Join the search this October!

Presented by The Writing Loft

Francis Pickney is at it again! This time he’s after our very own public art. Last year he stole artifacts from our illustrious local museums and this year he’s daring you to catch him again! He’s got trucks ready in the alleys, chain saws oiled, and a sophisticated pulley system to haul them away! 

Oct 3—22 | 12:30—5:30 pm

1078 Gallery at 820 Broadway, Chico, CA 95928

Free

Presented by 1078 Gallery

This juried watermedia exhibition is an annual competition open to all living artists working with watermedia on paper. John Pugh will serve as entry selection juror and Salvatore Casa will serve as awards juror. Pugh is known for creating large trompe l’oeil wall murals giving the illusion of a three-dimensional scene. Pugh has been creating murals since the late 1970s. He attended California State University Chico receiving his BA in 1983 and the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2003. He has received numerous public and private commissions in the United States, Taiwan, and New Zealand. His particular mural style sparked the term “Narrative Illusionism.” Pugh currently lives in Truckee, CA. Sal Casa is a well-known painter, who has taught at CSU Chico and many other classes especially at the Chico Art Center. He is an award-winning member of the National Watercolor Society and his work is exhibited in Chico as well as around the country.

For more information please contact the 1078 Gallery at 343-1937 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Don't miss Chico's only Independent Film Festival! 

Wednesday, Oct. 19 to Sunday, Oct. 23

The Chico Independent Film Festival (CIFF California) draws Northern California artists and tourists to Chico. Chico independent filmmakers are in the forefront of digital film making. CIFF California melds local art and commerce with travel and tourism through Chico's only independent film festival!

The combination of local talent, virtual cooperative communities and interactive collaboration with local commerce and tourism ensures a successful event that will continue to highlight Chico filmmakers and artists. We look forward to promoting another facet of the vibrant Chico arts community during our second season of The Chico Independent Film Festival.

With humor, chutzpah and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and award-winning cinematographer Daniel B. Gold set out in search of the truth about polyvinyl chloride (PVC), America's most popular plastic. From Long Island to Louisiana to Italy, they unearth the facts about PVC and its effects on human health and the environment.

Back at the starter ranch, Helfand coaxes her terribly patient parents into replacing their vinyl siding on the condition that she can find a healthy, affordable alternative (and it has to look good!). A detective story, an eco-activism doc, and a rollicking comedy, BLUE VINYL puts a human face on the dangers posed by PVC at every stage of its life cycle, from factory to incinerator. Consumer consciousness and the "precautionary principle" have never been this much fun.

The University Film Series, part of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, features a different film sponsored by various programs each Tuesday night at 7:30 pm in Ayres 106.

Tonight’s showing is Blue Vinyl sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program.

For information, visit www.csuchico.edu/hfa/hc/gallery.html or call 530-898-4642.