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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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Art Connections for Seniors

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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

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January 2023 | Member Showcase

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January 7-29

Reception for the Artists: Saturday, January 7, 5-7PM

Chico Art Center kicks off our 67th year with artworks by artists that support our organization with their membership. Whether an artist is a novice or pro, it is always a generous act to make one’s personal creation public for all. Visitors have a chance to see what studio artists, both regional and national offer up.

Artwork Drop Off Dates: January 2-3 during gallery hours
Fee: Membership

Become a member or renew today!
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December 2022 | Small Works

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SMALL WORKS

December 10 - 31, 2022

Reception: Saturday, December 10, 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: Dec 5-6 |Pick Up: Jan 2-3, 2023

This is a jury-free exhibit of 12”x12” artworks. All skill levels are welcome to participate! Entry fee includes a 12”x12” (optional) canvas. You may use any medium you want. Collage, assemblage, textile, wire sculpture, paper clay, origami, found objects, you name it! Let your imagination run wild! Use it as a platform for a sculpture, hang it from the ceiling, make it a box, use the reverse side, stretch your favorite fabric over it, weave it, upholster it, knit over it, felt it, use encaustic wax, feather it, flock it, fleece it or frottage it!

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(Left) Carolyn McLeod, Hummingbird, 2021, Photograph
(Right) Sarah Skinner, White Crowned Sparrow, 2021, Acrylic

Read Entry Info & Enter Here!
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November 2022 | Beyond Craft

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Featuring divergent ways that handmade objects can reveal inherent cultural and environmental influences.

Reception: Friday, November 4, 5:00 -7:00 PM
Zoom Art Talk: Friday, Nov. 18, 12:00 Noon PST

 

"The pieces of the show are individual expressions of self, lovingly fabricated and conceived in the rich and varied arts and crafts tradition.  They both embody the purpose of repurposing and leave the viewer with a new message of resilience."
~Juried by Adrienne Scott. Read her full statement here.

This national juried exhibition is generously sponsored by VenusRose Designs.

Watch a recording of the zoom Art Talk
Read Entry Prospectus