Celebrating a year of Artist in Residencies and our Annual Summer Youth Shop! Art for sale, food by Shingo's Cafe and performances by Scout.
"A Celebration of All Things Print"--we're in! This year, NOT at 1078 Gallery--we'll be in the back yard at Cafe Coda. Both days from 11am-3 pm.We'll be offering a demo on Saturday at 12 for a low-tech way to get art on a screen.BYO shirts to print--we'll also have some upcycled and new blanks you ...continue reading "Chico Print Party"
Funded for a second year by the California Arts Council's Impact Grant, we are now accepting applications from Butte County artists age 18 and up, to serve two-month residencies at our Fair St. studio. Artists will create a gallery show or installation of new work in our tiny gallery, and offer two free workshops to ...continue reading "Artist Residency Applications!"
"Painting on your own canvas is a game changer and a beautiful process from start to finish. We will make our own 8" canvases & use paint pouring techniques to make abstract paintings. Suitable for casual artists to advanced." Ama Posey (She/Her) is an abstract painter based out of Chico, and the first artist-in-residence of ...continue reading "Ama Posey FREE Workshop 1: Stretching and Painting Raw Canvas"
"Learn how to make cute & abstract portraits. This technique is fun & impactful. You will walk away with a portrait or two, and some new drawing skills." Ama Posey (She/Her) is an abstract painter based out of Chico, and the first artist-in-residence of our 23-24 Impact Grant series. She received her BFA in Painting ...continue reading "Ama Posey FREE Workshop 2: Monochrome Portraits"
Come and join us at Pedal Press for a linocut carving workshop hosted by Jalisa Sousa-Silva! Linoleum blocks, carving tools, and all other art materials will be provided. We will be going over a demo, showing you how to both handprint and use a large standard press to create your prints. After printing, you will ...continue reading "Linocut and Handcoloring"
Come and join us at Pedal Press for a linocut carving and pattern printing workshop hosted by Jalisa Sousa-Silva! Linoleum blocks, carving tools, tote bags, and all other art materials will be provided. We will be going over a demo, showing the basics of carving, examples of how easy it can be to create your ...continue reading "Pattern Printing Workshop"
This is the Butte Environmental Council's 45th year of the beloved ESF <3. WOW! Time flies when you're loving up on the biome that we call home. The Faire itself is an all-day kind of party, but we're going to be dipping in around lunchtime to do a little live-printing. As usual, you can bring ...continue reading "Endangered Species Faire"
Pedal Press Present's Artist in Residency for March/April Jalisa Sousa Silva! Join us at an exhibit of original art. Jalisa Sousa-Silva is a printmaker from the Central Valley, currently working out of Chico, CA. In 2023, she received her BFA in Printmaking at CSU Chico. Although she also credits much of her art practice to ...continue reading "The Drag of Bruised Fruit and Simple Syrups"
We'll have pre-loved flannels with Pedal Press and Ama Posey patch designs on them for your purchasing pleasure. 50% of proceeds will be donated to aid for the people of Palestine through the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. We'll also be live-printing the Pedal Press Bike image (black ink only--bring your blank (whatever) for a $10 ...continue reading "Wildflower Century “WildFest”"
MAKING BOOKS. One of the top five funnest things of all time. This workshop is gonna be amazing because not only do you get to hatch out your OWN fully formed book--you'll get to read everyone else's cool-A book, if they are nice enough to let you take a peek at it. (Consent is key!) ...continue reading "FREE Tunnel Book Making Workshop"
Patches! Patches! Patches! We're kooky about patches. (YOU'VE BEEN PATCHED!!) Our absolute dreamboat/intern Emma is leading this one. She's going to show you how to cut your lino block and print it and make a cool PATCH with words, or pictures, or both. Whatever you want to say to the world! And, as with many ...continue reading "FREE Lino Print Pin Workshop"
