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Purchase Ad Space in OSAT Guidebook & Website 2023

May 15, 2023 by Cameron Kelly

Guidebook + ChicoOSAT.com AD SPACE

Deadline to receive ad images: August 31, 2023

$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.

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

Reporting is available upon request

Banner format: Standard format accepted is 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).

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.

PARTNERSHIP LOGOS

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 Jana Lawton at (530) 894-1843 or jlawton72@gmail.com

Art Connections for Seniors

December 14, 2022 by Cameron Kelly

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

2023 | Call for Art & Gifts

December 14, 2022 by Cameron Kelly

We want to sell your work!

Members benefit by selling art and handmade gifts under $100 in the Gift Shop, which cycles through members by changing inventory every 3 months. Chico Art Center welcomes visitors 7 days a week with monthly events and promotion in our newsletter and social media to keep folks coming back. The center takes a 30% commission in exchange. Change out happens in the beginning of January, April, July and October. Contact Gift Shop Coordinator erin Wells at erinw045[at]gmail.com

October 2023 | Open Studios Art Tour

December 11, 2022 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 Guidebook. We hope you'll support local artists and businesses with your patronage.

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!

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

Preview Last Year's Artists

Click here to visit ChicoOSAT.com

Artists, click here to register on the Artist Portal for 2023

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-Democrat
Waif 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.

June 2023 | Diurnal Journal

December 7, 2022 by Cameron Kelly

Christine Muratore Evans, "Koi Ladder", 2023, oil on canvas, 48” x 72”

Diurnal Journal
The Space Between

Paintings by Christine Muratore Evans

June 3- July 2, 2023

A solo exhibition of large paintings chronicling (diurnal means daily) the visual process through which Christine Muratore Evans explores the relationships between colors, patterns and time.

Artist Talk & Reception: Friday, June 9, 5-7PM

Local wine by Odyssey
Enter raffle to win an original collage
Free kid's coloring pages! Drawings will be shared on IG

This exhibit is generously sponsored by Ann and Tony Slocum

Artist Statement

My childhood fascination with color and pattern are visible in the structural rhythms of my paintings today. I can vividly recall the kitchen cabinet scallops, the stripes of a white picket fence and the diamonds of a chain link fence. Coming of age during the heyday of Op and Pop art and my first exposure to modern art bolstered my fascination.

I am influenced by the abstract art movements that focus on surface pattern and color placement. In my art making process, I work on merging techniques of surface iteration.

My paintings invite participation because of their patterns, form, color and texture. As a result, my paintings work like jazz, stirring feelings without narration.

Visit the Artists Website

Enter raffle to win this small, original collage by the artist! Drop your raffle ticket in the box in the gallery to win.

Kids, color a page and we'll share it on our instagram!

May 2023 | Chico, Our Hometown

December 6, 2022 by Cameron Kelly

CHICO, OUR HOMETOWN

May 7 - 26, 2023

This community invitational for all ages celebrates this place we call home. Come view 75 artworks of representational and abstract art and design of all media.

In place of a traditional reception, we invite you to our Orange Street Community Block Party!

BLOCK PARTY

Sunday, May 7, 12:00 -5:00PM

Join the party!

Chico Art Center will host Art Market Vendors on the deck, music, and yart sale. Businesses, artists and organizations on Orange Street will also be open with special celebrations all day, including Orange Street Consignment, Idea Fab Labs, maker Radio 94.5FM, Sparkle Productions Studio and Mains'l.

ART VENDORS

Jess Cross Prints and small paintings of figures and landscapes along with stickers and keychains.

Marion Jewels Fiber Jewelry crochet bracelets with demo

Jacob Davenport stickers, prints, and tote bags

Monique Francine art prints, greeting cards & flower photography

Jalisa Souza-Silva Handmade Prints, Digital Prints, and Jewelry

Nick Knezic copper art & jewelry

Jeffrey Obser acrylic map art

Christian V. Davila Handmade paper bird sculptures and lasercut jewelry

Melinda Vasquez beaded jewelry, giclee prints and cards

Phebe Rothfeld Cards, Art Prints, Stickers, Bookmarks

Judy Kane painted panels, matted paintings, papier-mâché sculptures and sketchbooks

Britta Goldmann Small paintings, cards and painted pots with plants

Drop Off May 7

10:00am - 12:00pm

Clean out your closets and donate gently used art supplies and equipment from a forgotten hobby, shop seconds, materials, odd studio items, and all the imperfectly wonderful things that artists may find useful.

Shop May 7

12:00 - 4:30pm

Find some gems to outfit your studio. Pegboards, easels, chairs, A frames for signs, shelving unit, canvases (used and unused), matte cutter, canvas tote, display case, display folio, sling for displaying prints, carpet pieces, frames of all sizes, art books, and SUPPLIES. Come early for the best selection. Make an offer! Proceeds go to Chico Art Center.