Public Art

Bridges to Bridges

Chico was ranked as the #10 art town in America by author John Villani in 2004. And there's little wonder! The City of Chico supports artistic endeavors of the community and often integrates them into public spaces for all to enjoy. The city maintains a Public Art Portfolio. Please help catalog all of Chico's public art by taking pictures, uploading them, and writing about the depicted art. Someone may want to embark on a Public Art Bike Tour project. See also Art Galleries, Chico State Campus Art, and Butte College Campus Art

Become a Hero and make a cool guide, perhaps with a map, incorporating all or most of art below! One way to do it: efficiently order the art below in a progressive, geographical way, within the same categories but in parallel. Ah, yes, a geographer's dream project.

Chico has many murals throughout town. A map of mural locations is available at http://www.chicoartcenter.com.

• AicoraGems Giant Jewelry Box by Scott Teeple AicoraGems Jewelry Box Gallery 1334 Mangrove Avenue
  

• Astronaut - Fourth and Broadway
  

• Chico Foothills - Stained glass mural on Chico Municipal Center
  

• Compound History-Compound Images - Chico Municipal Center, 411 Main Street
  

• Downtown Kaleidoscope by Ramirez, Ringel Park
  

• Fire Station 1 Mural
  

• Giacomo's Vineyard by Scott Teeple, inside Sicilian Cafe 1020 Main
  

• Gianella Bridge - Fifth and Mangrove
  

• Academe by John Pugh, Taylor Hall First and Salem
  

• Lindo Channel Overpass murals - Highway 99 overpass over Lindo Channel
  

• Man and Dog - Fourth and Main Streets (Melody Records/Ital Imports)
  

• Mountain Climber - 100 Block of Main Street
  

• Municipal Center Art Walls by Dayton Claudio Third and Salem
  

• Nature Scenes by Gregg Payne, on bridges overpasses throughout Bidwell Park
  

• New York Cityscape, Brooklyn Bridge Bagel Works
  

• Painter - East First Street parking lot
  

• 'Peaces' of Chico - At East 1st Street and Vallombrosa Ave
  

• Pony Express by Crane, Chico Midtown Station Fifth and Broadway
  

• Racing Bicyclists by Scott Teeple, Ninth and Main
  

• Robin Hood by Scott Teeple, Campus Bikes Fourth and Main
  

• Salem Street Art Walls by Dayton Claudio Downtown Parking Structure
  

• Beatles by Gregg Payne, Main Street between First and Second
  

• The Bidwell's by Scott Teeple, near Second and Broadway
  

• The Esplanade (mural) - City Plaza
  

• Town Hall 1872 - Visible from Chico City Council Chambers steps.
  

• Train of Thought - West Sacramento and North Cedar
  

• Trees - 200 Block of West Second Street
  

• Tubing - Fifth and Ivy Streets
  

• Under the Sea by Lauri Chiodini, inside In Motion Fitness
  

• Victorian Homes Mid Valley Title and Escrow parking lot Sixth and Main
  

• Wildflower Century mural - Midway Bike Path
  

• Windows by Scott Teeple, Collier Hardware First and Broadway

• Ancestor Gates - Community Park (Martin Luther King Park)
  

• Stick Fetching Dog Sculpture (unknown name) - Degarmo Park
  

• Dancing Trout Fountain - City Council Chambers on Main Street
  

• Diamond Alley Arches - in Diamond Alley next to the Downtown Parking Structure
  

• Let's Rock - Chico Municipal Center
  

• Martin Luther King Jr. - at the Martin Luther King Park (previously Community Park)
  

• Our Hands - Fourth and Wall streets
  

• Performance Machine, O's No. 2 - Chico Municipal Center
  

• Skaters Gate - Humboldt Avenue
  

• Soaring Star - Chico Municipal Airport
  

• Spirit Flags are in median on Forest Avenue in front of Wittmeier Ford & Honda
  

• The Catfish - Highway 32 between Hamilton City and Chico
  

• The Century of Flight - Chico Municipal Airport
  

• The Silver Plow - Median at Park Avenue & Meyers Street
  

• Token of Sister City Affiliation - Chico Municipal Center
  

• Transit Center Waves - at the downtown Transit Center

The Luminary Art Benches are a Public Art project of the Arts Commission. The aim of the project is to create tributes to world-renowned persons who either are former Chicoans who went on to become famous or who contributed to Chico's history in some way. Also see Benches for those benches that are probably more pragmatic than these.

• Julia Morgan Luminary Art Bench
  

• Chinese Luminary Art Bench
  

• Errol Flynn Luminary Art Bench
  

• Raymond Carver Luminary Art Bench
  

• John Muir Luminary Art Bench
  

• Franz Cilensek Luminary Art Bench
  

• Jackson Pollack Luminary Art Bench
  

• Carolyn Spellman-Shoemaker Luminary Art Bench
  

• Sir Joseph Hooker Luminary Art Bench
  

• Susan B. Anthony Luminary Art Bench

Along with 10 benches, there are also 6 Pedestal Art Seats located throughout downtown. Chico is the theme of the pedestals.

• Music Pedestal
  

• Farmer's Market Pedestal
  

• Trees Pedestal
  

• Sun Pedestal
  

• Almond Orchard Pedestal
  

• Greek Heads Pedestals

Please help identify the following artwork.

• Unidentified Mural
  

• Notre Dame School/unidentified mural
  

• Tree leaf raker and a boy by unknown.