SNOW GOOSE FESTIVAL 2012
January 20-February 12! Another wonderful Chico tradition, the Uptown/Downtown Wildlife and Pacific Flyway Art Exhibit, this year is at Avenue 9 (the Uptown location) and the Chico Art Center (Downtown)
Sneak Preview!
This juried exhibition opens with a sneak preview Friday January 20, 5-8 pm, music by Susan Schrader, Jazz singer, accompanied by Mike Wiegert on Guitar.
The formal reception Friday January 27 and continues through Sunday February 12, 2012 (tickets online at www.snowgoosefestival.org).
That's the night the Chico trolley migrates guests back and forth from Avenue 9 to the Chico Art Center. Free parking at Chico Nut Company, 9th & Oleander. Music by Charlie Robinson, guitar, and Lew Langworthy on drums.
PAULA BUSCH
“Tailgating”
encaustic
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ANOTHER LIFE-ENHANCING PROGRAM THIS YEAR
Thursday, April 12, 4 p.m.
Local historian Michele Shover, well-known for her tireless efforts to document the history and culture of Chico, will be giving a lecture at the gallery, "Chico's Endangered Icons: Architectural Preservation's Next Stage.
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CONTINUING
A new year of BCWS Teach-Ins at Avenue 9
Join us in 2012 for the Butte County Watercolor Society's monthly teach-ins at our Gallery. Details on these Sunday afternoon events are posted on the BCWS website (click here). For more information, call Cynthia Sexton at 318-2105 or EMAIL her.
CYNTHIA SEXTON
Reaching for the Sun, watercolor
MANSION UPDATES
We did great on our Chico Icons fundraiser for the mansion--a full tally will be available next week and we'll tell you how much we made for the project. Don't forget to check in at the Bidwell Mansion Community Project (BMCP) www.savebidwellmansion.org for all the latest updates. See BIG article by Katy Sweeny with lots of updates in Tuesday Jan 17 E-R HERE.
Keep checking in with us here, in the E-R, and also on the BMCP's website (HERE) where you may sign on to receive periodic updates.The best way to donate to the cause is by mailing checks to the North Valley Community Foundation at 3120 Cohasset Road Suite 8, Chico CA 95973 with "Bidwell Mansion Community Project" or "BMCP" in the memo line.
Video announcing the Kick-Off for the "Run for Bidwell Mansion" to take place March 31
The BMCP is planning to publish a weekly "thermometer" or gauge to show where we are on the road to our $100K goal!
Meanwhile, the E-R is jumping in by donating $30 from new subscriptions to the paper. Click HERE for the flyer.
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CALL FOR ARTISTS
Avenue 9's yearly Chico Icons is moving to a new summer time slot, this year opening August 3 to September 1!
Chico Icons 2012:
Endangered Icons
Application deadline:
June 30, 2012
“Chico Icons 2012: Endangered Icons” will keep the issue of Bidwell Mansion front and center while also drawing attention to other endangered places such as the Veteran’s Memorial Hall, the Post Office Building on 5th Street, the Matador Motel in additional to our natural treasures, like Bidwell Park, our waterways, and wildlife habitat. What you focus on is your choice, but one item on our wish-list is to create a wall of views of Bidwell Mansion (think of Hokusai or Hiroshige's woodcuts, 36 Views of Mt. Fuji or Hiroshige's 100 views of Edo!). This is the place where Life and Art combine and artists become the best ambassadors to communal dialogue and cultural identity.
