Kingsley Art Club Educational Foundation

  Early guests browse the artwork at the reception for the 2022 Crocker Kingsley Exhibit.

The Kingsley Art Club, named for Elbridge Kingsley, artist and engraver, was organized in 1892 by a group of fifteen Sacramento women seeking art education. Education in the arts has lasted for 130 years through quiet evolution. What exists now, in a close relationship with the Crocker Art Museum, are lectures and outreach to many audiences through in person and social media sources.

The club's mission, to promote knowledge, appreciation, and teaching of the arts, is achieved through our various programs.

The Kingsley annually presents eight lectures at the Crocker Art Museum featuring, generally, Northern California speakers knowledgeable in the arts. Retrospectives of an artist’s career, emerging artists, and developments in the surrounding art communities are the topics of the programs.

Other programs include:

1. volunteer docents for the elementary school arts education programs,
2. the high school Inspirations Exhibit at the Crocker Art Museum,
3. the community college Merit Awards Exhibit at the Crocker Art Museum,
4. the Kingsley Initiative supporting BIPOC art and artists, and
5. the Crocker Kingsley Exhibit showcasing premiere names in American art.