April 30 - May 17
A Community-Made Installation & Fundraiser
Closing Reception & Silent Auction Friday, May 17, 6:00 - 8:30 PM
*Bidding ends at 8:00 PM
Artists Jeb Sisk, Titus Willoughby Woods and friends, David Dragonboy Sutherland and Lauren Meichtry bring back the largest public participatory exhibit in Northern California. The Puzzle Show originated at the 24 Hr Drive-By Gallery decades ago by David "Sisko" Sisk, his son, Jeb Sisk, and Titus Willoughby Woods.
March 9
PICK UP
Come to Chico Art Center to pick up a blank puzzle piece for $20 while they last!
Be part of the show by transforming a piece. Paint, draw, collage, knit, assemblage, burn, carve, mosaic, upholster, papier mâché, sculpt, 3D print, laser cut, circuit bend... let your imagination run wild!
Kids under 15 receive a free puzzle piece with the purchase of one puzzle piece.
April 13-14
DROP OFF
Bring your finished pieces back to the Chico Art Center, Saturday & Sunday, April 13-14, 10AM – 4PM.
All of the puzzle pieces will be painstakingly installed across all of the gallery walls to reveal a high relief mural. The overall effect is a total surprise!
April 30 - May 17
The exhibit opens April 30th. Come celebrate creativity and bid on a piece! The silent auction starts on the first day and ends during the closing reception.
RECEPTION & SILENT AUCTION
Friday, May 17, 6:00 - 8:30PM
*Bidding ends at 8:00
Come enjoy the company of friends and fellow makers over refreshments while bidding on your favorite pieces! The winning bidders pick up their artwork Saturday and Sunday, May 18 & 19, the weekend after the auction, from 10am - 4pm.
Project Designers
Titus Willoughby Woods
Paint brushes and splashes! The perfect metaphor for art in action. Who's going to clean up this mess?!
Jeb Sisk
Gourds the perfect organic shape, no one alike, just like the puzzle show. I’m amazed and inspired by this show every time it comes together. Thanks to all the incredibly talented people in this community and beyond who help shape this show into what you see on the walls. Without the 350 plus people who participated this year, you would only see blank plywood puzzle pieces on the walls.
David Dragonboy Sutherland
@dragonboy56
I began the sketches for my puzzle design here in the gallery the day I came to measure the walls, I was compelled. The designs are simplified versions of dragonmasks or mahakala. Drawings that emulate the ineffable nature of the human spirit and have the capacity to ward off evil spirits. I was immediately intrigued by each shape in knowing that many hands would take part in recreating the whole. The alien space ships are part of a larger question of who we REALLY are as human beings. Putting together the puzzles made my heart want to explode. The final results remind me of the zoomorphs of the Maya. Long live Sisko and Bob Speer!
Lauren Meichtry
laurenmeichtry.com
In this piece, the neighborhoods bustle with life, and the connections that bring them together are you, the community, whose works connect neighbors together!
This project wouldn’t be possible without all of you, the hundreds of artists who contributed a piece of your imagination to form this bigger picture, this city we call home. Thank you!
Lauren Meichtry’s design for this project revolves around exploration and community. Much of her work centers upon analyzing, interpreting, and emphasizing with community and human interactions.
by Jennie Blevins, April 25, 2024
Ray Laager interviews Lisa Freeman-Wood about the Puzzle Show, April 25, 6:30pm, 2024
