2025-2026 Exhibitions
Fall Semester, 2025
Nexo Entre Raíces | Nexus Between Roots
September 2-December 13, 2025
Nexo Entre Raíces | Nexus Between Roots brings together thirty-three contemporary artists working on either side of the US-Mexico border. Through powerful and timely prints, this exhibition explores how our cultural roots shape and define us. Organized by artist Marco Sánchez, Nexo Entre Raíces has traveled to the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Kent State University, and the El Paso Museum of Art and will be shown for the first time in California at The Turner.
Artist Talk & Opening Reception
Thursday, October 2 at 5:30 PM
Performing Arts Center, Room 134 | Reception to follow at the Turner
This exhibition is generously supported by the Chico State Women's Philanthropy Council and a City of Chico Arts and Culture Grant.
Spring Semester, 2026
Pressing Poetry: From Broadsides to Book Arts
January 20-March 14, 2026
This exhibition explores the intersections of poetry and printmaking in the Turner collection. Discover work by over 20 poets, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Billy Collins, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Naomi Shihab Nye, Anne Sexton and more. Featuring letterpress printing, illustrated books, and contemporary broadsides, prepare to be delighted by the poetic art of print.
Talk & Opening Reception
Thursday, January 29 at 5:30 PM
Performing Arts Center, Room 134 | Reception to follow at the Turner
This exhibition is generously supported by Jan and Russ Burnham.
30th Juried Student Printmaking Exhibition
April 7-May 9, 2026
Celebrate three decades of student printmakers at Chico State with our annual juried student exhibition, showcasing new and experimental approaches to printmaking.
Student Awards Ceremony & Opening Reception
Thursday, April 16 at 5:30 PM
Performing Arts Center, Room 134 | Reception to follow at the Turner
2026 Printmaking Juror
Leyla Jamil Rzayeva is a first generation American artist born to Azerbaijani and Russian parents. She takes inspiration from theatrical productions to look at spectatorship and gaze. Leyla works with installation, photography, sculpture and printmaking to create spaces of perception and transformation with a focus on the Bay Area, Caucasus, West and Central Asia. Leyla is a Graduate Teaching Associate at San Francisco State University and Artist Residency Manager at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, CA. Her work has been exhibited at Berkeley Art Center, Root Division, the de Young Museum, Skyline College, and 500 Capp Street Spring Invitational.