University Art Gallery
Alva Taylor Hall
Please note: California State University has implemented a system-wide program of State Budget Closure Days. Closure dates and legal holidays that affect the gallery schedule are noted below.
The University Art Gallery is located on the California State University, Chico campus in Taylor Hall at First St. and Normal St. The gallery is a student-centered exhibition space that focuses on original works by regional, national and international artists. Students, faculty and staff from throughout the University as well as visitors from the City of Chico and surrounding region utilize the gallery's resources. The gallery program seeks to demystify the arts by furnishing its visitors with a meaningful artistic experience and providing insight into the creative process. All gallery events are free and open to the public (unless otherwise noted).
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Gallery Hours:
Monday - Friday, 10 AM - 4 PM
Saturday & Sunday, Noon - 4 PM
Location:
111 Taylor Hall, on First Street between Normal and Salem Streets
Mailing address:
University Art Gallery
Department of Art & Art History
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0820
Gallery Curator: Jason Tannen
Office: 530-898-5864
Email: jtannen@csuchico.edu
2009 - 2010 Exhibition Schedule
Current:
8th National Janet Turner Print Competition Exhibition
January 26 - February 21, 2010
Tracy Otten, Back to Basics , waterless litho, relief and pochoir mono.
Jenny Robinson, Harrison Street Billboard , monoprint.
Sylvia Solock-Walters, Women's Work is Never Done , woodcut.
An overview of the creativity of printmakers from all over the United States. This exhibition features prints from both established and emerging artists and will be on view in two locations: the University Art Gallery and The Turner at Meriam Library. Work selected by juror Ruth Weisberg, a noted painter and printmaker, Dean of Fine Arts at University of Southern California, and an artist of international reputation, with numerous group and solo exhibitions.
Please note: the gallery will be closed Friday and Monday, February 12 and 15.
Gathering Light: Photographs from Chico Area Collections
March 2 - 28
Photographs by Eugene Atget, Ruth Bernhard, Betty Hahn, Tina Modotti, W. Eugene Smith, Jerry Uelsmann, Edward Weston, and others from the University and private collections.
Eugene Atget, Eclipse, 1911; W. Eugene Smith, from the series Pittsburgh, 1955-56; Ruth Bernhard, In the Box, Horizontal, 1962 (recent gift from the Estate of Ruth Bernhard, San Francisco, California).
Reception: Thursday, March 4, 5:30 - 7:30PM
Please note: the gallery will be closed Monday through Friday, March 15 - 19.
Master of Fine Arts Culminating Exhibitions
April 5 - 10: Elizabeth Newman Kuiper
April 12 - 17: Sandi Escobar
Fifty-fifth Annual Juried Student Exhibition
Installation view, 2009 student exhibition.
May 3-16
Featuring works in a wide variety of media submitted by Chico State art students and selected by an outside juror.
Previous 2009 - 2010 Exhibitions
Bay Area Glass
August 27 - September 24
John Lewis ...................
Pamina Traylor
John Lewis and Pamina Traylor
An exhibition featuring 14 works by glass artists John Lewis and Pamina Traylor. John Lewis, one of the first artists to open a hot glass studio in the Bay Area, explores the possibilities of cast glass as a sculptural medium. Pamina Traylor creates solid glass forms combined with structures in other media such as metal.
Reception: Thursday, September 3, 5PM - 7PM
Please note: the gallery will be closed Monday and Tuesday, September 7 and 8.
Parts of Speech
Sound installation by Pamela Z
Photo credit: Lori Eanes
October 8 - November 13
A sound installation by Pamela Z, the internationally-acclaimed San Francisco-based composer/performer and audio artist who works primarily with voice, live electronic processing and sampling technology. Parts of Speech combines sound and video, and addresses the nature and meaning of language.
Please note: the gallery will be open Noon - 7:30PM on October 11. The gallery will be closed on the following dates: Thursday, October 15, Monday, November 2 and Wednesday, November 11.
Pamela Z in performance – tickets available at the University Art Gallery M–F, 10AM – 4PM!
Works for Voice and Electronics
Photo credits: Lori Eanes (left); Donald Swearingen
Sunday, October 11, 8PM
Wismer Theatre, located at the corner of W. Second and Chestnut Streets, in the Performing Arts Center
Reception at the University Art Gallery, following the performance
Tickets available at the University Art Gallery, Monday – Friday, 10AM – 4PM
$10 in advance, $12 at the door (cash only)
For more information about Pamela Z, visit her WEBSITE.
2nd Annual Narrative Shorts International Film Festival
December 1 - 16
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(from left): Living Temple , Rachel Phillips; Law and Order , Richard Stecz and William Stetz; The Atomic Adventures of Jack Kerouac, Jack Feldstein
An international program of film and video works that are narrative in structure. The films will be shown in the gallery with continuous screenings.
Films:
Law and Order (2009) 2:05, Richard Stecz and William Stetz
A Season of Wants (2008) 2:20, Ron Diorio
The Atomic Adventures of Jack Kerouac (2008) 5:30, Jack Feldstein
Ilene's Trip Home (2009) 3:36, Briena Harmening
Ilene and God's Punishment (2009) 3:53, Briena Harmening
d r e a d (2009) 7:56, Diane Teramana
Spin (2009) 1:35, L. Ashwyn Collins
39 Times (2007) 4:20, Ary Hernandez
Diary of a Hitman (2008) 5:35, Ary Hernandez
Living Temple (2008) 7:08, Rachel Phillips
Total program running time, approximately 45:00 minutes
