The Himovitz Gallery records document the operation of a contemporary art gallery in Sacramento, run by Michael Himovitz and Charles “Chuck” Miller. Beginning in 1982, the gallery hosted art exhibitions, sold artwork, and oversaw private art installations. Himovitz and Miller established Sacramento’s Second Saturday Art Walk, supported the Uptown Art District along North Sacramento’s Del Paso Boulevard, were engaged in art exhibition planning, and hosted numerous community fundraisers. The records reflect the efforts of the gallery until its closure in 2001, and Miller’s exhibition services through 2007.

Michael Hersch Himovitz was the founder of the Michael Himovitz Gallery, a business that helped develop and support the Sacramento art community for nearly 20 years. Born December 24, 1948, in Los Angeles, Himovitz grew up in Hanford, California, on a cattle ranch. He attended college at the University of Arizona where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts. After college, Himovitz moved back to California and started working in residential real estate. In 1977, he moved his family to Sacramento to open a new branch of his company Himovitz Enterprise. During the housing market downturn in the early 1980s, Himovitz closed the Sacramento branch and started an art gallery, the Michael Himovitz Gallery.

29.34 linear feet (29 boxes)

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