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OSAT 2020 ARTIST PORTAL

August 14, 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 are building a website that will enable you to have 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.

Register by July 31

Registering for OSAT by the July 31 deadline will assure your listing in the tour guide, allow you to exhibit one artwork in the gallery, and have an individual web page on the ChicoOSAT.com website.

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 .

Webpage

Drag & Drop Template

24hr access for 1 year

Promote your work all year long

Grow Your Audience

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

Build Community

Join artists in Butte County who share their paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints, glass art, and textiles.

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

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Important Dates

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CALL FOR ARTISTS

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)

Registration Deadlines:

Printed Tour Guide Book
Gallery Exhibition: October 3 - November 1, 2020*
Artist page on the ChicoOSAT.com website

Artist page on the ChicoOSAT.com website

The Virtual Studio Tour will be up for one year, and artists receive 24hr access and a personal log-in for updating and customizing their page.

*Due to fluctuating COVID-19 Guidelines for Butte County, the Gallery Exhibit may be canceled.

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

COVID-19 Guidelines

Strategies for Success

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Sample Artist Galleries

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

Purchase Ad Space with OSAT 2020

August 13, 2020 by Cameron Kelly

PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS & SUPPORT THE ARTS

TOUR GUIDE + ChicoOSAT.com ADVERTISING

Deadline to receive Ad images: August 31, 2020

$100 ¼ Page + 500 banner ad impressions on ChicoOSAT.com

$175 ½ Page + 1,000 banner ad impressions on ChicoOSAT.com

$350 Full Page + 2,000 banner ad impressions on ChicoOSAT.com

$450 Full Inside Front or Back Page + 2,000 banner ad impressions on ChicoOSAT.com

$600 Back Cover + 3,000 banner ad impressions on ChicoOSAT.com

OSAT WEBSITE AD BANNER ADVERTISING ONLY

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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(In exchange for trade sponsorship)

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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

June 11, 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

VIEW MORE STUDENT WORK

Read Enterprise Record Article of student work

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 view 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, over the past two weeks, 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? We want to see. Use your visual voice.

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

Great Northern Coffee Closed

February 11, 2020 by Cameron Kelly

Due to financial losses associated with the upkeep, Great Northern Coffee will no longer be in business as of December 31, 2019. Chico Art Center Board of Directors have loved sharing this adventure with the community. A volunteer transitioning committee will be developing new, income-based options for utilizing the train car. For questions or comments please inquire to Lisa Freeman-Wood lmfreemanwood@yahoo.com.

View pictures of the Pullman train car here.

BLAST ART After School Program

January 22, 2020 by Cameron Kelly

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 - November, 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