Marie-Elena Schembri

California

Reporter and Associate Editor at Calaveras Enterprise

Photographer at Freelance

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Future of Sacramento makerspace MADE Studio hinges on $45K fundraiser - Sacramento Business Journal

2 months ago | bizjournals.com | Marie-Elena Schembri

This story is part of the Solving Sacramento journalism collaborative. This story was funded by the city of Sacramento's Arts and Creative Economy Journalism Grant to Solving Sacramento. Following our journalism code of ethics, the city had no editorial influence over this story. Our partners include California Groundbreakers, Capital Public Radio, Outword, Russian American Media, Sacramento Business Journal, Sacramento News & Review, Sacramento Observer and Univision 19.
Art Exposed: Jennifer Peart - Comstock's magazine

2 months ago | comstocksmag.com | Marie-Elena Schembri

Addressing themes of reciprocity and stewardship, Jennifer Peart’s artwork draws inspiration from science fiction novels, retrofuturistic architecture and pristine natural landscapes. Her intricate, vivid landscapes, often featuring familiar landmarks, are delicately painted on sustainably sourced wood panels.
Art Exposed: Julie Bernadeth Crumb - Comstock's magazine

Nov 26, 2024 | comstocksmag.com | Marie-Elena Schembri

Whether creating elaborate jewelry inspired by pre-colonial harvest rituals, collaging woodcut prints into an altar homage to her Filipino homeland or sculpting clay into aquatic life forms for an underwater installation, award-winning multidisciplinary artist Julie Bernadeth Crumb uses her hands to forge materials into meditations on culture, identity and indigeneity.
The Value of Art - Comstock's magazine

Oct 20, 2024 | comstocksmag.com | Marie-Elena Schembri

This story is part of our October 2024 issue. To subscribe, click here. Every second Saturday from May to October, the tree-lined streets and charming homes of Midtown Sacramento bear witness to something extraordinary: As many as 15,000 visitors swarm the neighborhood to experience live music, view art, shop, dine and mingle.
Creative community convenes at Design Week Sacramento - Sacramento Business Journal

Oct 2, 2024 | bizjournals.com | Marie-Elena Schembri

This story was funded by the city of Sacramento's Arts and Creative Economy Journalism Grant to Solving Sacramento. Following our journalism code of ethics and protocols, the city had no editorial influence over this story and no city official reviewed this story before it was published. Our partners include California Groundbreakers, Capital Public Radio, Outword, Russian American Media, Sacramento Business Journal, Sacramento News & Review, Sacramento Observer and Univision 19.
Cuenta-cuentos de Sacramento ilumina la experiencia de los inmigrantes a través de la poesía y el cine • Sacramento News & Review

Oct 2, 2024 | hechoencalifornia1010.com | Marie-Elena Schembri

orge Quintana ha producido cuatro documentales y frecuentemente crea videos para acompañar su poesía. (Foto cortesía de Pedro García) La poesía y las películas de Jorge Quintana, oriundo de Sacramento de 28 años, centran su experiencia como inmigrante indocumentado, fusionada con la filosofía personal del artista sobre la muerte, el amor y la experiencia humana. La obra de arte de Quintana ganó una beca de Artista Individual de Youth Speaks 2023.
Art Exposed: Katharine T. Jacobs - Comstock's magazine

Sep 25, 2024 | comstocksmag.com | Marie-Elena Schembri

Rural artist Katharine T. Jacobs is known to spend her days in coveralls, hands and clothes speckled with clay and stains from botanical pigments. As a single mom to her daughter, 7-year-old Paloma, Jacobs wears both mom and artist hats while working in her Pine Grove garage-turned-studio. Sometimes, she takes to the outdoors — including her backyard — creating haunting and evocative nude portraits on black-and-white film.
Art Exposed: Taner Pasamehmetoglu - Comstock's magazine

Aug 27, 2024 | comstocksmag.com | Marie-Elena Schembri

For this second-generation American, art is a tool to address finite resources and break down walls Back Web Only “A lot of my work stems from this idea of what I call being stuck in between,” says multidisciplinary Elk Grove artist Taner Pasamehmetoglu. “My parents both immigrated here from Turkey, and largely for me and my sister to have the opportunity to pursue whatever we wanted, and so growing up that was always very prevalent to me.
New Arts Council on Horizon for San Joaquin County - Comstock's magazine

Aug 21, 2024 | comstocksmag.com | Marie-Elena Schembri

San Joaquin County — with its rich cultural and historical heritage in both rural communities and city centers — may soon have a unified creative and cultural front. For the first time since 2001, the county will again have an arts council.
Art Exposed: Jazel Muñoz - Comstock's magazine

Jul 23, 2024 | comstocksmag.com | Marie-Elena Schembri

Imagine spending a late morning in a quaint but colorful rooftop garden, watching shadows of flowers dance across your sun-soaked patio. A hummingbird darts from bloom to bloom, in and out of the shadows as its luminous feathers glint in the sun.