May 28, 2025
Read the full article by Miranda Culp at Sacramento News & Review
Ever since Michael LaHood, or “Hoodie,” arrived in Sacramento in 2019 from Chicago, he stalked art spaces.
He had visions of multimedia projects, sculpture gardens and fire dancing that could happen in the same place — but he was looking for the right combination of adaptable space, location and community.
Deeply influenced by the work of Berkeley artist Susan O’Malley — whose electrifying prints shout “Buy the RV!” and “It is Possible!” — LaHood checked out all kinds of commercial property around the city. “I found bits and pieces, but what was going to become of the space really depended on the space itself.” Prism Art Space on K street in Midtown lent itself to becoming a combination gallery, studio, community room and even black box theater affectionately named “The Void.”
The nine resident artists who all recently moved into their studios have mixed-media practices that branch in many directions. They share a delight in the prospect of collaboration and expressed exhilaration at the plunge they are taking.