Riverside Art Museum & The Cheech

Call for Artists!
2024-10-09 08:00 - 2024-12-01 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | California
Are you an artist that wants to engage, inspire and help grow creativity?

We are looking for artists to do live demonstrations, performances or art activities with our visitors on our First Sundays and/or Artswalk. These are free admission days and a great opportunity for meeting and interacting with the community and inspiring others in your passions. The activities will be free to visitors to either participate in or observe. There will be a stipend of $150-$300 depending on what supplies you will be providing. This will be a collaboration between you (the artist) and RAM.

Examples on what we are looking for includes: plein air painters, face painters, balloons artists, comic book artists that can teach a short activity, ceramics wheel throwing demonstration, jewelry making demo, marionette performance, Dj’s, improv, saxophone performance etc.

We are currently looking for artists for the following events:

January 2025-May 2025 at The Riverside Art Museum Stay tuned for later opportunities at The Cheech!

For more information please visit: https://riversideartmuseum.org/arts-education/community-engagement/artist-submissions/

Winter Decoration Making - UCR GLUCK Fellows
2024-12-01 01:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cheech Marin Center, 3581 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, California, 92507, United States
Join our UCR Gluck Fellows, Jovana Isevski and Alba Rodriguez, in creating wonderful winter decorations.

“The mission of the Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts at the University of California, Riverside is to create the opportunity for the broader community to benefit from the creative, performative, and expository talents of the graduate and undergraduate students of the Departments of Art, Creative Writing for the Performing Arts, Dance, History of Art, Music, Theatre, Film and Digital Production, and UCR Arts”

About First Sundays

In collaboration with the Riverside Arts Council, First Sundays is a series of free programs at various downtown Riverside locations. Featuring activities for all-ages, the event takes place every first Sunday of the month from 1 to 4 p.m.

As part of Free Sundays, Riverside Art Museum (Julia Morgan Building) and The Cheech are free and open to the public from 12 to 5 p.m. No tickets are necessary.

Free Admission - First Sunday of every month, in collaboration with RAC
2024-12-01 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-01-05 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-02 12:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Riverside Art Museum + The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, California
In collaboration with the Riverside Arts Council, First Sundays is a series of free programs at various downtown Riverside locations. Featuring activities for all-ages, the event takes place every first Sunday of the month from 1 to 4 p.m.

As part of Free Sundays, Riverside Art Museum (Julia Morgan Building) and The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture are both free and open to the public from 12 to 5 p.m. No tickets are necessary.

Las Posadas
2024-12-01 12:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92501, United States
Join us for Las Posadas at the Riverside Art Museum. Las Posadas (Spanish for inn or lodging), is a festival celebrated in Mexico and parts of the United States that commemorates the journey Joseph and Mary made from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Bring your family and loved ones to enjoy tamales, pan dulce, and chocolate Mexicano as we celebrate our version of the traditional festival. Enjoy music and entertainment, discover more about Las Posadas, and find a place at the table to make your own star piñata.

12:15 – 12:30: Procession participants are invited to gather with Musica Axolotl in front of the lenticular at The Cheech.

12:45: Procession will begin from The Cheech down Mission Avenue to Riverside Art Museum (Julia Morgan Building) to continue the celebration.

Presented in partnership with Cultura Con Llantas. We’ll see you there!

Giving Tuesday - Donate today!
2024-12-03 08:00 - 23:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Riverside Art Museum + The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, California
Give today! Donate to the Riverside Art Museum and The Cheech to uplift diverse artistic and cultural voices!

Donations will be matched up to $5,000 through 11:59pm December 3rd – Giving Tuesday! Your support today will make possible exhibitions, programs, and events for all ages that uphold artistic expression and increase empathy and understanding.

This past year so far, we have welcomed 92,300 people from across the region, state and nation, to The Cheech and the Riverside Art Museum at the historic Julia Morgan building (we are on track to reach 100,000 by year’s end!). These participants viewed exhibitions, took guided tours, learned through art classes, or participated in one of our free Arts Walk or Summer Sundays events. In addition, our arts education team brought our Art-to-Go program to 30,000 K-8 students throughout the Inland Empire.

And the Art Alliance’s Riverside Art Market welcomed 3,000 visitors and 100 artisan vendors. Between both sites, twenty-one exhibitions have featured 871 objects by 232 artists with the goal of amplifying local, Chicana/o/x, and marginalized voices and upholding artistic expression that increases empathy and understanding.

The first $5,000 in donations received now through December 3rd will be matched dollar for dollar by a donation from Deena Imamura and Adam Guzkowski, RAM Trustee, essentially doubling your impact!

From our Executive Director, Drew Oberjuerge

In 2024, RAM worked to fulfill our mission to “uplift diverse artistic and cultural voices, cultivate inclusive exhibitions, collections, and educational programming, engage in transformative conversations, and foster strong community connections.” So far in 2024 we have welcomed 92,300 people from across the region, state and nation to The Cheech and the Riverside Art Museum at the historic Julia Morgan building—putting us on track to reach 100,000 by year’s end. These participants viewed exhibitions, took guided tours, learned through art classes, or participated in one of our free Artswalk or Summer Sundays events. In addition, our arts education team brought our Art-to-Go program to 30,000 K-8 students throughout the Inland Empire, and the Art Alliance’s Riverside Art Market welcomed 3,000 visitors and 100 artisan vendors.

Between both sites, twenty-one exhibitions have featured 871 objects by 232 artists. With these exhibitions our goal is to amplify local, Chicana/o/x, and marginalized voices and uphold artistic expression that increases empathy and understanding. The critically-acclaimed exhibition Judithe Hernandez: Beyond Myself, Somewhere, I wait for My Arrival, curated by The Cheech Artistic Director Maria Esther Fernandez, features an accompanying catalogue which—we are excited to announce—will be in La Tiendita in early December. (Pre-orders are available). Publishing these exhibition catalogues including Collidoscope: de la Torre Brothers RetroPerspective is key to continuing to establish Chicano Art in the American Art canon, ensuring that scholars and students across the nation have access to scholarly articles that uplift the contributions of these artists.

Exhibitions originating at The Cheech continue to tour nation-wide. Collidoscope in partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino closes at the Corning Museum of Glass this early January and will open at the Crocker Art Museum this February, then at the Mint Museum in June. Stay tuned for the announcement of two more venues. Additionally, Judithe Hernandez: Beyond Myself, Somewhere, I wait for My Arrival will open at the El Paso Museum of Art this winter.

Earlier in the year we were proud to exhibit the work of Riverside-raised, New York-based Rico Gatson curated by Lisa Henry. Another exhibition, Sacred Spaces: The Work and Collection of Charles Bibbs, presented the work of prolific Riverside-based artist Charles Bibbs, whose work is collected across the nation. We are proud to be part of LACMA’s Art Bridges program, debuting their Before You Now exhibition in April. And this year we focused on our historic Julia Morgan building with an exhibition about the history of the building—which featured newly commissioned photography by Sofia Valiente as well as preservation plans.

Accessibility to our sites is critically important to us, and we are grateful to the Art Bridges Foundation for being a part of their Access for All initiatives. This allowed us to provide free

access to visitors on Sundays from June 2, 2024 to September 1, 2024. Almost 10,000 people participated in this free admission program! We are fortunate to be part of this program for two more years, so stay tuned for more info.

A new sculpture, Meet Me at The Cheech by artist Ignacio Gomez, ensures Cheech Marin will meet the public at The Cheech for years to come. With open arms, the sculpture of Cheech warmly welcomes visitors to see Chicano art, Cheech having championed its inclusion in museums for decades. Cheech says, “This statue is not just a reflection of my work, but of the incredible power of Chicano art to tell stories, challenge narratives, and bring us together.”

We continue to receive media attention with nearly 200 media stories. Notably, PBS Artbound’s documentary The Cheech gives insight into Cheech’s journey to “bring Chicano art to the mainstream art world.” A forthcoming Craft in America documentary on collectors, again through PBS, screens this December. Catch a preview here!

Your support will help make possible the following exhibitions plus many more:

· Joel Sternfeld: On This Site at Riverside Art Museum, January 25, 2025–July 6, 2025.On This Site presents a timely and critical examination of landscape photography as a medium for exploring complex societal issues moving beyond aesthetic representation to engage with place as repositories of memory, sites of traumatic history, and witnesses to American violence. The exhibition is curated by Lisa Henry.

· Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory at The Cheech, March 1, 2025–August 3, 2025. This exhibition is the first major retrospective to explore the historically significant work and career of Amalia Mesa-Bains, a pioneering Chicana artist, curator, and theorist. The exhibition is co-curated by María Esther Fernández, Artistic Director, The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum, and Laura E. Pérez, PhD, Professor of Chicanx, Latinx and Ethnic Studies and Chair of the Latinx Research Center, UC Berkeley.

· 2025 Members Show at the Riverside Art Museum, April 12, 2025–October 5, 2025. The exhibition will showcase outstanding examples of contemporary drawing, printmaking, collage and 2D works on paper created between 2020 and 2024. We are particularly interested in artworks that explore themes, imagery or perspectives connected to the Inland Empire—its cities, landscapes, communities and, if applicable, the experiences of those living and working here. The exhibition is co-curated by Lisa Henry and Denise Kraemer.

Thank you for supporting us in our journey. Individual giving remains the critical backbone of philanthropy. By choosing us, you choose a world where free expression is valued, and artists critically engage in pressing issues impacting us.

Donate Now

End of the year giving - Donate today!
2024-12-03 08:00 - 2024-12-31 23:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Riverside Art Museum + The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, California
Give today! Donate to the Riverside Art Museum and The Cheech to uplift diverse artistic and cultural voices!

From our Executive Director, Drew Oberjuerge

In 2024, RAM worked to fulfill our mission to “uplift diverse artistic and cultural voices, cultivate inclusive exhibitions, collections, and educational programming, engage in transformative conversations, and foster strong community connections.” So far in 2024 we have welcomed 92,300 people from across the region, state and nation to The Cheech and the Riverside Art Museum at the historic Julia Morgan building—putting us on track to reach 100,000 by year’s end. These participants viewed exhibitions, took guided tours, learned through art classes, or participated in one of our free Artswalk or Summer Sundays events. In addition, our arts education team brought our Art-to-Go program to 30,000 K-8 students throughout the Inland Empire, and the Art Alliance’s Riverside Art Market welcomed 3,000 visitors and 100 artisan vendors.

Between both sites, twenty-one exhibitions have featured 871 objects by 232 artists. With these exhibitions our goal is to amplify local, Chicana/o/x, and marginalized voices and uphold artistic expression that increases empathy and understanding. The critically-acclaimed exhibition Judithe Hernandez: Beyond Myself, Somewhere, I wait for My Arrival, curated by The Cheech Artistic Director Maria Esther Fernandez, features an accompanying catalogue which—we are excited to announce—is available for purchase in La Tiendita. (On-line orders with shipping are available). Publishing these exhibition catalogues including Collidoscope: de la Torre Brothers RetroPerspective is key to continuing to establish Chicano Art in the American Art canon, ensuring that scholars and students across the nation have access to scholarly articles that uplift the contributions of these artists.

Exhibitions originating at The Cheech continue to tour nation-wide. Collidoscope in partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino closes at the Corning Museum of Glass this early January and will open at the Crocker Art Museum this February, then at the Mint Museum in June. Stay tuned for the announcement of two more venues.

Additionally, Judithe Hernandez: Beyond Myself, Somewhere, I wait for My Arrival will open at the El Paso Museum of Art this winter.

Earlier in the year we were proud to exhibit the work of Riverside-raised, New York-based Rico Gatson curated by Lisa Henry. Another exhibition, Sacred Spaces: The Work and Collection of Charles Bibbs, presented the work of prolific Riverside-based artist Charles Bibbs, whose work is collected across the nation. We are proud to be part of LACMA’s Art Bridges program, debuting their Before You Now exhibition in April. And this year we focused on our historic Julia Morgan building with an exhibition about the history of the building—which featured newly commissioned photography by Sofia Valiente as well as preservation plans.

Accessibility to our sites is critically important to us, and we are grateful to the Art Bridges Foundation for being a part of their Access for All initiatives. This allowed us to provide free access to visitors on Sundays from June 2, 2024 to September 1, 2024. Almost 10,000 people participated in this free admission program! We are fortunate to be part of this program for two more years, so stay tuned for more info.

A new sculpture, Meet Me at The Cheech by artist Ignacio Gomez, ensures Cheech Marin will meet the public at The Cheech for years to come. With open arms, the sculpture of Cheech warmly welcomes visitors to see Chicano art, Cheech having championed its inclusion in museums for decades. Cheech says, “This statue is not just a reflection of my work, but of the incredible power of Chicano art to tell stories, challenge narratives, and bring us together.”

We continue to receive media attention with nearly 200 media stories. Notably, PBS Artbound’s documentary The Cheech gives insight into Cheech’s journey to “bring Chicano art to the mainstream art world.” A forthcoming Craft in America documentary on collectors, again through PBS, premieres December 27th. Catch a preview here!

Your support will help make possible the following exhibitions plus many more:

· Joel Sternfeld: On This Site at Riverside Art Museum, January 25, 2025–July 6, 2025.On This Site presents a timely and critical examination of landscape photography as a medium for exploring complex societal issues moving beyond aesthetic representation to engage with place as repositories of memory, sites of traumatic history, and witnesses to American violence. The exhibition is curated by Lisa Henry.

· Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory at The Cheech, March 1, 2025–August 3, 2025. This exhibition is the first major retrospective to explore the historically significant work and career of Amalia Mesa-Bains, a pioneering Chicana artist, curator, and theorist. The exhibition is co-curated by María Esther Fernández, Artistic Director, The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum, and Laura E. Pérez, PhD, Professor of Chicanx, Latinx and Ethnic Studies and Chair of the Latinx Research Center, UC Berkeley.

· 2025 Members Show at the Riverside Art Museum, April 12, 2025–October 5, 2025. The exhibition will showcase outstanding examples of contemporary drawing, printmaking, collage and 2D works on paper created between 2020 and 2024. We are particularly interested in artworks that explore themes, imagery or perspectives connected to the Inland Empire—its cities, landscapes, communities and, if applicable, the experiences of those living and working here. The exhibition is co-curated by Lisa Henry and Denise Kraemer.

Thank you for supporting us in our journey. Individual giving remains the critical backbone of philanthropy. By choosing us, you choose a world where free expression is valued, and artists critically engage in pressing issues impacting us.

Donate Now

Palabra @ The Cheech
2024-12-05 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cheech Marin Center, 3581 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, California, 92507, United States
Palabra @ The Cheech is a series that celebrates the wonderful tradition of floricanto, poesía, and the spoken word. Join us for this new open mic poetry series co-hosted by Donato Martinez, featuring poets Meliza Bañales, Carlos Ornales, and Antoine Victorin. Doors open at 6pm.

Schedule of Events6PM: Sign-Ups begin7PM: Featured Poets8PM: Open Mic

Hosted By

Donato Martinez was born in in small pueblo, Garcia de la Cadena, Zacatecas, Mexico and immigrated into USA at six years old. He teaches English composition, Literature, and Creative Writing at Santa Ana College. He has also taught classes in Chicano Studies. He has also been a co-coordinator of the Puente Program for 25 years and has presented workshop sessions at both the regional and state level. He has also spoken at many motivational and educational conferences. He hosts and curates many artistic events that feature poetry and music at his campus or in the community. He is also a poet and writes about his barrio upbringing, his community, his culture, and his Chicano identity. He has a self-published collection with three other Inland Empire poets, Tacos de Lengua. His full length collection of poetry, Touch the Sky, was published in 2023 by El Martillo Press. He loves the outdoors and is inspired by music and books and other artistic expressions, and his children, Gabriel and Abigail. He was recently recognized as the Distinguished Faculty of the Year at Santa Ana College in 2024. Instagram @donatomartinez1

Featured Poets

Meliza Bañales aka Missy Fuego is the author of six books, a Lambda Literary Finalist, and a Slam Champion. She has written for the Washington Square Review, On Our Backs Magazine, Razorcake, Ladybox, and Encyclopedia Brittanica. Along with being the 2024 Los Angeles Erotica Slam Champion, they are also on the West Hollywood Slam Team who are the Chill List Slam Team Champions. They are a 2024 Tin House Fellow in Young Adult Fiction and a 2024 Los Angeles LGBTQIA Center Summer Resident. They live, write, and cause radical trouble in their hometown of Los Angeles. Instgram- @missyfuego

Antoine Victorin is a son, uncle, brother, veteran, and free soul on a journey within. Coming from humble beginnings, Victorin recognizes the struggles we all face and wants to cultivate a community of love, kindness and compassion. Instagram- @antoinevee

Carlos Ornelas is a Mexican American Poet and the author of 2 poetry collections. He has been published in The San Diego Poetry Annual, Voices of Compton, the Myriad, and several anthologies and has been instrumental in the development of the CLI school of poetry. He has been recognised by the Los Angeles Library Commission as “one of the top rhythmic poets in L.A.” and he is dedicated to the advancement of the written arts and continues his work helping writers and poets find their poetic voice and becoming published authors. He recently published Villian’s Vernacular, a collection of poetry, with Riots of Roses Publishing. Instagram– @carlosornelaspoetry

Free Admission – First Thursday of every month during Riverside ArtsWalk
2024-12-05 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92501, United States
Join us on the first Thursday of every month from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. for the Riverside ArtsWalk, a vibrant community event that celebrates the diversity of arts and culture in Riverside and the Inland Empire.
We offer free admission at both Riverside Art Museum (Julia Morgan Building) and The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture as part of the ArtsWalk, which includes many downtown arts destinations.

Riverside Artswalk is hosted by the Riverside Arts Council and sponsored by the City of Riverside and Riverside Downtown Partnership. More information and Artswalk map available here.

Riverside ArtsWalk is supported in part by:

Photo credit: Puma Photography

ArtsWalk at RAM
2024-12-05 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92501, United States
Holiday Ornament Making with Bethany – RAM Stebler Studio

Get crafty and make fun holiday ornaments with us!

Live Music – RAM Lobby

Great live music provided by students from the Ramona High School Band.

Metrolink - Holiday Express Train Event
2024-12-07 09:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | California
RAM and The Cheech will join Metrolink at the Riverside – Downtown train station on December 7th from 9AM to 2PM. Stop by our table for a crown decorating art activity and a photo opportunity with Eloy Torrez’ It’s a Brown World!

Come aboard an immersive winter wonderland complete with visits from Santa Claus, his friends and beloved characters from animated classics.

Tickets for the @Metrolink #HolidayExpressTrain are available by presale only. Make a reservation today.

AM Train

PM Train

Catalogue Signing - Judithe Hernández: Beyond Myself, Somewhere, I Wait for My Arrival
2024-12-15 12:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cheech Marin Center, 3581 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, California, 92507, United States
Please join us for a special catalogue signing with artist, Judithe Hernández on December 15th at 12:30PM for the opportunity to have your copy of Judithe Hernández: Beyond Myself, Somewhere, I Wait for My Arrival signed.

This event is free with admission. Catalogues are available for purchase in-store at La Tiendita.

Judithe Hernández: Beyond Myself, Somewhere, I Wait for My Arrival* is a much overdue opportunity to immerse ourselves in the world and art of Judithe Hernández. The catalogue accompanies the first major retrospective and comprehensive evaluation of her fifty-year career

Shipping Available

The Cheech is excited to announce that Judithe Hernández: Beyond Myself, Somewhere, I Wait for My Arrival is now available for domestic shipping (excl. AK and HI) for a fee of $10.00. Judithe Hernández: Beyond Myself, Somewhere, I Wait for My Arrival is expected to arrive at The Cheech in the coming days, just in time for the holidays

Free Admission – First Thursday of every month during Riverside ArtsWalk
2025-01-02 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-02-06 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | Riverside Art Museum + The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, California

Dia de Los Reyes Magos
2025-01-05 13:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | California
Riverside Art Museum (Atrium & Lobby)

Join us as we celebrate Dia de Los Reyes Magos at Riverside Art Museum. Mr. Blue and Cultura con Llantas are back, bringing the tamales, pan dulce, chocolate Mexicano, Rosca de Reyes, and entertainment! This event is absolutely FREE. Invite your loved ones and friends!

Schedule of Events

1:00 PM: Program begins

1:15 PM – 1:45 PM: David Bosquez

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM: Rubidoux High School Ballet Folklórico

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM: Grupo Axolotl

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM: Perris Community Ballet Folklórico

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM: David Bosquez

Thank you sponsors: Patricia Reynolds with Los Cinco attorneys Luis Aguilar, Richard Carnero, Jorge C. Hernández, Russell Jauregui, and Luis Lopez.

Gluck Fellows Art Project & Digital Exhibition (Stebler Studio)

Each participant will receive a small canvas to draw their rendition of a museum artwork or create a completely original piece. Paint and markers will be provided. Attendees can opt to have their artwork photographed for inclusion in a digital collage exhibit, which will be shared across the social networks of the Rio Junto art collective, the UCR Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts, and the Riverside Art Museum.

As part of Free Sundays, Riverside Art Museum (Julia Morgan Building) and The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture are both free and open to the public from 12 to 5 p.m. No tickets are necessary.

I Love Lupe - Screening
2025-01-26 13:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cheech Marin Center, 3581 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, California, 92507, United States
I Love Lupe documents the first and only roundtable discussion between Chicanx artists Ester Hernandez, Yolanda Lopez and Alma Lopez. Artists present and discuss their feminists revisionists version of the cultural icon, the Virgin of Guadalupe and the controversies encountered.

I Love Lupe is a 46 minute video first published as a visual chapter in the book titled Our Lady of Controversy: Alma Lopez’s “Irreverent” Apparition edited by Alicia Gaspar de Alba and Alma Lopez.Texas: University of Texas Press, 2011. ISBN-13 : 978-0292719927. More information at almalopez.com.

Credits: Alma Lopez copyright 2011

Images featured are from I Love Lupe.

Mini Piñatas with UCR GLUCK Fellows
2025-02-02 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cheech Marin Center, 3581 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, California, 92507, United States
Join UCR GLUCK fellows Jo and Nico to paint a mini piñata with a surprise gift inside! This activity is for all-ages.

Come and learn about the history, origin, and symbolism of piñatas and their widespread use in Latin American communities.

“The mission of the Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts at the University of California, Riverside is to create the opportunity for the broader community to benefit from the creative, performative, and the expository talents of the graduate and undergraduate students of the Departments of Art, Creative Writing for the Performing Arts, Dance, History of Art, Music, Theatre, Film and Digital Production, and UCR Arts”

First Sunday at RAM
2025-02-02 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92501, United States
Join Isaias Rodriguez @littlepinatamaker on the RAM Rooftop for a piñata art project! Enjoy music from DJ Aztecparrot.

UCR GLUCK Fellows will host a tea coaster art activity using yarn and other recycled materials. Find them in the RAM art classroom!

Meet Andrew K. Thompson, the artist behind The Pleasure of Being Wrong exhibition. Thompson will take visitors through his artistic process and answer any questions! Join Thompson at 1PM and 3PM for a tour.

The Pleasure of Being Wrong

Soar with Dragons!
2025-02-02 13:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92501, United States
On Sunday, February 2, at 1:30 PM, join Inlandia and Riverside Art Museum for a celebration of Lunar New Year with puppeteer Nicole Cloeren and Puppets a la Carte. The presentation includes story time, interactive participation, and your help in bringing the giant dragon puppet to life outdoors. Join us for this fun, free, family-friendly event!Nicole B. Cloeren is the founder and creative director of Puppets a la Carte where she feeds the imagination through hands-on puppeteering for all ages. Emphasizing play and techniques of improvisation, she creates a space of surprise and wonder in which we all learn from one another through puppetry arts. She leads a Youth Puppet Club, works in the RUSD after school programs, and partners with various artists and organizations in the Inland Empire. She holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education and an MA in American Studies from The College of William & Mary and a BA in English from The College of the Holy Cross. Her puppets go everywhere Nicole likes to go including coffee shops, museums, places with music & dance, camping in the desert, street festivals, and a seat next to you!

Saltwater: A Conversation with WildSeeds
2025-02-02 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92501, United States
From 3PM to 4:30PM, meet the poets behind the Wild Seed Retreat and Saltwater Anthology. In this reading and conversation Ginger Galloway and Nikia Chaney will talk about how this program came together, share poems, and ideas on the creation for more spaces for black creatives.

Learn more about Wild Seeds on the Beach at RAM

Resource Walk at The Cheech, in collaboration with Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance
2025-02-06 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cheech Marin Center, 3581 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, California, 92507, United States
In partnership with Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance, join us for another Resource Walk at the Cheech! Enjoy art activities, lawn games, and learning about local resources.

Learn more about Rainbow Youth Pride Alliance!

Valentine's Day Cards at RAM
2025-02-06 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92501, United States
Join us for the February Arts Walk and view our newest exhibitions! Stop by our art classroom and make a Valentine’s Day card for a loved one. This activity is all-ages!

Winter Catalog Sale
2025-02-22 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | California
50% off Riverside Art Museum exhibition catalogs from the archives.

RAM - The Cheech Scholarship
2025-02-28 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | California
Application Criteria

The RAM/ Cheech Scholarship is intended to award $2,500 to a graduating senior to assist with college tuition. If awarded, the scholarship payment would be issued, upon proof of registration, to the university or college the graduating senior attends to be used toward tuition.

The Basic Criteria for the RAM/ Cheech Scholarship include: (1) minimum 2.5 g.p.a.; (2) committed to art or art-related study; (3) engaged w/ local art community (preferred); (4) from a community that is historically underrepresented in the arts (preferred); (5) have a portfolio of visual art (10-pages, if possible).

Note: If you have already started your application via Dollars for Scholars, we urge you to submit as soon as possible. If you have not started your application process, we invite you to print and submit a physical application to The Cheech and Riverside Art Museum. Additionally, scholarship applications will be available at The Cheech and Riverside Art Museum.

Click here to download the application!Download

First Sunday at RAM
2025-03-02 01:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92501, United States
Join UCR Gluck Fellows in the Sebler Classroom as they present Playful Frogs, a fun art activity! Amphibians will emerge from hibernation when the weather starts to warm up, around early Spring. In this activity, we will make playful frogs from paper towels and paint and help them make their first jumps into the first days of March!

Visit Bako Balloon and Paint for free face painting and balloon art figures! Balloon twisting from 1pm-2:30pm and face painting from 2:30pm-4pm. Find them on Instagram! @bakoballoonandpaint

Free Admission - First Sunday of every month, in collaboration with RAC
2025-03-02 12:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Riverside Art Museum + The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, California
In collaboration with the Riverside Arts Council, First Sundays is a series of free programs at various downtown Riverside locations. Featuring activities for all-ages, the event takes place every first Sunday of the month from 1 to 4 p.m.

As part of Free Sundays, Riverside Art Museum (Julia Morgan Building) and The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture are both free and open to the public from 12 to 5 p.m. No tickets are necessary.

Presenting Sponsor:

Plática at The Cheech - Amalia Mesa-Bains with Judy Baca
2025-03-02 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cheech Marin Center, 3581 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, California, 92507, United States

First Sunday with UCR Gluck Fellows
2025-03-02 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cheech Marin Center, 3581 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, California, 92507, United States
Join the UCR Gluck Fellow in the Cheech Classroom for a fun, free, and all-ages friendly art activity!

“The mission of the Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts at the University of California, Riverside is to create the opportunity for the broader community to benefit from the creative, performative, and the expository talents of the graduate and undergraduate students of the Departments of Art, Creative Writing for the Performing Arts, Dance, History of Art, Music, Theatre, Film and Digital Production, and UCR Arts”

Glide with Swallows!
2025-03-02 13:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92501, United States
Puppets a la Carte presents: “Glide with Swallows!” Play with the story of the migration of the Swallows at San Juan Capistrano. This puppet play date uses small bells, paper for nest building, and balls and scarves as swallows. It references: “Song of the Swallows” by Leo Politi and the song “La Golondrina” by Sonia de los Santos. Find them on Instagram! @inlandia_institute and @puppetsalacarte
