@ Riverside Art Museum

EXHIBITION ON VIEW: November 16, 2024 – March 16, 2025

Location: Taylor Gallery (Second floor)

Wild Seeds on the Beach 

Wild Seeds on the Beach is a writing retreat for Black women hosted by Jamii Publishing in partnership with Wild Seed Poetry and Arts Collective and made possible through generous funding by The California Arts Council.  This retreat seeks to increase literary arts programs to better serve women and writers of color in the Inland Empire and other localities in Southern California. The first retreat was held May 24-27, 2024. During the program 12 poets and writers, all black women, were photographed writing, talking, laughing, and in portrait. This exhibition is a visual reflection of a thriving creative demographic in the Inland Empire that is often overlooked.  

Wild Seeds Poetry and Arts Collective provides a safe space to explore and challenge each other and the scope of our craft to create new and innovative works. We are a collective of women who support and encourage each other. The writing and the photography created during this first retreat will be published in an anthology that will highlight the beauty, joy, and creativity of these local writers. 

Curated by Lisa Henry.

Photo courtesy of Wild Seeds Poetry and Arts Collective