Exhibit

October 2020 | Open Studios Art Tour

October 1, 2020 By Cameron Kelly

Open Studios Art Tour is an annual Butte County tradition. Artists share their private studios with the public to explore. This event series is produced solely by Chico Art Center (CAC) volunteers as our major fundraising project of the year. Your participation and patronage pledges your commitment to visual artists in your region and helps make CAC's programming possible all year. Many thanks to our sponsor, Heithecker Financial and local businesses advertising in the Tour Guide Booklet. We hope you'll support local artists and businesses with your patronage.

VIRTUAL ART TALK

Sunday, November 15, 4:00 PM

Join us for four, 15 minute presentations by selected artists from Open Studios Art Tour. Each artist shares how they develop their visual ideas, their inspirations and current projects.

This zoom talk is hosted by the American Association of University Women (AAUW).

Click here to watch the recording

VIRTUAL RECEPTION

Friday, October 30, 5:00 PM

Connecting Art Patrons with Northern California Artists.

Look at art + crafts
Learn about creative processes
Visit artists studios
Collect Northern California Art

Join us for a tour of the ChicoOSAT.com website and watch artists Cris Guenter, Marvey Mueller, Geralyn Sheridan and Ellen Hedfield give live demonstrations.

This zoom event will not be recorded.

The Virtual Tour is Live

OCTOBER 1, 2020 – JULY 31, 2021

ABOUT OSAT

Visit ChicoOSAT.com all year for artist updates of available artwork and in-person Studio Visit availability. With COVID-19 still active, we have adapted this year’s Open Studios Art Tour (OSAT) to accommodate required safety measures.

OSAT is an annual Butte County tradition. This event is produced solely by Chico Art Center (CAC) volunteers as our major fundraising project of the year. Your patronage pledges your commitment to arts and culture and helps make CAC’s programming possible all year.

Many thanks to our sponsor, Heithecker Financial and local businesses advertising in the Tour Guide and ChicoOSAT.com. We hope you’ll support local artists and businesses with your patronage.

Visit www.ChicoOSAT.com here!

BENEFITS

Instead of having the traditional tour for only two weekends, as we have in previous years, we encourage you to visit ChicoOSAT.com all year, from October 1, 2020 – July 31, 2021 for artist updates and Studio Visit availability.

STAY SAFE

It will be important to practice social distancing, use masks and hand sanitizer for both visitors and the artists while visiting Artist Studios. Artists may make special requests when scheduling appointments with visitors.

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Chris Kaufman/Appeal-DemocratWaif Mullin, of Chico, with his bird Pappi, will have a show of his pastel work at The Theater Gallery on Plumas Street in Yuba City.

How can I purchase a Tour Guide?

Purchasing a tour guide gives you preview information about a majority of the artists, how to contact them, and which artists welcome in-person Studio Visits. Purchase Tour Guides for $15 at the following locations:

Chico

Oroville

Broken Color Gallery
1360 Montgomery Street, Oroville
(530) 534-5474 – please call for hours

PROGRAM SPONSOR

Sept 2020 | Flora: The Other Endangered Species

September 7, 2020 By Cameron Kelly

My chosen plant is endangered San Francisco Lessingia Germanium. It is native to the sand dunes of the San Francisco Presidio and the sand dunes on San Bruno Mountain. I had a very small part in helping to restore its dune habitat at the Presidio when the only expertise needed was muscle. In the painting the Lessingia are entangled and competing with a fanciful arrangement of colorful but invasive flora. I included the Myrtle’s Silverspot Butterfly also endangered because it thrives around Lessingia but its larvae are very vulnerable to the pesticides sometimes used to help keep invasive vegetation at bay. I had to add the graceful but very invasive “Naked Ladies” (Amaryllis Belladonna) because to me they signal “August,” grateful to see something predictable about 2020.

Linda Larson (San Francisco), Intertwined, 2020. Oil on panel, 24x18 inches

September 5, 2020

Focusing on native, threatened, and endangered plants, this exhibition helps us think about how important biodiversity is to the health of the regions we live in. Increasing awareness and knowledge of plants, plant life cycles and how to use them effectively in our lives is essential. How do we grow our future? Many regions need replanting after wildfires. Each artwork will be accompanied by the artist’s statement about the status of the plant and its habitat.

Due to fluctuating COVID-19 Guidelines for Butte County, our gallery has remained closed. The exhibit will be online only.

Generously Sponsored by Ann & Tony Slocum

Jurors

Adrienne Leigh Edwards, PhD, is a Botanist & Plant Ecologist at CSU, Chico.

Joani Bosque worked for Hedgrow Farms, a native seed nursery and is currently planting a pollinator garden at the Feather River Nature Center & Native Plant Park.

For purchases or questions, please contact Cameron Kelly, Gallery Director at ckelly@chicoartcenter.com

Zoom Reception Saturday, September 26th at 5:00 pm

Jurors, Adrienne Edwards, Botanist and Joan Bosque, Permaculturist respond to selected artworks
Cash prize winners announced and invited to speak about their work

Watch the recorded Zoom Reception here

Shannon Keller (California), The Live Forever, 2020, 22 x 30 inches, pencil on paper, $800

Erin Hunter (California), Upper Bidwell Wildflowers (for Desi), 2016, 11 x 11 (unframed), NFS

Joan Keesey (California), Hummingbird Sage (Salvia spathacea), 2013, Watercolor, 18 x 21 inches, NFS

Joan Keesey (California), Plummer's Mariposa Lily (Calochortus plummerae), 2011, Watercolor, 18 x 20 inches, NFS

Erin Hunter (California), Smith's Blue Butterfly and Coastal Buckwheat, 2011, acrylic, 8x10 inches, $900

Joan Keesey (California), Matilija Poppy, 2014, Watercolor, 19 x 22 inches, NFS

Erin Hunter (California), Floral Compass, 2017, acrylic, 24 x 24 inches (unframed), NFS

Rebecca Botelho (California), Lilium occidentale I, 2020, watercolor on paper, 11 x 13 inches, $250

Rebecca Botelho (California), Astragalus tener var. titi I, 2020, watercolor on paper, 11x 13 inches, $300

Keith Buswell (Nebraska), Siena, 2019, etching, 20x19 inches, $650

Keith Buswell (Nebraska), Orvieto, 2019, etching, 20x19 inches, $650

Keith Buswell (Nebraska), Pisa, 2019, etching, 20x19 inches, $650

Lauren Eisen (Colorado), Containment, encaustic, paper, grasses, smokebush on wood panel, 12 x 12 inches, NFS

Lauren Eisen (Colorado), Firelight, 2020, encaustic, metal, paper, grasses, clematis pod on wood panel, 12 x 12 inches, NFS

Lauren Eisen (Colorado), Ring of Fire, encaustic, paper, oregano, smokebush on wood panel, 12 x 24 inches, NFS

Linda Larson (California), Intertwined, 2020. Oil on panel, 24x18 inches, $1100

Helen Klebesadel (Wisconsin), Fringed Prairie Orchid, 2016, watercolor on canvas, 20x16 inches, $1200

Emily Suñez (California), Rise of Parish's Daisy, 2020, Oil on wood, 16x16 inches, $750

Gracie Gomes (California), Limnanthes Douglasii, 2020, colored pencil, 11x14 inches, SOLD

Dolores Mitchell (California), Stream of Gold, 2019, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches, $585

Helen Klebesadel (Wisconsin), Disappearing Prairie II, 2019, watercolor on paper, 40x30 inches, $6000

Marily Geary (California), Mending the Mountain, 2019, fiber, 52 x 40 inches, $2700

Saskia Krafft (California), Santa Barbara Island, 2020, pencil on paper, 11.69 x 16.53 inches, $650

Judy Kane (California), San Mateo Thornmint, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, $220 As a gardener, I regard any kind of mint the way you regard someone with no respect for boundaries. Liable to run roughshod over any kind of delineation. So if I had the opportunity, would I invite this plant to my garden party? Probably not. But fighting the loss of the species, the encroachment on its environs by development, is always necessary and the right thing to do.

Meghan Lacombe (California), Veiny Monardella, 2020, Oil Paint, 20x20 inches, $175

Carolyn McLeod (California), Cleveland Sage, California Fuchsia, and Pipevine Swallowtail, 2020, Photograph, 13 x10 inches (framed), $150

Lori Harrington (California), The Button Willow 2020 Photograph, 8x10 inches, NFS

Carolyn McLeod (California) Crysalis and Coulter's Matilija, 2020, Photograph on wrap canvas, 12 x 16 inches, $150

Carolyn McLeod (California), Coulter's Matilija Poppies, 2020, Photograph on wrap canvas, 12 x 16 inches, $150

Helen Klebesadel (Wisconsin), Prairie Milkweed Flower, 2016, watercolor on canvas, 20x24 inches, $1800

Marvey Mueller (California), Plummer's Mariposa Lily, 2020, Watercolor, pen & ink, 16x20 inches, $250

Alicia Escott (California), Collaborations with Wildflower Seeds: Metabolic Rifts and Domestic interiors, 2020, found plastic, soil, wildflower seeds, water, life force, NFS

Alicia Escott (California), Installation from Now the Totality Hits Us First, 2019, mixed media, NFS

Alicia Escott (California), Collaborations with Wildflower Seeds: Metabolic Rifts and Domestic interiors, 2020, found plastic, soil, wildflower seeds, water, life force, NFS

Julie Nagle (New Jersey), Blaze, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 5' x 6', $7000

Julie Nagle (New Jersey), Summer, Snow Mountain Ranch, Colorado, 6 x 8 feet, $9000

Patti Lloyd (California), Deep Roots, 2020, mixed media, $150

Sawyer Rose (California), Blue Sky, 2016, oil on panel, silver solder, copper, 45 x 45 x 1.5 inches, $4800

Sawyer Rose (California), Queen of Flowers 2013, oil on panel, silver solder, copper, 16 x 16 x 1.5 inches, $950

Sawyer Rose (California), Thicket, 2014, oil on panel, silver solder, copper, 21 x 21 x 1.5 inches, $1000

Robert Allen (Maryland), Earth Freshener, 2015, Latex paint and silkscreen ink on rigid polyurethane foam with applied pine scent, 74 x 44 x ¾ inches, $1425

Erin Wells (California), Buckwheat Endangered, 2020, Acrylic and Mixed media, 20 x 16 inches, $180

Julie Nagle (New Jersey), Afterimage, 2020, acrylic on un-stretched canvas (pins directly to wall), 8 x 12 feet, $20,000

August 2020 | Small Works

August 12, 2020 By Cameron Kelly

SMALL WORKS

August 1-28, 2020

This annual, jury-free community exhibit of 12x12” artworks is a celebration of tiny experiments in color, shape and materials by artists of all ages. Grab a small work while it’s hot!

Due to COVID-19 restrictions for Butte County, the exhibit is online.

To purchase artwork, please email Gallery Director, Cameron Kelly at ckelly@chicoartcenter.com .

Nicolai larsen, "Amazing Stories", acrylic on canvas, $250. With all the time "at home" I've reverted back to my childhood (or so my wife says). It was all science fiction and dinosaurs back then. AMAZING STORIES was the very first sci-fi magazine published.This painting is a humoristic tribute to that genre. I really miss the art center!

Gitta Brewster, "Coronaria Covidii", Papermache and Acrylic on Canvas, $150.

Brittney Apel, "In Bloom", Ink, $50. A fluid ink canvas piece to remind us to flow and bloom together.

Annai Smith, "Morning Poppies 2", oil painting, $170. Mid-morning light blankets the field of poppies. My artistic eye not only takes in every detail of beauty and color but analyzes the many pleasing compositions of the scene. I can't help myself. It's and innate desire to gather the scatterings of nature's bounty and arrange them to my liking. I AM AN ARTIST!

Carolyn McLeod, "White Bud", Photograph on 12" x 12" wrap canvas, $150. I often walk by a Magnolia tree in my neighborhood and stop to take photos. I am intrigued by how sculptural Magnolia blossoms are. This particularly bud is particularly so and seems to mysteriously float in space as if from another world.

TK Frankenber, "Hand in Hand", 100% Wool, Knitted Shadow Mosaic, 12" square, $60 Knitted Shadow Mosaics are interlocking and inverted motifs in opposite and reversing shades. Walking through a local gallery provided the inspiration.

Carolyn McLeod, "Yucca Light", photograph on Archival Velvet Fine Art Paper, $150. I took this photo of a Yucca plant in my neighborhood. What interested me was the shape of the flowers and the way light fell on the petals.

Richard Robinson, "Cheers", collage, $125. There's a beauty in the simple and ordinary. Pleasure sitting with a friend or family member enjoying an ale or coffee together. Maybe discussing life and living, or maybe just appreciating the small things in our world.

Richard Robinson, "Three fish" Collage, SOLD.

Annai Smith,"Morning Poppies 1", oil painting, $170. Living far from family can be hard as well as a blessing. This particular painting was inspired by a quick trip to visit my son and daughter-in-law expecting their first baby, my first grandchild. The poppy field was so full of vibrancy and life. Photographing my beautifully pregnant daughter-in-law amongst the flowers was an opportunity to combine both beauty and life into a memorable portrait. Painting the poppies was my way to immortalize that beauty and life.

Alice Figueroa, "Second Chance Bonsai," watercolor/nature, $200. This sweet bonsai wasn't strong enough to survive the heat of the campfire but it lives on in art.

Nancy Beliveau, "Kitty Glitter", mixed media, $50. Orange cats have special personalities I think. With this in mind I added glamour with jewels and swirls. Cats were once worshipped and I have a feeling they still think they are worthy of adoration.

Cris Guenter, "Morning Walk", oils, NFS. With the pandemic limiting interactions with others, my morning walks have taken on greater significance. This local scene is part of my early morning walk. It is near the big roundabout and Wildwood Park across from the Elks Lodge. The morning sun casts delightful shadows that dance on the sidewalk.

Amanda Jordan, "I’d rather be...", mixed media on canvas, SOLD. I asked friends what they would rather be doing then wearing masks - this was one answer (kissing).

Judy Kane, "All the Colours", acrylic on canvas, $220. I’ve been thinking (like everyone) about healing the Planet. Applying Love and Science to every situation. Might be a good place to start.

Lisa Freeman-Wood, "Embroidery - Pink and Taupe Free Form", NFS. I decided to pick up embroidery again when the Stay at Home order came. I had done some embroidery as well as sewing, and macrame when I was in my 20's. I ordered a kit with lots of thread in many colors and the things I'd need to get started again. I worked my way thru a couple of samplers and decided to do something different. I did not draw this design and it was not originally for embroidery but I thought it would be interesting to do. It is not perfect but it was fun to do and I learned a lot. I pinned it to a canvas I had.

Rosemary Redmond, "The Year of 2020", oil on canvas, $75. COVID-19 has been so all-encompassing on my life and lives of everyone I know that I could not resist a painting about the virus itself--as it changes and mutates, and moves from one place to another.

Carla Resnick, "Retrieve", acrylic and ink on canvas, $285.

Maggie Wisdom, "A Visit From Squeaky", acrylic, $60. Inspired by a friendly visit from a neighborhood cat.

Sue Warwick, "View Out My Window", mosaic, NFS. I am lucky enough to live by Bidwell Park. My studio window faces that park. I see the seasons change through that window. I captured the ginkgos from the Esplanade and the almonds all around us.

Mariam Pakbaz, "The Permeable Chamber", mixed media, $250. This miniature space is ready to accept its tiny occupant. The Permeable Chamber is set up for noninvasive sleep experiments and maximum dream access.

Erin Wells, "S T O P", acrylic, SOLD. Too much going on. We are all seeking a break. One way to find our comfort zone is to Stop accepting interruptions.

Mary Elizabeth Collins, "Inner Healer", Acrylic, and photo borders, $90. No matter what a tree (bark and leaves) experiences through the seasons, there is a magnificent life giving chemistry deep inside and under the soil, as it communes with other trees and a myriad of life forms. On trees, I often find vaginal images, created by life's adventures within and outside of their bark. Trees constantly remind me to celebrate my female, life giving, sustaining nature. These vaginal shapes also remind me to travel within myself to remember where I emerged, that my essence is life giving.

Mary Elizabeth Collins, "Dance of the Ancient Olive Tree", Acrylic, Photo border, NFS. I relish seeing our human selves in trees. The grey and white knees,bones and feet at the base of some old olive trees in my apartment complex,dark red violet olives strewn around the base and beyond, led me to see an ancient female dancer. It has been my desire for sometime to celebrate the connections I feel between trees and me. This and my " Inner Healer" painting in this exhibit, are my first efforts to portray a bit of my relationship with trees.

Dan Fregin, "Piper Cub in a roll", 1 of 3, house paint, $300 for set. Rolls were not very exciting but you could not use much rudder to counteract adverse yaw from about 60 degrees of roll through about 240 degrees or you would end up with some nose-down yaw.

Dan Fregin, "Piper cub at top of a loop", 2 of 3, house paint, $300 for set. The terrain looks really close for coming inverted over the top of this loop. But it reminds me of my Cub (1975 to 1983) with a 65 horse Continental and a wooden prop - It would climb at least 50 feet in successive loops.

Dan Fregin, "Piper Cub in a spin", 3 of 3, house paint, $300 for set. You had to hold full rudder into spins because it had so much wing that it would fly itself out of the spin. Normal pitch is around 65 to 75 degrees down to keep one wing stalled.

May 2020 | Windows Into The World

May 17, 2020 By Cameron Kelly

Chico Junior High Art Assignments in Quarantine

"I cut my hair on this day, I just felt like it plus my parents said I needed it cut and nowhere is open. I let my brother cut my hair once in 4th grade, it wasn’t good. I did it myself this time, a buzz cut. I really like this picture of me in a tree with my eyes censored. I have taken a few photographs with my eyes covered, I guess it’s becoming a thing, my signature style. All of the photographs I have taken for this project have been self portraits, I like people in photographs. It doesn't have to be me, people make it more interesting." ~Sam Antongiovanni

Read Enterprise Record Article of student work

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Diogo Goncalves (Lisbon, Portugal), The confinement projects us against the walls. The exterior light reflects us into the interior of our homes. Outside we are the projection of how we inhabit the house. In this time of physical interiorization, it remains for us to inhabit thought. Everything seems monochromatic. However, we are dissolving everything we are.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Diogo Goncalves (Lisbon, Portugal), Dwell in thought #1, photography, NFS.

"The confinement projects us against the walls. The exterior light reflects us into the interior of our homes. Outside we are the projection of how we inhabit the house. In this time of physical interiorization, it remains for us to inhabit thought. Everything seems monochromatic. However, we are dissolving everything we are."

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REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGERY

Muyuan He (New York, NY), Akabane #1, photography, NFS.

Born in Wuhan and currently living in New York City, I have had so many feelings since January. Not all of those feelings are positive. However, I am grateful for the fact that, after the global quarantine started, the distance between my apartment in uptown Manhattan and my colleague’s house in Queens feels the same as the distance between me and my friends in other countries. Not long ago, my friend in Tokyo sent me a message, “This is her mom, because I don’t have mine. We cannot change our current situation now, but when things get better, come and play with us again.” The warm message brought me back to my friend’s neighborhood that I visited a couple of years ago. It gave me hope that one day I could see the same sceneries that I remember, from her window.

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Ryan Napier (Thornton, CO), "Self Portrait 1", mixed media, NFS. I've had a lot of time to think in the last several weeks, which, on top of having a birthday in quarantine, has proven to aid the onset of a bout of depression. The piece is not particularly dark because it portrays in part, a hope of what my life might become, along with what few positive elements I do see at the moment. It is also about polarity, duality. I have given myself the freedom to explore, indulging in a wider variety of facets of my life and character. There are elements of the double-edgedness of medicine and healing, pulling from imagery of brain scans and mental health.

ABSTRACT IMAGERY

Ryan Napier (Thornton, Colorado), Self Portrait II, mixed media, NFS.

I've had a lot of time to think in the last several weeks, which, on top of having a birthday in quarantine, has proven to aid the onset of a bout of depression. The piece is not particularly dark because it portrays in part, a hope of what my life might become, along with what few positive elements I do see at the moment. It is also about polarity, duality. I have given myself the freedom to explore, indulging in a wider variety of facets of my life and character. There are elements of the double-edgedness of medicine and healing, pulling from imagery of brain scans and mental health.

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VIDEO

Sanpapié Dance and Physical Theatre (Milan, Italy), A[1]BIT at home, mixed media, NFS.

To RESIST is what we’re doing: firstly we’re trying to withstand the feeling of being separated, angry and trapped. We do live performances and we miss the audience, shared public space and presence, not replaceable through a screen. Even in this situation, we’ve chosen NOT TO GIVE UP DOING, NOT TO GIVE UP SEARCHING for the hidden inspiration, for the intrinsic possibility, for the opportunity to interpret the word EMPATHY in a deeper, more inclusive, poetic and ironic acceptation.

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WINDOWS INTO THE WORLD

An International Art Response to Quarantine

This open call, virtual exhibition features personal perspectives during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic; literal views from one's window, interpretive responses of emotional life, or aspirational views were welcome. Each image is accompanied by a short reflective statement about the creator's experience.

Some of the most inspiring artwork has come from the darkest of times. Pablo Picasso painted Guernica at his home in Paris in response to the bombing of Guernica, a Basque Country town in northern Spain, by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. A tour of the painting raised funds for Spanish war relief. Freda Kahlo transformed her body casts into mystical paintings during her many bed bound, post-op recovery periods. When Henri Matisse could no longer stand, he drew from his bed using an improvised staff. Ruth Asawa found her calling as an artist at age 16, in an internment camp. Early American Whalers passed their idle time by carving images into leftover whale teeth and bones. More recently, Kremena Todorova and Kurt Gohde of Kentucky, have been photographing community members on their porches as a community portrait project. How are you using your time? Use your visual voice to share your unique point of view. We want to see!

For questions or press inquiries contact Cameron Kelly, Gallery Director at ckelly@chicoartcenter.com

OSAT 2020 ARTIST PORTAL

May 16, 2020 By Cameron Kelly

Make a Date For Art

Make a Date for Art is our theme for the 2020 Open Studios Art Tour (OSAT). We do not want to bypass this annual tradition, and according to our artist survey, you do not want to either. Both artists and the public look forward to this community favorite every year. With COVID-19 still active, we have adapted the Tour to accommodate required safety measures.

Virtual Tour + Studio Visits

We've built a website that gives you an individual page featuring your artwork and studio. This is considered the virtual tour. All artists will be on this virtual tour, which will be heavily promoted and publicized. In addition, you have the option to invite visitors for a traditional studio visit by appointment, should you feel comfortable and able to follow the COVID-19 safety guidelines.

Benefits

Registering for OSAT this year allows you to build your own customizable web page on the OSAT website for one year. Instead of having the traditional Tour for only two weekends, as we have in previous years, we will promote studio visits by appointment all year long. Invite the public to “Make a Date” by purchasing a tour guide or paying online. This will also give artists the chance to visit one another.

Stay Safe

It will be important to practice social distancing and to use masks and hand sanitizer for both visitors and the artists while on the Tour. All recommended protocols will be listed in the tour guide and artists may make any special requests when scheduling appointments with visitors.

You

The key to the popularity of Open Studios is THE ARTISTS. People enjoy seeing art but also learning something about the people who make the art. The Open Studios Art Tour provides a unique opportunity to promote yourself to a new audience and to provide those patrons you have already cultivated with the opportunity to see and buy your new work.

We Can Help

By letting artists be in control of who visits their studios and when, we think it can be done safely. We will forego the kick-off reception this year as large gatherings are still not advisable. All registration will be done online. Assistance will be provided to those who are not able to complete an online form. If needed, call the Chico Art Center at (530) 895-8726 or email ckelly@chicoartcenter.com .

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Today We Did the Wildflower, acrylic on paper, matted and framed, 12X16 inches, $175

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2020 Open Studios Art Tour, Online + Studio Visits

The Chico Art Center is offering individual online galleries to showcase your artwork all year long.

This is considered the Virtual Studio Tour. All artists will be on this Virtual Studio Tour, which will be heavily promoted and publicized. In addition, you have the option to invite visitors for traditional, face-to-face Studio Visits by appointment, should you feel comfortable and able to follow the COVID-19 safety guidelines.

Artists from Northern California are eligible to participate.

Fee Options:

$150 Individual (One online gallery page that can be updated regularly)

$275 Family (Family rates gives 2 pages for 2 artists that can be updated regularly)

Register between July 31, 2020 and July 31, 2021

The Virtual Studio Tour will be live for one year. Artists use their personal login to update and customize their page all year long.

For technical questions about the website or gallery exhibition, contact the Gallery Director, Cameron Kelly at ckelly@chicoartcenter.com.

For other questions contact OSAT Team Leader, Lisa Freeman-Wood at lfreemanwood@chicoartcenter.com

Sagebrush Sanctuary, 2018, Oil Pastel and Acrylic on Cradled Panel, 16" x 16", $300

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Purchase Ad Space with OSAT 2020

May 15, 2020 By Cameron Kelly

PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS & SUPPORT THE ARTS

OSAT WEBSITE AD BANNER ADVERTISING

Deadline to receive Ad images: ongoing

$50 for 10,000 Impressions* (.5¢ per 1000 impressions)

$100 for 20,000 Impressions*

*Impressions are a metric used to quantify the number of digital views on an Artist Page

Includes a link from banner ad to your Website or FB Page

Banner rotation: Ads on ChicoOSAT.com Website rotate throughout all of the Artist Pages.

FULL PAGE OSAT WEBSITE ADVERTISER PAGE (linked from banner Ad)

$200 to create an advertiser Ad Page (available only when banners are running)

For advertisers who do not have an existing Website

(Page designed by OSAT designers)

Ad Banner Size:

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

Reporting is available upon request

Details:

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 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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