June 14, 2022

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Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

11:30 am – 1:00 pm
June 14, 2022

Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, this group meets weekly on Tuesdays from 11:30 AM-1:00 PM on Zoom. All genres. Participants are encouraged to write from a prompt and share their work, with friendly critiques offered by workshop members. Enrollment is limited.

Click here to register: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW

Events in June 2022

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
			1 Journaling Journey From A-Zine Begins! June 1, 2022 June 1-30, 2022 Journaling Journey From A-Zine! FREE Summer Program for Elementary School-Aged Children Parental registration required: https://tinyurl.com/InlandiaAtoZine Weekday sessions held via email and Zoom A is art + W is for words + Y is for YOU + Z is for zine! Looking for a low-key way to commune with creativity this summer? Join Inlandia on a Journaling Journey in June! Learn how to make a DIY zine, then fill it up with the alphabet and your imagination. With optional Monday through Thursdays check-ins and Friday read-arounds, you will soon be an indie author with your very own book! Led by a team of experienced young authors under the guidance of Inlandia Institute core staff, this program is free for elementary school-aged youth. How it works: During the month of June, a new daily prompt will be emailed each day. Complete at your own pace! Join us for the daily check-ins or just the weekly read-arounds, or participate completely via email. Parent/guardian registration required. If registering multiple children, only one form is required. More	2 6:00 pm: Book Launch for Pretend Plumber with Stephanie Barbé Hammer! 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm June 2, 2022 Thursday, June 2, 2022 (6:00-8:00 PM) Book Launch for Pretend Plumber with Stephanie Barbé Hammer First Thursdays Arts Walk at Riverside Public Library (Arcade & Community Room) 3900 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, CA 92501 On Thursday, June 2, start your Arts Walk on the right foot at Riverside Public Library with author Stephanie Barbé Hammer as we launch of her latest novel, Pretend Plumber: An Adventure! With plenty of free parking in back (enter from University Avenue), RPL is the perfect place to kick off your evening – and celebrate summer at the same time. This event will include the playlist from the book, independent booksellers in the open arcade area at street level, poetry writing on analog typewriters with Typewriter Muse Bob Marshall, and an open mic. Plus, freshly popped popcorn! Don’t miss it! Listen to the playlist here: tinyurl.com/PretendPlumberPlaylist Pretend Plumber: An Adventure tells the story Sarassine Anfang, a precocious, queer-curious Los Angeles teen, who grows so fed up with her wealthy, dysfunctional Jewish Hancock Park family that she decides to run away to her grandfather's Wilshire condo, and become a plumber. But her chocolate eating grandmother and her distracted parents have other ideas. More	3 4:00 pm: Revising and Submitting Your Writing for Publication with Cati Porter 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm June 3, 2022 Alternating Fridays, June 3 – July 29, 2020 4:00-5:00 PM on Zoom Revising and Submitting Your Writing for Publication with Cati Porter FREE as part of the Inlandia Creative Writing Workshops program Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/Inlandia-Rev-Sub You have begun to tentatively call yourself a writer, but you don’t know how to take that next step and get your work published. Or you’ve been published but you need some accountability to kick start your summer submissions. Or maybe you have lots of drafts that could use some polishing, or even some dusting off if they’ve been in that proverbial desk drawer. In this workshop you will be given the tools and the time to work toward publication. Please note: This is NOT a writing workshop. It is recommended that at the start of the workshop you have no fewer than ten pieces of writing you would like to revise and submit. This workshop will meet virtually every other week for five weeks but there will also be optional coaching and mentorship via email check-ins to report on progress and office hours to work one-on-one with Cati via email, Zoom, or phone, by appointment. Inlandia Institute Executive Director Cati Porter has been publishing prose and poetry in magazines, newspapers, literary journals, and anthologies for thirty years. She is the author of ten poetry collections published with a variety of independent and nonprofit publishers. She has hosted panel discussions and roundtables on publishing, led workshops for children, teens, and adults, and conducted professional development workshops for teachers teaching poetry. She is a native of Southern California where she lives with her family. More	4 10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona) 10:00 am – 12:00 pm June 4, 2022 This Beginning/Intermediate ALL GENRES workshop with Renee Gurley is based in Corona but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Saturdays – 4/9, 4/23, 5/7, 5/21, and 6/4/22 – from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM. Registration for all workshops is now open. Click here to enroll: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW More 4:00 pm: Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm June 4, 2022 Saturdays in June, July, and August! (Date and times below) Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series Presents Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III On Zoom. Registration is required. To register: https://tinyurl.com/WritingAboutBlackArt2022 Workshops are free. All are welcome.Just in time for summer, Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series is proud to announce three NEW “Writing About Black Art” workshops led by esteemed artist and educator Richard Allen May III. Sign up for one, two, or all three! Free and open to all. All sessions will be held on Zoom. To register: https://tinyurl.com/WritingAboutBlackArt2022 June – Writing about Black Art: The Curator Profile Curators play an essential role in how Black art is organized for viewership – and how it’s interpreted. This workshop will give participants a basic understanding of what it means to curate an exhibition, how to prepare questions for the art curator, and how to organize those responses into a curator profile essay ready for publication. Saturdays: June 4, 11, and 25, from 4:00-5:30 PM (PT). July – Writing about Black Art: The Artist Interview Artists create the work that is exhibited, collected, and written about in various publications. This workshop will give participants a basic understanding about the role of the artist in society, how to prepare questions for the artist, and how to organize those responses into an artist profile essay ready for publication. Saturdays: July 9, 16, and 23, from 4:00-5:30 PM (PT). August – Writing about Black Art: The Book Review Learn the process and form behind writing a review of a published work about art. This workshop will give participants a basic understanding about the craft of writing as it pertains to summarizing and evaluating – and shed light on the difference between editing and revising. Saturdays: August 6, 20, and 27, from 4:00-5:30 PM (PT). Artist and educator, Richard Allen May III comes with a wealth of knowledge about the AfriCOBRA Movement, having written the forward to AfriCOBRA: Experimental Art Toward a School of Thought, published by Duke University, 2020. He is a staff writer at Artillery magazine and his work has been displayed in art galleries throughout the Inland Empire, as well as exhibits throughout the United States. May has taught courses in community colleges, universities, and prisons. More
5	6	7 11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside) 11:30 am – 1:00 pm June 7, 2022 Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, this group meets weekly on Tuesdays from 11:30 AM-1:00 PM on Zoom. All genres. Participants are encouraged to write from a prompt and share their work, with friendly critiques offered by workshop members. Enrollment is limited. Click here to register: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW More 6:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino) 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm June 7, 2022 Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino) This Beginning ALL GENRES workshop with Allyson Jeffredo is based in San Bernardino but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Tuesdays – 4/12, 4/26, 5/10, 5/24, and 6/7/22 – from 6:00-8:00 PM. Registration is now open. Click here to enroll: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW More	8 6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario) 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm June 8, 2022 This Intermediate/Advanced ALL GENRES workshop with Victoria Waddle is based in Ontario but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Wednesdays – 4/13, 4/27, 5/11, 5/25, and 6/8/22– from 6:30-8:30 PM. Registration is now open. Click here to enroll: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW More	9 6:30 pm: Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside) 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm June 9, 2022 This Intermediate/Advanced NONFICTION workshop with Jo Scott-Coe is based in Riverside but will take place on Zoom. “Opening the Research Doorway PART TWO: Deepening Your Creative Nonfiction Voice” sessions are scheduled for alternating Thursdays – 4/28, 5/12, 5/26, 6/9, and 6/23/22 – from 6:30-8:30 PM. Registration is now open. Click here to enroll: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW More	10	11 4:00 pm: Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm June 11, 2022 Saturdays in June, July, and August! (Date and times below) Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series Presents Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III On Zoom. Registration is required. To register: https://tinyurl.com/WritingAboutBlackArt2022 Workshops are free. All are welcome.Just in time for summer, Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series is proud to announce three NEW “Writing About Black Art” workshops led by esteemed artist and educator Richard Allen May III. Sign up for one, two, or all three! Free and open to all. All sessions will be held on Zoom. To register: https://tinyurl.com/WritingAboutBlackArt2022 June – Writing about Black Art: The Curator Profile Curators play an essential role in how Black art is organized for viewership – and how it’s interpreted. This workshop will give participants a basic understanding of what it means to curate an exhibition, how to prepare questions for the art curator, and how to organize those responses into a curator profile essay ready for publication. Saturdays: June 4, 11, and 25, from 4:00-5:30 PM (PT). July – Writing about Black Art: The Artist Interview Artists create the work that is exhibited, collected, and written about in various publications. This workshop will give participants a basic understanding about the role of the artist in society, how to prepare questions for the artist, and how to organize those responses into an artist profile essay ready for publication. Saturdays: July 9, 16, and 23, from 4:00-5:30 PM (PT). August – Writing about Black Art: The Book Review Learn the process and form behind writing a review of a published work about art. This workshop will give participants a basic understanding about the craft of writing as it pertains to summarizing and evaluating – and shed light on the difference between editing and revising. Saturdays: August 6, 20, and 27, from 4:00-5:30 PM (PT). Artist and educator, Richard Allen May III comes with a wealth of knowledge about the AfriCOBRA Movement, having written the forward to AfriCOBRA: Experimental Art Toward a School of Thought, published by Duke University, 2020. He is a staff writer at Artillery magazine and his work has been displayed in art galleries throughout the Inland Empire, as well as exhibits throughout the United States. May has taught courses in community colleges, universities, and prisons. More
12	13	14 11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside) 11:30 am – 1:00 pm June 14, 2022 Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, this group meets weekly on Tuesdays from 11:30 AM-1:00 PM on Zoom. All genres. Participants are encouraged to write from a prompt and share their work, with friendly critiques offered by workshop members. Enrollment is limited. Click here to register: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW More	15 7:00 pm: An Evening with Musician and Lyricist Maritri Garrett! 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm June 15, 2022 Inlandia’s Blacklandia Presents An Evening with Musician and Lyricist Maritri Garrett! Wednesday, June 15, 2022 7:00-8:00 PM The Garcia Center for the Arts 536 W 11th Street, San Bernardino, CA 92410 On Wednesday, June 15, join Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series at the Garcia Center for an evening of music and inspiration with Maritri Garrett! All are welcome! Presented by poet and educator Romaine Washington, the program will showcase San Bernardino resident Maritri Garrett has traveled the world to encourage, inspire, and inform listeners. As a Black female musician/singer, she wants people to know it is possible to achieve – and live – their dreams. Maritri will share her journey, her challenges, her triumphs, and her “secrets” to success. Refreshments will be served. Maritri Garrett began sharing her online program, “Reunion of Souls,” with the Facebook community during the pandemic and faithfully continued even after restrictions lifted. Followers who attended regularly began to form friendships and have conversations. It was not just Maritri’s talent that drew people in, in but her talent, uplifting positive, and open personality. Her authentic joy and ability to relate to listeners about the ups and downs of life created strong bonds with those who got to know her, even at a distance through her show. Few singers talk about stories of love, life, and loss the way Maritri Garrett can. Her bittersweet lyrics tell “grown folks stories” in a poignant way that will break you down to the core. Her mission as a songwriter is to speak life and truth to pain, healing both herself and. She is highly respected as a teacher, singer, pianist, cellist and guitarist, while her reputation as a storyteller has earned her a fiercely loyal following from both her fans and peers. A Howard University graduate, Maritri earned a Bachelor’s degree in music composition and a Master’s in Jazz studies. Maritri has been invited to share stages with notable artists across different genres, including Barbra Streisand, Gladys Knight, The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, Stanley Jordan, Toshi Reagon, the Indigo Girls, Patti LaBelle, Valerie Simpson, and Ani Di Franco. She has also appeared on BET as a musician and host. She has released the albums Reunion Of Souls, Enter Redemption, and If Only I could Breathe (with guitarist Nick Cassarino). In addition to her solo work, Maritri currently leads the “Soulfolk Experience,” a songwriting collective with fellow songwriters V. Jeffrey Smith and David Pilgrim. Her material is prominently featured on their compilation releases The Soulfolk Experience, Vol. 1 and their recently released Soulfolk Experience, Vol. 2. More	16	17 4:00 pm: Revising and Submitting Your Writing for Publication with Cati Porter 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm June 17, 2022 Alternating Fridays, June 3 – July 29, 2020 4:00-5:00 PM on Zoom Revising and Submitting Your Writing for Publication with Cati Porter FREE as part of the Inlandia Creative Writing Workshops program Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/Inlandia-Rev-Sub You have begun to tentatively call yourself a writer, but you don’t know how to take that next step and get your work published. Or you’ve been published but you need some accountability to kick start your summer submissions. Or maybe you have lots of drafts that could use some polishing, or even some dusting off if they’ve been in that proverbial desk drawer. In this workshop you will be given the tools and the time to work toward publication. Please note: This is NOT a writing workshop. It is recommended that at the start of the workshop you have no fewer than ten pieces of writing you would like to revise and submit. This workshop will meet virtually every other week for five weeks but there will also be optional coaching and mentorship via email check-ins to report on progress and office hours to work one-on-one with Cati via email, Zoom, or phone, by appointment. Inlandia Institute Executive Director Cati Porter has been publishing prose and poetry in magazines, newspapers, literary journals, and anthologies for thirty years. She is the author of ten poetry collections published with a variety of independent and nonprofit publishers. She has hosted panel discussions and roundtables on publishing, led workshops for children, teens, and adults, and conducted professional development workshops for teachers teaching poetry. She is a native of Southern California where she lives with her family. More	18
19	20	21	22	23 6:30 pm: Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside) 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm June 23, 2022 This Intermediate/Advanced NONFICTION workshop with Jo Scott-Coe is based in Riverside but will take place on Zoom. “Opening the Research Doorway PART TWO: Deepening Your Creative Nonfiction Voice” sessions are scheduled for alternating Thursdays – 4/28, 5/12, 5/26, 6/9, and 6/23/22 – from 6:30-8:30 PM. Registration is now open. Click here to enroll: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW More	24	25 4:00 pm: Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm June 25, 2022 Saturdays in June, July, and August! (Date and times below) Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series Presents Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III On Zoom. Registration is required. To register: https://tinyurl.com/WritingAboutBlackArt2022 Workshops are free. All are welcome.Just in time for summer, Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series is proud to announce three NEW “Writing About Black Art” workshops led by esteemed artist and educator Richard Allen May III. Sign up for one, two, or all three! Free and open to all. All sessions will be held on Zoom. To register: https://tinyurl.com/WritingAboutBlackArt2022 June – Writing about Black Art: The Curator Profile Curators play an essential role in how Black art is organized for viewership – and how it’s interpreted. This workshop will give participants a basic understanding of what it means to curate an exhibition, how to prepare questions for the art curator, and how to organize those responses into a curator profile essay ready for publication. Saturdays: June 4, 11, and 25, from 4:00-5:30 PM (PT). July – Writing about Black Art: The Artist Interview Artists create the work that is exhibited, collected, and written about in various publications. This workshop will give participants a basic understanding about the role of the artist in society, how to prepare questions for the artist, and how to organize those responses into an artist profile essay ready for publication. Saturdays: July 9, 16, and 23, from 4:00-5:30 PM (PT). August – Writing about Black Art: The Book Review Learn the process and form behind writing a review of a published work about art. This workshop will give participants a basic understanding about the craft of writing as it pertains to summarizing and evaluating – and shed light on the difference between editing and revising. Saturdays: August 6, 20, and 27, from 4:00-5:30 PM (PT). Artist and educator, Richard Allen May III comes with a wealth of knowledge about the AfriCOBRA Movement, having written the forward to AfriCOBRA: Experimental Art Toward a School of Thought, published by Duke University, 2020. He is a staff writer at Artillery magazine and his work has been displayed in art galleries throughout the Inland Empire, as well as exhibits throughout the United States. May has taught courses in community colleges, universities, and prisons. More
26	27	28	29	30 Journaling Journey From A-Zine Ends Today! June 30, 2022 Ends June 30! Journaling Journey From A-Zine! FREE Summer Program for Elementary School-Aged Children Parental registration required: https://tinyurl.com/InlandiaAtoZine Weekday sessions held via email and Zoom A is art + W is for words + Y is for YOU + Z is for zine! Looking for a low-key way to commune with creativity this summer? Join Inlandia on a Journaling Journey in June! Learn how to make a DIY zine, then fill it up with the alphabet and your imagination. With optional Monday through Thursdays check-ins and Friday read-arounds, you will soon be an indie author with your very own book! Led by a team of experienced young authors under the guidance of Inlandia Institute core staff, this program is free for elementary school-aged youth. How it works: During the month of June, a new daily prompt will be emailed each day. Complete at your own pace! Join us for the daily check-ins or just the weekly read-arounds, or participate completely via email. Parent/guardian registration required. If registering multiple children, only one form is required. More

My Calendar

June 14, 2022

Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

Journaling Journey From A-Zine Begins!

6:00 pm: Book Launch for Pretend Plumber with Stephanie Barbé Hammer!

4:00 pm: Revising and Submitting Your Writing for Publication with Cati Porter

10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)

4:00 pm: Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III

11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

6:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino)

6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)

6:30 pm: Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside)

4:00 pm: Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III

11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

7:00 pm: An Evening with Musician and Lyricist Maritri Garrett!

4:00 pm: Revising and Submitting Your Writing for Publication with Cati Porter

6:30 pm: Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside)

4:00 pm: Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III

Journaling Journey From A-Zine Ends Today!

Open Submission Window for Inlandia Books July 1-September 30

4:00 pm: Revising and Submitting Your Writing for Publication with Cati Porter