Coordinates: Dispatch

After more than a decade behind locked doors, Sacramento’s historic Fire Alarm Dispatch Station will reopen to the public through Coordinates: Dispatch, a large-scale contemporary art exhibition featuring the work of nearly thirty Sacramento artists. Opening August 8 and continuing through October 10, 2026, the exhibition marks one of the first major public activations of the restored 1937 Art Deco landmark, inviting visitors inside a building many have passed for years but few have ever experienced.

Presented by Sites of Vacancy, LLC in partnership with the Midtown Association, Coordinates: Dispatch represents the cultural debut of one of Sacramento’s most significant adaptive reuse projects. Through newly commissioned installations, sculpture, painting, sound, video, and performance, the exhibition demonstrates how contemporary art can activate historic civic architecture while reconnecting communities to places that have long stood vacant.

Participating Artists: A.M. Architect, Andru Defeye, Andy Cunningham, Chaitra Bangalore, Chris Christion, Chris Lango, Dylan Tellesen, Ember De Boer, Ellie Gainey, Jake Castro, Jessica Wimbley, Joha Harrison, Jose DiGregorio, Julie Bernadeth Crumb, Mary Duman, Mary Sand, Matthew Flores, Meg Myers, Melissa Uroff, Michael Stevenson, Natachi Mez, Navid Dehghan, Shaun Burner, Summer Ventis, Taner Paşamehmetoğlu, Tiranjini Pillai, and Valerie Tafolla Rose.

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