When Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center opens, it will be home to the “Coloring Book,” a sculpture by Jeff Koons the city bought for $8m. This will certainly put Sacramento on the global art map since it is a sculpture on which pretty much everyone has an opinion.

Another boost to the region’s art scene is the prominence of the Art Hotel installation downtown.  It is hoped that this will drive the arts landscape further into the spotlight since Sacramento has historically not been known for its artistic side.  All this is great news for Sacramento since as Elliot Fouts, a Sacramento gallery owner noted, “anything that gets people thinking about art, gets them excited about art is really great.”

Let’s not forget Sacramento’s Street Art. At the end of August people in Sacramento were privy to the first Sacramento Mural Festival. Midtown Sacramento was transformed by muralists into “urban art masterpieces,” that it is hoped Beau Basse, the curator said, turns into “an annual project [which will] bring in more international artists [putting Sacramento as a city in a bigger map.” This sentiment was echoed by local muralist Jake Castro who pointed out that it will “create new opportunities [putting] sac in a spot line with all the other artists involved.”