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Events in June 2024

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A First Sundays Puppetry and Storytelling Event

Poetry Month Celebration featuring Allison Adelle Hedge Coke and Judy Kronenfeld

inVISIBLE/unHEARD: Riverside’s Civil Rights Stories

Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III - Iconographical Lens

12:00 pm: Inlandia at the Maloof Artist Series Presents Ellen Estilai and Exit Prohibited

1:00 pm: 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris

Art Appreciation for Ekphrastic Poets and Writers with Jane Edberg and John Brantingham

1:00 pm: 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris

1:00 pm: 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris

1:00 pm: Culver Center of the Arts Mini Comic Fest

Name: Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III - Iconographical Lens
Start: 2022-04-09T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2022-04-09T17:30:00-05:00

- A First Sundays Puppetry and Storytelling Event

A First Sundays Puppetry and Storytelling Event

A First Sundays Puppetry and Storytelling Event

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
April 3, 2022

Sunday, April 3, 2022 (2:00-3:00 PM)

Inlandia Institute and Riverside Art Museum Present

A First Sundays Puppetry and Storytelling Event

“Doll Puppet Parade” With Nicole Cloeren & Puppets a la Carte

In Person at Andulka Park – Near the playground

5201 Chicago Ave, Riverside, CA 92507

This is a free family event.

On Sunday, April 3, please join Inlandia in partnership with Riverside Art Museum’s First Sundays as we explore the wonders of puppetry arts with Nicole Cloeren & Puppets a la Carte! This free, family event starts at 2:00, and will feature a hands-on workshop with puppeteer, Nicole Cloeren. Come join the fun!

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- Poetry Month Celebration featuring Allison Adelle Hedge Coke and Judy Kronenfeld
Poetry Month Celebration featuring Allison Adelle Hedge Coke and Judy Kronenfeld
Poetry Month Celebration featuring Allison Adelle Hedge Coke and Judy Kronenfeld

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
April 7, 2022
Thursday, April 7, 2022 (6:00-8:00 PM)

First Thursdays Arts Walk at Riverside Public Library (Community Room & Arcade)

Poetry Month Celebration featuring Allison Adelle Hedge Coke and Judy Kronenfeld

Inlandia Institute and Riverside Public Library

Start Arts Walk on the right foot with poets Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (Look at This Blue, Coffee House Press) and Judy Kronenfeld (Groaning and Singing, FutureCycle Press) along with a plethora of poetic activities in celebration of National Poetry Month.

Find Inlandia at the Riverside Public Library downtown for a unique poetry experience:

Play with nostalgic analog typewriters with Typewriter Muse

Peruse American magazine print ads from the 1920s-70s with Vintage Printage

Purchase books by up-and-coming Indie Authors

Listen to live piano music by Veritus Miller

Sign up for the open mic

Plus poetry on demand!

Park & Walk: With plenty of free parking (enter from University Avenue), kick off your Arts Walk with Inlandia then stroll down University Ave from Lemon and get your steps in— about 1000 each way.

A must-see, must-hear poetry happening you won’t want to miss!
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- inVISIBLE/unHEARD: Riverside’s Civil Rights Stories, Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III - Iconographical Lens

inVISIBLE/unHEARD: Riverside’s Civil Rights Stories

inVISIBLE/unHEARD: Riverside’s Civil Rights Stories

10:00 am – 1:00 pm
April 9, 2022

Saturday, April 9, 2022 (10 :00 AM-1:00 PM)

inVISIBLE/unHEARD: Riverside’s Civil Rights Stories

Dramatic history self-guided driving tour

Harada House, Trujillo Adobe, Eastside, and the Center for Social Justice and Civil Liberties

Appropriate for ages 10 and up

Register FREE via Eventbrite: tinyurl.com/inVISIBLE-unHEARD

On April 9 at 10:00 AM, join Riverside for a unique self-guided driving tour inVISIBLE/unHEARD: Riverside’s Civil Rights Stories, which focuses on the journey from invisibility to visibility for those who have suffered racism and other forms of discrimination.

Participating organizations include City of Riverside, Museum of Riverside, Fox Performing Arts Center, Spanish Town Heritage Foundation, Center for Social Justice and Civil Liberties, Empower You Edutainment, and Inlandia Institute.

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Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III - Iconographical Lens

Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III - Iconographical Lens

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
April 9, 2022

Saturdays, April 2, 9, and 23, 2022 (4:00-5:30 PM PST)

Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series Presents

Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III

April Focus: Writing About Black Art Through an Iconographical Lens

On Zoom. Registration is required.

https://tinyurl.com/WritingAboutBlackArt2022

Workshops are free. All are welcome.

This workshop explores writing about Black art from an iconographical perspective. Participants will learn how to analyze the content as well as the signs & symbols in selected works of African American art.

Through class lectures, Zoom discussion groups, and homework exercises, participants will learn about selected African American artists from different perspectives and produce a 350-word essay concentrating on one work of art. Time will also be devoted to peer reviews of essay drafts in Zoom discussion groups. These workshops are designed to develop marketable skills as a freelance writer writing about Black art and artists.

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8 12:00 pm: Inlandia at the Maloof Artist Series Presents Ellen Estilai and Exit Prohibited 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm June 8, 2024 Saturday, June 8, 2024 Inlandia at the Maloof Artist Series Presents Ellen Estilai and Exit Prohibited 12:00-2:00 PM Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts 5131 Carnelian St Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701 Free and open to all ages. Inlandia Institute, in partnership with the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, invites you to a very special afternoon with Ellen Estilai, author of Exit Prohibited: A Memoir of Iran, published by Inlandia Books. A book talk is scheduled for Saturday, June 8, at 12:00 PM, at the Maloof Home, Gardens, and Gallery in Rancho Cucamonga, and will include a discussion of the author’s extraordinary experiences living in—and leaving—Iran, accompanied by selected readings and book signing by the author. Books will be available for sale in the Maloof Store, and may be purchased online at https://inlandia-institute.square.site/ and through Amazon. Exit Prohibited explores a side of Iran and Iranians seldom portrayed in popular media. It follows Ellen Estilai and her family after the 1979 Iranian Revolution as they attempt to leave Tehran, their home of nine years. At the airport, Ali, her Iranian husband, is inexplicably prevented from leaving. As he confronts hostile colleagues and the Islamic Republic’s opaque bureaucracy, Estilai examines their lives, trying to understand what might have brought them to this point. It is a story of an Iran that is at once welcoming and hostile, progressive and traditional, enamored of and distrustful of the West—an Iran as complex as Estilai’s relationship to it. Ellen Estilai has spent much of her career collaborating with artists, writers, and agencies to strengthen communities through the arts. She has served as the executive director of the Riverside Arts Council and the Arts Council for San Bernardino County, and has taught English language, literature, and writing in universities in Iran and California. Because Ellen and her husband have been immigrants in each other’s countries, her writing frequently explores the joys and tribulations of the immigrant experience. More 1:00 pm: 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm June 8, 2024 Saturdays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2024 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris FREE and open to all ages, but registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/MangaRPL 1:00-3:00 PM Riverside Main Library Carnegie Room 3900 Mission Inn Avenue Riverside, CA 92501 Join Inlandia at Riverside Main Library for a creative workshop introduction to the inner workings of the Japanese comic medium, Manga, which will explore terminology, story, character design, and paneling to create your own one shot or series! Presented by animator and mangaka, Sebraé Harris. Sebraé Harris – AKA “StarLite Crystal” – is an African American artist, entrepreneur, and professional mangaka. He started drawing at the age of four and began taking art seriously when he was eight. Sebraé is a graduate of Riverside City College with degrees in Fine & Applied Arts, Animation, and Business & Entrepreneurship. The Vermillion Speedateer is his first manga/comic series. More

9 Art Appreciation for Ekphrastic Poets and Writers with Jane Edberg and John Brantingham June 9, 2024 Sunday, June 9, 2024 Art Appreciation for Ekphrastic Poets and Writers with Jane Edberg and John Brantingham 8-Week Asynchronous Writing Boot Camp $150; to register: https://tinyurl.com/EkphrasticBootCamp In this 8-week asynchronous boot camp, participants will learn the artistic techniques – along with the design elements and principles – that artists use, and how understanding an artist's approach can enhance a poet's conversation of a work. An exploration of two- and three-dimensional art pieces will provide visual examples ranging from unusual contemporary work to old classics to ancient art. This class is open to all levels of experience, from the beginner to the professional writer. Prompts and an open forum will create opportunities for feedback from instructors and fellow writers. Jane Edberg holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Davis with an emphasis in photography, painting, and performance art. She taught photography and art for thirty years, retiring after twenty years at Gavilan College. Her art has been published and exhibited internationally. Jane is the author of the art illuminated memoir, The Fine Art of Grieving, published by Linen Press Books, 2024. Her writing is featured in the books, Death, and its Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Beautiful Lessons: Field Notes from The Death Dialogues Project; Sasse Museum of Art: Terry Givens Ekphrasis Collection; My Dead, Kelsey Books, 2024, in the flash anthology, BAM 42 Stories (to be released October 2024); and in journals, including Cholla Needles, and Gyroscope Review. John Brantingham was Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks’ first poet laureate. His work has been featured in hundreds of magazines, Writers Almanac and The Best Small Fictions 2016 and 2022. He has nineteen books of poetry and fiction including Life: Orange to Pear (Bamboo Dart Press). He is the founder and general editor of The Journal of Radical Wonder. He lives in Jamestown, NY. More

15 1:00 pm: 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm June 15, 2024 Saturdays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2024 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris FREE and open to all ages, but registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/MangaRPL 1:00-3:00 PM Riverside Main Library Carnegie Room 3900 Mission Inn Avenue Riverside, CA 92501 Join Inlandia at Riverside Main Library for a creative workshop introduction to the inner workings of the Japanese comic medium, Manga, which will explore terminology, story, character design, and paneling to create your own one shot or series! Presented by animator and mangaka, Sebraé Harris. Sebraé Harris – AKA “StarLite Crystal” – is an African American artist, entrepreneur, and professional mangaka. He started drawing at the age of four and began taking art seriously when he was eight. Sebraé is a graduate of Riverside City College with degrees in Fine & Applied Arts, Animation, and Business & Entrepreneurship. The Vermillion Speedateer is his first manga/comic series. More

22 1:00 pm: 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm June 22, 2024 Saturdays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2024 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris FREE and open to all ages, but registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/MangaRPL 1:00-3:00 PM Riverside Main Library Carnegie Room 3900 Mission Inn Avenue Riverside, CA 92501 Join Inlandia at Riverside Main Library for a creative workshop introduction to the inner workings of the Japanese comic medium, Manga, which will explore terminology, story, character design, and paneling to create your own one shot or series! Presented by animator and mangaka, Sebraé Harris. Sebraé Harris – AKA “StarLite Crystal” – is an African American artist, entrepreneur, and professional mangaka. He started drawing at the age of four and began taking art seriously when he was eight. Sebraé is a graduate of Riverside City College with degrees in Fine & Applied Arts, Animation, and Business & Entrepreneurship. The Vermillion Speedateer is his first manga/comic series. More

29 1:00 pm: Culver Center of the Arts Mini Comic Fest 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm June 29, 2024 Saturday, June 29, 2024 Culver Center of the Arts Mini Comic Fest Featuring Black Kirby 1:00 PM-5:00 PM UCR ARTS Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts 3824 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501 $15 Admission Culver Center of the Arts Mini Comic Fest is back! This event brings together artists, writers, creators, and scholars to discuss comics, culture, and industry. The event will feature panel discussions and the Black Kirby exhibition “Whatever Happened to Dyno-Woman: The Alternative History of an Afrofuturist Icon” on view now at the Culver Center of the Arts. More