SNOW GOOSE FESTIVAL 2012
January 20-February 12! The Uptown/Downtown Wildlife and Pacific Flyway Art Exhibit at Avenue 9 Gallery and the Chico Art Center opened Friday January 20, 5-8 pm, continues through Sunday February 12, 2012. It's a beautiful show and make sure you come see it.
BLING FLING
During the Friday ARTabout Friday Feb 10 (4-8 pm), catch our seven jewelry making guild artists in a pre-Valentine Day "Bling Fling" show (through February 12). Lots of shiny things!
OPENING FEBRUARY 17, 5- 8 pm
Darren Names "Visual Enlightenment;" and Augie Velasquez, "Star Dust", through March 17. A show of photographs, paintings, and sculptures by two of our newest guild members.
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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.
MANSION UPDATES
Join us one and all for the next Community and Steering Committee Meeting Wednesday February 8, 7 pm at the Bidwell Mansion Visitor's center. There will be an announcement in the paper, of course, and don't forget to keep checking in at the Bidwell Mansion Community Project (BMCP) website www.savebidwellmansion.org for all the latest. Also please read the big January 26 CN&R article (HERE) and see the rising new thermometer in the E-R to be published every Monday on page 2A (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.
Join us in creating yet another Chiconic blockbuster for the pleasure of North State locals and visitors alike!
HIROSHIGE, The Sea Off Satta
LOVE YOUR LIBRARY
February 18 (3-5 pm)
Butte County's Joint Friends of the Library (JFOL) will join us to celebrate Steve Ferchaud's "Love Your Library" poster. Steve, with his original vibrant watercolor, will be honored and will answer questions about his work. The JFOL will be there with refreshments and lots of information about supporting our local public libraries. Read more about all this HERE.
STEVE FERCHAUD
Love Your Library, watercolor
CHICO ICONS
PEOPLE'S CHOICE:
IT'S A TIE!
Once again the winners are two photographers for two very evocative images you can get lost in!
KARMA GANZLER
Gray Lodge Winter Landscape, Photo
CAMILLE DE GANON
Walnuts in Tule Fog, Photo
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ARTabout
The next Uptown ARTabout is February 10 just in time for our "Bling Fling," featuring shiny stuff for your favorite Valentine(s).
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AN ADDITION TO
THE GUILD
Avenue 9 is pleased to welcome our newest member, Augie Velasquez, whose medium is sculpture in stone. Look for an exhibit of his work in February.
