Gilding the Lily Tomlin

Fe Gallery

“Lilly with a T” by Cuauhtemoc Q. Kish; silk and cotton, machine quilted; 2016.

“Lilly with a T” by Cuauhtemoc Q. Kish; silk and cotton, machine quilted; 2016.

Where: Fe Gallery, 1100 65th Street; (916) 456-4455; www.fegallery.com.
Second Saturday reception: August 13, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Through September 29.
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Lily Tomlin was recently named to be the next recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. How appropriate, since she has been entertaining people as a comic, actress, writer and producer for decades. Plus, she was the voice of the fizzy-haired teacher on the animated Magic School Bus show, which is worth a lot of bonus points.

The septuagenarian is still at work in front of the camera in feature films and a Netflix series, Grace and Frankie, and Fe Gallery has chosen Tomlin as its muse for its current group show, The Lily Tomlin Experience. There are more than two-dozen artists who have gilded the Lily—both from Sacramento and out of state—including Susan Silvester, Madelyne Templeton, Skye Becker-Yamakawa, Rhonda Thomas-Urdang and Cuauhtemoc Q. Kish. There will be a video journal during the Second Saturday reception and a lot of love for Lily.