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Events in October 2021

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September 26, 2021
September 27, 2021(2 events)

1:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Rose Y. Monge (Goeske Center) - FULL


September 27, 2021

Enrollment is FULL for this workshop. Regretfully, no more registrations will be accepted at this time.

Rose Y. Monge facilitates this memoir writing workshop for seniors – alternating Mondays 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/22, 11/29, and 12/6/21 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside.

6:00 pm: Expressions From Our Soul: Teen Workshop Reading


September 27, 2021

Monday, September 27, 2021 (6:00-7:00 PM)

Inlandia Institute Presents

Expressions From Our Soul: Teen Creative Writing Workshop Final Reading

with Nia Sharron Campbell and Teen Workshop Participants

FREE and in person at

Back to the Grind

3575 University Ave

Riverside, CA 92501

Masks required.

“I’ll give you a piece of me, a very small piece of me, not yet a symphony, but so small you cannot see.”

—Nia Sharron Campbell

Join Inlandia Institute on Monday, September 27, 2021, from 6:00-7:00 PM for a celebration of teen writing! Workshop leader Nia Sharron Campbell and her talented band of young writers will be sharing poems and stories written during a summer workshop at Riverside Main Library. “Expressions from Our Soul” is free and in person at Back to the Grind, 3575 University Avenue, Riverside. Masks required.

September 28, 2021(1 event)

6:30 pm: Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with James Ducat (Redlands)


September 28, 2021

This Beginning/Intermediate POETRY workshop with James Ducat is based in Redlands but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Tuesdays – 9/14, 9/28, 10/12, 10/26, 11/9/21, and 11/23/21 – from 6:30-8:30 PM.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

September 29, 2021
September 30, 2021
October 1, 2021
October 2, 2021(1 event)

2:30 pm: "More Dreamers of the Golden Dream" AUTHOR TALK with Susan Straight and Douglas McCulloh


October 2, 2021

Join Inlandia Institute for a conversation with writer Susan Straight and photographer Douglas McCulloh as they discuss their powerful new book, More Dreamers of the Golden Dream, based on their 2013 Riverside Art Museum exhibit by the same name. The show brought an entire community together to share stories from four generations of Californians, and now, eight years later, Straight and McCulloh return with a rich collection of essays and images that continue the chronicle of Riverside’s Eastside experience. Register now for a discussion of their collaboration – and get a sneak peek into the upcoming, updated exhibition at Riverside Art Museum, which will open October 7, 2021 and run through January 2, 2022.

On Zoom. To register for the author talk with Susan Straight and Douglas McCulloh: https://tinyurl.com/MoreDreamers

October 3, 2021
October 4, 2021(1 event)

1:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Rose Y. Monge (Goeske Center) - FULL


October 4, 2021

Enrollment is FULL for this workshop. Regretfully, no more registrations will be accepted at this time.

Rose Y. Monge facilitates this memoir writing workshop for seniors – alternating Mondays 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/22, 11/29, and 12/6/21 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside.

October 5, 2021(1 event)

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


October 5, 2021

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 – 10/5, 10/19, 11/2, 11/16, and 11/30/21 – from 6:00-8:00 PM.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

October 6, 2021(1 event)

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


October 6, 2021

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 – 9/22, 10/6, 10/20, 11/3, and 11/17/21 – from 6:30-8:30 PM.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

October 7, 2021(2 events)

6:00 pm: "More Dreamers of the Golden Dream" BOOK LAUNCH and Opening Reception at RAM with Susan Straight, Douglas McCulloh, and Delphine Sims


October 7, 2021

Inlandia Institute and Riverside Art Museum Present

More Dreamers of the Golden Dream

Book Launch and Opening Reception at RAM / First Thursdays Arts Walk

with Susan Straight, Douglas McCulloh, and Delphine Sims

Free and open to the public at Riverside Art Museum

3425 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, CA 92501

Masks AND Proof of Vaccination required.*

Exhibition at RAM: October 7, 2021-January 2, 2022

More Dreamers brought an entire community together to share stories from four generations of Californians, and in 2021, with new essays by the next generation in Delphine Sims (daughter of author Susan Straight), plus new images by photographer Douglas McCulloh, the exhibition and the accompanying book show the universal love in the iconic places of Riverside's Eastside, and in the world.

*Important COVID-19 attendance guidelines:

For this event, proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 is required. “Fully vaccinated” means the event is at least 14 days after a participant’s final vaccine dose. To enter the event, participants must bring proof of vaccination, either a physical vaccination card, a picture of a vaccination card, or a digital vaccination record. Most California residents may request a digital vaccination record at myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov. Anyone 12 and over without proof of being fully vaccinated must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours (3 days) prior to entering the event. Masks are also required at all times indoors, except when eating, drinking, or actively speaking to a group as part of a presentation for all patrons and visitors, regardless of vaccination status at the Riverside Art Museum.

7:00 pm: How to “Win” NaNoWriMo: A National Novel Writing Month Workshop with Becca Spence Dobias


October 7, 2021

 

 

 

 

First Thursdays Arts Walk event in the Riverside Main Library Community Room!

3900 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501

7:00-8:00 PM

MASKS REQUIRED

Join Inlandia Institute and Riverside Public Library for an extra-special First Thursdays Arts Walk event: How to “Win” NaNoWriMo: A National Novel Writing Month Workshop with Becca Spence Dobias. The author of On Home, Becca Spence Dobias wrote the first draft of her novel during NaNoWriMo in November 2012. In this workshop, she will share the journey from that draft to a published novel, provide tips and tricks for “winning” NaNoWriMo, and answer questions. Come prepared to write, as parts of the workshop will be participatory.

October 8, 2021(1 event)

1:00 pm: Tesoros de Cuentos Bilingual/Bicultural Stories and Poems (Casa Blanca)


October 8, 2021

Bilingual Writing Workshop with Frances J. Vasquez – Casa Blanca – Beginning – All Genres – alternating Fridays, 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19, and 12/3/21 – from 1:00-2:30 PM IN PERSON at Salvador J. Lara Casa Blanca Library, 2985 Madison Avenue, Riverside.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

 

October 9, 2021(1 event)

10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Andrea Fingerson (Corona)


October 9, 2021

This Beginning/Intermediate ALL GENRES workshop with Andrea Fingerson is based in Corona but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Saturdays – 9/11, 9/25, 10/9, 10/23, and 11/6/21 – from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

October 10, 2021
October 11, 2021(1 event)

1:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Rose Y. Monge (Goeske Center) - FULL


October 11, 2021

Enrollment is FULL for this workshop. Regretfully, no more registrations will be accepted at this time.

Rose Y. Monge facilitates this memoir writing workshop for seniors – alternating Mondays 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/22, 11/29, and 12/6/21 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside.

October 12, 2021(1 event)

6:30 pm: Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with James Ducat (Redlands)


October 12, 2021

This Beginning/Intermediate POETRY workshop with James Ducat is based in Redlands but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Tuesdays – 9/14, 9/28, 10/12, 10/26, 11/9/21, and 11/23/21 – from 6:30-8:30 PM.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

October 13, 2021
October 14, 2021(1 event)

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


October 14, 2021

This Intermediate/Advanced NONFICTION workshop with Jo Scott-Coe is based in Riverside but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for Thursdays – 9/9, 9/23, 10/14, 10/21, and 11/18/21 – from 6:30-8:30 PM.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

October 15, 2021(1 event)

6:00 pm: 2019 Hillary Gravendyk Prize Winners Book Launch and Poetry Reading


October 15, 2021

Inlandia Institute proudly presents

Book Launch and Poetry Reading with

Bronwen Tate, The Silk the Moths Ignore

Adam D. Martinez, Remyth: A Postmodernist Ritual

Winners of the 2019 Hillary Gravendyk Prize

On Zoom; free and open to the public but registration is required.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/HGPBookLaunch

Join Inlandia as we welcome two new Hillary Gravendyk Prize-winning poetry collections into the world. Authors Bronwen Tate of The Silk the Months Ignore and Adam D. Martinez of Remyth: A Postmodernist Ritual and special guest readers will read from, discuss, and celebrate the publication of their debut poetry collections.

The Silk the Moths Ignore animates the liminal, sometimes gothic, spaces of miscarriage, pregnancy, and early parenthood. It sings, bleeds, and casts spells to "carry hope like a weight."

Remyth: A Postmodernist Ritual is Hip-Hop and Punk. It's high art meeting low art at the church altar. It is a baptism and an exorcism. A Works Cited page at the crossroads with remix culture.

Bronwen Tate writes poems and essays that have appeared in The Rumpus, Bennington Review, Contemporary Literature, and elsewhere. She lives in Vancouver, BC and teaches in the School of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. Read more of her work at https://www.bronwentate.com/ or follow her on Twitter or Instagram @bronwentate.

Adam Daniel Martinez first scraped his knee playing in his hometown of San Bernardino, California. Since then, as a first-generation Chicano college student, he has earned a dual MA/MFA in English and Creative Writing at Chapman University. Currently, Adam enjoys sharing his love for words with his students as an English professor at Chaffey College. He lives in Redlands, California with his wife and two cats, Virginia and Percival.

October 16, 2021(1 event)

11:00 am: "Harvesting Balance: Painting and Storytelling" with Kayjo Creatives at RAM


October 16, 2021

Harvesting Balance: Painting and Storytelling

Presented by Kayjo Creatives in partnership with Inlandia Institute

Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, CA 92501

Free and in person. Maximum 15 participants. Registration required.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/HarvestingBalance

Registrations accepted on a first come, first served basis. Masks required.

Join Inlandia Institute and KayJo Creatives for Harvesting Balance: A Painting and Storytelling Workshop. Keya Vance and Natalie Graham will lead participants through a series of guided and meditative painting and writing activities. These activities are designed to connect arts practice to mindfulness, storytelling, and balance. We will consider the power of affirming and integrating fragments and messiness as part of creating art and an artist’s statement. The workshop is free and all materials will be provided (although a donation toward material costs is appreciated). Boxed lunches will be available for $15.

In April 2018, Natalie J. Graham (Poet Laureate of Orange County) and Keya Vance founded KayJo Creatives, an artistic event planning and management company, with a mission to create community and reveal the beauty of humanity. In addition to creating a range of media deliverables for their clients, they host joyful and engaging workshops and events that empower diverse creators at all stages of development in Orange and San Bernardino County.

October 17, 2021
October 18, 2021(1 event)

1:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Rose Y. Monge (Goeske Center) - FULL


October 18, 2021

Enrollment is FULL for this workshop. Regretfully, no more registrations will be accepted at this time.

Rose Y. Monge facilitates this memoir writing workshop for seniors – alternating Mondays 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/22, 11/29, and 12/6/21 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside.

October 19, 2021(1 event)

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


October 19, 2021

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 – 10/5, 10/19, 11/2, 11/16, and 11/30/21 – from 6:00-8:00 PM.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

October 20, 2021(2 events)

2:00 pm: Food Writing Workshop with Alaina Bixon


October 20, 2021

Join Alaina Bixon for an 8-week food writing workshop!

On Zoom, register here: https://tinyurl.com/WritingOnFood

Alaina studied food writing with NYTimes writer Jeannette Ferrary and wrote about wine while working as regional director for Wines West in San Francisco. Her inspiration for many articles came from her friendship with Maggie Waldron, who operated the Ketcham Test Kitchen in San Francisco.

For several years, Alaina has led creative writing and memoir writing workshops for Inlandia Institute. She has spoken on food and wine pairing, food irradiation, and her adventures in the wine business.

The previous Inlandia food writing series took place online from October-November 2021, and participants included a restaurant owner, home chefs and enthusiastic writers of all levels, from Los Angeles to the Inland Empire and even the San Francisco Bay area. The response was so encouraging, and the writing so fascinating, that Inlandia and Alaina are pleased to present another series of food writing workshops – stories told through the lens of food and drink.

Each 90-minute workshop will include 2 writing prompts, with time to create a food-related story for both prompts.

Some topics we will address are food history, sustainability, nutrition and health, family stories, cookbooks, food and travel, culinary memoirs, and the politics of food.

Resources: Reading lists, podcasts, magazines, web sites, blogs, YouTube. We will discuss how to submit articles for publication.

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


October 20, 2021

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 – 9/22, 10/6, 10/20, 11/3, and 11/17/21 – from 6:30-8:30 PM.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

October 21, 2021(1 event)

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


October 21, 2021

This Intermediate/Advanced NONFICTION workshop with Jo Scott-Coe is based in Riverside but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for Thursdays – 9/9, 9/23, 10/14, 10/21, and 11/18/21 – from 6:30-8:30 PM.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

October 22, 2021(1 event)

1:00 pm: Tesoros de Cuentos Bilingual/Bicultural Stories and Poems (Casa Blanca)


October 22, 2021

Bilingual Writing Workshop with Frances J. Vasquez – Casa Blanca – Beginning – All Genres – alternating Fridays, 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19, and 12/3/21 – from 1:00-2:30 PM IN PERSON at Salvador J. Lara Casa Blanca Library, 2985 Madison Avenue, Riverside.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

 

October 23, 2021(1 event)

10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Andrea Fingerson (Corona)


October 23, 2021

This Beginning/Intermediate ALL GENRES workshop with Andrea Fingerson is based in Corona but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Saturdays – 9/11, 9/25, 10/9, 10/23, and 11/6/21 – from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

October 24, 2021
October 25, 2021(1 event)

1:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Rose Y. Monge (Goeske Center) - FULL


October 25, 2021

Enrollment is FULL for this workshop. Regretfully, no more registrations will be accepted at this time.

Rose Y. Monge facilitates this memoir writing workshop for seniors – alternating Mondays 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/22, 11/29, and 12/6/21 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside.

October 26, 2021(1 event)

6:30 pm: Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with James Ducat (Redlands)


October 26, 2021

This Beginning/Intermediate POETRY workshop with James Ducat is based in Redlands but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Tuesdays – 9/14, 9/28, 10/12, 10/26, 11/9/21, and 11/23/21 – from 6:30-8:30 PM.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

October 27, 2021(1 event)

2:00 pm: Food Writing Workshop with Alaina Bixon


October 27, 2021

Join Alaina Bixon for an 8-week food writing workshop!

On Zoom, register here: https://tinyurl.com/WritingOnFood

Alaina studied food writing with NYTimes writer Jeannette Ferrary and wrote about wine while working as regional director for Wines West in San Francisco. Her inspiration for many articles came from her friendship with Maggie Waldron, who operated the Ketcham Test Kitchen in San Francisco.

For several years, Alaina has led creative writing and memoir writing workshops for Inlandia Institute. She has spoken on food and wine pairing, food irradiation, and her adventures in the wine business.

The previous Inlandia food writing series took place online from October-November 2021, and participants included a restaurant owner, home chefs and enthusiastic writers of all levels, from Los Angeles to the Inland Empire and even the San Francisco Bay area. The response was so encouraging, and the writing so fascinating, that Inlandia and Alaina are pleased to present another series of food writing workshops – stories told through the lens of food and drink.

Each 90-minute workshop will include 2 writing prompts, with time to create a food-related story for both prompts.

Some topics we will address are food history, sustainability, nutrition and health, family stories, cookbooks, food and travel, culinary memoirs, and the politics of food.

Resources: Reading lists, podcasts, magazines, web sites, blogs, YouTube. We will discuss how to submit articles for publication.

October 28, 2021
October 29, 2021
October 30, 2021
October 31, 2021
November 1, 2021(1 event)

1:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Rose Y. Monge (Goeske Center) - FULL


November 1, 2021

Enrollment is FULL for this workshop. Regretfully, no more registrations will be accepted at this time.

Rose Y. Monge facilitates this memoir writing workshop for seniors – alternating Mondays 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/22, 11/29, and 12/6/21 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside.

November 2, 2021(1 event)

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


November 2, 2021

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 – 10/5, 10/19, 11/2, 11/16, and 11/30/21 – from 6:00-8:00 PM.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

November 3, 2021(2 events)

2:00 pm: Food Writing Workshop with Alaina Bixon


November 3, 2021

Join Alaina Bixon for an 8-week food writing workshop!

On Zoom, register here: https://tinyurl.com/WritingOnFood

Alaina studied food writing with NYTimes writer Jeannette Ferrary and wrote about wine while working as regional director for Wines West in San Francisco. Her inspiration for many articles came from her friendship with Maggie Waldron, who operated the Ketcham Test Kitchen in San Francisco.

For several years, Alaina has led creative writing and memoir writing workshops for Inlandia Institute. She has spoken on food and wine pairing, food irradiation, and her adventures in the wine business.

The previous Inlandia food writing series took place online from October-November 2021, and participants included a restaurant owner, home chefs and enthusiastic writers of all levels, from Los Angeles to the Inland Empire and even the San Francisco Bay area. The response was so encouraging, and the writing so fascinating, that Inlandia and Alaina are pleased to present another series of food writing workshops – stories told through the lens of food and drink.

Each 90-minute workshop will include 2 writing prompts, with time to create a food-related story for both prompts.

Some topics we will address are food history, sustainability, nutrition and health, family stories, cookbooks, food and travel, culinary memoirs, and the politics of food.

Resources: Reading lists, podcasts, magazines, web sites, blogs, YouTube. We will discuss how to submit articles for publication.

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


November 3, 2021

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 – 9/22, 10/6, 10/20, 11/3, and 11/17/21 – from 6:30-8:30 PM.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

November 4, 2021(1 event)

7:00 pm: Native American Heritage Month Event: A Conversation with Gordon Lee Johnson and Terria Smith


November 4, 2021

Free and in person. Masks required.

3900 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, CA 92501, Community Room (ground level)

“The only fight he’d ever won was the grappling match against a stubborn package of Hostess Twinkies, and that was hard fought.” — Gordon Johnson, “Plato Plus Alexis,” from Bird Songs Don’t Lie

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, join Inlandia Institute for a conversation with author and newspaperman Gordon Lee Johnson and editor/author Terria Smith. This event is part of Inlandia at Riverside Public Library’s First Thursdays Arts Walk events series.

Rich in culture, history, and heritage, Johnson and Smith will discuss their own paths to writing, what they’re working on now, their work together as author and editor, and more.

“Johnson is certainly an ultimate tour guide through Inland Native California …,” writes Ruth Nolan. “[He] leads readers through his many stories in ways that share cultural values and practices along with glimpses of the heartbreak and outrage that have resulted from centuries of forced assimilations from the non-Native world.”

Terria Smith is the Berkeley Roundhouse Director for Heyday Books, which includes editing News From Native California magazine – a quarterly publication “devoted to the vibrant cultures, arts, languages, histories, social justice movements, and stories of California’s diverse Indian peoples” and serving as the Director of California Indian Publishing.

Books will be available for sale at the event. To preorder, please visit: https://www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/bird-songs-dont-lie-writings-from-the-rez/.

November 5, 2021(1 event)

1:00 pm: Tesoros de Cuentos Bilingual/Bicultural Stories and Poems (Casa Blanca)


November 5, 2021

Bilingual Writing Workshop with Frances J. Vasquez – Casa Blanca – Beginning – All Genres – alternating Fridays, 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19, and 12/3/21 – from 1:00-2:30 PM IN PERSON at Salvador J. Lara Casa Blanca Library, 2985 Madison Avenue, Riverside.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

 

November 6, 2021(2 events)

10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Andrea Fingerson (Corona)


November 6, 2021

This Beginning/Intermediate ALL GENRES workshop with Andrea Fingerson is based in Corona but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Saturdays – 9/11, 9/25, 10/9, 10/23, and 11/6/21 – from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW

4:00 pm: How to Write About Black Art with Richard Allen May III – Part 2


November 6, 2021

Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series Presents

How to Write About Black Art with Richard Allen May III – Part 2

On Zoom. Free and open to the public, but registration is required

To register: https://tinyurl.com/WritingBlackArt

Back by popular demand, Writing about Black Art with Richard Allen May III returns this November with both new and continued explorations of Black art. If you’re curious about Black art and interested in learning more about it – and would like to discover new tools for experiencing and writing about art – then please join Inlandia Institute’s Blacklandia events series for this in-depth virtual workshop, “How to Write About Black Art, Part 2” with Richard Allen May III. Classes run for three consecutive Saturdays – November 6, 13, and 20, 2021 – from 4:00-6:00 PM, and are free and open to the public.

This second series of workshops on How to Write About Black Art concentrates on making Black art accessible to readers through the methodology of Formalism where the emphasis is analyzing the elements of form (structure) in a work of art such as line, composition, light, color, shape, balance, and texture. The outcome of this three-week workshop is that through peer discussion and peer reviews, participants will produce a minimum of two edited and revised essays on Black art that reflect proficiency in using the language of art and design.

Free and open to the public. You are not required to have taken Part 1 of this workshop series to participate in Part 2. To register, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/WritingBlackArt

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 and will discuss his artwork in the context of community.  https://richardmayart.com/

The Blacklandia events series was initiated in 2020 in response to the May 25, 2020 murder of George Floyd at the hands of police. As an organization centered around the power of words – and one that values speaking up, and speaking out – Inlandia made a renewed and public commitment to providing a space for people in the Black community to come together, and from that arose a Black-led Black voices steering committee, and a new series of events, Blacklandia.