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 Presents Happy (art) Hour @ RAM

Decompress after a hectic day and enjoy special complimentary margaritas and other cocktails courtesy of PAMA Liqueur!

Monday, September 20 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

• Featuring a live acoustic set by MULA at 8:00 p.m.
• View and hear candid discussions about the current RAM exhibition, ¡Adelante Siempre!
• Free for all current and new Verge members. You can join Verge if you are a member of RAM.
• $10 general admission at the door without Verge membership.
• Proceeds benefit RAM.
• 21+.
• Sponsored by PAMA liqueur.

Join Guest Curator, Ann Marie Leimer, and artists Jacalyn Lopez-Garcia, Laura Aguilar, and Diane Arellano of ¡Adelante Siempre!: Recent Work by Southern California Chicana Photographers as they discuss the works on exhibit.

Enjoy contemporary Latino ska and soul with Riverside's very own MULA, paying tribute to the richness of the culture of Latin America.

VERGE is a group of young professional art enthusiasts supporting the Riverside Art Museum (RAM).

VERGE founders and members are committed to engaging young professionals in more unique artistic experiences, and to growing new generations of museum participants and supporters. With a creative approach, focused on exploring and cultivating everything that the historical and contemporary art scene has to offer in the I.E., VERGE promotes RAM and Riverside, "The City of Arts and Innovation", as the region’s art leaders.

RAM promotes an appreciation of the arts by presenting quality exhibitions and community educational programs for the cultural enrichment of the region.

Opening Reception for All Around, InterNatural, and Adelante Siempre!

Reception: September 10, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

FREE to RAM Members; $5 Admission for non-members

Please join us at the Riverside Art Museum for the opening reception of three larger-than-life exhibits that feature a diversity of cultural backgrounds and artistic approaches from across Southern California.

Marco Casentini: All Around
Exhibition: August 14, 2010-November 6, 2010

This exhibition features recent work from Italian painter Marco Casentini. Now a resident of Hermosa Beach, Casentini hails from La Spezia, Italy, where a complementary exhibit of the artist is being held at the Centro Arte Moderne e Contemporanea.

Casentini's exhibit at RAM is monumental, featuring large canvases as well as a huge 15-foot high wall mural installation that stretches the entire length of RAM's Art Alliance gallery.

Adelante Siempre!: Recent Work by Southern California Chicana Photographers
Exhibition: September 11, 2010-November 6, 2010

Adelante Siempre translates as "always moving forward" and features Diane Arellano, Laura Aguilar, and Jacalyn Lopez-Garcia, curated by University of Redlands Professor Ann Marie Leimer.

The work reveals both formal and theoretical approaches to their chosen medium, including a conceptual work by Lopez-Garcia's dog Goldie conducted on Facebook.

Alan Disparte: InterNatural
Exhibition: September 11, 2010-December 2, 2010

Alan Disparte comes from a long family line of farmers and was raised in the rural area of Redlands, California. InterNatural features painting and video installations inspired by the coexistence and conflicts which occur when nature and culture intersect.

We invite you to join us to learn more about the artists and their amazing, thought-provoking work.

Wonders of Chicago Tour

Dates: September 8-12, 2010
Tour Leader: Evie Guin
Deposit: $350, due July 12, 2010
Price:  Approx. $650 for Land-Only Tour; Transportation to Chicago is extra
Single Supplement: $375
Benefit to RAM: $50 of the tour price

Photo by arts007

Evie Guin, an Art Alliance member and a Riverside Art Museum (RAM)  Life member, is pleased to present a Wonders of Chicago Tour, benefiting RAM.

This September she will lead a group traveling to Chicago to discover the many treasures of art and architecture found in the Windy City. Tour highlights include:

• four nights at The Palmer House Hilton;
• a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago;
• an architectural boat tour of the city; and
• a chance to see Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio.

Please call Evie Guin at (951) 683-5069 for tour details.

To book this tour, please contact Suzy Clem, a former RAM Board member and current Art Alliance and RAM member, at European Travel International at (951) 318-7756.

Live Art, Music, and Cocktails Under the Stars @ RAM

Verge is hosting another “Raise the Roof” cocktail party on the rooftop of RAM with live art, and music provided by DJ Gabe Real.

8:00 - 9:15 p.m. Browse the Members’ Mini Exhibition and chat with curator Lee Tusman. Also on-hand will be artists Kimberly Wlassak and R. Mike Nichols to guide you through the exhibit.

10:00 p.m. Introduction and brief chat with tonight's two performing artists: Nickolas Bahula and Rachael Dzikonski.

11:30 p.m. Last Call. (No-host bar supplied by La Bodega.)

PRICE: Become a RAM-VERGE member and get in for $10. $15 for the general public. Pay at the door. All proceeds benefit RAM.

It's time for another summer night under the stars supporting local artists and RAM! Meet up with colleagues, bring a date, or come stag and make new friends!

We have two artists this month who will be bringing art to life right in front of your eyes.

Nickolas Bahula

Nick is an emerging artist who has been making art for over 10 years. He is an Inland Empire native and recently participated in Saturation Fest where his work sold at auction to benefit the local art scene.

Nick's manner mirrors action painting and abstract expressionism. Using powdered pigment that he throws on the canvas dry, he then applies water to force the colors to drip down, creating organic, gravity-based streams. 

Throughout the night, visitors can watch an 8-foot canvas transform from white to colorful abstracted landscape.

Rachael Dzikonski

Rachael is a diverse artist, working predominantly with ceramics and photography. She is active in the Riverside community as an art educator and the program manager for the Riverside Arts Council. 
Rachael's relationship with ceramics taps into the visceral response she has with clay and the meditative process of the pottery wheel. 

During the course of the evening, visitors can watch Rachael in action at her pottery wheel, transforming mounds of mud into beautiful and interesting shapes and objects.

You do not want to miss what we have in store for you, so come on down!

Join VERGE!

Print Jam!

RAM's Art Fun in the Sun

Presented by TARGET Arts & Wonder Free Family Weekends

Saturday, July 17, 2010, from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

This summer, the Riverside Art Museum (RAM) invites you to join us for learning and inspiration at play by taking part in our FREE Art Fun in the Sun event, presented by TARGET Arts & Wonder Free Family Weekends, on Saturday, July 17, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The TARGET Arts & Wonder Free Family Weekends is part of the TARGET commitment to arts and education. By opening the doors to art institutions from coast to coast -- for FREE -- TARGET hopes to foster a lifelong love of learning in children and make the arts more affordable and accessible for families. Since 1946, the company has given five percent of its income to support education, the arts, social services, and volunteerism. Today, that adds up to more than $3 million a week.

Thanks to TARGET, the entire family can visit RAM for FREE on July 17 for our Art Fun in the Sun event to learn how to create dazzling paintings and sculptures, and to be entertained by the sound of great music. Explore our historic building, learn about its original history as a YWCA, and see our current exhibits too!

RAM and TARGET will also have a few surprise activities in store for you too, so tell your friends and come on down! You don't want to miss this!

Lucky Dragons concert

With Mad Marionettes and Conscious Summary

July 17, 2010 from 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.

$5 General Admission | $3 RAM Members

"Their songs often build off of a knotty skeleton of tribal beats, with near-New Age washes of synth and hypnotic delicate textures, earning them comparisons to other soundscape-creating bands like Iceland's Sigur Ros."
-- Margaret Wappler, LA Times

Active since 2000 and based primarily in Los Angeles, “Lucky Dragons” means any recorded/performed/installed/packaged/shared/suggested/imagined pieces made by Luke Fischbeck, Sarah Rara, and any sometime collaborators who claim the name. This performance will feature local musicians and artists that create performances connected with DIY artmaking, including Sumi Ink Club whose work with the public is still on exhibit in the Art Alliance Gallery until July 31.

Combining homemade instruments, video art, and music composition, a Lucky Dragons performance is a visceral affair featuring audience interaction.

Also performing will be Conscious Summary whose use of voice, violin, upright bass, various percussion items and sound manipulation takes their audience on a surreal and lucid musical ride into the unknown.

As for the Mad Marionettes, Rich Cane from I.E. Weekly states: "...they shoot their songs up with the frenzied festivity of a ghoulish carnival, mixing various genres of world music with the dirty, biting intensity of jangley punk."

So don't miss out on this truly unique musical experience! See you there!

 

2010 Members' Mini Exhibition

Exhibition: July 1, 2010 -- September 17, 2010

Drop-off: Friday, June 25 and Saturday, June 26, 10:00 a.m. -- 3:00 p.m.

Reception: July 1, 6:00 -- 9:00 p.m. during Arts Walk

Curatorial Talk: July 22, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Pick-up: Saturday, September 18, 10:00 a.m. -- 3:00 p.m.

All-new Members' Mini-Show! In past years, RAM has held a yearly members' exhibit to show off the artwork of RAM's talented artist-members and to provide a space for members to sell and exhibit their work. This year marks a first for RAM as we invite members to present work small in stature but big in spirit. 

Southern California has a reputation for thinking big, for creating monumental artworks. We're challenging you to create concise, powerful, bite-sized works. The size limitation acts as an equalizer, from abstraction to representation, sculpture to monoprint. Show us your best work. Your artwork may be miniature, but we hope your ambition is enormous.

Guidelines:

• All styles and themes are welcome.
• Each artist may only submit one original artwork, ready-to-hang.
• The piece must not exceed 16 inches x 16 inches,including the frame.
• All participants must be current RAM members.
• Artwork must be hand-delivered to RAM, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501, on one of the drop-off dates listed above.
• Artwork is to be picked up on Saturday, September 18, 2010, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. You must present your claim card.

Please click here to print out the entry form you will need to have filled out to bring with you when you drop-off your artwork.

For more information, please email Curator Lee Tusman at ltusman@riversideartmuseum.org.

DIY Arts and Letters Fest

Saturday, May 29, 2010 from noon to 4:00 p.m.

Entrance to the Fest is free with museum admission. | Admission is free for RAM members and children under 12, $2 for students/seniors, and $5 for adults.

Do you make zines or self-publish? Are you part of a literary press? Want to meet other independent and small publishers?

Then come participate in the Do-It-Yourself Arts and Letters Fest!

Be here for the Live Screenprinting Party with Jeremy Brosius and Jon "Roach" Brosius of Brosius Design Group! Print shirts with us! It’s $20 to buy a shirt on-site or save some cash and bring your own!

We’re also happy to present Press Release! We can't jam a zillion publications into a 4-hour showcase (or one museum), but we're going to try! UC Riverside's Mosaic presents the first—but certainly not the last—Press Release. Come eat, drink, buy books and zines, and find out about presses you can submit your own work to in the future. Now is the time to mingle with the finest of the I.E.'s local writers, self-publishers, and literary press.

Last, but definitely not least, make a zine with ZineWorks! A zine is an "inexpensively produced, self-published, underground publication usually reproduced via photocopier on a variety of colored paper stock." Come learn how to make one with your own art, writing, collage, and more. If you make zines, bring yours to share for the Zine Swap with a special SUMI INK CLUB zine we’ve made here.

This event is held in conjunction with Saturation Art and Music Fest.

Gorgeous Gardens!

The Art Alliance of the Riverside Art Museum (RAM) wants to take you on a visual stroll through Riverside's most talked about gardens. Located in the historic Rockledge area of Riverside on Ivy Street, seven gracious homeowners have agreed to share their garden culture and heritage just as the blossoming season begins. The Spring Garden Tour includes a tour of the original Priestley Hall home, built in 1889, one of Riverside's beautiful historic gems. What an inspirational way to experience spring with family and good friends! The tour takes place Saturday, May 1, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Tickets are required and can be purchased for $35 at RAM, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue or by calling (951) 684-7111. The tickets may also be purchased by clicking on the Buy Now button below and will be held at the Evans Residence, 5195 Victoria Avenue. Refreshments will be served and garden-related items will be available for purchase. Proceeds from the event support the museum.

The Art Alliance is the fundraising arm of RAM. Its members consist of the most creative, generous, and hard-working women in Riverside. If you are interested in sharing your talent and energy, consider becoming a member. Membership Contacts: Judie Ludwig (951) 780-5682 or Shirley Strzemieczany (951) 780-8694.

Buy Tickets for Gorgeous Gardens

LSU Opera Theater: Mozart's "The Magic Flute" ("Die Zauberflöte")

Thursday, March 11
Place: Riverside Art Museum
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM

Tickets will be sold at the door on the day of performance:
$5 Student
$10 General

La Sierra University Opera Theater will be presenting Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, "The Magic Flute" at RAM. Michael Gallup from the Los Angeles Opera will be singing the role of Sarastro. The role of Tamino will be sung by Timothy Gonzales and the Queen of the Night will be sung by Clarissa Shan, both of whom are LSU alumni and pursuing graduate studies in music at the University of Southern California. Additional roles will feature La Sierra University students. The LSU art Department directed by Beatriz Krumbein also became involved in designing and painting the set and props. The story of "The Magic Flute" is light-hearted and whimsical; it has delighted the hearts of all audiences since its first premiere in Vienna in 1791. For those who have never experienced an opera, this is your chance!

CAST

Tamio: Timothy Gonzales
Lady 1: Elizabeth Chan
Lady 2: Stephanie Jones
Lady 3: Rachel Hechanova
Papageno: Aram Barsamian
The Queen: Clarissa Shan
Monostatos: Benjamin Cortez
Pamina: Cecia Garcia
Spirit 1: Czarina Francisco
Spirit 2: Natalie Choi
Spirit 3: Melissa Suarez
Sarastro: Michael Gallup
Priest/Armor1: Arvy Wuysang
Priest/Armor2: Scott Ziemann
Papagena: Melanie Contreras
Priests, slaves and followers: LSU Chamber Singers

Rehearsal Pianist: Sergio Leiva

Set Designer: LSU Art Department

Stage Manager: Iris Escudero

Maestro: Daniel Cummings

Director: Raejin Lee

 

Artist Roundtable

Be here Saturday, October 23, from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. for an in-depth discussion of abstraction and experimental narrative with Curator Lee Tusman, Guest Curator Ann Marie Leimer, Marco Casentini, and the artists of Adelante Siempre!

This symposium will delve into the often misunderstood areas of abstraction and experimental narrative as currently featured in two of our exhibits. Together we will shine a light on the intricate nature of contemporary art.

RAM Loves Our Members

RAM's JMS Thank You reception at Scott and Beverly Bailey's gorgeous home was RAM's way of showing our appreciation to the members who donate both time and money to help us accomplish our mission.

We wouldn't be here without you.

Gregory Adamson - 7-Day Mexico Cruise

Departs: November 7, 2010
Deposit: $250 per person, due July 1, 2010
Price: $865.54 - $1185.54, based on double occupancy

"I strive always to push the boundaries of my abilities and continually challenge myself to reach beyond my artistic comfort zone. After all, in the words of the great musician/composer, Herbie Hancock, 'the hip stuff is outside of the comfort zone.'"
-- Gregory Adamson

Gregory Adamson is a local artist and Riverside Art Museum Board member. A performance painter, his studio paintings are held in public and private collections in the United States and in Canada, and his work has been exhibited locally, as well as in Northern California and Japan.

If you are an artist who wants to paint more boldly and expressively, and to overcome your fears of color, bold composition, painting larger, and taking risks, please join Mr. Adamson for a 7-day special artists' cruise to Mexico aboard Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas, departing from San Pedro on November 7 with stops in Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta.

Mr. Adamson will conduct a 3-day, onboard artist's workshop for artists of any skill level on days the ship is at sea from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a lunch break from noon to 1:00 p.m.  During the morning sessions, Mr. Adamson will give a lecture and demonstrate the lesson of the day. The afternoon sessions will be devoted to painting time, during which participants will get plenty of individual guidance and constructive criticism.
 
On one of the workshop days, Mr. Adamson will give a talk, during which he will discuss his experiences as a painter/performance artist, his working methods, and he will show samples of his work. He will also discuss his approach to art marketing, including successes and setbacks. Workshop participants are welcome to bring their non-painting partners to this talk.
 
The group will also be able to dine together with Mr. Adamson aboard the ship. There will be plenty of opportunities for everyone to socialize and bond with fellow artists.

Please call George Abali at (909) 798-9133 or click here to book your room for this special artists' cruise.

Arts & Craft Beers 2010: YOU helped Julia's kids

Cheers to everyone who attended and sponsored ARTery's Arts & Craft Beers event to support art education!

If you weren't here, then you missed out on an exciting evening under RAM's roof where attendees were treated to art-a-fair foods, great Dale Bros. beer, and fun art activities for all!

Best of all, your generous donations will help fund various classes, programs, and activities for the children and the young-at-heart who look to the Riverside Art Museum as a gateway to understanding and appreciating the arts.

Mayor's Ball for the Arts 2010: Back to the Seventies!

The Riverside Arts Council's Mayor's Ball for the Arts isn't called "Riverside's best party" for nothing. Attracting over 1,000 artists, arts organizations, and leaders, this costume party raises money to fund arts and community-based projects that impact tens of thousands of Riverside residents.

The Riverside Art Museum's themed table for this year was Stayin' Alive For RAM: Don't Forget to Breathe!

Top Row: Don Agnoli, Margaret Agnoli, Rich Simonin, Bud Fish, Andy Hopper
Middle Row: Camille Sanders, Judy Fish, Tom Powell
Front Row: MJ Abraham, Sue Simonin, Jackie Hopper

RAM Fall Film Series: Art:21

DATES: October 14th: “Place” - Professor Elizabeth Kotz, UCR Department of Art History

October 28th: “Paradox”- Professor Denise Kraemer, RCC Art Department, Professor Rhonda Taube, RCC Art History Department

November 11th: “Systems” - Professor Susan Laxton, UCR Department of Art History

Screening starts promptly at 7:00 p.m. and ends at 9:00 p.m.

Join us at RAM as we present Art:21, an Emmy-nominated PBS series about contemporary visual artists and culture, with a focus on artists that are currently producing their work in the United States. With intimate footage of the artists at work and other rare glimpses into the creative design process, Art:21 goes far beyond a gallery visit. Art:21 is distinct from other television programs about art in that instead of looking to the past, Art:21 focuses on the now. The Riverside Art Museum’s Fall Film Series will present Art:21 in a unique light with discussions led by professors from the Riverside community. This presents a unique opportunity for museum-goers to interact, discuss, and contemplate the intricate nature of contemporary art.

Admission is $10; $5 for students; free for RAM members.

PAAR Watercolor Demonstration

Join the Plein Air Artists of Riverside (PAAR) on Wednesday, January 19^th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at RAM for a watercolor demonstration by plein air painter and teacher, Sharon Rachal.

A master of pen and ink, watercolor, and oil, the true value of her work is in capturing on canvas or paper the simple beauty of that which is fleeting.

The founder and a current board member of the Yucaipa Valley Art Association, Rachal has displayed her work throughout Southern California in juried and one-woman shows, and is the proud recipient of the Grumbacher Award for best use of color on “Blackie’s Orchard.” Her painting, “Dawn’s Early Light,” an oil of an Oregon barn, is part of the permanent collection at the San Bernardino Museum.

Be here as Rachal shares her artistic expertise in person.

Free for RAM-PAAR members. The $5 for non-members will be applied to the $30 PAAR membership fee should you wish to join after the demonstration.

Please contact Louise Smith at sierraoaks@aol.com for more information.

You are cordially invited to a Special Reception

January 21, 2011

6:00 – 8:30 p.m. Free

Please join us for the opening reception of three exceptional exhibitions:

John Divola: Present Tense

John Divola, an art/photography professor at UCR, is the recipient of numerous National Endowments for the Arts Fellowships, a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, a California Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, and other awards. His work has been exhibited at MoMA, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; LACMA, Los Angeles, and in fine art museums around the world. Melding the disciplines of sculpture, painting, and performance art and using photography to document the resulting experience, Divola is credited with spawning a uniquely influential body of work that has pushed the limits of photography as a medium. John will be speaking at 6:45 p.m.

Carlyle Miller: Recent Works

Seattle's own Carlyle Miller pairs poems with their matched abstract drawings. The unadorned simplicity of Miller's imagistic works on paper give viewers two different ways of absorbing and interpreting his cantos. Printed on large format paper and displayed in total for this exhibition, these works suggest they are not one or the other, but more as variations on a familiar theme – notes on a palimpsest, creating a chorus of sight and language. Carlyle will be joining us straight from Seattle.

Floating Worlds

Floating Worlds is the inaugural exhibition in RAM's newly-designated Bobbie Powell and Ross R. DeVean Permanent Collection galleries. Featuring Asian and Asian-themed works on paper, this exhibition traces and re-examines the evolution of Asian prints and sumi-e "ink-wash" paintings from their traditional ukiyo-e roots to the modern, abstract forms of today's contemporary artwork. Come see this exhibition highlighting Asian-inspired art in conjunction with Riverside’s 1^st Annual Asian-Pacific Lunar New Year Festival which will take place on January 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

PAAR 6th Annual 9-day Paint-Out

Held February 19-27, artists will paint in Plein Air by recreating various scenes along the beautiful historic Mission Inn Avenue in Riverside and in surrounding "water" areas as the theme will be Water.

$5000 in cash and prizes will be awarded with a 2-month exhibition to be held after at the Riverside Arts Project.

For more information, contact Event Chair Terry d. Chacon at shacone@aol.com.

Multi-Media: An Evening of Artistic Collaboration

Carl Miller and Inlandia Poets Write Live!

March 24, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. Admission is FREE.

Ready to flex your creative talents with other artists?

Then join Seattle-based artist, poet, and musician, Carl Miller, along with exciting southern California writer-poets Maureen Alsop, Cati Porter, and Michael Cluff, for the closing of Carl’s exhibition at RAM.

This evening of multi-media art collaboration, coordinated by the Inlandia Institute, is FREE and the Museum is even providing the drawing materials and a no-host bar.

Participants are invited to bring their own instruments to help us create something entirely new! And remember to come back during our Arts Walk nights as all or part of the collaborative works created on this night will be displayed.

 

So see you at the Riverside Art Museum for a night of multi-media collaborative fun!

Save the Date(s)!

The Art Alliance spring fundraiser, the Collectibles Festival, is coming!

May 5-7, 2011

May 5, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Join the Art Alliance of RAM for the Premier Party!

May 6, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Get a verbal appraisal from Bonhams & Butterfields of your personally-owned art and collectibles.

May 6, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | May 7, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Head to the Atrium to sell your gold, coins, and stamps.

Art Sale: This "swap-meet" style art sale will be open at all events.

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS!

Float on...

The Riverside Art Museum is pleased to announce the tour of its Permanent Collection exhibition, Floating Worlds, to the La Sierra Senior Center.

A brand new, state-of-the-art community facility, the La Sierra Senior Center is proud to host Floating Worlds in their Multi-Purpose Room through the month of April.

Supported by the City of Riverside and the James Irvine Foundation, Floating Worlds continues RAM's mission to promote cultural awareness in underrepresented districts of Riverside, and also upholds an emphasis on Asian art and culture. RAM will host a free-to-the-public talk and presentation about the exhibition and RAM's mission on Thursday, April 21, at 12:45 p.m.

   

Chick Curtis Monotype Workshop

Saturday, May 14, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Please join me, Chick Curtis, for a day of making art using the monotype process in printmaking.

Sometimes referred to as a printing transfer method, monotype is a fun way to create interesting imagery by applying various inks and materials to a Plexiglas surface and then printing the results onto paper on a printing press. What makes this process so intriguing are the "gifts" that often occur during the transfer, such as the lush and subtle textures that are unique to the monotype method.

Artists will learn several ways to apply inks to the Plexigas using a brayer (roller), stencil, template, and a vairety of mark-making implements, such as brushes, crayons, and scrapers.

Included in the workshop is a brief demo followed by instruction on the use of chine colle and multiple printings on the same piece of art (multiple drops). Artists are free to follow whatever creative path inspires them. I will be a facilitator in that effort.

Inks, plates, palettes, and work areas will be provided by the art museum or the Printmakers Network (PNET). A list will be sent out to participants with the required and recommended items to bring to the workshop. One sheet of printing paper is included (4 quarter sheets at 11"x15"). Extra sheets are $4 each.

Instructor: Chick Curtis

Location: Riverside Art Museum

Price: PNET members: $65 | Non-members: $75

There will be a 30-minute lunch break, so bring a sack lunch. Participant clean up will begin at 3:30 p.m.

Payment is due at sign up. The last day to sign up is Saturday, May 7. The workshop is non-refundable. For more information, please contact PNET's Mary Grinyer at grinyer@charter.net or 951.689.0915

Click here for the enrollment form.

UCR MFA Exhibit Reception! May 14, 6-9 p.m.

Chuck Kovacic Oil Painting Demo

Wednesday, May 18, 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Join RAM's Plein Air Artists of Riverside (PAAR) group for a water soluble oil painting demonstration by plein air painter, Chuck Kovacic.

Chuck obtained grants and scholarships allowing him to acquire a BFA in graphic design from the Cleveland Insitute of Art. As an art director, he collaborated on print campaigns for Owens Corning, Ford, National City Bank, and detailed urban revitalization programs for Midwest communities as part of the "Main Street" program for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Upon leaving the agency profession, he relocated to Southern California where his artistic skills as a restoration expert focused on items associated with pre-1950 merchandising and related antiques. His clients include serious collectors of the genre, as well as prominent auction houses.

Although he had pursued painting as his minor at the Institute, it was only recently that he resumed painting. Rendered in the traditional plein-air style of the Impressionists, his paintings investigate a diversity of subject matter, some of which he shares here.

"The differences of light and foliage are subtleties which continue to intrigue me." These differences are manifest in his recent paintings of Tuscany. He is an artist member of the California Art Club and RAM.

FEE: Free for all PAAR members | $5 admission for non-PAAR members (applicable to the $30 fee to join PAAR) | PAAR members must also be members of RAM | PAAR will be accepting membership fees for both RAM and PAAR at the door

PLACE: Riverside Art Museum, 2nd floor

INFORMATION: Luz Maria Perez | luzperez2008@sbcglobal.net | 909.225.8306

The Art of Mathematics!

Sponsored by Riverside Art Museum, UC Riverside's Alpha

Center, and Riverside Unified School District

Saturday, May 21, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Incoming 7th grade students and their families

FREE EVENT! Limited seating, so please RSVP to RAM by May 16 at 951.684.7111

Presentation: Dr. Pamela Clute,

• Professor of Mathematics
• Executive Director of the Alpha Center
• Assistant Vice Provost of Academic Partnerships

The Riverside Art Museum’s Youth Education Department is pleased to partner with Riverside Unified School District and UC Riverside to bring you Dr. Pamela Clute. You will be inspired and amazed by the ways that mathematics and art are related. Learn how the art of origami relates to cell phones and how understanding geometric shapes are essential in biochemistry and medicine. Captivating, inspiring, and motivating! This event will be life changing for your entire family. Hands-on activities, “Teddy Bear Toss”, refreshments, and door prizes for all who attend. Please join us! You’ll be glad you did.

Registration will be available this evening for two special summer classes at the art museum featuring UCR Math and Science Department Undergraduate Students and Beth Yeager, RAM Art Educator, with Linda Braatz-Brown, UCR Science Professor.

“The Art of Math” June 27-July 1    9am-12pm

“The Art of Science” August 8-12     9am-12pm

Experience the art of math and science as we create works of art based on mathematic and scientific principles! Seurat’s pointillism, Escher’s tessellations, and da Vinci’s linear perspective are just a few of the areas we will study as we explore the amazing connections between art, math, and science!

The Wizard of Oz Art Competition

Presented by The Fox Riverside Theater Foundation and the Riverside Art Museum

Who can enter?

Students in grades K-6 are invited to enter.

Theme

Riverside is called an "Emerald City" because it is one of the greenest cities in the state, environmentally speaking. Create your own vision of Riverside as an Emerald City. What does your home look like in an Emerald City? Does it look magical? Using your imagination and The Wizard of Oz as an inspiration, enter your special creation.

Guidelines

• Two-dimensional mediums are all acceptable, such as paint, crayons, pastels, watercolors, pen and ink, colored pencials, or a combination.
• Artwork should measure no larger than 11" x 16".
• Do NOT write your name or words on the artwork. Fill out THIS FORM and attach it to the back of the artwork.
• Artwork should be dropped off at the Riverside Art Museum anytime during business hours before Saturday, June 25, at 4:00 p.m.
• Winners will be judged on creativity, theme, and use of medium.

PRIZES!

Winners will receive 2 tickets to the Wizard's Character Luncheon at the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa followed by a showing of the original movie at the Fox Performing Arts Center on July 23, 2011. Enjoy lunch and see the characters come to life and meet a real Munchkin from the cast!

There will be winners in two age categories: K-3 and 4-6.

All artwork will be displayed at a 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. reception at the Riverside Art Museum on Saturday, July 2, in the Taylor Family Gallery and at the Fox Performing Arts Center during the OZ Affaire weekend, July 22 and 23.

You will be contacted by phone to pick up your artwork after the event. All artwork not picked up by August 1 becomes the property of the Fox Riverside Theater Foundation.

Good luck everyone!

Cut it out, like Matisse!

The Art of Paper Cutting a la Matisse

Monday, July 25, 2011, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. for Ages 65+ (FREE)

After undergoing a risky operation in 1941, which led to his confinement in a wheelchair, Henri Matisse discovered "une seconde vie", a second life. This new lease on life led to an extraordinary burst of expression. He set about creating cut paper collages, called gouaches découpés. Matisse called it "painting with scissors."

Seniors 65 and older are invited to join us on Monday, July 25, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. to learn The Art of Paper Cutting a la Henri Matisse with instructor, Nora Unrath.

Sponsored by CareMore, this amazing art class is FREE.

Indulge your creativity using Matisse's gouaches decoupes technique. Students will create a cut paper collage a la Matisse in our lovely Julia Morgan-designed atrium. This class will be taught by Nora Unrath, a prominent Riverside artist. A graduate of the Studio Art program at California State University San Bernardino, Nora has over 15 years of experience teaching art. She was one of the "Giant Orange" artists, and has also been involved in painting murals at three Riverside schools.

Class size is limited, so don't put it off -- please call 951.684.7111 to register TODAY!

Arts Walk Logo Design Contest

Riverside Cultural Consortium

The Riverside Cultural Consortium is holding a contest to design a new Arts Walk logo in time for next year's 10th anniversary of Riverside's Arts Walk.

Click here for more information and the entry form.

For more information, please visit www.RiversideCulturalConsortium.org.

ExpERience Music Photography Competition

Erlangen, Germany: A Potential Riverside Sister City

The City of Riverside and Erlangen, Germany are currently in talks to potentially become sister cities. To further connections between our two cities, please consider entering Erlangen's ExpERience Music photography competition.

Click here for more information on the photography contest.

If you delivery your entries, along with the entry form, to the art museum before August 31st, we'll mail it to Germany for you free of charge. GOOD LUCK!!

PNET Presents: Pronto Plate Workshop w/Denise Kraemer

Saturday, August 20, 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Also known as polyester plate lithography, pronto plate printing is quick easy, and inexpensive. Dig out your drawings or photos to photocopy or create new ones right on the plate! This class is great for all levels.

Pronto plates are a thin polyester material, simliar to mylar, that can be used in printmaking. They come in various izesand are a non-toxic, inexpensive way to print in or out of the studio. Great freedom of imagery is permitted since images can be directly drawn onto the plates with a sharpie or waterproof ballpoint pen, and can be photocopied by laser photocopy onto the plate.

These plates are great for use in combination with other printmaking forms or alone in limited edition. The plates are printed with an etching press using oil-based inks as in traditional lithography.

Inks, two pronto plates, palettes, one sheet of printing paper (4 quarter sheets at 11"x15"; additional sheets are $4.50 each) and work areas will be provided by the Printmakers Network (PNET). A supply list will be sent out to the participants with the required and recommended items to bring to the workshop.

PNET members: $65; non-members: $75

Please mail your check and the Sign-Up Form to: PNET@RAM, c/o Adeola Davies-Aiyeloja, Box 667, Bryn mawr, CA, 92318.

Critical Praise for Harki Dhillion's Invisible Hands

Spare and direct, Dr. Harki Dhillon's poems in his debut book address a broad spectrum of compelling subjects related to being alive in the 21st century. Wether he's celebrating the mysteries of the devine or of the Universe, lamenting the ubiquitous suffering in the world, or celebrating daily pleasures, his deeply personal poems resonate with pathos. Dr. Dhillon's experience as an eminent surgeon imbues many of these poems with a sense of the fragility and vulnerability of the human body, while they also emphasize our resiliency and capacity to overcome pain and adversity. Feelings of love, despair, desire, remorse, angst, nostalgia, disillusionment, hope, lonliness and joy pervade these poems - reminding us of the heart's complexity and endurance.

- Maurya Simon, Professor Creative Writing University of California, Riverside

Dr. Harki Dhillon has brought us a collection of poetry that leads us through the dangers and wonders of the laid-bare human heart that only one who works closely with the most intimate fibers of our existence, both physical and metaphorical, can do. These poems are daring, yet, gentle in revealing the essence of the mind and soul. This breath suspending theater of poems is a must have for the home collection.

- Professor Ruth Nolan

I find your poetry especially beautiful and pure of heart.

- Carl Miller, Poet

Harki Dhillon's poems touch the heart, inspire and makes one hope the second book is in the works.

- Brenda Lorenzi, Inland Empire Magazine

 

Three Poems from Invisible Hands

Thanksgiving

The cold. The dark.

The wind. The stars.

The tent.

The dog. The children.

The food.

Thanksgiving.

The fire.

Struggling with the wind

the flaps on the tent

whipping in the wind

tears

in the cold, in the wind

stars so bright. So near,

once every year

natures purges

all urban concerns

on

Thanksgiving.

 

Total Joint Replacement

I hurt,

I weep,

drowning in

my own tears.

I feel guilt,

not serving my

master well,

they will attack me

with

knife and saw,

burn me, replace me.

They will do it humanely.

I will feel no pain.

It will end

in my sacrifice.

My end will be

for the greater good.

I was active, in pain.

I am no more

but

I can move.

Soulless, I exist.

 

The Desert Flower

I am parched.

Let it rain,

but

not too much.

I want to flower and bloom,

not die.

 2012 Opening Reception  

Thursday, January 12 

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Please join us for an opening reception for the ERETAI and IN-PRINT exhibitions at the Riverside Art Museum. 

ERETAI, meaning "rowers" in Ancient Greek, is comprised of works by four NY-based contemporary artists, John Beech, Lael Marshall, David Rabinowitch, and Michael Voss. The exhibition seeks to illuminate and expose the invariable shifts in the world of contemporary drawing, painting, and sculpture. Depicting the eclectic nature of contemporary art, the exhibition will include various media and types of art that emphasize form, space, and intuitive process. Meet all four artists during an Artist Q&A panel during the reception.

IN-PRINT: Five Centuries of Prints and Multiples from the Riverside Art Museum features five centuries of prints and multiples with work by Daniel Hopfer, Utagawa Hiroshige, Will Bradley, Brian Eno, Yinka Shonibare, and many more. Guest Curator Margaret Matthews-Berenson has also collaborated with a talented group of student interns from UCR, La Sierra, and Cal State San Bernardino to produce on-demand companion books. Incorporating their knowledge and skill in creative writing and literature, the students have compiled a unique, one-of-a-kind visual guide to further emphasize the beauty and nature of each work represented in the exhibitions. The book includes original works of literature written by each student. Reception will include curatorial talks and readings from the book. 

Opening Reception Admission: $2 - Students/Seniors/Educators, $4 - Adults, Free - Museum Members

Plein Air Painting Demo

Wednesday, January 18, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

The Plein Air Artists of Riverside (PAAR), an artist-member group of the Riverside Art Museum, are proud to present a painting demonstration by PAAR founding member ada m. passaro.

Free for PAAR members and only $5 for non-PAAR members, this is a fantastic opportunity to learn new techniques or simply watch an artist at work.

For more information, please contact Desiree Habicht at ddhabicht@sbcglobal.net or 951.640.5005.

YEAR OF THE DRAGON!

Celebrating Riverside’s 2nd Annual

Asian-Pacific Lunar New Year Festival

To All Art Contestants:

We invite you to walk in the Lunar Fest 2012 Parade on January 28. We want you to be recognized for the time and efforts you have put forth for this Grand Cultural Event. We will have Banner Ribbons for you to carry during the parade. If you have Asian attire you would like to wear that day, please do so. Please arrive at City Hall (3900 Main St., Riverside) no later than 9:00 a.m. to prepare for parade staging. We will also need to have a waiver signed by your parents for you to participate. Please contact Triston Davis at tadismad07@aol.com if you have any questions and to RSVP for the parade. He will also be your contact the morning of the festival. 

Thank you again for being part of this Spectacular Event commemorating, collaborating, and celebrating the Asian-Pacific Cultural Heritage and Contributions of the Inland Region and Southern CA.

To All Art Contest Winners: 

We will need you to be available to go on the Main Stage with your Artwork to be recognized and awarded. Please arrive at the Main Stage, next to the Riverside Art Museum, on January 28 by 11:00 a.m.

To All Festival Goers:

Join us for the VIP Gala Dinner, the Lunar Festival's Premier Fundraiser, on Friday, January 27. Click here for more information on the 12-course Asian-themed dinner and the night's entertainment! You don't want to miss it or the Festival the next day on Saturday, January 28!