Arts Devo
Best CN&R arts photos of 2017
Up-and-coming local electro-acoustic singer/songwriter SCOUT, down by the creek with that janky keyboard.
PHOTO BY HOWARD HARDEE
After taking a year off from their annual fashion/arts show, members of the local Chikoko collective came back with a vengeance and an overwhelming display of creativity for their Devotion experimental-design event.
PHOTO BY EMILY TEAGUE
To promote the 2017 edition, Red Bluff photographer Natasha Root shared this image of revelers at 2016’s Chico Pride Variety Show at the Chico Women’s Club.
PHOTO BY NATASHA ROOT
An image from Natasha Root, a fantastical photo illustration titled “Balanced Learning Curve II” for the cover the CN&R’s Weird Chico issue.
PHOTO BY NATASHA ROOT
Hey, Arts DEVO liked a photo he took! It’s a detail of Ze Treasure Troll’s winning ceramic sculpture installation, “Regular Chico Family,” from the Keep Chico Weird Art Show at the 1078 Gallery.
PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY
A second image by globe-trotting photographer Emily Teague, this one featuring the winner of the CN&R’s 2016 Keep Chico Weird Talent Show, comedian Trip Hazard, sharing his comedy on stage at the El Rey Theatre
PHOTO BY EMILY TEAGUE
Best art pics 2017 As is tradition for this second-to-last column of the year, Arts DEVO spares you from his blathering to share his favorite photographs that appeared alongside the arts stories in the CN&R over the past year. Thanks, photographers, for making us writers look good.
