The Museum Day Live! ticket provides free admission for two people.

In the spirit of the Smithsonian Museums, which offer free admission every day, Museum Day Live! is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine in which participating museums across the country open their doors to anyone presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket… for free.

Click here to get your tickets!

The Riverside Art Museum welcomes the return of the annual pop surrealist exhibition organized by Bob Self of Baby Tattoo Books, an alternative, underground publishing company based out of Los Angeles.

This will be Baby Tattooville’s last year. Baby Tattooville: Fade to Black is the grand finale of this amazing event and accompanying exhibition, but don’t despair. To quote Bob Self, “while the lights are fading on Baby Tattooville, it’s happening to clear the stage for new and amazing shows to come. It’s not the end of an era…it’s the beginning of a new one.”

Participating artists this year are: Jessicka Addams, Anthony Ausgang, Sas Christian, Olivia de Berardinis, Ron English, Camille Rose Garcia, Bosko Hrnjak, Marion Peck, KRK Ryden, Mark Ryden, and Isabel Samaras. 

Come meet these artists and more during the Opening Reception!

Join us as we announce the winners of the 2015 Members’ Exhibition: Drought, RAM’s yearly exhibition to show off and sell the artwork of RAM’s many talented artist-members. Award-winners will be given the opportunity to show artwork in RAM’s auxiliary exhibit spaces during the following year.

Friday, October 30, 2015

5:30 p.m. – 9 p.m., beginning at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 3847 Terracina Drive, 92506, and culminating at the Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Ave., 92501

The Riverside Art Museum (RAM) in collaboration with All Saints’ Episcopal Church proudly presents Icons in Transformation, running October 31, 2015 – January 15, 2016, with a progressive Gala Exhibition Opening with Ludmila Pawlowska on Friday, October 30, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at All Saints’ and culminating at RAM. Icons is a dramatic 120-piece art exhibition featuring the contemporary work of internationally acclaimed Russian/Swedish abstract expressionist Ludmila Pawlowska.

The Gala Exhibition Opening with Ludmila Pawlowska is a progressive celebration beginning at All Saints’ and continuing at RAM. Both venues will include a presentation by Pawlowska, live music, hors c’oeuvres, and fine wine. Tickets to this Gala are $75.

PLEASE CALL 951.684.7111 to purchase tickets.

No email/paper tickets will be issued. Your payment is your confirmation. Your name will be added to our reservation list. Reservations will be held at the door. Thank you.

Icons in Transformation Sponsorship Packages

The Riverside Art Alliance has selected this event as RAM’s fall fundraiser for 2015. They are soliciting sponsors and want to offer you the opportunity to be part of this groundbreaking event. The Riverside Art Museum is the largest visual arts museum in the Inland Empire and welcomes approximately 50,000 visitors each year. Your sponsorship will allow the museum to continue to exhibit art in the community and to offer unique educational programs. All proceeds will benefit RAM.

Sponsorship levels range from $250 to $2500 and offer you the opportunity to support RAM’s commitment to the arts. In addition, sponsorships include free tickets to TWO very special events:

• Cocktails with Mila,Saturday, October 24, 2015 | An exclusive reception for sponsors only to meet Mila at the home of Kathy and John Allavie.
• Gala Exhibition Opening with Ludmila Pawlowska, Friday, October 30, 2015 | This progressive opening celebration will begin at All Saints’ and culminate at RAM. Both venues will include a presentation by Mila, live music, hors d’oeuvres, and fine wine.

We invite you to participate in this international exhibition by becoming an exhibition sponsor and attending these exclusive museum events. To make sure you are included in our sponsor listings, we will need to hear from you no later than Tuesday, September 15, 2015. We look forward to seeing you at our opening events!

Should you have any questions or need further information, please contact the Art Alliance Gala Chairperson, Margo Chabot, at [email protected].

Call 951.684.7111 if you still wish to sponsor.

$2500 Matisse Sponsor

Your name or company logo featured prominently on:

• Event Invitations
• Exhibition Signage Wall
• Ads and Press Releases
• RAM Social Media, Print Material, and Newsletter

Receive:

• 4 Gala Opening Tickets
• 4 Invitations to Cocktails with Mila
• 20 Free Museum Passes
• 50% Off One Museum Facility Rental

$1000 Chagall Sponsor

Your name or company logo featured on:

• Event Invitations
• Exhibition Signage Wall
• RAM Social Media, Print Material, and Newsletter

Receive:

• 4 Gala Opening Tickets
• 4 Invitations to Cocktails with Mila
• 15 Free Museum Passes
• 25% Off One Museum Facility Rental

$500 Kandinsky Sponsor

Your name or company listed on:

• Event Invitations
• Exhibition Signage Wall

Receive:

• 2 Gala Opening Tickets
• 2 Invitations to Cocktails with Mila
• 10 Free Museum Passes

$250 Warhol Sponsor Your name or company listed on:

• Event Invitations
• Exhibition Signage Wall

Receive:

• 2 Gala Opening Tickets
• 2 Invitations to Cocktails with Mila

The Riverside Art Museum (RAM) proudly presents An Evening of Poetry, Music, and Art with Harki Dhillon and Friends on Saturday, August 22, 2015, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Acclaimed poet Harki Dhillon is commemorating the debut of his new book of poetry with a reading and a celebration of the collaborative potential of poetry, art, and music. Dhillon will be joined by three artists, Vaishali Saste, Priya Shah, and Avika Dhillon, and accomplished pianist, Alpin Hong. Together, they will share their latest work, as well as work specifically inspired by Dhillon’s poetry. 

Tickets are $50 per person. Students are $25 (please bring your student ID to show at the door on the day of the event). Cocktail attire preferred. All proceeds benefit the Riverside Art Museum’s outreach to at-risk/justice-involved youth through their Creative Horizons program.

Click here to purchase your ticket.

About the artists:

Harki Dhillon:

Harki Dhillon is the author of two books of poetry, Invisible Hands and Misty Darkness. He is an orthopedic surgeon at Riverside Medical Clinic and founder and President of the Riverside International Film Festival. Harki is the producer of the critically acclaimed feature film Beyond Honor with small acting roles in Beyond Honor, American Blend, and the short film 24 Hours. He is on the Board of Advisors/Trustees for California Baptist University, the UCR Foundation, and the Center for Social Justice and Civil Liberties.

Alpin Hong:

Whirlwind American tours and performances across the globe have earned pianist Alpin Hong the reputation as a modern day Pied Piper. From Carnegie Hall to the White House, his combination of stunning technique, emotional range, and rare humor continues to bring audiences young and old to their feet.  A graduate of the Juilliard School, Mr. Hong is renowned for his groundbreaking performances that utilize a broad array of artistic disciplines.  The New York Times called him “a pianistic firebrand,” and his ability to captivate young audiences prompted the Ocala Star-Banner to call him “Classical for the iGeneration”.

Avika Shana Dhillon:

Avika Shana Dhillon is a seventeen-year-old student currently enrolled at John W. North High School. Primarily self-taught, her artwork is characterized by a keen attention to detail and a developed sense of composition. She uses her life experiences and contemporary sources for inspiration. 

Vaishali V. Saste:

Dr. Vaishali V. Saste is an oncologist by profession and an artist by heart. Her artistic interests grew from childhood study of the detail and fineness of traditional Henna art with her mother. Inspired by nature, she captures elemental beauty in drawings characterized by intricate pen and vibrant colors.

Priya J. Shah:

Trained in literature and gender studies, Dr. Priya J. Shah draws from a wide variety of sources: Mughal art, henna design, and fin de siecle illustration and fashion. In her figures and forms, she attempts to capture the minutiae of expression and emotion in her subject and couple it with the intricacy and detail of design. Her work has been displayed at West Elm, South Coast Plaza, Environment Furniture in the South Coast Collection, and Zach Cole: The Collection.

We love our local artists and want to give them some love! The Riverside Art Museum is launching Local Love, a crowd-curated mini-exhibition at RAM.

Our first call for local (Riverside and San Bernardino County) artists for Local Love is the Tlahualiles: The Glorious Masks of Sahuayo. We are looking for artwork that documents or celebrates the spectacular Tlahualiles masks or festival in Riverside.

Participants can submit one .jpg image each of up to three proposed artwork(s) to [email protected] for exhibition review with their name, title, date of creation, dimensions, medium, and their city of residence.

All proposed 2-D artwork (must be framed and ready to hang or install) and all proposed 3-D artwork must fit the exhibition space (15”W x 55”H x 13”D OR 29”W x 55”H x 13”D).

Entries will face an initial jury before a select number will be posted on RAM’s Instagram and Facebook pages for public vote. Up to six pieces will be chosen based on the number of likes and what will fit in the exhibition space.

All winners will have their art on exhibit starting August 22 and all participants are welcome to come to the Local Love Opening Reception on September 3, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Submission deadline for images to be considered for jurying/voting: August 6, 5 p.m.

Public voting deadline: August 14, 12 noon.

Winners will be contacted after the voting deadline to set up a day/time to drop off their artwork at the museum for install before August 22. 

If you are interested in enjoying a 7-night cruise (November 7 – 14, 2016) from Budapest to Vilshofen with artist Gregory Adamson, please come to our orientation meeting on Thursday, August 6, at 6:30 p.m.

Click here for a pdf of the itinerary.

Any questions will be answered at this meeting. Light snacks and drinks will be served. The first five people who book a room for the cruise will receive a free artwork from Greg.

RSVPs to Drew Oberjuerge at [email protected] or 951.684.7111×302 are appreciated, but not necessary.

In conjunction with Happenings: Selections from the Riverside Art Make

In conjunction with our exhibit, Happenings: Selections from the Riverside Art Make, we are opening our doors, free of charge, on select Saturdays this summer.

“The Riverside Art Make has been an outstanding opportunity to expose a new audience to the splendor of making,” says Gregory Adamson, RAM Trustee and an Art Make first-year artist. “The experience of seeing a sense of wonder in the eyes of children and adults as they discovered that they could actually do this was, for me, the most rewarding outcome.”

Join us for some art making fun in the museum this summer.

FREE Art-making Days
June 27, 12 noon – 3 p.m. | Shelter: Tequio Print Community
(Artswalk on Thursday) July 2, 6 – 9 p.m. | Pergola: Cat Chiu Phillips
(Tlahualiles Opening Reception on Friday) July 10, 6 – 8 p.m. | Pergola: Cat Chiu Phillips
July 18, 12 noon – 3 p.m. | Pergola: Cat Chiu Phillips
July 25, 12 noon – 3 p.m. | Pergola: Cat Chiu Phillips
August 1, 12 noon – 3 p.m. | Printmaking Workshop
(Artswalk on Thursday) August 6, 6 – 9 p.m. | Pergola: Cat Chiu Phillips
August 8, 12 noon – 3 p.m. | Printmaking Workshop
August 15, 12 noon – 3 p.m. | Papermaking Workshop
August 22, 12 noon – 3 p.m. | Papermaking Workshop
(Artswalk on Thursday) October 1, 6 – 9 p.m. | Pinata Whacking

Late Night Art Bash for Arts Education

All three floors of the museum will be rockin’ a late night of interactive art projects, music, beer from local breweries, and more! 

We currently have Hangar 24 and Wicks Brewing Co. on board for the evening. We will have non-alcoholic drinks available, as well as food.

Artist Gregory Adamson will be painting the night away and you’re invited to join him and others on a collaborative mural.

We’ll have several other art stations throughout the museum:

• relax with some creative doodling/coloring for adults with Rina Gonzales;
• jump start your art journal or printmaking journey with Laura Ryan;
• learn about nuno felting with Charlotte Ransom McKenzie;
• free your inner child and do an Art-to-Go project with Bethany Volker;
• take a creative pic at our Selfie Station;
• get a henna tattoo by Jenny Montenegro;
• get creative with some fun Weathered Feather projects with Jill Rowden;
• and more to be announced!

Tickets are $20 for one or $30 for two. Proceeds go toward our arts education programs.

Click here to purchase your tickets today! You’re first drink is on us!

The Riverside Art Museum’s (RAM) mission as a §501(c)(3) nonprofit is “to integrate art into the lives of people in a way that engages, inspires, and builds community by providing high-quality exhibits and art education programs that instill a lifelong love of the arts.” 

Reaching nearly 50,000 people a year, RAM is committed to serving all segments of our diverse population. The Inland Empire region is the most multicultural region in Southern California and arguably the nation, according to Dowell Myers of the University of Southern California (Press Enterprise, 2012). It is also a region that has been significantly impacted by the recession and foreclosure crisis. 

RAM has a strong history of providing free, vibrant, community art programs that focus on economically disadvantaged and under-served residents, including low-income students, special-needs children, and at-risk youth.

However, in response to the economic downturn and funding cuts to local schools and community arts activities, the art museum knew it had to do more. RAM has expanded and enhanced programming, especially for children from low-to-moderate-income families. 

The Riverside Art Museum’s Arts Education programs include:

• Creative Horizons, which provides youth offenders creative programming like painting murals and outdoor sculptures, as well as arts classes and museum tours, to engage troubled teens in pro-social activities that encourage teamwork and creativity;
• Art-to-Go: Integrating History and Science with Fine Art!, where our trained art instructors go to your classroom with the highest quality art materials, lesson posters, and vocabulary charts and teach History Plus Art, Science Plus Art, or Stand Alone Fine Art lessons, which meet the Next Generation Science Standards or the History/SS Content Standards, and the CA Visual Arts Standards, to your students;
• Walk and Wonder Museum Tours, which begins with a docent-led tour concentrating on our rotating exhibits, art appreciation, museum function and etiquette, as well as the history of our 1929 National Historic building designed by Hearst Castle and AIA Gold Medal-winning architect, Julia Morgan, and ends with an art lesson that includes art history on a specific artist and then application of their style to create original student artwork; and
• Art Education Classes & Workshops, which offers diversified studio art classes and workshops for both children and adults.

Exposure to art can have profound influence on a young person’s life. Beyond what art teaches, like respect for diverse viewpoints, courage to experiment, and problem-solving skills, some of the greatest rewards come from the intrinsic value of art and the personal joy one experiences through the creative process.

With a mission to engage, inspire, and build community through the arts, RAM views art education as a vital component in creating public value. Annually, we reach approximately 10,000 youth through school and museum-based programs. 

Help us continue these programs, provide scholarship funding for socio-economically disadvantaged children to take museum art classes this year, and restock our art supply closets (we don’t charge for materials for any of our youth art programs or most of our adult art programs).

We love our local artists and want to give them some love! The Riverside Art Museum is launching Local Love, a crowd-curated mini-exhibition at RAM.

This is a CALL FOR LOCAL ARTISTS for artwork inspired by the Baby Tattooville: Fade to Black exhibit.

Participants can submit one .jpg image each of up to three proposed artwork(s) to [email protected] for exhibition review with their name, title, date of creation, dimensions, medium, and their city of residence.

All proposed 2-D artwork (must be framed and ready to hang or install) and all proposed 3-D artwork must fit the exhibition space (15”W x 55”H x 13”D).

Entries will face an initial jury before a select number will be posted on RAM’s Instagram and Facebook pages for public vote. Up to two pieces will be chosen based on the number of likes and what will fit in the exhibition space. 

Submission deadline: October 23

Voting deadline: October 30

Opening: November 5

Winners will be contacted after the voting deadline to set up a day/time to drop off their artwork at the museum for install. 

California Dreaming: An International Portrait of Southern California is a juried exhibition with approximately 50 selected artworks that will travel for exhibition to three venues: the Palazzo della Provincia di Frosinone in Frosinone, Italy (Rome vicinity) under the leadership of Alfio Borghese, Gallery Director; Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA) under the leadership of Daniel Foster, Executive Director; and Riverside Art Museum (RAM) under the leadership of Drew Oberjuerge, Executive Director.

The juried exhibition of original work is an exploration of the popular fascination with the celebrated lifestyle, influences, and environs of Southern California.

Art Alliance of the Riverside Art Museum Turns 50

The Riverside Art Museum RAM is proud to help the Art Alliance of the RAM celebrate 50 years of creative fundraisers and fantastic art. Join us during May’s Artswalk, Thursday, May 7, 2015, from 6:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m. for an exhibition featuring some of your favorite Art Alliance projects.

Remember Art Fun in the Sun? Art Alive? OrangeAid? Off the Wall? Our most recent Riverside Art Market on Saturday, April 25? Thank the members of the Art Alliance; they put on all of these fundraisers in support of RAM.

In 1965, 12 women founded the Art Alliance. They were Lucille Clarke, Betty Facey, Katie Grigsby, Birk Hinderaker, Barbara Colville, Elizabeth Kuhlins, Doris Miller, Ruth Place, Betty Powell, Betty Reade, Dottie Smith, and Margaret Woodford. From this original group of twelve, the Art Alliance now has a membership of over 140 members.

The founding members of the Art Alliance created a tradition of volunteer support for the art museum that continues with great success. The funds they have raised help support RAM’s programs, exhibitions, art classes for adults and children at the museum, and Art-to-Go, which brings art back into our public schools.

The Art Alliance has been and continues to be an important part of RAM. Come celebrate their 50th birthday with us!

If you would like more information on the Art Alliance or join them in creating events and projects that focus on community, art, and membership fun in support of RAM, visit their website at www.riversideartalliance.org.

RAM will be celebrating the opening reception of California Dreaming: An International Portrait of Southern California at the same time. Come meet the artists of this insightful exhibition.

Please join us for the Opening Receptions for our two newest exhibits, I See Beauty in This Life: A Photographer Looks at 100 Years of Rural California and Spotlight: Visual Arts Across the Generations in the Riverside Unified School District.

We hope you will join us for this black-tie, red-carpet Gala Opening Celebration for Lois Sloan: Sculptor.

Tickets are $150. Those who have pre-registered before March 30, 2015 will receive a limited-edition exhibition catalogue!

CLICK HERE TO RVSP!

To purchase a ticket to the black-tie, red-carpet Gala Opening Reception, CLICK HERE. 

RAM presents the first solo museum exhibition of artist Lois Sloan. Born in Minnesota in 1926, Sloan lived and worked in Los Angeles throughout most of her adult life. This survey exhibition spans Sloan’s impressive career as a sculptor and teacher.

Mostly self-taught, she developed incredible mastery of her craft. Working primarily in marble and alabaster, her elegant sculptures are meticulously carved and thoroughly modern in form; the raw materials were so important to her that she once traveled to Carrara, Italy, to hand-select that famous marble.

In her home studio, Sloan taught classes that were attended by members of the Hollywood elite, including Bobby Van and Elaine Joyce. Many others, including Danny Thomas, Will and Ariel Durant, Ben Weingart, and Beverly Hills hotelier, Severyn Ashkanazi, collected her works.

Curated by Michele Urton, this exhibition will explore the work of this extraordinary artist, teacher, and mother.

About Curator Michele Urton

Independent curator Michele Urton currently holds the position of Exhibition Manager at the Skirball Cultural Center. She has held previous positions with Gemini G.E.L., the groundbreaking Los Angeles printshop, and spent seven years as Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. During her tenure, she curated Allan Kaprow: Fluids and EATLACMA, and assisted in the organization of Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s-70s and Tim Hawkinson. She has also worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. She received her B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and her M.A. from Brown University.

All images courtesy of Teeter Photography Co.

This exhibition is generously sponsored by:

Amy S. Harrison, Scott C. Harrison, and Claudia Sloan, her children

Henry W. Coil, Jr. | Linda Feldman | Douglas and Barbara Shackelton | Virginia Blumenthal

HUB International Insurance Services, Inc.: Filamena Lemos and Monica Keehfuss | People of Production | S. Sue Johnson

Jim Roorda | Chris Manning and Jaybee Brennan | Shuster Financial Group, LLC | Mike and Susan Miller

Mayor Rusty Bailey | Pam and Mark Rubin | Riverside County Board of Supervisors | Party Plus of Redlands | Flower Loft

Filmmakers Pamela Beere Briggs and William McDonald will be in town to premiere Something Like a Sabbatical, a documentary on artist Sue Mitchell’s 52-week art journey, which culminated in her “52” exhibit at RAM in October 2013.

Proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit “The 52 Project”. “The 52 Project”, a part of RAM’s Riverside Art Make, is about getting a group of creative people together to find inspiration and motivation from one another while working on a 52-week, self-directed art journaling project. The goal is to help you develop the habit of capturing your ideas and being more artful on a regular basis. For those who cannot afford the registration, we would like to set up a scholarship fund so everyone who wants to participate in being more artful in 2015 can join us.

Reservations for Something Like a Sabbatical

• $25 – Reception, screening, Q&A with the filmmakers
• $52 – above, plus you will be donating to the scholarship fund for “The 52 Project”
• $152 – above, plus one copy of the DVD (2 screening tickets)
• $252 – above, plus a registration for you or your designee to “The 52 Project” and “FRIEND OF SUE” designation
• $520 – above, plus “HOST of the PREMIERE” designation (4 screening tickets)
• $1052 – above, plus “SPONSOR” designation of “The 52 Project” (through August 2016)
• $2520 – above, plus “MAJOR SPONSOR” designation (8 screening tickets)
• $5200 – above, plus underwriter of free admission during Summer 2016’s First Thursdays Artswalk 4-day weekends at RAM

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

You can also donate directly to the “The 52 Project” scholarship fund if you cannot attend by CLICKING HERE.

If you cannot attend, but would like to buy the Something Like a Sabbatical DVD, you may CLICK HERE to purchase it for $52 (includes tax and shipping).

The filmmakers and artist will not profit from this event. 100% of your donation will go to the Riverside Art Museum.

The top three levels (SPONSOR, MAJOR SPONSOR, and underwriter) will receive extensive recognition through August 2016 as part of “The 52 Project”. Thank you.

A Zocalo Public Square/James Irvine Foundation Event

Riverside is home to pathbreaking museums, grand theaters, and a varied cultural mix fueled by local colleges and universities. Noting these riches, Forbes ranked Riverside the eighth coolest city in the United States. Riverside has even adopted a new moniker, “The City of Arts & Innovation.”

But getting crowds out to arts events can still be a challenge in a sprawling, diverse city that’s better known as the former capital of the citrus industry than a California arts destination. What can Riverside, local cultural venues, and artists do to create a thriving and inclusive arts scene? 

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival director Bill Fold, UC Riverside historian Catherine Gudis, and Downtown Riverside Artswalk co-founder Cosme Cordova visit Zócalo to discuss how a city like Riverside brings the arts to the people–and how it might bring more people to the arts.

Moderated by Ken Vincent, News Director, KVCR 91.9

http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/event/how-can-riverside-build-a-bigger-arts-scene/

Join us at the Riverside Art Museum for the RUSD Middle School Celebration of Visual and Performing Arts!

Presenting the following schools:

• 10:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.: Chemawa Middle School Choir directed by Gregory Thomas;
• 11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.: STEM Middle School Advanced Band directed by Chris Watt;
• 12:30 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.: Ramona High School Dance Ensemble directed by Robin Speer; and
• 1:15 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.: Miller Middle School Choir directed by Rhonda Bauer.

Come and enjoy our local middle school bands and choirs perform, and see all the entries from the RUSD Middle School Art Contest (2nd Floor) and explore the museum’s current exhibitions.

Admission is FREE!

Join us for the 4th Annual Riverside Unified School District’s Middle School Art Contest.

Art Contest Rules

• Contest is open to all Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) Middle School Student-Artists.
• One entry per Student-Artist.
• Participation is required if student is currently enrolled in an art class at an RUSD Middle School.
• Only two-dimensional artwork will be accepted in the following mediums/categories: Collage/Mixed Media, Watercolor, Tempera Paint, Acrylics, Oils, Pastel, Colored Pencils, Graphics.
• Artwork must be produced on paper stock appropriate for the medium used.
• Artwork must be no larger than 18” x 24” (no frames allowed).
• Please print on the back of artwork in the upper right corner: Student-Artist’s Full Name, Teacher’s Name and Contact Information, School, and Medium/Category.
• A Completed Application must be attached to the back of artwork.
• All entries must be given to Student-Artist’s art teacher by the morning of Friday, March 27, 2015. The entries will be submitted to the Riverside Art Museum (RAM) by the Art Teacher by 4:00 p.m. same day.
• Artwork must be picked up at RAM after the April 16 – May 3, 2015, exhibition by Sunday, May 31, 2015, or it becomes the property of the RUSD.

Judging will be by local artists and community leaders. Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places from each school, as well as a Best of Show.

Reception for winners will be on Thursday, April 16, 2015, 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. at RAM.

All art will be displayed at RAM through Sunday, May 3, 2015. Winning pieces will be displayed at the RUSD Office after the RAM exhibit ends.

For additional information, contact Kim Coons-Leonard at [email protected].

2015 RUSD Middle School Art Contest Winners

Central

1. Angel Garcia
2. Maraya Escarsega
3. Natalie Gonzalez 

Chemawa

1. Jimeah Alapag
2. Alexandra Lobato
3. Angel Alvarez

Earhart

1. Victoria Smith
2. Elaina Kleven
3. Siena Van Olden

BEST IN SHOW – 1^st Place:  Jaeson Kim – Perfect Rust

Gage

1. Ruben Bugulin
2. Galilea Zarate
3. Destiynee Lansangan

Miller

1. Jason Quiroz
2. Jenny Kim
3. Gina Filatov

Miller Afterschool Art Club

1. Michelle Song
2. Lauren McDaid
3. Jaden Girova

BEST IN SHOW – 3^rd Place:  Megan Palumbo – A YouTubers Dream

Sierra

1. Savannah Polk
2. Andrew Locatelli
3. Paige Brandon

BEST IN SHOW – 2^nd place:  Kyrah Harris – Untitled

STEM

1. Jazmine John
2. Chelsea Younglove
3. Tycho Harris-Pham

University

1. Emily Caldwell
2. Farah Arauz
3. Oscar Trejo

Exhibition: May 7 – 14, 2015 at the University of Redlands Alumni House

The Plein Air Artists of Riverside (PAAR), an Artist Group of the Riverside Art Museum (RAM), announces their 10th Annual Paint-Out, April 11-22, 2015. This year’s theme is “Loving the Landscape”. The public is invited to come out and watch participating artists turn a blank canvas into a magical work of art.

The celebration kicks off April 11 and 12 at the Riverside Art Museum with workshops held by world-class teachers: John Budicin, Brenda Swenson, Sally Strand, and Chuck McPherson. The public is invited to visit art supply and food vendors on-site, and to participate in creating an Art Fuzion Masterpiece, which will be auctioned off as a fundraiser for RAM and PAAR.

Artists continue the Paint-out in Redlands, April 13-20, where they will paint the many extraordinary historic sites en plein air with attention to light, color, and atmosphere. On Sunday, April 19, artists will participate in the exciting Quick Draw competition at the Olive Street Market from 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Upon completion, the Quick Draw paintings will be judged by Alan Nowell and then available for immediate sale.

The culmination of these events is an exhibition at the University of Redlands, Alumni House, 1200 E. Colton Ave., Redlands, CA, 92373, from May 7-14. Entries will be judged by Steve Kell. Prizes, including cash, gift certificates, and art products will be awarded on Thursday, May 7, at the Alumni House. A collectors’ preview is from 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., with the open-to-the-public reception, with award announcements, taking place from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

For more information, contact Event Chair Luz Maria Perez at [email protected] or 909.225.8306.

RECEPTION/PRIZES & AWARDS: Thursday, May 7, 2015. Special Guests Redlands Town and Gown Preview: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Artists’ Reception: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Prizes, including cash, gift certificates, and art products will be awarded to artists/winners during the Paint-Out Reception. Our Guest Speaker at the reception is Mr. Mike Gardner, Riverside City Councilman, Ward 1.

Paint-Out Locations

The public is invited to watch these talented plein air artists at work during the Paint-Out.

April 11 and 12

Riverside Art Museum: 3425 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501

April 13

Smiley Library, Garden, & Lincoln Shrine: 125 W. Vine St., Redlands, CA 92373

April 14

Redlands Bowl: 25 Grant St., Redlands, CA 92373

April 15

Kimberly Crest: 1325 Prospect Drive, Redlands, CA 92373

April 16

Prospect Park: 1201-1221 Prospect Drive, Redlands, CA 92373

April 17

Marrins Mansion: 1225 Cajon St., Redlands, CA 92373

April 18

Cajon Street between Cypress and Palm, Redlands, CA 92373

April 19

Olive Street Market (for the Quick Draw competition): 530 W. Olive Ave., Redlands, CA 92373

April 20

University of Redlands: 1200 E. Colton Ave., Redlands, CA 92374

April 21

Santa Ana River Wash OR additional day at the University of Redlands

April 22

Artists can choose any Paint-Out location to return, except the University of Redlands

RAM and PAAR would like to thank the following Paint-Out Sponsors:

BEST BRELLA, www.bestbrella.com
Jack Farley’s Art Supplies, www.jackfarleys.com
The Brush Guys, www.thebrushguys.com 
Wilson’s Frame Up, www.wilsonsframeup.com

aka A Special Valentine’s Evening Edition of Art d’Vine

Drop off children between 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. | Art d’Vine is 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. | Pick up is 9 p.m.

Bring your sweetheart and join us for a wonderful evening of art, wine, and food at RAM’s Valentine edition of Art d’Vine with Greg Adamson. While your child is learning art upstairs in the classroom, the two of you will get to enjoy great food and wine downstairs as artist Greg Adamson guides you through the process of creating a finished acrylic painting to take home!

The Wonder Package is $150 for two adults for Art d’Vine and one child learning art in a separate classroom upstairs (each additional child is $15 and must enroll at the same time).

We have a child-only option for $40 ($30 if you register by January 15). Each additional child is $15 (must enroll at same time).

If you already have something arranged for the kids or are child-free, but still want to do Art d’Vine, the price is $75 per adult ($60 if you register by January 15).

Don’t miss out! Claim your spot for a fun and lovely evening of art by clicking on the appropriate link above!

It will be love at first sight as the Art Alliance of the Riverside Art Museum brings back Off the Wall. Join us for the Opening Night Gala and Sale on Friday, February 20, 2015. Come and enjoy French food, music, and wine, and sweep the art that catches your eye right “off the wall” and into your waiting arms.

All art will be original and priced at incredible prices, from $100 to $300, so hurry up and buy your ticket to the gala and opening sale for $25 to get your best pick. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., but sponsors will get a special early pass. (To purchase tickets or become a sponsor, email Emmanuelle Reynolds at [email protected] or Suzy Clem at [email protected].)

The sale continues for everyone until Wednesday, February 25, 2015.

“Romancing Art” at Off the Wall is a fundraiser for the Riverside Art Museum. The Art Alliance of the Riverside Art Museum is the non-profit fundraising arm of the museum and hosts many events all year long to keep art alive in Riverside.

Off the Wall schedule:

Art Intake: Sunday, February 15, from 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m., and Tuesday, February 17, from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Artists’ Reception: Thursday, February 19, from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Opening Night Gala and Sale: Friday, February 20, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Sale Ends: Wednesday, February 25, 4:00 p.m.

Art Pickup: Friday, February 27, and Saturday, February 28, from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Artist Guidelines:

Artists receive 50% of the price of the artwork. If you are currently a RAM member, you may submit up to five pieces of original art. All pieces must be priced at $100, $200, or $300, and at least one of the pieces must be priced at $100. If you are not currently a member of RAM, you may submit up to three pieces of original art. Again, all pieces must be priced at $100, $200, or $300 and at least one must be priced at $100. If you are interested in becoming an artist member of RAM, go to: wwww.riversideartmuseum.org/membership.

All styles and mediums are welcome. Artwork must be framed/ready-to-hang and securely wired with D-rings or eyehooks and hanging wire. Pieces are to be labeled with artist’s name and title of work (a business card works great).

Artists, please click here to download the Agreement and Receipt Form. Please fill out TWO COPIES of this form and bring both with you at the time artwork is submitted.

Artists, please click here to download a W9 Form. Please fill out ONE COPY of this form and bring with you at the time artwork is submitted.

Artists, please also bring a one-page biography at the time artwork is submitted.

Artists may contact Anita Silvestri at [email protected] or Susan Dieterich at [email protected] with any questions.

Off the Wall Sponsors: 

Monet:

Tim & Meredith Maloney

Security Bank of California

Renoir:

Bob & Shelley Kain

Michelle Ouellette

Barbara & Doug Shackelton

Degas:

Kathy & John Allavie

Lucile Arntzen

Jane & Joe Barr

Browning Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram

Rev. Dr. John Conrad & Shannon Murphy

Dan Benner & René Glynn

Philip & Selina Bremenstuhl

Suzy & Gary Clem

David & Patti Funder

Lee & John Levin

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Littleworth

Steve & Cathy Morford

Murray Ranch Company/Eric & Francie Johnson

Emmanuelle & Morey Reynolds

Susan Rothermund & Robert Harris

Harold & Lola Taylor

Kathy Wright & Dwight Tate

Andrew & Jacqueline Hopper

Westcoe Realtors, Inc./Sydney Simonin

Join the artists of Creative Expression: A Lifelong Pursuit for coffee and conversation encouraging a dialogue about arts, aging, and embracing the arts at any age, even late in life.

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM the 2nd ANNUAL RIVERSIDE ART MARKET.

The Riverside Art Market is a free family friendly annual one-day event featuring artists and artisans presenting their own works for sale. In addition, we welcome art galleries.  The types of items for sale include oil, acrylic and watercolor paintings, etchings, prints and a variety of crafts including jewelry, woodwork, pottery and items made of fabric, glass and metal.  Held at the historic Riverside Art Museum in downtown Riverside, the event will also feature, food trucks, a children’s craft area, a balloon artist, face painting, and live printing, pottery and painting demonstrations. 

CONTACT FOR INQUIRIES: Patti Funder, 951.201.8173

Vendors

Glass Totem Designs

Pegasaur Jewelry

Rudi Ruibal

Cathy Morford

Sandy Schnack

Mosaics by Rebecca

EWM Limited Editions

Judy Davies Designs

Bwilla Art Works

Joanna Mersereau

LMB Designs

Jean Hall Art

Leslie by Hand/Juniper Jammery/Rand Inc

photorestorations4U

JaxyLu

Photo Artists Network

Little Luxuries

pARTners: Garden Glass

Creative Glassworks

Riverside Community College Clay Club

Inna Bagaeva’s Art

Anna Trotter

Annie’s Garden & Patio

IB Art Club Norte Vista High School

Jo Thompson Art

Studio Steel Welding

Handwriting Analysis

LuLu’s Jewelry/dbawingraphics

Bit N Bob’s

Party to Gogh

The Riverside Art Market is Generously Sponsored in Part by:

Kathy Wright | Lucille Arntzen | Frank & Lucy Heyming | Ken & Debby Phillips

Gary & Kathy Christmas | Ron & Marsha Loveridge

Riverside Art Market

Vendor Information for the Riverside Art Market’s Artists and Artisans

Date: April 25, 2015

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Place: Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501

Items to offer for sale:

• Artists: original and reproductions of original work
• Artisans: handcrafted work
• Gallery: original work and reproductions of original work by represented artists           

Set up:

• April 24, 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. for spaces inside the Riverside Art Museum
• April 25, 7:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. for all outside spaces

Take down:

• April 25, 3:00 p.m., promptly. The area must be empty by 4:00 p.m.

All vendors must remain in operation during Riverside Art Market hours and cannot tear down until the conclusion of the event.

No canopies or tents exceeding 10ft x 10ft allowed.

Each vendor is responsible for cleaning up his/her space.

No electricity is provided.

No tables, chairs, or easy-ups are provided.

Cost is $100 per 10ft x 10ft space. 10% discount for Riverside Art Museum Members.

Vendor areas (Once the application and payment have been approved you will receive notice via email to pick your preferred vendor’s location, on a first-come, first-serve basis. We will do our best to accommodate your preferences. Image scale is 1 square = 2 feet.):

• Art Alliance Gallery
• Atrium
• Bobbie Powell & Ross R. DeVean Galleries (2nd floor)
• Front lawn
• East Parking Lot
• West Parking Lot
• Rooftop

RAM will provide the city one-day business license and insurance. 

How to sign up:

Download, print out, fill out, and sign the application and waiver. Scan the signed application and waiver.

Fill out the online form below, attach the scanned application and photo example of artwork, and click Submit to pay the fee to reserve your vendor space.

Application deadline is March 31, 2015.

If you wish to pay with a check, please download, print out, fill out, and sign the application and waiver. Then either bring the completed application with photo example of artwork and a check for the appropriate amount made out to the Riverside Art Museum in to the front desk or mail to:

Riverside Art Museum

Attn. Patti Funder

3425 Mission Inn Avenue

Riverside, CA 92501

To sign up as a FOOD VENDOR, please download this Food Vendor application and follow the instructions noted on the application.

For more information, please contact Patti Funder by calling 951-201-8173, emailing [email protected] or visiting the Art Alliance website at www.riversideartalliance.org.

Champion Electric Inc. is funding free admission for everyone in our community to the Riverside Art Museum November 28, 2014 through January 3, 2015. With three new exhibits opening during the Festival of Lights and great merchandise in the Blue Door Museum Store, RAM is a great place to bring family, friends, and out-of-town guests to enjoy the holiday season.

“When Champion Electric was asked to install exterior and interior lighting on the art museum,” states Glenn Rowden, President of Champion Electric Inc., “we said yes! The many tracks of 23-watt LED lamps in the gallery area and the exterior LED flood lights have truly enhanced the building. We are grateful for their business and in a show of support, have provided visitors with free admission through the holiday season. Merry Christmas from all of us at Champion Electric!”

For exact holiday operating hours, call us at 951.684.7111.

ABOUT CHAMPION ELECTRIC, INC.

As Riverside natives, Glenn and Cynthia Rowden long felt a calling to create a company that would provide Southern California with excellent electrical service and at the same time provide employees with unimagined possibilities of success. Their dream was realized when, in 1991, Champion Electric Inc. was founded. Today, Champion Electric Inc. is run by the Rowdens as well as their son, Tom Rowden, and has expanded the company’s electrical services to include solar, general contracting, and LED lighting.

Opening Reception for:

The Art of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions and Pledged Gifts

Please join us for the Opening Reception for The Art of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions and Pledged Gifts, running January 16 – March 25, 2015, guest curated by artist Sue Mitchell and art collector Todd Wingate.

Join us in front of the art museum starting at noon as we celebrate the holidays with fun art activities for all ages in anticipation of The Mission Inn’s Festival of Lights Switch-On Ceremony at 4:30 p.m.

The Festival of Lights is a five-week holiday merriment featuring one of the nation’s largest array of dazzling lights collections of its kind.

Now in its 22nd year, The Mission Inn’s Festival of Lights is an annual gift to the community from property owners Duane and Kelly Roberts who saved the historic landmark from destruction in 1992. A beloved Southern California tradition and a not-to-be-missed holiday extravaganza, The Mission Inn’s Festival of Lights commences with a celebratory Switch-On Ceremony – in which the castle-like, historic hotel is instantly illuminated with more than 4 million holiday lights followed by a full fireworks display – and continues through January 6, 2015.

The Riverside Art Museum and SALT + SPICE Present:

OTHER DESERT MOTHERS

A reading of DESERT POETRY by Ruth Nolan

Boy Scout Trail,

Indian Cove,

Two months pregnant

with my daughter

when I hiked there

with two guys from the fire crew

All in one day…..

–Ruth Nolan, from OTHER DESERT MOTHERS (Old Woman Mountains Press, 2014, copyright © Ruth Nolan, 2014)

Join award-winning poet/writer educator RUTH NOLAN for an evening of desert magic and mystery through poetry and prose. OTHER DESERT MOTHERS will showcase desert-themed, desert-inspired poems written by Ruth Nolan from her new collection of poems, OTHER DESERT MOTHERS, published by Old Woman Mountains Press (2014.) Ruth, a longtime desert resident, has a long history of literary arts-based community involvement in the Inland Empire and desert areas as a poet, writer, environmental advocated, and lecturer. A slide show of desert beauty images will accompany her reading. Copies of OTHER DESERT MOTHER will be available for sale, along with other desert-themed works written/edited by Ruth Nolan. Reading is sponsored by RIVERSIDE ART MUSEUM, COLLEGE OF THE DESERT and SALT+SPICE.

RUTH NOLAN BIOGRAPHY

Ruth Nolan was born in San Bernardino and grew up in the neighboring Mojave Desert. She is professor of English and Creative Writing at College of the Desert, and is also a prolific and award-winning poet and writer whose work has appeared recently/is forthcoming in The Rattling Wall; The Sierra Club Desert Report KCET Artbound LA; Riverside Press Enterprise-Inlandia Literary Journeys; Orangelandia: the Literature of Inland Citrus (Inlandia); New California Writing, 2011 (Heyday); Pacific Review; Mosaic; Tin Cannon; Poemeleon; Southern California Haiku Study Group Anthology; San Diego Poetry Annual; and forthcoming in Short Fiction Los Angeles (Red Hen Press.) She writes a blog column, “Desert Word Walk,” for Heyday Books, is editor the critically-acclaimed anthology, No Place for a Puritan: the literature of California’s Deserts (Heyday, 2009,) and advisory committee member/contributor to Inlandia: A Literary Journey through Southern California’s Inland Empire (2006.) She is currently working on a memoir about her experiences as a wildland firefighter in Southern California and the Western U.S. for the BLM and USFS during the 1980’s. An avid desert advocate and conservationist, she lectures widely on literature of the desert, and has taught desert-based writing workshops for the Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park, for CSUSB and UCR; was co-founder of the first Inlandia Institute Writing Workshop, in Riverside, which she taught from 2008-2012; and has taught for the (In) Visible Memoir Project (2013.) She has been an advisory committee member of the Inlandia Institute since its inception in 2006. In 2008, she collaborated, as a writer, with the UCR-CA Museum of Photography on the acclaimed Joshua Tree National Park-centered film, “Escape to Reality: 24 hrs @ 24 fps,” and has received Writing Residencies for Joshua Tree National Park (2008-09) and at Vermont Studio (2004 and 2006.) Ruth, a lifetime member of Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society, received her M.F.A. in creative writing and writing for the performing arts in the UCR Low Residency M.F.A. program in June, 2014, holds her M.A. in English/Creative Writing from Northern Arizona University (1995), and is a graduate of CSUSB (1988.) She currently lives in Palm Desert, where she hikes and explores the desert hills and canyons, and is the proud mother of daughter, Tarah, 26, and overjoyed by new baby grandson, Simon, who just turned 1.

SALT + SPICE is a community arts organization offering art workshops, readings and cultural events in the Inland California. All events are free and open to the public. SALT + SPICE is based in Riverside, CA and managed by independent curator and art educator, Lisa Henry. For more info about SALT+SPICE events contact Lisa Henry at: [email protected] 951.323.8243.

Now in it’s 23rd year, Ghost Walk Riverside continues the tradition of sharing the art of storytelling during California Riverside Ballet’s annual ghost story tour event the weekend prior to Halloween.

A staple of Riverside, Ghost Walk is a grand attraction designed to induce the excitement of the young and old. This year’s line-up includes six “spooktacular” tour options that will route guests through an array of stops highlighting the city’s most renowned sites through its history-rich downtown. Ghost Walk’s inimitable theatrical style of storytelling features original narratives and performances of local talent from the areas high schools and communities. This year’s event guarantees to delight and amuse the likes of all who attend.

The Riverside Art Museum is part of the Blood Springs Road (PG-13) tour.

Buy your tickets here.

In the spirit of Smithsonian Museums, who offer free admission everyday, Museum Day Live! is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine in which participating museums across the country open their doors to anyone presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket… for free.

To register and download your free ticket, visit: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/venues/riverside-art-museum/

You are invited to the final installment of Design After Dark, brought to you by The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire!

AI – IE is proud to be bringing out Los Angeles-based artist ~*~ CRYPTIK ~*~ 

He will be painting live at the Riverside Art Museum on the rooftop. Come create under the stars to the sounds of ancient instruments played by Guy Douglas and the eclectic sounds of DJ Hyphen from Mental Physix as they create an environment to foster creative vibes.

This is a family friendly event. AI – IE will have a button making station and other art supplies. It is recommended that you bring supplies to create. RSVP is a must, so call 909.915.2152.

ABOUT:
The Cryptik Movement is a public art campaign dedicated to helping humanity evolve towards greater awareness and understanding through the use of compelling, iconic imagery that demands both scrutiny and reverie. The purpose of this organization is to facilitate the development of a deeper, more meaningful philosophy of life. Our main objective is to challenge people to think of other possibilities and to see a different reality; one that encompasses many ideologies, philosophies, and belief systems in order to help us better understand our place in the universe. The organization is entirely free of any religious or political agendas and, therefore, serves only to provoke wonder and inspire thought. The goal of this organization is to serve as a catalyst for a change in consciousness on a global scale. At this very critical juncture in human history, either we evolve or perish. Join the Movement! The “Great Awakening” is upon us.

BIO:
CRYPTIK, a Los Angeles based artist, creates works of art that explore the realm of spirituality and consciousness. His iconic depictions of deities and spiritual leaders, along with his signature style of calligraphy, can be seen throughout Los Angeles and San Francisco, adorning the urban landscape and galleries alike. The goal of his art is to offer people a different perspective, one that encompasses teachings from diverse wisdom traditions, in order to help them develop a broader philosophy of life.

Join the movement 
www.Cryptik.com 

See you there!

Come meet all of the featured artists of Baby Tattooville Through the Looking Glass. 

Then participate (or just watch) the live psychic haircutting event by Finishing School and Yucef Merhi.

We will also be hosting Fabian Debora, Alex Kizu, and Juan Carlos Munoz Hernandez, and participants from Path of Life Ministries Family Shelter, who will have just completed a new community mural at RAM which will be donated to Path of Life. Also on view will be photographs documenting a collaborative mural created by CSUSB Community-based Art Program students and California Institute for Men inmates, taken by Andrew K. Thompson, CSUSB MFA candidate and prison art program intern. This photo exhibition is held in conjunction with Bridging Homeboy Industries: Fabian Debora, Alex Kizu, and Juan Carlos Munoz Hernandez, on view at RAFFMA from October 6 – January 31. Bridging Homeboy Industries originated at Otis College of Art and Design and is curated by Annie Buckley, artist/writer and faculty member at CSUSB.

Our Genji’s World in Japanese Woodblock Prints will also be open, so come see and celebrate all of our fall exhibits with us!

An extended sonic event for live computer and electronics, 24 bell carillon, handbell choir and local ambience on the roof of RAM.

Riverside Whistles and Bells is an extended site-specific sonic event to take place on the roof of the Riverside Art Museum (RAM). Composer and sound artist, Philip Mantione will create new music for live computer and electronics, 24 bell carillon (housed in the bell tower of the First Congregational Church of Riverside – FCCR) and handbell choir, to be performed and intertwined with the local ambience of downtown Riverside. The Music Director and Carillonneur of FCCR, Linda Corbitt will perform live, reading from a temporal score that will be synchronized with a live computer performance by Mantione and the FCCR Handbell Choir. The computer portion will be based on samples of the FCCR carillon, field recordings of the carillon in the Bell Tower of UCR, the train whistles and sounds that regularly permeate the community and natural sounds. Excerpts of the live performance and related electroacoustic works will be compiled for a new release on the Norwegian netlabel, Petroglyph Music.

Mantione writes custom software to meld field recordings, sampling and computer generated sounds into unique sonic textures. He uses natural and man-made sounds as source material for computer music and as inspiration for acoustic compositions.

Raised in a working class neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, the sounds of church bells and trains were an integral part of the composers’ early sonic consciousness. Mantione reflects, “Church bells are functional, typically used to mark the passing of time, call people to services, celebrate an occasion or solemnify a funeral ceremony. Likewise, train whistles are used to alert the community that a locomotive is approaching and its inertia must be respected. The rich harmonic content in these sounds is enhanced by the geographic landscape and man-made structures that reflect and diffract sound waves in serendipitous ways.  These types of sounds are some of my earliest sonic memories and are a comforting presence whenever I hear them. The trains that travel through Riverside’s Box Springs Mountain generate a natural reverberation and echo that is unique to the area. The power of these communal sounds to travel long distances allows for a limitless array of sonic experiences based on the physical location of any given listener. This work will call attention to the beauty of the ambient sounds in our environment that are often ignored or relegated as background noise. Beyond the appreciation of the sound-in-itself, the piece will embrace the collaboration between culture, nature, and civilization in the sense of ecoacoustics, provoke the imagination, and encourage multiple narratives unique to each individual. The work will illuminate the divisions reflected by symbolic architectural structures and industrial mechanisms while bringing together a community through the appreciation of the sounds of daily life.”

Tickets

Tickets are $10 for general admission. RAM members, students, and seniors (65+) are $5 (you will need to show current ID at the door). If paying with American Express, please call us at 951.684.7111. Thank you. 

This event is sponsored by:

A Fundraiser for the Riverside Art Museum

The Riverside Art Museum invites the community to celebrate seven artists who will face off at the museum to each create an assemblage piece of sculpture. A panel of three judges will choose who will be winner and who will receive the “brush off.”

During the event, a select group of the region’s leading artists will each get a box full of unknown cast-off “junk.” After opening the box, they each get two and a half hours to create their masterpieces. Competing artists include Jim Berhman, Ariana Cervantes, Cosme Cordova of Division 9 Gallery, Mario Loya, Laura Ryan, Gary Rainsbarger, and Martin Sanchez of Tio’s Tacos. Each artist can bring a preapproved home toolkit. The artists all have diverse backgrounds and differing styles from figuration to abstraction to installation and even jewelry. They use various mediums from paper mache to metals to “trash.”

Artist Laura Ryan is participating in the Brush Off as a way to encourage others to make art. “If one person sees hardware store items, throwaways, and junk turned into a unique piece of art….who knows? We might set a future Picasso on fire.”

The panel of judges includes businessman and art collector Jerry Ruiz, curator Carolyn Schutten, and artist Douglas McCulloh. They will evaluate the work for creative use of materials, overall aesthetic, and other aspects. There will also be an audience choice award.

The event will be MC-ed by artist and RAM Trustee Greg Adamson. It will feature art-making activities for guests, a hosted bar, and hors d’oeuvres.

“This is a great way for the Riverside Art Museum to share the talents of artists in our region while raising much needed funds,” says Patsy Herrera-Loya, RAM Trustee and committee chairperson. “Come and enjoy a glass of wine with us and watch the magic of artistic creation unfold before your eyes!”

Tickets are $50 and $75 and are available for purchase below or by calling 951.684.7111. Artist sponsorships include keeping the final piece of art created and are available for $500.  All proceeds from the event benefit the Riverside Art Museum. 

Tickets

General Admission Tickets $50

Come watch the artists create during the Brush Off and get one People’s Choice Award ballot. Hosted bar and hors d’oeuvres included.

VIP Admission Tickets $75

A VIP ticket gives you access to the pre-event Meet-and-Greet with the artists and judges, a $10 gift certificate to the Blue Door Museum Store, a front row seat to watch the artists create during the Brush Off, and five extra People’s Choice Award ballots. Hosted bar and hors d’oeuvres included.

Artist Sponsorships $500

Have a favorite artist amongst the competitors? Want to own the piece they create during the Brush Off? Then become an Artist Sponsor!

Jim Berhman

Claimed!

Ariana Cervantes

Claimed!

Cosme Cordova

Claimed!

Mario Loya

Claimed!

Laura Ryan

Claimed!

Gary Rainsbarger

Claimed!

Martin Sanchez

Claimed!

Donate

As a non-profit institution, RAM relies on the generosity of donors like you to support a place where a love of the arts can be sparked and nurtured. YOUR support is critical to our mission. If you cannot attend the Brush Off but would like to make a donation to the Riverside Art Museum in support of the arts, please click the button below. Thank you!

THANK YOU to our generous sponsors:

Greg Smith | Kathy Wright & Dwight Tate | Michelle Ouellette | Bob Kain | Sperry MacNaughton |
Patsy Herrera-Loya | Kukies Cakery | Assemblyman Jose Medina | Tio’s Tacos | Roorda, Piquet & Bessee, Inc.
Greg Adamson

ART MATERIAL DONORS:

Assistance League – Riverside | Bourns Engineering | CarbonLite | Veora Erwin | Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore | Prestige International