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OSAT 2023 Artists Portal

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OPEN STUDIOS ART TOUR

2023 Weekends

October 14 -15 &  21-22
10:00AM - 5:00PM
GALLERY EXHIBITION
October 1-23

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Welcome Letter

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CALL FOR ARTISTS

Artist registration is open from June 1 – July 15, 2023

This annual event is in its 34th year and welcomes over 1500 art patrons from across the north state. Participating artists exhibit in the Chico Art Center October gallery, are listed in the open studios guidebook, on the locater map and have a page on ChicoOSAT.com. Open Studios Art Tour is advertised in CN&R, Chico ER, on north state radio stations and across Chico Art Center’s social media platforms. If you do not have a studio, we will help place you with an artist that is open to share their space.

June 1-30: Early Bird Registration fee is $150 for individuals, $275 for two artists in the same household

July 1-15: Registration fee is $175 for individuals, $325 for two artists in the same household

For additional information contact:
Cameron Kelly, gallerydirectorcac@gmail.com
Open Studios Art Tour is produced by Chico Art Center volunteers for the benefit of cultural exchange, support of local artists, and Chico Art Center.

Grow Your Audience

Over a thousand art enthusiasts look forward to this annual event.

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24hr access for 1 year

All artists have a page on ChicoOSAT.com

Build Community

Join artists in Butte County to share your paintings, sculpture, photographs, prints, glass art, textiles and more.

What you need to register:

  • A high resolution image of your artwork for the guidebook; Resolution 150-300 dpi, File Size 1 MB max, Acceptable files include png, jpg, jpeg, gif, and pdf.
  • Credit Card, PayPal, or check
Registration is closed

Sample Artist Webpage

Artists may continue to engage Patrons by updating your ChicoOSAT.com page throughout the year.

Go to ChicoOSAT.com
  1. Login to ChicoOSAT.com
  2. Go to the homepage and click on your thumbnail image to open your page
  3. Select "edit" to update your images and info
  4. Select the "Submit Listing" button to save your changes.

Images by former OSAT Artists

Waif Mullins
Annai Smith
Nancy Spinadel
Richard Balch
Barbara O'Brien
Kristen DeMartini Carlos
Tia Cronin
Sheryl Karas
Richard Whiteread
Nicolai Larsen
Annai Smith
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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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November 2023 | Small Works & Community Altars

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SMALL WORKS

November 4 - 26, 2023
Reception: Saturday, November 4, 5:00 -7:00 PM

This annual community exhibit of 12x12 inch artworks is a celebration of tiny experiments in color, shape and materials by artists of all ages.

Entry Fee: $20 | Drop Off: October 28-29 | Pick Up: November 27, 2023

 

Community Altar Exhibit

Exhibit: November 4 - 26, 2023 in conjunction with the Small Works Exhibit

Reception: Saturday, November 4, 5:00 -7:00PM

In the spirit of El Dia de los Muertos, artists and community members create altars that remember those that have passed and recognize organizations that serve the community.

Take Down Altars: Monday, November 27, from Noon-4:00PM

Brandon Hernandez & Jalisa Sousa-Silva
David Dragonboy Sutherland
Pam Hofstad
Cameron Kelly & Monique Francine
Alisa Woods
Anecia Johnson
David Dragonboy Sutherland & Anecia Johnson
Egypt & Anecia Johnson

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October 2023 | Open Studios Art Tour

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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 Guidebook. We hope you'll support local artists and businesses with your patronage.

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OPEN STUDIO WEEKENDS

October 14-15  &  October 21-22
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Connecting Art Patrons with Northern California Artists. Spend $15 to visit art studios throughout Chico.

  • Collect Northern California art and craft
  • Meet artists
  • Learn about art-making processes

$15 Guidebooks available in late Sept. at:

  • Chico Art Center
  • Chico Paper Co.
  • Art Etc.
  • Ellis Art
  • monca
  • Nothing But Love (Paradise)

Gallery Preview Exhibit October 1 - 27, 2023

Reception: Friday, October 6, 5:00 - 7:00 PM

Visit the gallery all month to view one artwork by each artist, purchase your guidebook and plan your self guided studio tour!

Preview Artists at ChicoOSAT.com
Learn about some of the artists in Dolores Mitchell's "Art Talk"
Watch interview with Reta Rickmers on Chico Creates Podcast
Listen to interview with Christian Davila on Chico Creates Podcast
Watch interview with Julian LaCombe on Chico Creates Podcast
Artists, click here for Artist Portal

STAY SAFE

It will be important to practice COVID 19 protocols for both visitors and the artists while visiting artist studios. Artists state their mask and vaccination requests on their webpage and in the guidebook.

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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.
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August-September 2023 | Groundwork

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Groundwork:

The Painting Process Revealed

Rick Vertolli & Cris Guenter

August 20 - September 22

Reception: Friday, August 25, 5-7PM

Featuring select artwork from two artists who work in both digital and traditional art media to find the beauty in form, color, rhythm and movement.  As lifelong artists and practicing art educators, their exhibit shares the completed artwork and unpacks the process and methods used in developing the final work.  Beyond educational, the importance of these preliminary plans and sketches is that they often reveal the element of chance, the inspiration point, and the energy behind each painting.

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The importance of the visual culture to contemporary life makes it imperative that education includes learning to make meaning of multifaceted visual information and experiences. The use of emerging technologies in traditional art practices still challenge the artist to think and plan in art making. Emerging tools and materials are expanding the traditional practice of the visual arts. These technological tools are a vehicle for communication and the creative process. They are not an end to themselves.

 

Free Workshops

Digital Painting on an iPad with Cris Guenter | Friday, September 8, 12:00 - 1:30PM

In this 90-minute session Cris will share how she creates digital paintings using the app, ArtRage Vitae Mobile Painting ($4.99 -one time payment) available on the Apple App Store. No experience in digital painting required. Cris will review the tools in the app and how to get started with them. She will help participants start a digital oil painting of their own. What you do with a finished digital painting on your iPad will also be covered. If you have an Apple Pencil for your iPad, bring it. If you do not, no problem. Many of Cris’s paintings were done with her fingers. Participants should bring a fully charged iPad and download and install the app before the workshop. 
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Zoetrope Animation with Rick Vertolli | Friday, September 15, 12:00 - 1:30PM

A zoetrope is an animation device that creates the illusion of motion by displaying a sequence of drawings in a cylindrical drum. As the drum spins, the slits in the zoetrope provide broken views of the drawings. This generates a strobe effect which in-turn produces the illusion of a moving image.

In our workshop you will have an opportunity to create your own zoetrope animation.  We will provide a 10 frame template, a zoetrope, and drawing materials for you to design your own sequence of images.

You should bring a cell phone to record your animation.

You may also think about, or thumbnail, your animated sequence prior to the workshop. The zoetrope animation works best when it continuously repeats in a loop. This presents an interesting design challenge, because the final image of the sequence must connect back to the first image.

Our workshop is designed for students of all ages.  Plan to have fun, think, and be innovative.

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Cris Guenter, "Ode to Georgia", Watercolor on paper, 18” x 24”
Cris Guenter, "Ode to Georgia", Watercolor on paper, 18” x 24”
Rick Vertolli, "Mother & Child", Oil on canvas, 22"x 30"
Rick Vertolli, "Mother & Child", Oil on canvas, 22"x 30"

Cris Guenter

Cris Guenter is often inspired by “on the spot” experiences in nature, capturing a moment in time through drawing, painting, or photography. This could be through onsite plein air painting or the thoughtful development of an idea or sketch that leads to a completed work.

Guenter (pronounced 'Genter' like guerilla) exhibits her paintings, prints, and photographs in local, regional, and national juried shows. She began exhibiting her work while still in high school and continued while teaching K-12 art in Pennsylvania, Wyoming, and then as a professor at Cal State Chico.  Line, color, shape, and composition that surround us daily, especially in nature, influence the images that Cris creates. 

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Rick Vertolli

Rick creates a sequence of paintings, which add the element of time to the artwork. In this method, similar to animation, one painting informs the next in order to tell the full story.

Vertolli was an animator an educator at Cal State Chico for 35 years. Then, while Chair of the Animation Program at the California College of Arts in SF/Oakland, Rick renewed his love for traditional painting. Studying with many Bay Area masters he developed a unique balance between animation and painting. These “sequential paintings” are inspired by capturing movement over time.

 

 

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July-Aug 2023 | Reta Rickmers & Jamie Albertie

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Nature’s Symphony: Landscapes and Birds in Concert

Paintings by Reta Rickmers and Jamie Albertie

July 9 - August 13, 2023

Artists Reception: Friday, July 21, 5-7PM

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Reta Rickmers

Jamie Albertie

Jamie Albertie

Rickmers' work is a contrast of realistic images juxtaposed against abstract backgrounds of color, patterns, and textures. Subjects are closely observed and draw from her personal experiences and travels. They include birds, doors from Yucatan and Europe, guitars, and empty landscapes adorned with birds on wires, sometimes a feeling of nostalgia.

Working from his photos, Albertie's background as a photographer directly influences his approach to his art. His aim is to capture the landscape in different times of day and seasons. In this way, he is influenced by the Impressionists. His work showcases the beauty of northern California.

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