University Art Gallery
Alva Taylor Hall
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
Fall 2008 Gallery Schedule
Narrative Shorts International Film + Video Festival
THIS TUESDAY: Special screening and reception: Tuesday, November 18, beginning at 7:30 PM, University Film Series, Little Theater, Ayres 106 ($3 suggested donation)
A program of film and video works that are narrative in structure.
November 4 - 20
Scott Eathorne: Selling Hopkins (8:20), 2007.
16 filmmakers, 15 films
On view in the gallery: November 4 - 20
Participating filmmakers: Terry Chatkupt, Los Angeles, California; Scott Eathorne, Melbourne, Australia; Jenn Figg, Jennifer Smith, Sean Stewart, Kristine Trever and Melinda White, Richmond, Virginia; Jelmar Hufen, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Aleta Lanier, Carbondale, Illinois; Riaz Mehmood, Montréal, Québec; R.T. Pannell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Julie Perini, Portland, Oregon; Christopher Robbins, Vranje, Serbia and Queens, New York; Eugene Rodriguez, San Francisco, California; Bradly Dever Treadaway, Brooklyn, New York; Lisa Vinebaum, Montreal, Quebec.
Please note: the gallery will be closed Tuesday, November 11, in observance of Veteran's Day.
December 1 - 7
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
Still Point in the Turning World
Jennie Yates
Folded Circle Graph (detail), folded paper on panel, 95 x 190 in., 2008
About her work, Ms. Yates says: "My work is based on mark-making. The process of mark-making, and the significance of the mark, itself, are paramount. The folding of the paper with a bone folder is more subtle in result - the action is more of a focus, and the evidence is quieter, and because of the texture that results, more textural and palpable."
Wednesday, December 3:
Artist talk, 5 - 5:30 PM
Reception, 5:30 - 7 PM
Past exhibitions
Contemporary/Abstract
Ian Harvey, Richard Martinez, Kim Squaglia
Harvey
Martinez
Squaglia
August 28 - September 21
This group exhibition features 3 artists from the Sacramento area who each pursue an organic and biomorphic approach to abstraction. Their artworks transform the natural appearance of their subjects, giving visual form to non-visual ideas and expressions. Artworks courtesy of JayJay, a contemporary gallery located in Sacramento, California.
Thursday, September 4: Beth Jones and Lynda Jolley, JayJay co-owners, will give an informal gallery talk at 5 PM on September 4, followed by a reception.
Nature & Spirit: The Landscape Photographs of Ansel Adams
October 2 - 30
October 2: Michael Adams - Ansel Adams, A Son's Perspective, 5 PM, Trinity 100, followed by a reception at the University Art Gallery, 6 - 8 PM
Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, 1940. Photograph by Ansel Adams
Photograph courtesy of the Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona. Copyright the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.
Guest co-curator: Tom Patton, Professor, Department of Art & Art History, California State University, Chico
Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984) is the legendary photographer and environmentalist best known for his visionary landscape photographs, particularly those taken in California's Yosemite Valley. Adams' work transcended mere documentation: he pioneered the idea of previsualizing what the print should look like, based upon a desire to communicate his feelings about the actual scene. Alison Jaques, granddaughter of Ansel Adams and a Chico State alum (BS, Business '83), has graciously loaned the photographs on view in Nature & Spirit.
Special events - four presentations will take place Thursday evenings during the exhibition:
Michael Adams - Ansel Adams, A Son's Perspective, Oct. 2, 5 PM, Trinity 100, followed by a reception at the University Art Gallery, 6 - 8 PM
Byron Wolfe - Yosemite and Beyond: Revisiting Ansel Adams' Singular Vision, Oct. 9, 5 PM, Trinity 100
Tom Patton - In Context: Ansel Adams and the American Landscape, Oct. 16. 5 PM, Ayres 201
Linda Connor - LANDSCAPE: the Ground for Many Things, Oct. 23, 5 PM, Ayres 201