Monothon 14 announcement
June 23rd, 2008 — Museum, exhibitions, opportunities, receptions, workshops
Current TV documents The Big Sad
June 12th, 2008 — Museum
Word up to Current TV for this awesome vid of The Big Sad.
Featuring interviews with Barry McGee, footage of Clare Rojas, interviews with Ed Templeton, Dan Nguyen, Jon Roach, Director Daniel Foster, and Adult Ed Curator Lee Tusman.
SKULLPHONE HISTORY MUSEUM @ RAM
May 27th, 2008 — Museum
PAAR reception
May 16th, 2008 — Museum
If you missed the February Arts Walk, here’s a photo of PAAR President Terry Chacon presenting the award for Best in Show to Ada Passarro. Ada painted a beautiful piece that embodied traditional plein air painting and combined this with contemporary motifs, integrating the 91 freeway near the museum in her painting.
Mine Okubo
May 13th, 2008 — Museum
May 8, 2008- On Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 6:30 pm, the Riverside Public Library and the Inlandia Institute will host a reading and discussion with Mary H. Curtin, author of “Mine: A Name for Herself”, based on the life of the internationally renowned Riverside artist Mine Okubo. Okubo, an alumnus of RCC, traveled internationally with her work, painting alongside the famous muralist Diego Rivera, among others. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Okubo was exiled to a Japanese internment camp, where she wrote and illustrated her most famous work, Citizen 13660. Curtin, a distinguished longtime Riverside writer and a friend and admirer of Okubo, will discuss the artist’s work and perspective of the Japanese-American experience in Riverside. Curtin will also share more about the incredible life of this, her first play: among its notable achievements, “Mine” has been performed at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program in remembrance of Executive Order 9066, and the play will be performed again at LA’s EDGEfest in 2008.
The event is free to the public and begins at 6:30 pm in the Main Library’s second floor auditorium, located at 3581 Mission Inn Ave, Downtown Riverside.
For more information, please call (951) 826-2420 or visit the library’s website.
Photos from Solarplate Etching Workshop
May 5th, 2008 — Museum
This weekend we had an amazing workshop at RAM. Taught by Dan Welden, inventor of the Solarplate, the workshop focused on solarplate etching and relief printing. From a photographic or hand-drawn transparency image, participants used the sun or an exposure unit to create a metal plate. This metal solarplate can be inked up and run through the press as a way to do acidless etching. We had a great time and the participants created great art. A smattering of photos follows:
All photos here by Curtis.
Dan Welden, Mary Granyer, Mario Rosales
Jeff Ribaudo
More photos after the jump.
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Arts Walk this Thursday - build stuff and see hip hop theater
April 29th, 2008 — Museum, music, receptions, workshops
This Thursday is Arts Walk from 6 - 9PM. Each month at RAM we have a hands-on art project. This month we’re building buildings! In conjunction with American Institute of Architects/U.S. Green Building Council 2008 Regional Architectural Design Awards Exhibition. Inspired by Ray and Charles Eames, we’ll re-use exhibition cards to create maquettes within the exhibition.
And the same night, check this out at Division 9 North, brought to you by the Sweeney Art Gallery.
More info including the schedule after the jump.
Photo from the Watts Towers
April 28th, 2008 — Museum
The photos are just starting to come in from our Saturday RAM BUS Tour! We visited Mor York Gallery, Kristi Engle, David Patton and Sea and Space Explorations in Highland Park. We saw exhibits, performance pieces, visited Clare Ellis’ studio and even stopped off at Galco’s soda pop emporium before returning to the museum.
More photos coming soon…
Photos of The Big Sad exhibition
April 28th, 2008 — exhibitions
All photos by Spencer Eakin.
More photos after the jump.
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Video from last EARWAX concert
April 28th, 2008 — exhibitions, music, video
From the Be Now Here blog.
Video by Franz Keller, from Amps For Christ.