Riverside Arts Walk-JUNE

Last Thursday was so much fun for my friends and I as we wandered around downtown for the Riverside Arts Walk.

First, we headed to the Riverside Arts Museum and browsed all the photography exhibits. The Photographers Artist Network had a showing from the super talented photography duo, Nancy and Paul Speaker. Paul is particularly adept at panoramic photos and it was a treat to see them displayed.

If you want to learn more about photography, PAN is the group to join. They have monthly meetings, field trips and connections to exhibition space for photographers. If your goal is improving your photography skills, they will also give constructive criticism to your work at a meeting or online. I am one of their newest members, so I hope you see improvements in my photos in the future.

Across the space was the work of the Poly High Photography Club, who showed a diverse collection of photographs. It was a delight to see. The young photographers were there ready to talk about their work, smiling at the crowds.

Art!

Atrium of the Riverside Art Museum

Old art

Performance Art by World to Dance

Support your local artist!

Downtown Rooftops

Fox Theater

I also traded some art with local artist, Raymond Argumedo that I met last month at Artswalk. If you are curious to see photos, or what prompted the swap, you can read more about it here.

Don't miss out on the next one, this event happens every month on the first Thursday from 6pm-9pm.

Cheers!

Art Planning

Hello JUNE! 

We meet once again at the Riverside ARTS Walk in downtown Riverside. 

I love to walk around outside when the weather is warm, and the sun doesn't rest until 8 o'clock. 

It is this Thursday from 6pm-9pm.

There are a lot of talented people in this town. Support your local artists!

© 2013 Jon Roach Brosius

Map of downtown galleries

© 2013 Julie Ann

I hope to see YOU there!

Cheers

Riverside Arts Walk

Last week was the first Thursday of the month, so I headed downtown for the Arts Walk. The weather was warm and the streets were full of people, although I generally avoid recognizable faces in my photos. I always love to take pictures of architecture and there is a wide variety of buildings downtown.

Life Arts Building

Future Mystery Photo?

Riverside Ballet Arts

First Congressional Church

Universalist Unitarian Church lawn displaying art for sale

Riverside Public Library

Because it was close to Cinco de Mayo, there was a special presentation of mariachi singers and various dance troupes performing on the corner of University and Lemon in brightly colored costumes.

Beautifully Embroidered Costumes-So much work!

Young dancer waiting to perform

mystery pirate on an adventure

I did see a lot of art that night, on the streets, in a few galleries, and lastly in the Riverside Art Museum. I just joined the museum and wanted to see the photographic display from the members of PAN-the Photo Artists Network. This sub group of the museum is made for photo enthusiasts like me! I plan to learn as much as I can about taking better photographs and will share that knowledge here.  I had a moment to sit down and talk with member and longtime resident, Marscia Thomas. She showed me how she colors black and white photographs with colored pencil with amazing results. Every artist needs more than one creative outlet and when she is not shooting, she is coloring her photos. So cool. 

Luck was with me that night as I fell in love with a cat woman art piece done by local artist, Raymond Argumedo. I have the whole triptych now and I'm thrilled to give a shout out to some local talent. He is a featured artist in the Collaboration X arts group supported by the Riverside Arts Council. This guy has a nice smile and a large body of work. Seriously, he paints a lot.  I'm jealous. No, really I am. If you like black edged artwork found in graphic novels like I do, check out Raymond's work.

© 2013 by artist Richard Argumedo

Cheers!