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Artists Register for OSAT 2022

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OPEN STUDIOS ART TOUR

2022 Weekends

October 15-16, 10:00am - 5:00pm
October 22-23, 10:00am - 5:00pm
GALLERY EXHIBITION
October 1-23

 

OSAT is a two-weekend event throughout Butte County. Patrons pay $15 for a Guidebook with map and contact information to visit you in your environment as you share your studio practice and welcome collectors to purchase your work. Over 60 artists participate.

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Follow Local COVID-19 Guidelines in your area

Who is Eligible?

  • Artists in Butte County may open your studios in-person or exhibit on ChicoOSAT.com only, if you do not have a studio.
  • Artists in Northern California w/o a studio in Butte County can participate by exhibiting your work on ChicoOSAT.com.
  • Former OSAT Artists affected by the Campfire may participate virtually if you no longer live in Butte County.

Registration open until July 10th, 2022

  • $150 Individual (includes $40 membership)
  • $275 Family (2 artists in the same household, includes 2 memberships)

*Register late by July 31st for an additional fee of $25

What Do I Need To Register?

  1. Contact Info for membership
  2. Studio Address
  3. High Resolution image of your work for the Guidebook; Format .jpeg, .jpg, Resolution 150-300 dpi, File Size 1 - 2MB, 4 x 2 inches/ 600 x 600 pixels minimum.
  4. Credit Card, Check or PayPal

What do I get as an OSAT Artist?

  1. Promotion, promotion, promotion . . . CAC directs visitors to you!
  • Group exhibition at Chico Art Center for the month of October
  • Weekly eblasts + a monthly eNewsletter to a mailing list of 1500 art enthusiasts
  • Chico Art Center Facebook - 1.7K Likes 
  • Open Studios Art Tour Facebook page, posts, and events
  • Instagram posts and tags to 1465 followers
  • Postcards to 300 members
  • Posters at local businesses
  • Guidebook
  • Open Studios Art Tour website ChicoOSAT.com for 1 year
  • Artists interviews in local publications
  • Regular, radio highlight Public Service Announcements
  • Signage for studio visits

2. Video tutorials to help you make quality photos and videos.

3. Support with your webpage design and content.

4. Local resources for contacting photographers and videographers.

Questions?  For questions about the gallery exhibition, contact the Gallery Director, Cameron Kelly at gallerydirectorcac[at]gmail.com. For other questions contact OSAT Team Leader, Lisa Freeman-Wood at Lfreemanwood[at]yahoo.com

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24hr access for 1 year

All artists have a page on ChicoOSAT.com

Grow Your Audience

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

Build Community

Join artists in Butte County to share your paintings, sculpture, photographs, prints, glass art, textiles and more.

Click Here To Register

Greetings Artists!

You may continue to engage OSAT Patrons by updating your ChicoOSAT.com page. Login to ChicoOSAT.com, click on your thumbnail image on the homepage and then select "edit" to update your images and info.

Go to ChicoOSAT.com

Sample Artist Webpage

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
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Thursday Night Farmer’s Market

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Space is FREE to all artists, and pop-up tents and tables are supplied. Artists just register for a booth, then show up with your art. If you are interested in having a booth, click on the button to register. We have open spaces still available throughout the Market’s season, so register for as many as you like until Sept 22. If you are a student or group of students who are interested, you are welcome to register!

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May-June 2022 | Andrea Bacigalupo

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Freedom to Roam

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Sculpture and Print Work by Andrea Bacigalupo

May 7-June 26

Reception & Artist Talk: Saturday, May 7, 5-7 PM

An exhibition of cast concrete sculpture and print work by the bay area artist previously exhibited in the California Contemporary Sculpture exhibit.

This exhibition is generously sponsored by The Art House.

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Statement

Freedom of movement and the freedom to roam, themes of past and present, and family and relationships, are highlighted in my work. I make lists, take photographs and glean from my environment and surroundings. I walk in urban, rural, and wild settings, and write in connection with making objects, usually reflecting on family and relationships, and observing how the past and the present exist at the same time.

With sculptural objects formed in concrete, I make spatial fields by placing basic concrete forms; rods, planks, slabs, wedges, ramps, and arcs in an environment. The space is an invitation to viewers to enter the field - an architectural invitation - and to move or roam freely around the objects. I believe the freedom to roam and move has the power to create an inner harmony and our own inner music.

Biography

Andrea Bacigalupo was born and raised in the Central San Joaquin Valley. She has a large extended family in both the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City -- the birth places of her parents. She has always enjoyed making tactile objects. She has a vivid memory of making a small two tiered planter box out of wood when she was about 14 and also remembers what her kindergarten teacher said about her on her report card and believes it's still true today, "Andrea draws very lovely pictures when she takes her time."

Bacigalupo is influenced by architectural, industrial, and interior design, the organic life of cities, and movement of all kinds. Andrea received a BA from Santa Clara University, a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, and an MFA from the California College of the Arts, and has shown her work in the Bay Area, New York, and in Europe. She lives and works in Oakland, CA with her husband and two teenage children.

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