Floodplain Projects is a collaborative studio. We produce visual art, publications, exhibitions, podcasts and events. We bring together emerging artists, students and professional artists for projects in the Central Valley of California.

Contact:
eliza.gregory [at] gmail
Senior Catalog
2024

In homage to the courageous and beautiful self portraits made by Carla Williams, and the exquisite book design done by Paul Schiek, the senior cohort in photography and I have modeled a catalogue of their work on the book Tender, published by TBW books in 2023.

Coordination, Art Direction and Publishing: Eliza Gregory

Publication Design: Evalina Carillo and Olivia Bailey, in homage to Paul Schiek's design for Tender, by Carla Wililams.

Photography: See interior credits. 

Supported by: California State Learning Aligned Employment Program (LAEP), and the Photography Special Projects Fund

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[Placeholder: Living Precariously]
2023

In the fall of 2023, Eliza Gregory led students in the Sacramento State University Photography BFA Program on a suite of field trips to do experiential research about relationships to land. The group built an archive of audio recordings and photographs of their experiences and the people, places and institutions they visited, which was used to create a podcast and an exhibition. This booklet showcases the process and products of that work.

Coordination, Art Direction and Publishing: Eliza Gregory

Publication Design: Jon Wong, with Angelo Hinojosa and Yancey Mejia 

Photography: See interior credits. 

Supported by: the Sacramento State College of Arts & Letters Faculty/Student Collaboration Grant, California State Learning Aligned Employment Program (LAEP), and the Photography Special Projects Fund

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Sac State Art Sculpture Lab
2024

Sac State's Art Sculpture Lab building has a storied history. The Art Department commissioned Floodplain Projects to produce a photo book that documented the building. Art Department Chair Rachel Clarke and Professor Mya Dosch conducted interviews and collected historical materials from faculty and alumni. The book is a testament to the affection for the ASL and the impact of the Art Department in Sacramento. 

Coordination, Art Direction and Publishing: Eliza Gregory

Book Design: Olivia Lopez, with Binh Nguyen and Trevor Dahm

Photography: Trevor Dahm, Olivia Lopez and Binh Nguyen

Supported by: the Sacramento State College of Arts & Letters, and the California State Learning Aligned Employment Program (LAEP)

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[Placeholder: Lost Words of the Oak Woodlands]
2024

Eliza Gregory was an artist in residence at Peregrine School for two years, teaching a weekly class to third- through sixth-graders. These two publications—one made with the Eagles class (third and fourth grades) and one made with the Crows class (fifth and sixth grades)—showcase artwork and poetry made through researching native plants, animals and fungi of the Oak Woodlands ecosystem, in homage to Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris’s book The Lost Words, and Kate Marianchild's book, Secrets of the Oak Woodlands. 

Coordination, Art Direction and Publishing:
Eliza Gregory

Book design: Olivia Bailey

Artwork scans: Olivia Bailey 

Supported by: Peregrine School, the [Placeholder] project, and the studio of Eliza Gregory

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[Placeholder: Birds of the Central Valley Memory Game]
2024

Eliza Gregory was an artist in residence at Peregrine School for two years, teaching a weekly class to third through sixth grade. These memory game cards—made with the Eagles class (third and fourth grades) and the Crows class (fifth and sixth grades)—showcase watercolors of Central Valley birds. Students selected a bird, drew it, and then replicated their own work, resulting in pairs of cards that match but retain slight inconsistencies. Students connect with the birds they have chosen when making the cards, and then again when playing the game. 

Coordination, Art Direction and Publishing: Eliza Gregory

Card design: Eliza Gregory

Artwork scans: Olivia Bailey 

Supported by: Peregrine School, the [Placeholder] project, and the studio of Eliza Gregory



Yolo Food Bank Exhibition 
2025

Food and justice stories, made by Sac State Photo alums in collaboration with the Yolo Food Bank, will continue with an exhibition in 2025. 

We are currently seeking sponsors to help resource the second phase of this project. Please reach out if you are interested in supporting our work. 

@ Yolo Arts Art Barn, July 2025

Yolo Food Bank Collaboration: Food and Justice Stories
2023

In the summer of 2023 the Yolo Food Bank hired seven recent graduates of the Sac State Photo program to make artwork about food and justice in Yolo County. Each student was paired with a local nonprofit partner of the Yolo Food Bank. Yolo Food Bank staff and the partner organizations provided feedback on the artists' work. Final images were delivered to Yolo Food Bank and the partner organizations for use in organizational communications. 

Coordination, Art Direction and Mentorship: Eliza Gregory

Participating Artists: Bibi Garcia, Sammantha Reyes, Binh Nguyen, Charles Brewer, Joseph Roman, Vicky Chaebin Yoon, Seren Fernandez 

Supported by: The Yolo Food Bank


Kim Abeles: Smog Collectors
2023

Kim Abeles visited Sac State in conjunction with her exhibition at the Library Gallery. In her workshop with juniors and seniors in the Sac State Photo program, she taught participants to make Smog Collectors—a device she uses often in her work. Ceramic plates are covered with cut stencils, made by artists. They are then left out under the sky—on a rooftop, in a garden, on a front step—for a period of weeks or months. Plates are then collected, the stencil material is removed, and the image that remains is fixed with a natural fixer: an image made from smog. 

Coordination, Art Direction and Publishing: Eliza Gregory

Book design: Sammy Reyes and Angelina Povio

Photography: Nick Shepard and Boris Rajeski 

Supported by: the Sacramento State College of Arts & Letters Faculty/Student Collaboration Grant, California State Learning Aligned Employment Program (LAEP), and the Photography Special Projects Fund

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Erina Alejo:  We Live Here
2023

Erina Alejo came to visit the senior portfolio class for Sac State Photo in the spring of 2023. They led a workshop in relationship to their work A Hxtory of Renting and My Ancestors Followed Me Here that focused on mental health, intergenerational renting, and the joys and challenges of intergenerational households in small spaces. 

Coordination, Art Direction and Publishing: Eliza Gregory

Book design: Erina Alejo and Jerlyn Jareunpoon-Phillips

Photography: See interior credits. 

Supported by: The Sacramento State College of Arts & Letters Faculty/Student Collaboration Grant and the Photography Special Projects Fund
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Enoch Ku: Ordinary Wednesday
2023

Enoch Ku came to visit the senior portfolio class for Sac State Photo in the spring of 2023. He taught a workshop around how to make projects within his Ordinary project. We then modeled a publication on his monograph My Neighborhood Rosemont, CA (우리 동네 로즈먼트), using the student and faculty photographs made in the workshop. 

Coordination, Art Direction and Publishing: Eliza Gregory

Book design: Enoch Ku with Andrew Dumitru

Photography: See interior credits. 

Supported by: the Sacramento State College of Arts & Letters Faculty/Student Collaboration Grant and the Photography Special Projects Fund
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