The Crocker Art Museum kicked off the 2019 ArtMix season with “Glow”. This high energy blacklight party featured Obsidian Butterfly Light dancers, Resolve Circles Group, The Lorelei Bayne Project, Green Valley Theatre puppeteers and house music by DJ Pocket. Glow was a huge success! It was a packed house and a full dance floor. On … Continue reading
We always have a blast at The Crocker ArtMix! Photos Mickey Morrow Continue reading
What I’m Listening To is a series where we talk to exciting artists and musicians and get a five-song slice of their current playlist. – “[T]his morning I was walking in … to work and there was a band from Elk Grove High School playing outside the front doors.” – “[E]ven though I only make … Continue reading
ArtMix: Crocker-Con. Crocker Art Museum. September 14, 2017. Sacramento CA. Photos Dan Tyree Continue reading
Once a year we team up with the Crocker Art Museum, in Sacramento CA, to curate their monthly event titled ArtMix. This year the theme was vintage so we brought along some of our favorite local designers and stylists, a banjo and washboard player, traditional circus performers and a vinyl spinning DJ. We built a … Continue reading
The Panama Art Factory set up shop at the Crocker Block by Block Party and we had a blast! The Panama Art Factory is host to 30 Sacramento artist studios and is also TUBE.’s official headquarters, on Saturday, July 9, 2016, we packed up our art, ourselves, a couple issues of TUBE. and spent the day partying down with … Continue reading
We had a blast bringing our “freaky” friends to perform at the Crocker Museum for the ArtMix on March 10, 2016. We run around with some of the most crazy talented folks around. Be sure to learn more about our “freaky friends” in our latest print issue (pick one up at Phono Select Records or … Continue reading
We know there are a lot of choices when deciding where to ring in the New Year so we have narrowed it down to a few of our favorites for you. Read on. Get ready for to the New Year early, at this fun and free celebration of global cultural experiences, Noon Year’s Eve at … Continue reading
When an artist embraces an activist message, their work can cultivate courage within people and communities. The results of such art can be inspiring and, ultimately, empowering. On Nov. 19, four artists from Northern California and beyond presented their work and stories of activism at the Crocker Art Museum’s second Art Beyond Fear panel discussion. … Continue reading
The room is full of flashing lights, pounding bass, and over a hundred people well over the age of eighteen in prom finery grinding on each other and unabashedly singing along to Sir Mix-A-Lot’s Baby Got Back. Not what one would expect to find at an art museum, but this is the Crocker’s Art Mix … Continue reading
Some folks celebrate Christmas. Others have Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa. But for the rest of us, there is Festivus. For those unfortunate souls who were not raised on Seinfeld, Festivus is a holiday invented by George Costanza’s father, Frank, that focuses on more secular elements of the holiday season. It is held in opposition to the … Continue reading
Superheroes, villains, and characters of a variety of comics were all crammed into the Crocker Art Museum on November 14, 2013. They called it the Crocker-Con Art Mix and it sure was incredible. Upon walking into the museum we found a bunch of people dressed up in Cosplay. Artists had tables set up and were creating … Continue reading
The afternoon was creeping towards evening as we arrived at the Crocker Art Museum, ready to escape the heavy warmth of the outside air. This month’s Art Mix greeted us with craft tables and the proclamation of tonight’s theme, French Twist. We started out by taking in a lecture on the drawings of the French … Continue reading
On August 1st the Crocker Art Museum put on a little event for the teenagers around town. They labeled it “Teen Takeover,” and the title sure did live up its name. As soon as you walked through the Crocker’s doors teenagers were mingling and full of smiles. For those who have not experienced the beauty … Continue reading
Labor Day is usually full of BBqs and one last chance to get into that bikini and lounge by the pool. If you feel like skipping the traditional sunburn and hangover, we know what you should do. Get out and find a little culture on this fine Labor Day and go see the Mel Ramos … Continue reading
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