The 2011 Window Art Project includes dozens of local artists partnering with downtown businesses to exhibit their art in storefront windows. This is the 17th October that Chico has participated in National Arts and Humanities Month which is a coast to coast collective celebration of arts and culture in the daily lives of Americans. 

The event is also part of Chico's 7th annual Artoberfest festivities. Free Walking Tour Maps and the artist's contact information are available inside businesses displaying Window Art Project plaques.
 
The Arts Commission started the Window Art Project in 1994 with the goal of promoting local artists and art as economic development by integrating art work, street level, into the vibrant downtown marketplace.  Display spaces and merchandise are activated in unexpected ways and, at its leisure, the public is exposed to the city's artists. What started as a small effort with about 15 participants has grown into a fruitful collaboration that benefits the business, the artist, and the community.

Local Art in Downtown Businesses

Presented by the City of Chico Arts Commission

All Cats and Dogs

228 Main Street

Artist: Jean Summerville

Media: Acrylic

Art Etc

122 West 3^rd Street

Artist: David Simcox

Media: Linocut, tiles, ink, giclee

All Fired Up

830 Broadway

Artist: Janice Hofmann

Media: Architectural ceramics

Artist: Linda Marie Bird

Media: Glass

Artist: Diane West

Media: Glass

Bank of America

400 Broadway

Artist: Judy Johnson, Annie Star Quilt Guild

Media: Fabric

Betty’s on Broadway

245 Broadway

Artist: Marianna Love

Media: Water color, collage

Birkenstock

333 Broadway

Artist: Kay Wooldridge

Media: Metal, ceramics

Bustolini’s

800 Broadway

Artist: Marie Collar

Media: Acrylic

Café Flo

365 East 6^th Street

Artist: Chris Jennings

Media: Batik

Chico Chamber of Commerce

300 Salem Street

Authors: Skyway Poets

Media: Poetry 

Chico Paper Company

345 Broadway

Artist: Ellen Heise

Media: Oil on canvas

Artist: Jake Early

Media: Serograph

Artist: Janet Turner

Media: Printmaking

Cycle Sport

212 West 2^nd Street

Artist: Mike Shaw

Media: Glass

Country Squyres Antiques

164 East 3^rd Street

Artist: Michelle Camy

Media: Mixed Media

Christian Science Reading Room

188 East 3^rd Street

Artist: Garnetta Finnegan

Media: Giclée

Cottonparty

337 Broadway

Artist: Carla Greslie

Media: Mixed media

Ellis Art Supplies

122 Broadway

Artist: Teresa Renfro

Media: Various

Fleet Feet

241 Main Street

Artist: Shelly White

Media: Ceramics 

For Elyse

228 Broadway

Artist: Kathie Bechard

Media: Acrylic

James Snidle Fine Arts

254 East 4^th Street

Artist: Peggy Jane Murray

Media: Serigraph prints

Katie’s Corner

247 Main Street

Artist: Dolores Mitchell

Media: Watercolor

Lyon Books

121 West 5^th Street

Authors: M. Margolin, A. Platt

Media: California History

Made in Chico

127 West 3^rd Street

Artist: Paula Busch

Media: Encaustic

Magna Carta

113 West 2^nd Street

Artist: Lois Perkins

Media: Watercolor

Mid Valley Title

601 Main Street

Artist: Charlie Osborne

Media: Photography

Monk’s

128 West 2^nd Street

Artist: Caitlin Schwerin

Media: Oil

Mountain Sports

176 East 3^rd Street

Artist: Gary Baugh

Media: Acrylic

Mundy & Co

152 East 2^nd Street 

Artist: Susan Chin

Media: Jewelry Art

Nantucket

603 Broadway

Artist: Ilona Cronan

Media Acrylic

North Rim

178 East 2^nd Street

Artist: George Koszis

Media: Mixed Metal

Needham Glass

237 Broadway

Artist: Aaron Needham

Media: Oils

Artist: Mick Needham

Media: Stained Glass

Powder Room

239 Broadway

Artist: Saniya Talhouk

Media: Mixed Media

Raw Bar

346 Broadway

Artist: Geri Mahood

Media: Acrylic

Robin Marie’s Shoes

215 Main Street

Artist: Carole Sarra

Media: Oil

San Francisco Flowers

116 Broadway

Artist: Muir Hughes

Media: Textile, Mixed Media

Three Sixty Ecotique
511 Main Street
    Artist: Christine Risha Fulton
    Media: Mixed Media

1078 Gallery
820 Broadway
    Artist: Butte County Watercolor Society
    Media: Watercolor

The Address
240 Main Street #100
    Artist: Steve Nielson
    Media: Metal   

Tom Foolery
126 West 3rd Street
    Artist: Misty Leppard
    Media: Glass

Upper Crust
130 Main Street
    Artist: Gitta Brewster
    Media: Acrylic, Pastel

Vagabond Rose
236 Main Street
    Artist: Elizabeth Shepherd
    Media: Photography

    Artist: Sal Casa
    Media: Prints

Wall Street Salon
252 East 4th Street
    Artist: Peggy Jane Murray
    Media: Prints

Zucchini & Vine
204 Main Street
    Artist: Bill Flake
    Media: Ceramics

    Artist: Chunhong Chang
    Media: Oil Painting