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February 2021 | The Altered Book

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Call for Art_pattern

Virtual Exhibit

UNBOUND: The Altered Book

Opens February 6, 2021

This juried exhibition of US artists that transform a book's original state or meaning.

Virtual Reception: Sunday, February 21, 4:00 PM

Register for the Zoom Reception Here

CALL FOR ART

This virtual exhibition seeks well-photographed images of mixed media artwork that changes a book from its original form by altering its state or meaning. Books from any source and media are eligible for this exhibition. $300 cash prize to Best of Show.

Book art takes many forms. Sculptural bookworks, for example, command attention so that viewers are compelled to reflect upon the issues explored in the work. Many compelling works integrate text with sculptural and material richness to create a multi-sensory reading experience.

PROSPECTUS

Apply Online by January 31, 2021, 11:59pm
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January 2021 | Birds of a Feather

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Virtual Exhibit

Opens: January 24, 2021

Birds of a Feather celebrates birds as a symbol of freedom and community, as well as the artists' power to delight. This is an open-call exhibition for artwork of all media by northern California artists.

Additionally, you can support Chico Art Center while viewing more artwork by all of the participating artists by purchasing a $15 web access code to Open Studios Art Tour. Preview the virtual tour for free here, at ChicoOSAT.com.

Virtual Reception with Artist Talk: January 31, 4:00 PM

A Zoom Artist Talk Event will accompany the exhibit, featuring a guest speaker that will share information about migrating birds in our region and will comment on the birds featured in this exhibit.

Register for the Zoom Reception Here

To purchase artwork, please contact Gallery Director, Cameron Kelly at ckelly@chicoartcenter.com

Richard Baldy, Dark-eyed Junco, 2020, photograph, 18"X12" Free with $200 donation to Chico Housing Action Team or Friends of Bidwell Park
Richard Baldy, Turkey Vulture, 2020, photograph, 12"X15". Free with $200 donation to Chico Housing Action Team or Friends of Bidwell Park
Richard Baldy, Northern Flicker, 2020, Photograph,12"X17.5" Free with $200 donation to Chico Housing Action Team or Friends of Bidwell Park
Richard Baldy, Red Shouldered Hawk, 2020 Photograph, 12"X16" Free with $200 donation to Chico Housing Action Team or Friends of Bidwell Park
Richard Baldy, CA Quail, 2020, Photograph, 12"X15" Free with $200 donation to Chico Housing Action Team or Friends of Bidwell Park
Christine Connerly, Laughing Eagle, 2020, metal photo print, $85
Christine Connerly, Hummer Nest, 2020, metal photo print, 8"X 10", $85
Cristine Connerly, Fluffball Bushtit, 2020, metal photo print, 8"X 10", $85
Carol Prebil Miles, Bwick’s Wren, 2015, watercolor, 8” x 8”, $165 framed
Carol Prebil Miles, Idaho Tree Swallow, 2019, watercolor, 8” x 7”, $165, Framed
Carol Prebil Miles, Epicurean Cuisine, 20” x 17”, giclee print of an original watercolor. 2015, unframed $190
Nicolai Larsen, Scarlet Macaws, 1982, Watercolor, 22.5" x 28.5", $5000
Nicolai Larsen, Blue & Gold Macaws, 1983, Watercolor, 21.5" x 29.5", $5000
Jamie Albertie, Sandhill Cranes in Flight, 2018, oil, $750
Reta Rickmers, Cedar Waxwings, 2020, acrylic, 30x36", NFS
Cris Guenter, Scrub Jay, 2020, Colored Pencils, 4 3/4" x 6 1/4", NFS
William Kees, Nuttall Woodpecker, 2016, Photo, Variable, Donation
William Kees, Rufous Hummingbird - 2013, Photo, Variable, Contact artist for custom size prints
Susan Kirk, California Quail, 2020, ceramic and metal, 36", $575
Cris Guenter, From My Collection, 2021, Digital mixed media, 9" x 9", NFS
Christine Connerly, Ruby Crowned Kinglet, 2020, collage, 11"X14", $225
Vanessa Wolfe, group of paintings
Carolyn McLeod, Birdheart, 2021, Acrylic and Pen and Ink on Cradled Gesso Board, 12x12, $150
Susan Kirk, Gull, 2020, ceramic and metal, 24", $425/sold
Stacey Gregory, "Kim Kardashian: The Champagne Incident 3", 2018, oil on canvas, gold frame, 14"x12", $1400.
Stacey Gregory, "Ruth Bader Ginsburg", 2018, oil on canvas, black frame 13"x 16", $900.
Stacey Gregory, "Kris Jenner", 2018, oil on canvas, gold frame 12"x 15", $1200.
Stacey Gregory, "Dame Helen Mirren", 2018, oil on canvas, gray frame, 16"x 13", $1200.
Stacey Gregory, "Kylie Jenner at the Met Gala", 2018, oil on canvas, gold frame 12"x15", $1400.
Judy Kane, Berry Worry Bird, 2021, acrylic, 5” x 7”, $350
Marvey Meuller, Danger Lurks, 2020, Watercolor, 10x10", $250
Vanessa Wolfe, Emergence
Susan Kirk, Vermillion Flycatcher, 2019, ceramic and metal, 28", $375
Cris Guenter, Morning Meeting, 2021, Watercolors, 9" x 16", NFS
Reta Rickmers, Cedar Waxwings, 2020, acrylic, 30x36", NFS
Dory Schachner, Cormorants, 2016, digital painting, 11x17, $50/print
Dory Schachner, Snow Geese, 2015, digital painting, 11x17, $50/print
Susan Kirk, American Kestrel, 2020, ceramic and metal, 36", $450
Bruce Dillman, Bird themed birdhouses, 2020, Sizes: 5”W x 12”H x 4”D (not for sale)
Carolyn McLeod, Red Breasted Nuthatch and Laughing Buddha (Budai), 2020, Photograph, 24x16, $200
Reta Rickmers, Scissortail Flycatcher, 2020,18x24", acrylic, $250
Judy Kane, Blue Goose, 2021, monoprint, 5” x 7”, $40
Judy Kane, Blue Heron, 2021, monoprint, 5” x 7”, $40
William Kees, Phainopepla, 2018, Photo, Variable, Donation
William Kees, Red-Shouldered Hawk, 2010, Photo, Variable, contact artist for custom size prints
Dory Ann Schachner, Egret, 2012, digital painting, 11x17, $50/print
Dory Schachner, Voices in the Sky, 2013, digital painting, 11x17, $50/print
Dory Schachner, Golden Eagle, 2015, digital painting, 11x17, $50/print
Christine Connerly, Singing Junco, 2020, collage, 10" x 12" framed, $175
Sally Dimas, Hanging Out, Mixed media, 16x20", $300
Corla Bertrand, Drawing Power, 2020, collage, 11" x 14", $30 print
Corla Bertrand, Venus, 2020, collage, 11" x 14", $30 print
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January 2021 | Member Showcase

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Chico Art Center kicks off our 65th year with artworks by artists that support our organization with their membership. Whether an artist is a novice or pro, it is always a courageous and generous act to make one’s personal creation public for all to see. Visitors have a chance to see what studio artists, both regional and national offer up.

Virtual Gallery Reception: Sunday, January 24, 4:00 PM

Register for the Zoom Reception Here

This exhibition is made possible by the generous support of the artist, Cris Guenter.

Annai Smith, “Ode to Joy”, oil on canvas, 20x24”, $400. This past year has been a contemplation of “joy” for me. What does it mean to have joy and how do I have it? After much reflection I’ve come to realize that joy isn’t a fleeting emotion like happiness that comes and goes with possession of things or circumstance but a deep state of being, a contentment with my life, myself, and a feeling of peace. I long for that, I believe we all do. I’ve discovered ways to help me achieve that feeling of joy but it is something I work on daily. I painted a series of wild, loose, unencumbered abstract flowers as a symbol of joy for me. Vibrancy, growth in sometimes uncomfortable or unusual circumstance, and yet full of life and hope!
Richard Robinson, "California Break", collage on board, 16"x 20", $350.
Cris Guenter, "Levee", Digital oil, 10x 14”, NFS. This oil painting was done in fall 2020 in Wildwood Park in Chico, CA looking east across the levee into Upper Bidwell Park. With a nod to Thiebaud, I played with the creaminess of the paint and textures that could be created with bold strokes.
Christine Evans, "A View with a Room, 20-20", Oil and oil pastel, wax, 72”x 44”, $3000. I would describe my process as visual jazz. My paintings invite participation because of their patterns, form, color and texture. I combine elements to create rhythms, at times placing representational objects within the composition. As a result, my paintings work like jazz, stirring feelings without narration.
Nicolai Larsen, "Bumpass Hell", gouache on board, 20x 30", $5000. An excursion into the volcanic world of Lassen Peak painted with gouache on tinted museum board. Gouache is a water-based medium like watercolor except it is opaque and not transparent. Traditional watercolors are usually painted on white paper so that light will reflect off the surface and through the paint colors directly to the eye. With gouache, whites and light colors are obtained with the addition of Chinese white allowing the artist to paint on a darker surface such as tinted museum board.
Adele Etcheverry Sheets, "Ladies’ Rendezvous”, oil on linen panel, 8x10”, $175 framed. My intention is to paint these three beautiful cyclamens in a new US trending style, which I admire. Disrupted Realism started on the East coast in Philadelphia. Artists in the San Francisco Bay Area quickly absorbed it. Through the past year, I have experimented with Disrupted Realism. I like the idea of keeping realism but also distorting it to tell an interesting story. Currently, I am developing a collection of works that I intend to post to my OSAT virtual gallery in May 2021.
Richard Whitehead "Sacramento River", acrylic on canvas, 24"x30", $800. Freely painted acrylic interpretation of a view of the Sacramento River.
Jim Lawrence, "The Pinto", Acrylic on canvas, 16"x20", $400. I've been wanting to paint a landscape for a while but my attempts with a brush were not very successful, so I tried a pallet knife. The approach I took was to start at the top and work my way down the scene, finishing the painting as I went. One tab of paint at a time, one tree at a time, it felt a little like a meditation practice. I think I've found my inspiration for a while.
Dolores Mitchell, "Dreamscape No. One", Oil on canvas, 24x30", $750. I finished this painting on New Year's Eve, 2021. My goal was to create a buoyant image to celebrate the beginning of 2021.
Fay Grundvig, "Sun Rise", Oil on Canvas, 20x24" with frame, $600. When the North Complex fire swept across our hills, we were evacuated from our home for three weeks. When we returned to our property we were beyond overjoyed to see our house still standing. It was untouched despite the destruction of our outbuildings and vegetation. I painted this canvas almost immediately, being so thankful that our home was spared and that I had a studio. It represents that hope must rise just as the sun rises every day.
Lisa Freeman-Wood, "Everlasting Pea", watercolor on paper, 11x14", NFS. Everlasting Pea is a non-native vine that grows wild profusely in my area and on my property. They are invasive and almost impossible to remove. Deer eat the vines. The flowers are white to pink.
Elaine Davis, "Put the Kettle On...Yellow Satin", oil on panel, 9"x12", $650. I enjoy amplifying and examining the objects and scenes of everyday life, as well as studying the human face and figure. To me, they are all worthy of more than a moment's look.
Bill Flake, Lidded Vessel, High-fire stoneware, 8 1/2" x 6 1/2 ", $165.
Carolyn McLeod, "Shadows and Ginkgo Leaves", Photograph on Wrap Canvas, 24x 15", $200. I took this photograph a year ago last fall. My goal was to take an interesting photo of the Stansbury home, but what caught my interest was the ginkgo leaves on the pavement and the shadows from the fence. It is a simple but striking photo, that has recently received a national award.
Jason Tannen, "1942 Inspiration", archival pigment print, 17in x 21in (framed), $65. For over thirty years, I’ve photographed the urban environment. I’m particularly interested in the urban landscape of signs, symbols and pictures-in-pictures, along with curious or eccentric juxtapositions. Focusing on images without people or street action allows the images to be free-floating, without reference to a particular period or era. I work in color to explore the visual and material erosion that comes with time, the elements, or human intervention: colors that have bleached or are reduced to blues and reds, surfaces that have cracked, are peeling, or have been vandalized.
Richard Lea, Arch Side Table; 2 drawers, 15" wide, 24"long, 27"high; maple, wenge (80 hours to complete); $1600. My lifelong passion has been to design and build one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture and accessories that are pleasing to the eye and will last for generations.
Dan Fregin, "With wings' cambers, a rose arose", 11 x 14", $190. In appreciation of a 43 year career of flying made possible by the cambered tops of wings, I continue to see these shapes in many other things. So I used as many of these shapes as practical to paint this one from our yard.
Sofia Whitehead, "Sweetie", wall hanging, fabric, 8.5 x 8.5", $27. Color makes me happy. My art aims to bring whimsy and wonder in everyone's life.
Lori Stevens, Untitled, Cold Wax and Photography, 24 x 16 x 2.5", $300. During these days of pandemic, I found solace in moving colors and textures into emotive surfaces around a window of clouds, signifying the beauty what we all still have access to and of life in general.
Karma Boyer, "Happy Cows on Table Mountain", photography on canvas, 20x30", $200 .
Reta Rickmers, "Blue Door", acrylic on canvas, 36x48", $900. I've been enjoying working big. This is my 3rd 36x48 door painting inspired by my trip to Merida, Yucatan. I love the layers of history hidden in the paint.
Mark Gailey, "Praveen with Big Hair", graphite on paper, medium size drawing, NFS. This is one of my all time favorite drawings. It is of a long time Chico World Beat dancer who is now a mainstay in the Portland dance scene. I think the drawing works both as a pensive portrait and an expressive figure study. Hair is notoriously difficult to draw, but I think I was able to catch it this time during this inspired figure drawing session.
Ruth Hall, "Paradise Pine", Mixed Media, 38 x 24", $80. Some year the pines will be gone.
Carol Preble-Miles, “Summer Trip to Lassen Volcanic", Giclee Print of Transparent Watercolor, 15 x 11”, $190.
Erin Wells, "Geared Up for Tea, Porcelain, 6x6x8" , $185. Mini Tea Pots are a creative challenge and a wonderful expression of my mood when I am working on them. Sometimes they are super serious and very proper and sometimes they are just a bit off.. either way, they work and are really fun to do.
April Richards-Senior, "Simson Ranch", Watercolor (giclee print), 11x 15", $75. This painting was begun during a private visit to the Simson Ranch to remember the lives of Burt and Marge Simson, who have now passed away, and who operated the dairy and rice farm partially shown in the painting. The artist has been a friend of several generations of the Simson Family. An attempt was made to show the remote beauty of the location and preserve memories of a proud farming family. The original is in the collection of a member of the Simson Family.
Gitta Brewster, "Sutter Buttes Flyover", Acrylic on canvas, 36x36", $500.
Nancy Beliveau, "Pelican Trio", acrylic on canvas, 37x 27” (frame included), $350. Pelicans are a favorite of mine. They are ungainly until you see them fly and dive.
Grizzelle Canter, "The Year Was 2020", Charcoal on Paper, 14 X 17", NFS. As we all grieve and are in disbelief for the loss of over 320,000 Souls lost in our Country, and the many more around the world during the Year 2020 due to the Covid Pandemic, we will continue to hope and work for a better tomorrow!
Joan North, "Cyclone", Botswana agate & sterling, size 8. $150. I like shapes that remind me of life situations (my “Metaphors in Metal” series, for example), starkly simple shapes, and combinations that draw your surprised eye. I love contrast in form and similarity in color. Incorporating stones into metal designs delights me. I dream of new designs, smiling in my sleep. Most of all, I want each piece to intrigue the viewer.
Become a member or renew today!
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November 2020 | The Art of Remembrance

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The Art of Remembrance

November 7- December 13, 2020

This community call for art exhibit honors those that have passed in portraits and a community altar. This exhibition expands on the  tradition of Dia de los Muertos, by including art historical and contemporary genres of portraiture and welcomes all cultural practices of remembrance.

Bring an "ofrenda" or offering for the community altar. This is something to entice the spirit of a loved one back for a visit. Your offering can be a photo, poem, note, flowers, sweet treat, miniature beverage or something that the special person loved or shared with you. Or, simply add their name to the ribbon wall.

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DYLAN TELLESEN, "Tania", mixed media on canvas, NFS. This portrait of Tania Heyman was commissioned in 2019 by her husband and two children; Nathan, Alexis and Nicholas. Not only does the portrait beautifully capture Tania, its creation was a therapeutic process for the family. All three family members, in separate sessions, worked to create the underpainting using colors, images and words that were meaningful to them and Tania. If you look closely, there are areas where the underpainting shows through. Working in this manner made this project that much more emotionally intense for the family and artist. Tania experienced a sudden onset of mental illness in 2012 and ended up taking her life at the age of 44.
DYLAN TELLESEN, "Sarah Kane", mixed media, $2,000. Sarah Kane (3 February 1971 – 20 February 1999) was an English playwright who is known for her plays that deal with themes of redemptive love, sexual desire, pain, torture—both physical and psychological—and death. They are characterised by a poetic intensity, pared-down language, exploration of theatrical form and, in her earlier work, the use of extreme and violent stage action.
DYLAN TELLESEN, "Kurt Cobain", mixed media, $2,400. Best known as the guitarist, primary songwriter and frontman of the rock band Nirvana, Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Through his angst-fueled songwriting and anti-establishment persona, Cobain's compositions widened the thematic conventions of mainstream rock music. He was often heralded as a spokesman of Generation X and is considered to be one of the most influential musicians in the history of alternative rock.
DYLAN TELLESEN, "Tania", mixed media on canvas, NFS. This portrait of Tania Heyman was commissioned in 2019 by her husband and two children; Nathan, Alexis and Nicholas. Not only does the portrait beautifully capture Tania, its creation was a therapeutic process for the family. All three family members, in separate sessions, worked to create the underpainting using colors, images and words that were meaningful to them and Tania. If you look closely, there are areas where the underpainting shows through. Working in this manner made this project that much more emotionally intense for the family and artist. Tania experienced a sudden onset of mental illness in 2012 and ended up taking her life at the age of 44.
HEATHER BENNETT, "Steve", mixed media on board, $50.
ALBANY COYLE, "Erin", acrylic, NFS. The subject of my piece is my sister 'Erin', who passed on 11.11.19 in Paradise CA. 'Erin' was a light to all who knew her, gave unconditional love, fought adversity with such courage and strength, she was a beautiful example for everyone who faced struggle. She taught me to be myself, not hold back and strive to make every day matter, as it did for her. I have depicted her in "festival gear" as she loved music, dance, freedom, and know she would be proud of this piece, which was part of the healing process, still ongoing. I hope her smile lights up the room as it did in life.
REBECCA SHELLY, "Her fight is now ours!", colored pencil, spray fixitive and thread on fabric, $600.
REBECCA SHELLY, "Her fight is now ours!" (verso), colored pencil, spray fixitive and thread on fabric, $600.
LUCKY PRESTON, "Family Mask", bronze, NFS. This is a remembrance of my past generations. Hand sculpted in clay. The ceramic piece survived the Paradise fire of Nov. 2018.
MARK GAILEY, "Sal Casa", graphite on white paper, NFS. This, of course, is a portrait of Sal Casa, the local Chico art icon and mentor to many. I drew this portrait from life, as Sal posed for us at the end of one of his evening Chico Art Center figure drawing classes. Sal had great features to draw and I felt that I got a pretty good likeness of him in this portrait. Several of my other attempts to draw Sal over the years fell short, but this one seemed to work out.
MARK GAILEY, "Joe", graphite on paper, NFS. This is a portrait I did from life in 2009 of a long-time older Chico figure model named Joe. It was the best likeness I had done of Joe and the contrast of the drawing seemed to be sharp enough for display. A whole generation of our older Chico artists should instantly recognize Joe from his years of posing for figure drawing sessions. I imagine it's been a year or two since I heard that Joe had passed. Time passages, as they say.
JIM LAWRENCE, "The Raven", acrylic on canvas, $200. I had a friend in high school who people would describe as "dark" or just "weird". I went to a catholic school and he was the only person of color that attended that school. We called him "The Raven". He was really a very sensitive person and sadly did eventually die of an overdose. Life is not fair.
CHRISTIAN GARCIA, Beautiful Ascension spray paint, acrylic, paint pen. $550.
CHRISTIAN GARCIA "Un Mundo, Una Vida, Un Amor", spray paint, acrylic, watercolor, $365.
EMMANUEL GARCIA, "Death in the Mirror", pyrography, $60.
TEAL BUEHLER, "Dog", acrylic on canvas, $150.
TEAL BUEHLER, "Cat", acrylic on canvas, $150.
TEAL BUEHLER, "Hummingbird", acrylic on canvas, $130.
MADISON CANNAUGHTON, "Descanso en Paz", paint markers on cardstock, $50.
ROBERT ELESHA, "Rosé Muertos", ink, $10.
CYNTHIA SCHILDHAUER, "Remember", painted picture frame, $50.
CHRISTINE CONNERLY, "Light Will Come", mixed media, $85. In September while I was meditating, I had a vision of a figure standing in in a dark tunnel like space looking out on a rectangle of golden light. In many ways 2020 has been like a dark tunnel full of grieving for the loss of lives, natural places, homes, and civil discourse. Making art has given me a vision of light that will come again in the future.
ERIN WELLS, "Participantes del desfile del dia de los muertos ceramic on wood", $125. Many of us choose to celebrate our heritage and past family during this time of the year... My family is very northern European, but we do have our heros and they can be part of the ofrenda of our more Mediterranean Brothers and Sisters. I love to honor the dead with a bit of humor and a more relaxed vision of life beyond.
LYDIA CHAUVIN, "Simony's Lizard", ceramic, NFS. While this piece honors the extinct and endangered reptile species, it was inspired by Simony's lizard (Gallotia simonyi) which inhabits the Canary Islands and is listed as critically endangered. What remains of this species of lizard is confined to a mere handful of cliffs, though efforts are being made to reintroduce them to other suitable habitat.
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CAROLYN MCLEOD, "Face in the Wall", photograph, $150.
LYNN JACOBS, "Sacred", acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, $325. When we began our lives as adults, we forged strong friendships. We went “back to the earth, figuring out how to live as our great grandparents did. Over the years we moved to different places, raised children and chose different versions of our lives. Still, our friendships lived on beneath all the changes, despite only rarely ever seeing one another. Now, close to 50 years later, we really only see each other at Celebrations of Life, as one after another life comes to an end here. After a painful recent loss I took stock of all who have gone and I realized that now I am the person losing their youthful companions. I’m becoming the elderly one who has fewer and fewer friends left. When you are young you don’t imagine this will ever be you, but if you are fortunate, it will be. This canvas is a tribute to my friends and family members who have gone ahead to prepare the way. I never imagined how much I miss you.
CAROLYN MCLEOD, "Mini Skull", acrylic and pen & ink, $100.
LEILANI SILVERMAN, "Dia De Los Muertos", charcoal, sharpie, watercolor, $25.
ERIN WELLS, "Distant Cousin, Erik the Red", ceramic and copper wire, $400. Many of us choose to celebrate our heritage and past family during this time of the year... My family is very northern European, but we do have our heros and they can be part of the ofrenda of our more Mediterranean Brothers and Sisters. I love to honor the dead with a bit of humor and a more relaxed vision of life beyond.
JADE PRESTON, "Confusion", pastel on scratchboard, $25.
LISA FREEMAN-WOOD, "Remembering Tina", collage, NFS. My sister Tina was a storyteller, a writer. She wrote magazines and newspaper articles, essays, and books. She came from a large family and raised 2 sons. Some of her happiest times were when she was in Alaska. Tina was drawn there because our grandmother lived there all our lives. Although Grandma Val lived so far away, she sent chatty letters, magazines, photos, a box of feathers, and artwork, some paintings she did as well as work by local Native Americans. Grandma Val was a writer too, having worked at her dad’s newspaper as a photo-journalist and continuing years of journals chronicling life in Alaska. Tina went to Eagle, Alaska, a tiny village on the Yukon River on the border of Canada to take down the oral history of the Native Americans that lived there so their stories wouldn’t be lost. She lived there for several years, learning and adapting to the living in the wild. She moved to Anchorage, with her sons near, she continued to write extensively about Alaska and the indigenous people. The Storyknife is used during storytime to draw pictures. Having read Grandma Val’s Alaska journals Tina wrote an essay titled The Good Stuff. Here is the final section, “ Life did not have to be a thrill a minute, I realized. In her celebration of the simple, the everyday, the beautiful, Val had shown me the real good stuff; by showing me how she lived her life, my grandmother had shown me how to live my own life. Pay attention, I learned, to small things around you; be thankful; immerse yourself in your surroundings; accept that some days will glide by like water, and other days will fight back like an unwieldy chunk of wood that resists being fed to the fire; don’t limit yourself to sticking to what you already know; keep striving; look forward to old age, for it brings satisfactions of its own. And above all keep your eyes open and your pen ready.” Tina took her own life when her mental pain became too much to bear. She was loved. She is remembered.
MICHAEL STERLING, "Richard Silvera", collage, NFS.
EMMANUEL GARCIA, "Time of Death", mixed medium, $300.
SALLY CARTER, "Remembering Marilu", acrylic collage, $100. I recently learned of the passing of my old coming of age friend. I could find no obituary so produced this work as a memorial. She loved the natural world so I felt that was fitting adornment.
OPEN CALL for ART

This is an open call for art (no juror). Exhibit artwork honoring the dead. All media, styles and subject matter welcome (family, friend, animal, public figure, etc) by artists of all ages. Invite friends to add a photo or offering to the community altar. For questions contact the Gallery Director at ckelly@chicoartcenter.com

Drop Off Artwork: Saturday, Oct. 31, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm & Sunday, Nov. 1, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Art Entry Fee: $10 Students/$25 CAC Members/$35 Non-members for up to 3 artworks
*Our volunteers will be on site to accept entries on the drop-off dates only. No early drop-offs.
Pick-Up Dates: Friday, Dec. 18, 12:00- 4:00 pm, Saturday- Sunday, Dec. 19-20, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Requirements & Terms for Entry:

  • A completed entry form.
  • Attach your name (and title if submitting multiple works) to the front. We use this tag to match your artwork with the wall label once it is hung. Do not attach this entry form to the artwork.
  • Title or price changes after the time of the drop-off are not allowed. All info for wall label is taken from this form.
  • Framing and hanging hardware is not required if artwork can be hung from stretcher bar.
  • A donation of 30% to CAC is suggested on all sales in this exhibit.
  • Artworks may not be removed prior to the close of the exhibition, nor will sold artworks be released early.
  • Works submitted must be completely dry.
  • Work determined by the director to be too fragile for safe handling and/or display will not be accepted.
  • Works not picked up after 60 days will be considered abandoned and may become property of CAC.

Artist’s Waiver
By entering this exhibit, you agree to the following:

The Chico Art Center (CAC) shall not be liable to any participating artist or to any third party for losses, damages, consequential damages, or any injury that may result from participation in the exhibition. The artist agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold the CAC and the City of Chico harmless against any and all claims, demands, damages, fees, costs, and action of any kind asserted by or on behalf of any third party(ies) arising from the artist’s participation in the exhibition. Permission is released to the CAC to use images of entered artists and their artworks solely for purposes of documentation, education, and future publicity. Permission to sell displayed Artwork: I give Chico Art Center permission to sell my artwork displayed in the gallery. I understand payments will be made payable to me and I will be responsible for reporting the sale of my artwork. No tax will be collected.

FILL OUT YOUR ENTRY FORM HERE
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October 2020 | 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 Tour Guide Booklet. We hope you'll support local artists and businesses with your patronage.

VIRTUAL ART TALK

Sunday, November 15, 4:00 PM

 

Join us for four, 15 minute presentations by selected artists from Open Studios Art Tour. Each artist shares how they develop their visual ideas, their inspirations and current projects.

This zoom talk is hosted by the American Association of University Women (AAUW).

Click here to watch the recording

VIRTUAL RECEPTION

Friday, October 30, 5:00 PM

Connecting Art Patrons with Northern California Artists.

  • Look at art + crafts
  • Learn about creative processes
  • Visit artists studios
  • Collect Northern California Art

Join us for a tour of the ChicoOSAT.com website and watch artists Cris Guenter, Marvey Mueller, Geralyn Sheridan and Ellen Hedfield give live demonstrations.

This zoom event will not be recorded.

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The Virtual Tour is Live

OCTOBER 1, 2020 – JULY 31, 2021

ABOUT OSAT

Visit ChicoOSAT.com all year for artist updates of available artwork and in-person Studio Visit availability. With COVID-19 still active, we have adapted this year’s Open Studios Art Tour (OSAT) to accommodate required safety measures.

OSAT is an annual Butte County tradition. This event is produced solely by Chico Art Center (CAC) volunteers as our major fundraising project of the year. Your patronage pledges your commitment to arts and culture and helps make CAC’s programming possible all year.

Many thanks to our sponsor, Heithecker Financial and local businesses advertising in the Tour Guide and ChicoOSAT.com. We hope you’ll support local artists and businesses with your patronage.

Visit www.ChicoOSAT.com here!

BENEFITS

Instead of having the traditional tour for only two weekends, as we have in previous years, we encourage you to visit ChicoOSAT.com all year, from October 1, 2020 – July 31, 2021 for artist updates and Studio Visit availability.

STAY SAFE

It will be important to practice social distancing, use masks and hand sanitizer for both visitors and the artists while visiting Artist Studios. Artists may make special requests when scheduling appointments with visitors.

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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.
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How can I purchase a Tour Guide?

Purchasing a tour guide gives you preview information about a majority of the artists, how to contact them, and which artists welcome in-person Studio Visits. Purchase Tour Guides for $15 at the following locations:

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Sept 2020 | Flora: The Other Endangered Species

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My chosen plant is endangered San Francisco Lessingia Germanium. It is native to the sand dunes of the San Francisco Presidio and the sand dunes on San Bruno Mountain. I had a very small part in helping to restore its dune habitat at the Presidio when the only expertise needed was muscle. In the painting the Lessingia are entangled and competing with a fanciful arrangement of colorful but invasive flora. I included the Myrtle’s Silverspot Butterfly also endangered because it thrives around Lessingia but its larvae are very vulnerable to the pesticides sometimes used to help keep invasive vegetation at bay. I had to add the graceful but very invasive “Naked Ladies” (Amaryllis Belladonna) because to me they signal “August,” grateful to see something predictable about 2020.
Linda Larson (San Francisco), Intertwined, 2020. Oil on panel, 24x18 inches
September 5, 2020

Focusing on native, threatened, and endangered plants, this exhibition helps us think about how important biodiversity is to the health of the regions we live in. Increasing awareness and knowledge of plants, plant life cycles and how to use them effectively in our lives is essential. How do we grow our future? Many regions need replanting after wildfires. Each artwork will be accompanied by the artist’s statement about the status of the plant and its habitat.

Due to fluctuating COVID-19 Guidelines for Butte County, our gallery has remained closed. The exhibit will be online only.

Generously Sponsored by Ann & Tony Slocum

Jurors

Adrienne Leigh Edwards, PhD, is a Botanist & Plant Ecologist at CSU, Chico.

Joani Bosque worked for Hedgrow Farms, a native seed nursery and is currently planting a pollinator garden at the Feather River Nature Center & Native Plant Park.

For purchases or questions, please contact Cameron Kelly, Gallery Director at ckelly@chicoartcenter.com

Zoom Reception Saturday, September 26th at 5:00 pm

  • Jurors, Adrienne Edwards, Botanist and Joan Bosque, Permaculturist respond to selected artworks
  • Cash prize winners announced and invited to speak about their work
Watch the recorded Zoom Reception here
Shannon Keller (California), The Live Forever, 2020, 22 x 30 inches, pencil on paper, $800
Erin Hunter (California), Upper Bidwell Wildflowers (for Desi), 2016, 11 x 11 (unframed), NFS
Joan Keesey (California), Hummingbird Sage (Salvia spathacea), 2013, Watercolor, 18 x 21 inches, NFS
Joan Keesey (California), Plummer's Mariposa Lily (Calochortus plummerae), 2011, Watercolor, 18 x 20 inches, NFS
Erin Hunter (California), Smith's Blue Butterfly and Coastal Buckwheat, 2011, acrylic, 8x10 inches, $900
Joan Keesey (California), Matilija Poppy, 2014, Watercolor, 19 x 22 inches, NFS
Erin Hunter (California), Floral Compass, 2017, acrylic, 24 x 24 inches (unframed), NFS
Rebecca Botelho (California), Lilium occidentale I, 2020, watercolor on paper, 11 x 13 inches, $250
Rebecca Botelho (California), Astragalus tener var. titi I, 2020, watercolor on paper, 11x 13 inches, $300
Keith Buswell (Nebraska), Siena, 2019, etching, 20x19 inches, $650
Keith Buswell (Nebraska), Orvieto, 2019, etching, 20x19 inches, $650
Keith Buswell (Nebraska), Pisa, 2019, etching, 20x19 inches, $650
Lauren Eisen (Colorado), Containment, encaustic, paper, grasses, smokebush on wood panel, 12 x 12 inches, NFS
Lauren Eisen (Colorado), Firelight, 2020, encaustic, metal, paper, grasses, clematis pod on wood panel, 12 x 12 inches, NFS
Lauren Eisen (Colorado), Ring of Fire, encaustic, paper, oregano, smokebush on wood panel, 12 x 24 inches, NFS
Linda Larson (California), Intertwined, 2020. Oil on panel, 24x18 inches, $1100
Helen Klebesadel (Wisconsin), Fringed Prairie Orchid, 2016, watercolor on canvas, 20x16 inches, $1200
Emily Suñez (California), Rise of Parish's Daisy, 2020, Oil on wood, 16x16 inches, $750
Gracie Gomes (California), Limnanthes Douglasii, 2020, colored pencil, 11x14 inches, SOLD
Dolores Mitchell (California), Stream of Gold, 2019, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches, $585
Helen Klebesadel (Wisconsin), Disappearing Prairie II, 2019, watercolor on paper, 40x30 inches, $6000
Marily Geary (California), Mending the Mountain, 2019, fiber, 52 x 40 inches, $2700
Saskia Krafft (California), Santa Barbara Island, 2020, pencil on paper, 11.69 x 16.53 inches, $650
Judy Kane (California), San Mateo Thornmint, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, $220 As a gardener, I regard any kind of mint the way you regard someone with no respect for boundaries. Liable to run roughshod over any kind of delineation. So if I had the opportunity, would I invite this plant to my garden party? Probably not. But fighting the loss of the species, the encroachment on its environs by development, is always necessary and the right thing to do.
Meghan Lacombe (California), Veiny Monardella, 2020, Oil Paint, 20x20 inches, $175
Carolyn McLeod (California), Cleveland Sage, California Fuchsia, and Pipevine Swallowtail, 2020, Photograph, 13 x10 inches (framed), $150
Lori Harrington (California), The Button Willow 2020 Photograph, 8x10 inches, NFS
Carolyn McLeod (California) Crysalis and Coulter's Matilija, 2020, Photograph on wrap canvas, 12 x 16 inches, $150
Carolyn McLeod (California), Coulter's Matilija Poppies, 2020, Photograph on wrap canvas, 12 x 16 inches, $150
Helen Klebesadel (Wisconsin), Prairie Milkweed Flower, 2016, watercolor on canvas, 20x24 inches, $1800
Marvey Mueller (California), Plummer's Mariposa Lily, 2020, Watercolor, pen & ink, 16x20 inches, $250
Alicia Escott (California), Collaborations with Wildflower Seeds: Metabolic Rifts and Domestic interiors, 2020, found plastic, soil, wildflower seeds, water, life force, NFS
Alicia Escott (California), Installation from Now the Totality Hits Us First, 2019, mixed media, NFS
Alicia Escott (California), Collaborations with Wildflower Seeds: Metabolic Rifts and Domestic interiors, 2020, found plastic, soil, wildflower seeds, water, life force, NFS
Julie Nagle (New Jersey), Blaze, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 5' x 6', $7000
Julie Nagle (New Jersey), Summer, Snow Mountain Ranch, Colorado, 6 x 8 feet, $9000
Patti Lloyd (California), Deep Roots, 2020, mixed media, $150
Sawyer Rose (California), Blue Sky, 2016, oil on panel, silver solder, copper, 45 x 45 x 1.5 inches, $4800
Sawyer Rose (California), Queen of Flowers 2013, oil on panel, silver solder, copper, 16 x 16 x 1.5 inches, $950
Sawyer Rose (California), Thicket, 2014, oil on panel, silver solder, copper, 21 x 21 x 1.5 inches, $1000
Robert Allen (Maryland), Earth Freshener, 2015, Latex paint and silkscreen ink on rigid polyurethane foam with applied pine scent, 74 x 44 x ¾ inches, $1425
Erin Wells (California), Buckwheat Endangered, 2020, Acrylic and Mixed media, 20 x 16 inches, $180
Julie Nagle (New Jersey), Afterimage, 2020, acrylic on un-stretched canvas (pins directly to wall), 8 x 12 feet, $20,000
Julie Nagle (New Jersey), Afterimage, 2020, acrylic on un-stretched canvas (pins directly to wall), 8 x 12 feet, $20,000