PUBLIC PROGRAM VIDEOS
Mayumi Lake & Stacia Yeapanis | "The Bigger the Fear and Despair…"
Join Interim Gallery Director Joanne Aono, talking with artists Mayumi Lake, and Stacia Yeapanis about their FlexSpace exhibition The Bigger the Fear and Despair… The title references the artists’ practices of obsessive art making which amplifies beauty in the face of difficult times.
Cindy Lys | ONÈ RESPÈ (HONOR DIGNITY)
Celebrate Juneteenth with artist Cindy Lys and RAC Executive Director, Liz Chilsen as Cindy shares the work in her FlexSpace exhibition at the
restraint and limitation
Join Matthew Ballou, Anne Harris, and Sharon Butler in conversation on “Restraint and Limitation” featuring contemporary abstraction from artists operating through a variety of perspectives.
Gallery Tour | restraint and limitation
Join Guest Curator, Matthew Ballou and Exhibitions Chair Anne Harris on a walk through of “Restraint and Limitation” focusing on the work of Anna Buckner (Indiana), Sharon Butler (Connecticut), and Magalie Guérin (Illinois/Texas). Using these three artists as a starting point, the show also includes a number of artists with broad interconnections, including German-American painter Sarah Arriagada and Caymanian artist Simon Tatum.
The Kitchen Sink | Curated by Salim Moore
Curator’s and Artists’ conversation and discussion with “The Kitchen Sink” guest curator Salim Moore, and exhibiting artists Bimbola Akinbola, Cassidy Early, Mari Eastman and Zehra Khan.
Camille Silverman | SOFTENING SPACE
Artist Talk with Camille Silverman about her exhibition “Softening Space” in the Freeark Gallery, and her tandem exhibition “Storyboards for Assemblages and Installations” in the Riverside Town Hall.
Colleen Plumb with writings by Katherine Kassouf Cummings | Invisible Visible
Colleen Plumb and writer Katherine Kassouf Cummings in conversation with Riverside Arts Center Executive Director Liz Chilsen about their site-specific installation "Invisible Visible" intended to be seen from outside on the street, through the storefront window of the FlexSpace.
Barbara Ciurej + Lindsay Lochman discuss their work in the “Humor Us” Exhibition
Artists Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman talk with Freeark Gallery Director, Stephanie Brooks about their work in the “Humor Us” exhibition, curated by Stephanie Brooks. Humor Us ran in the Freeark October 25th 2020 - January 2nd 2021.
Jerry Bleem and curator Anne Harris Virtual Performance & Conversation
As part of his exhibit at the Riverside Arts Center, Jerry Bleem: Still, Bleem performs the constructive process to keep building his work. Nationalism Draws a Line (in the Sand). Anne Harris, curator of the exhibition, joins him to animate an interview and conversation about Bleem's work.
Mayumi Lake | “Towards Luminescence: Radiant Frisson” In the FlexSpace
Join Mayumi Lake and FlexSpace Director Liz Chilsen for a virtual visit to Mayumi's studio. We talk about Mayumi’s creative practice, her work for the "Towards Luminescence" exhibit in the FlexSpace, and her affinity for the disco lighting she uses in her installations.
Conversation with Stacia Yeapanis | Riverside Arts Center FlexSpace
FlexSpace Director, Liz Chilsen and Stacia Yeapanis talk about Stacia’s choice to forgo installing the artwork that had been planned for the “Towards Luminescence” exhibit and why she identified herself as a citizen rather than an artist in hanging a Black Lives Matter sign in the window of the gallery.
FlexSpace Checkin with Andrei Rabodzeenko
Riverside Arts Center FlexSpace series; "Checkin with the Artists". Our first episode features FlexSpace Director Liz Chilsen talking with Chicago artist Andrei Rabodzeenko about art, his work, and living during the Corona Virus pandemic.
Artist Talk with Deirdre Fox | Drawing Lines of Poetry in the FlexSpace
Artist Talk with artist Deirdre Fox, curator Yoonshin Park, and FlexSpace Gallery Director Liz Chilsen about "Drawing Lines of Poetry" Deirdre’s exhibition at the FlexSpace Gallery, Riverside Arts Center in Riverside IL