Explore our extensive public art collection
Infuse your journey with culture before you ever leave the ground. As home to works from internationally renowned artists, Sacramento International gives every traveler the chance to experience artistic inspiration up close in a variety of media.
Explore the entire art plan HERE.
Flying Carpet by Seyed Alavi
Medium: Digital Print, Woolen Carpet
Location: Terminal A | Pedestrian bridge from parking garage
A digital, aerial image is woven into a woolen carpet displaying 50 miles of the Sacramento River and recalling the experience of flight.
Traveling Light by Leslie Birleson
Medium: Polycarbonate, screen printed silk, aircraft aluminum
Location: Terminal A | Terminal A above ticket counter
Lighted silk sculptures represent the diversity of travel.
Samson by Brian Goggin
Medium: Mixed media
Location: Terminal A | Terminal A Baggage Claim
Two 23' pillars are constructed with luggage dating from the conceptual genesis of the airplane to the present. The pillars support the ceiling as travelers metaphorically support the space itself.
Chromatic Oasis by Christopher Janney
Medium: Interactive - multimedia
Location: Terminal A | Terminal A 2nd floor before security checkpoint
Large, flat colored glass forms are suspended beneath a skylight to bathe walkers below in colored light, while movement below the forms triggers melodic " historic Sacramento" sounds.
River’s Edge by Gregory Kondos
Medium: Etched & colored glass
Location: Terminal A | Terminal A exterior transom windows
Glass panels showing scenes along the Sacramento River.
Flying Gardens by Dennis Oppenheim
Medium: Steel, Acrylic, Lexan, Fiberglass, Expanded Metal, Vines
Location: Terminal A | Terminal A entry road and parking structure
12 massive bird sculptures are mounted at varying heights along the airport-facing façade of the Parking Garage and in the landscaped area near Terminal A.
Acorn Steam by Donald Lipski
Medium: Wood, steel, laytex, Polished Austrian crystals (Swarovski)
Location: Terminal B | Concourse
The artist means to bring the outside in to the airport, while paying homage to Sacramento's native oak trees, which sustained the Nisenan (Southern Maidu) and Plains Miwok Indians with their acorns.
Migration by Marcia Stuermer
Medium: Acrylic Panels, LED lights
Location: Terminal B | International Arrivals
The flock of cranes depicted in this work is oriented to be traveling away from the baggage claim area, providing a subliminal way-finding mechanism to the weary traveler as well as echoing the intended flow pattern within the space.
Your Words are Music to My Ears by Po Shu Wang/ Louise Bertelsen (Living Lenses)
Medium: Steel, Bronze Finish
Location: Terminal B | Concourse
Part free Wi-Fi terminal and part musical instrument, this artwork allows passengers to entertain passengers with an instant literary-based musical composition.
Untitled by Ned Kahn
Medium: Stainless Steel, Steel
Location: Terminal B | APM bridge
An array of small wind vanes respond to the turbulence of the passing trains as well as the natural wind.
Flying Colors by Suzanne Adan
Medium: Glass Mosaic
Location: Terminal B | Transfer Level
The artwork depicts a whimsical landscape designed to appeal to youthful imaginations and engage the viewer in a playful and humorous way before boarding his/her flight.
As the Crow Flies by Lynn Criswell
Medium: Aluminum, Terrazzo, Polyurethane
Location: Terminal B | Transfer Level
Twenty-one silhouettes of various indigenous Northern Californian birds are inset into the floor and filled with black terrazzo. Each suspended cage is hung directly over a bird silhouette.
A Fragment of the Universe by Joan Moment
Medium: Glass Mosaic
Location: Terminal B | Transfer Level
The mosaic depicts an imaginary world of water and air.
Sutter’s Gold by Greg Kondos
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: Terminal B | International Arrivals exit
The painting is inspired by the discovery of gold in 1848 and its historical significance to the Sacramento region.
The Baggage Handlers by Christian Moeller
Medium: Wood, Steel
Location: Terminal B | Ticket Hall
"The Baggage Handlers" depicts the faces of six airport operation workers. The artwork recognizes these workers as part of the largely invisible labor force at the Airport.
Leap by Lawrence Argent
Medium: Aluminum, Steel, Granite, Bronze
Location: Terminal B | Ticket Hall
The artist chose to make a sculpture of a rabbit to appear as though it was leaping from the outside of the airport - in- and because it is instantly recognizable but allows airport users to come up with their own story or answer to the question, “Why a red rabbit”? Leap is 56-feet tall and weighs 10,000 pounds.