SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) - Sacramento Suburban Kiwanis Club is proud to host the 66th Kiwanis Art Fiesta at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center, located at 6151 H St. in Sacramento, on Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2.  Show hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. that Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. that Sunday.

After decades of being an outdoor show at Town & Country Village and then Pavilions Shopping Center, this is the second Art Fiesta year at the Scottish Rite location. The air-conditioned comfort, spacious facility and ample parking lot provide an ideal location for this iconic event.

Meet the artists, browse the fine art pieces and purchase quality art for yourself, family, and friends. Most art media, including painting, pottery, photography, glass, woodwork, fine textile, and jewelry will be for sale. There is no charge for admission. 

Food and beverages with a fiesta theme, catered by “Taste for the Senses,” will be sold. Enjoy breakfast, snacks, lunch and dessert items while meeting the artisans. While at the show on Saturday, take time to vote for your personal favorite fiesta artist.

The Sacramento Suburban Kiwanis Club, chartered in 1952, is a community service organization dedicated to serving the Arden-Arcade community in Sacramento. The club has sponsored the Art Fiesta since the show’s inception. As Sacramento Suburban Kiwanis’ largest fundraising event of the year, the Art Fiesta is a juried art show ensuring unique, original creations.

“Come out and share this wonderful variety of quality art with the whole family while both meeting and supporting local artists and helping Sacramento Suburban Kiwanis fund its many community and youth-assistance programs,” said Art Fiesta chairperson and long-time Kiwanian Tom Fleischmann. “Suburban Kiwanis Club sponsors four high school Key Clubs (Mira Loma, El Camino Fundamental, Rio Americano and Rosemont) as well as a Builders Club at Cowan Fundamental School. These youth programs teach leadership, communication, and community service skills. Additionally, the club sponsors Boy Scout Troop 53.”

Other programs that the club sponsors include Kiwanis Family House, River City Food Bank, Sierra Arden Food Closet, Boys and Girls State, Wellspring Women’s Center, Sacramento Crisis Nursery and Just for Kids, a program for children who have an immediate family member diagnosed with cancer.

Sacramento Suburban Kiwanis Club is part of Kiwanis International, a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time. Kiwanis and its family of clubs, nearly 600.000 members strong, help raise more than $100 million annually and dedicate more than 18 million volunteer hours to strengthen communities and serve children!

Sacramento Suburban Kiwanians meets on the first and third Wednesday of the month from 12:10 to 1:10 p.m. at Seasons 52 at Arden Fair Mall. For more information about the club or Kiwanis in general, call Tom at 916-834-1870 or visit online at www.sacramentosuburbankiwanis.org. Meet Art Fiesta artisans and follow Sac Suburban Kiwanis on Facebook at SacramentoSuburbanKiwanis and Instagram at @SacSuburbanKiwanis.