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BLAST ART After School Program

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BLAST ART

Students created personal narratives in sketchbooks with images and text as they thought about what it means to live in their community and its context for their personal stories. Artist Cameron Kelly provided the driving vision for this project in collaboration with Courtney Boyden, one of the existing BLAST after school coordinators and Jennifer Spangler, Arts Education Coordinator at Butte County Office of Education (BCOE). Building on student interest for an outdoor sketching program that Boyden started, this year-long after school program helped students use art

as a way of seeing their world. This partnership between Chico Art Center, the Chico Unified School District After School Program, and the Butte County Office of Education (BCOE) was funded by a Youth Arts Action Grant from California Arts Council with additional support from California County Superintendents Arts Initiative. For more images visit chicoartcenter.com

The Train Car Gallery

May 27, 2020, Chico Art Center

The Gratitude Flower

December 11, 2019, Chico State Arts Collaboration Space, Arts Building for an Honors Course Gallery Walk.

Lily Derecktor Gaul, an Honors student and Early Childhood Development Major at CSU Chico, helped conceptualize and produce this project. Students were prompted with three questions. Who and what are you thankful for? What helps your gratitude grow? What do you hope to have or achieve in your future?

Derecktor Gaul says about her motivation to teach, “Children, like flowers, are delicate and need to be watered with hope. Children’s dreams and ideas are what keep the world spinning. The art they create and the words they write are signs of development and improvement. As impressionable as they are, it is important to indulge and protect their imaginations to keep them as authentic as possible. Children are beautiful because of the authenticity of their honesty and hope which is shown in all that they create. When they come together and work on a project their art is enhanced. The Gratitude Flower is a demonstration and reminder of the hopefulness and authenticity children bring into the world.”

Dia de los Muertos Art & Altar Exhibition

November 1-22, 2019, Chico Art Center

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Art Connections for Seniors

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The Chico Art Center is revising a once very popular program by inviting Senior Citizens to the Art Center for a guided visit of our gallery exhibitions each month.

The Chico Art Center is a non-profit located in the Historic Train Depot and has been a visual art establishment for over 60 years in Chico. We display varied art in our gallery each month as well as having a Gift Shop, offering classes, and other events, all serving the community of Chico and the greater Butte County. The Center is open weekdays noon - 4pm and weekends 10am - 4pm.  The Art Center is ADA compliant, there is a ramp at the north end for the convenience of persons with handicap needs and wheelchair accessible restroom.

We will have special volunteers, knowledgeable about the current exhibition in the gallery, who will be guides for the guests so that their time at the Art Center is successful. The tour will be approximately 30- 45 minutes.

There is no fee for this outing, all the Art Center needs is a phone call to set up a date and time. To set up a date and time, call (530) 895-8726 and ask for Debra or Erin.  We would appreciate a 24-hour advance.  We will be able to accommodate up to 20 visitors including any of your staff.

Erin Wells
Art Connections for Seniors Program Coordinator
(530) 895-8726
erinw045[at]gmail.com

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January 2023 | Member Showcase

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January 7-29

Reception for the Artists: Saturday, January 7, 5-7PM

Chico Art Center kicks off our 67th year with artworks by artists that support our organization with their membership. Whether an artist is a novice or pro, it is always a generous act to make one’s personal creation public for all. Visitors have a chance to see what studio artists, both regional and national offer up.

Artwork Drop Off Dates: January 2-3 during gallery hours
Fee: Membership

Become a member or renew today!
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Purchase Ad Space in OSAT Guidebook & Website 2022

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Guidebook + ChicoOSAT.com AD SPACE

Deadline to receive ad images: August 31, 2022

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$100 ¼ Page 

$175 ½ Page 

$350 Full Page 

$450 Full Inside Front or Back Page

$600 Back Cover

All ads include banner ads on ChicoOSAT.com for the entire year and a link from banner ad to your Website or FB Page. Banner rotation: Ads on ChicoOSAT.com rotate throughout all of the Artist Pages.

Details:

Banner Ad Size: Top and Bottom Banner 72ppi / 468x60 pixels, no animation (OSAT Homepage not available)

Reporting is available upon request

Banner format: Standard formats accepted are JPEG. Image resolution MUST be 72 pixels per inch and RGB color. Maximum file size for all media is 25K. Ads submitted exceeding maximum file size will be adjusted (for optimum load time). Client-produced ads should be e-mailed to your advertising representative.

We can build your online banner ad for an additional $20 per design

Deadline for art submission to build your online ad is one week prior to the scheduled insertion onto the OSAT Website. You may create and e-mail us an online ad JPEG, one week prior to the scheduled run.

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Placed at the bottom of ChicoOSAT.com for a year (In exchange for trade sponsorship)

To purchase Ad Space:

Pay with cc via our website or call (530) 895-8726

Send check to: Chico Art Center, 450 Orange Street, Ste 6, Chico, CA 95928

Click Here Upload Ad & Make Payment

Questions? Contact Lisa Freeman-Wood at Lfreemanwood@yahoo.com or (805) 405-7902

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October 2022 | Opening Doors to Art

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Students!

This is your chance to meet artists in Chico and visit their studios! Choose from over 70 artists to visit in person during the Open Studios Weekends, on October 15-16 and 22-23, from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Go to Chico Art Center to pick up your free Guidebook at  450 Orange Street, Monday through Friday 12:00 -4:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM.

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