, lots of empty spots, two empty picnic tables and yet, no activity in the park. The jarring noise from the construction zone between the museum and the freeway caused most of the cars to pull up and drive off. The Crocker Art Museum staff were as confused as the visitors.

Research showed the event had been sponsored with City of Sacramento and had been canceled in May when construction on the museau expansion was started, cutting the parking and park size in half.

The American Pop exhibit entitled “Andy Warhol’s Athletes Series” is 10 paintings, which were begun in 1977 and completed in 1979, and capture the decade’s athletic superstars with the late-20th-century’s ultimate expression of fame—a Warhol silk-screened portrait.

See if you recognize the 10 athletes: Dorothy Hamill, Muhammad Ali, Pelé, Jack Nicklaus, Chris Evert, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, O.J. Simpson, Rod Gilbert, Tom Seaver, and William “Willie” Lee Shoemaker.



To learn more about the Museum here is their website: http://www.crockerartmuseum.org/