
Photo: Taken from First Sundays Event
Thursday, August 7 – Artswalk Screening of The Cats of Mirikitani
In
honor of the 69th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, the Center offered two free screenings of this extraordinary
documentary on Japanese American artist Jimmy Mirikitani.
Thursday, July 3 – Artswalk screening of Waste Land
With
the World Cup in mind, the Center offered two screenings of the
acclaimed documentary Waste Land, which examines the impact of art on
garbage pile workers in Rio de Janeiro.
Tuesday, June 24 – Mission Inn Museum Student Ambassadors
75 middle school students visited the Center as part of the Mission Inn Museum’s Student Ambassadors program.
Saturday, June 21 – Happy Birthday Miné!
The Center celebrated Miné’s 102nd birthday, which would have been on June 27th, by making origami cranes in support of the Riverside Metropolitan Museum’s California Paper Crane Peace Project (http://www.riversideca.gov/museum/exhibit-22.asp.
Wednesday, June 18 – Cultural Heritage Board Tour
Members of the City’s Cultural Heritage Board took a tour of the Center.
Saturday, May 17 – Old Riverside Foundation Home Tour
380 visitors toured the Center as part of ORF’s annual tour of Riverside’s historic treasures.
Sunday, May 4 – First Sundays
The Center gave children an opportunity to “Make Modern Art!” as part of the October-May program for families offered by downtown museums.