November 1-22, 2019
Reception: Friday, November 1, 5-7 pm
This is an open call for entries. Exhibit artwork celebrating those that positively shape our lives. Consider the genres of memento mori, vanitas, or ex-votos. Invite friends to add a photo or offering to the community altar.
$25 Member/$35 Non-Member
Drop Off: Oct. 28, 5-7pm & Oct. 29, 12 - 4pm
Pick Up: Nov. 23-24
2018
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#3 Place to Buy Art
2017
#1 Art Space
2015
#2 Place to See Art
September 6-27, 2019
Reception: Friday, Sept 6, 5-7 pm
September 6-27, 2019
Reception: Friday, Sept 6, 5-7 pm
September 6-27, 2019
Reception: Friday, Sept 6, 5-7 pm
Featured artists are Pennie Baxter (Chico, CA), Benjamin Ehrmann (Fair Oaks, CA), Stacey Gregory (Salinas, CA), Libby Harmor (Sacramento, CA), Lori Harrington (Chico, CA), Erin Juliana (Brooklyn, NY), Lindsey Kapoor (Chico, CA), Zach Koch (Starkville, MS), Amanda Kralovic (Shephard, MI), Dave Lane (Sacramento, CA), Christina LaSala (San Francisco, CA), Barbara Martin (Hillsboro, OR), Leighton McWilliams (Arlington, TX), Sarah Meftah (San Francisco, CA), Frederick Nitsch (Chicago, IL), Thomas Pickarski (New York, NY), Mark Powers (San Francisco, CA), Simone Schiffmacher (San Antonio, TX), Nick Shepard (Sacramento, CA), Jupp Soetebier (Benicia, CA), Glenn Strachan (Pasadena, MD), Richard Vertolli (Chico, CA), Ingrid V. Wells (San Francisco, CA), Forest Wong (Oroville, CA), Jenny Wu (Washington, DC)
This exhibition is generously sponsored by Jo Ann Palmer. Cash prizes made possible by Art House Contemporary Sculpture.
Butte County Art on Wheels is a mobile art studio that aligns displaced artists from the Campfire with positive community oriented projects for the betterment of physical, emotional, and mental health. Partnering with schools, companies, and community members!
Jessie Mercer is a local visual artist from Paradise. The 2018 Camp Fire claimed her art studio as well as her parents home. She has always wanted to help people and believes in the power of community. She's found her visual voice after many years of working in the field of foster care, youth counseling and special education, creating set design in collaboration with artists with developmental disabilities. Through her community passions, she received funding from the North Valley Community Foundation, with 501c3 affiliation with Chico Art Center and was loaned a utility vehicle from Phoenix Solar to produce her concept, Butte County Art on Wheels.
Jessie Mercer has been partnering with displaced artists and students to paint 11 murals at schools effected by the Camp Fire. Mercer also worked with the new Boys & Girls Club facility to create a mural with the children. She has also stationed Art on Wheels at local public events like Pioneer Day to offer art activities to one and all.
Jessie Mercer can be contacted at (530) 828-2960 or jessiemercer15@gmail.com
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Featured Artist: Jessie Mercer brings Camp Fire community together through art, The Orion, May 10, 2019
Awarded "2019 Champion of the Arts" by Chico Arts & Culture, April 18, 2019
After Camp Fire, An Artist Helps Students In Hard-Hit Town Cope Through Color, Here & Now, WBUR April 3, 2019
Artist Jessie Mercer Paints Murals With Kids Who Are Camp Fire Survivors, NSPR MAR 21, 2019
#UnlockPossibilities – Paradise Arts Creates Town Memorial Out Of Keys, WNIN Dec 27, 2018
Paradise Artists Creates Piece for Town Made of Keys, Action News Dec 13, 2018
Paradise artist to make Phoenix from keys of Camp Fire victims, Dec 9, 2018
