Artist: Gregg Payne
Location: Ceres Avenue Bridge Abutments in Lindo Channel
Date: 2004
Dimensions: 12' x 16'
Funding Source: General Fund (Parks)
Selection Process: Artist was selected from City of Chico Artist Registry.
Metal leaves wind through the building's high trellis that fronts the corner of the building.
Artist: Charles Withuhm
Date: 2004
Location: Corner of 7th and Salem
Funding Source: 50% match RDA and 50% from property owner
Selection Process: RDA Public Art Fund Matching Program
Scott working on his portion of the mural.
Artists: Scott Teeple and Mabrie Ormes
Year completed: 2004
Dimension: 200 feet long by 6' high
Media: Paint
Location: Midway Bikepath near East Park Avenue
Funding Source: 50% construction budget and 50% Chico Velo Club
Selection Process: Artists selected by Chico Velo Club
Mabrie Ormes’ mural depict botanical images of wildflowers found in Butte County.
Artists: Scott Teeple and Mabrie Ormes
Year completed: 2004
Dimension: 200 feet long by 6' high
Media: Paint
Location: Midway Bikepath near East Park Avenue
Funding Source: 50% construction budget and 50% Chico Velo Club
Selection Process: Artists selected by Chico Velo Club
Artist: Gregg Payne
Location: Ceres Avenue Bridge Abutments in Lindo Channel
Date: 2004
Dimensions: 12' x 16'
Funding Source: General Fund (Parks)
Selection Process: Artist was selected from City of Chico Artist Registry.
Sixteen murals were painted with different styles of aerosol art techniques by artists working individually or collaboratively. Project was developed in response to mitigate graffii issues on the underpass.
Artists: Gregg Payne, Rosalina Acevedo, Ben Bertucci, Daniel Beebe, Jordan Nickel, Matt Loomis, Justin Maxwell, Chase Moreau, Matt Comer, Michael Giannattasio
Year completed: 2005
Location: Highway 99 Underpass at Lindo Channel
Funding Source: General fund
Selection: City Manager selected lead artist Chase Moreau on recommendation by Art Projects Coordinator to manage project and subcontract art work.
Scott Teeple’s mural depicts an aerial view of the route of the annual Wildflower Century Bike Event.
Artists: Scott Teeple and Mabrie Ormes
Year completed: 2004
Dimension: 200 feet long by 6' high
Media: Paint
Location: Midway Bikepath near East Park Avenue
Funding Source: 50% construction budget and 50% Chico Velo Club
Selection Process: Artists selected by Chico Velo Club
The Ancestor Gates were designed by Artist Jenny Hale in collaboration with members of the Chapman community. The primary goal of this public art project was to involve youth in a creative activity emphasizing the importance of recycling. The multi-cultural theme grew directly from community input. Children and elders from the surrounding neighborhoods volunteered over 750 hours of time to research cultural images and create the mosaics which adorn each Ancestor Gate.
To the west is Laos, home of the Laotian and Hmong people. The aluminum disc spells "Time is Precious" in Laotian. Search the mosaics and explore images of textiles and important objects from Hmong culture. Find needlepoint designs called star flower, rooster comb, tiger face, and elephant’s foot. Discover a ceremonial bamboo instrument called the "qeej" as well as a rice sickle, chicken, silver necklace, and shaman’s gong.
The Ancestor Gates were designed by Artist Jenny Hale in collaboration with members of the Chapman community. The primary goal of this public art project was to involve youth in a creative activity emphasizing the importance of recycling. The multi-cultural theme grew directly from community input. Children and elders from the surrounding neighborhoods volunteered over 750 hours of time to research cultural images and create the mosaics which adorn each Ancestor Gate.
To the south, the Aztecs worshiped Quetzalcoati, the feathered serpent, in the land we now call Mexico. Quetzalcoati was revered as the originator of the Mexican civilization, the patron, and the inventor of its arts and crafts. The mosaics on the body of the sculpture are inspired by the motif of Aztec pyramids.
The Ancestor Gates were designed by Artist Jenny Hale in collaboration with members of the Chapman community. The primary goal of this public art project was to involve youth in a creative activity emphasizing the importance of recycling. The multi-cultural theme grew directly from community input. Children and elders from the surrounding neighborhoods volunteered over 750 hours of time to research cultural images and create the mosaics which adorn each Ancestor Gate.
Travel east and reach the African continent, birthplace of ancient rhythms that are the basis for much modern music including Rock’n Roll, Jazz, and Latin Salsa. The heartbeat, amplified by an African drum, is translated into a complex system of poly-rhythms and fluid dance movements that express so many aspects of being alive.
The Ancestor Gates were designed by Artist Jenny Hale in collaboration with members of the Chapman community. The primary goal of this public art project was to involve youth in a creative activity emphasizing the importance of recycling. The multi-cultural theme grew directly from community input. Children and elders from the surrounding neighborhoods volunteered over 750 hours of time to research cultural images and create the mosaics which adorn each Ancestor Gate.
In North America and the ground on which you stand, the first Americans lived in deep harmony with nature. The Mechoopda Indian tribe lived in Chico. The arch of their gate is inspired by a flicker feather headdress worn in dance ceremonies. The columns represent willow bundles tied with fabric, used for basketry.
The design of the fountain includes six identical bronze trout poised in a chorus line on top of a Sierra White Granite stone measuring 31" X 10' 6". Water spouts from the mouths of the fish and flow over the granite into a rectangular, shallow basin surrounded by a concrete bench.
The artists wanted to create the feeling of an old city well/fountain where people sought water and shared information. In those times the well was the center of the community as is the "Dancing Trout" fountain which is situated in the heart of Chico at the City Municipal Center across from the downtown City Plaza.
Artists: Patrick Collentine and Susan Larsen
Year completed: 2003
Dimensions: 8' X 20', including base
Media: Tile, concrete, and bronze
Location: 421 Main Street
Funding Source: RDA Art Fund and Maintenance Funds
Selection Process: Local request for proposals. Selection panel consisting of arts professionals, community members and project manager.
Hand blown and beveled glass has been cut, leaded and etched to depict the foothill landscape, creek and clouds.
Note: View art work from all three floors of the building and be sure to come back at night for an illuminated view from the Municipal Center Building parking lot.
Artist: Elizabeth Devereaux, Chico, CA
Date: 1999
Dimensions: 60' X 26'
Media: Stained Glass
Location: Municipal Center Building, 411 Main Street
Funding Source: Municipal Center Building construction budget
Selection Process: Northern California request for proposals. Selection Panel consisting of arts professionals, community members and project manager.
Note: The sculpture is set on a timer and each night it takes a different shape.
Artist: Lowell Jones, Chico, CA
Date: 1987
Dimensions: 5' X 8', including base
Media: Kinetic, Fiberglass over Steel
Location: Municipal Center Building, 411 Main Street
City Hall 1872, Mural by Scott Teeple
Artist: Eddy Martinez Hood, Paradise, CA
Date: 1982
Dimensions: 7.5' X 8.5'
Media: Manzanita Wood, Auto Paint
Location: Municipal Center Building, 411 Main Street
Artists: Susan Larsen and Patrick Collentine, Chico, CA
Landscape Architect: Land Image, Chico, CA
Date: 2001
Dimensions: 9' X 296'
Media: Concrete, Bronze
Location: Chico Municipal Airport
Funding Source: RDA Art Fund
Selection Process: Invitation.
Using one hundred years of flying activity at the airport site as their inspiration, the artist team designed the sidewalk to be constructed as part of an airport parking lot expansion project
Note: The brass centerpiece of the compass is the symbol for the Chico airport which is used by pilots.
Artists: Susan Larsen and Patrick Collentine, Chico, CA
Landscape Architect: Land Image, Chico, CA
Date: 2001
Dimensions: 9' X 296'
Media: Concrete, Bronze
Location: Chico Municipal Airport
Funding Source: RDA Art Fund
Selection Process: Invitation.
The artist sought to design a fence that would be functional and decorative as well as meaningful to the users of the park and to the neighborhood.
Note: The cut out designs on either side of the gates are enlargements of computer circuit boards.
Artist: Eddy Martinez Hood, Paradise, CA
Landscape Architect: Land Image, Chico, CA
Date: 1999
Media: Steel
Location: Humboldt Avenue Skatepark
Funding Source: RDA Art Fund and Humboldt Avenue Skatepark
Selection Process: Local request for proposals. Selected by project designer, Park Director and Art Coordinator
The art work is the artist's response to the area's history and natural beauty. The textured fiberglass includes direct casts from local farm, railroad and natural artifacts.
Note: Reach out and touch it.
Artist: Dayton Claudio, Chico, CA
Date: 1996
Dimensions: Two 16' X 10' panels
Media: Cast Fiberglass, Acrylic Paint
Location: Downtown Parking Structure, Salem Street, between 3rd & 4th Streets
Funding Source: Salem Street Parking Structure construction budget
Selection Process: Local request for proposals selected by the Arts Commission
The art work is the artist's response to the area's history and natural beauty. The textured fiberglass includes direct casts from local farm, railroad and natural artifacts.
Note: Reach out and touch it.
Artist: Dayton Claudio, Chico, CA
Date: 1996
Dimensions: Two 16' X 10' panels
Media: Cast Fiberglass, Acrylic Paint
Location: Downtown Parking Structure, Salem Street, between 3rd & 4th Streets
Funding Source: Salem Street Parking Structure construction budget
Selection Process: Local request for proposals selected by the Arts Commission
Artist: John Staple / Poet: George Keithly
Date: 2003
Location: CARD walkway
Funding Source: General Fund (Mini-grant)
Selection Process: Arts Commission
The art work refers to Chico's history as an agricultural community by abstractly depicting a plow driver, a plow and a team of horses.
Note: The steel rods in the Dwydag post-tensioning system (usually used in the mining industry) which support the basalt columns are under 190,000 pounds of tension.
Artist: John T. Young
Date: 2001
Media: Basalt Rock and Stainless Steel
Dimensions: 15' X 75'
Location: Median at Park Avenue & Meyers Street
The artist collected glimpses of Chico from various archives, local historians and senior members of the community as well as addressing the different functions that go on in the Municipal Center Building.
Note: Take a close look at the dates and population numbers on the cast bronze shoe forms.
Artist: Lynn Criswell, Chico, CA
Date: 1998
Dimensions: Two 16' X 10' Panels
Location: Municipal Center Building, 411 Main Street
Media: Concrete, Bronze
Funding Source: Municipal Center Building construction budget
Selection Process: Local request for proposals. Selection Panel consisting of arts professionals, community members and project manager.
Artist: Jake Early
Year completed: 2006
Location: Chico Municipal Airport
Funding Source: RDA Merged Arts Fund
Selection Process: Direct Purchase
Artist: Jake Early
Year completed: 2006
Location: Chico Municipal Airport
Funding Source: RDA Merged Arts Fund
Selection Process: Direct Purchase
Artists: Scott Teeple
Year completed: 2005
Location: 2nd and Salem Streets (Wall of Chico Museum)
Funding Source: General Maintenance Funds
Selection Process: Invitation
Artists: Scott Teeple
Year completed: 2007
Location: 2nd and Salem Streets (Wall of Chico Museum)
Funding Source: General Maintenance Funds
Selection Process: Invitation
Using the newest technology, the artist created a mural using digitally painted photographs of downtown landmarks and events.
Artist: Jesus Ramirez
Date: 2001
Dimensions: 8' X 20'
Media: Computer Digital and High Pressure Laminate
Location: Ringel Park, 1st Street and Broadway
Funding Source: RDA Art Fund and Ringel Park Renovation construction budget
Selection Process: Local request for proposals. Selected by Project Manager and Park Director.
Artist: Gregg Payne
Date: 2010
Media: Steel, stone and leather
Dimensions: 40' x 40' x 40' x 32'
Location: Humboldt Neighborhood Park
Humboldt Road and Willow Street
Funding: RDA Art Fund
Relax on one of many art benches located throughout downtown Chico. Beautiful and functional!
Tiled archways in between Hotel Diamond and the Downtown Parking structure. Beautiful!
Tiled archways in between Hotel Diamond and the Downtown Parking structure.
Robin Hood Mural, downtown corner of 4th and Main
Chico Open Board Art (COBA) Project displays local artists work throughout the community.
Sculptures at CSU, Chico campus
At the Chico Municipal Airport
Constructed with a mixture of granite and marble, this sculpture depicts images of Chico. It is located at the Municipal Center Building.
Photo taken by: Paula Beehner
