Gayle Brandeis
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Gayle Brandeis is the author of Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write, the novels The Book of Dead Birds, which won Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize for Fiction of Social Engagement, Self Storage, and Delta Girls, and her first novel for young people, My Life with the Lincolns, which won a Silver Nautilus Book Award. She recently released The Book of Live Wires, the sequel to The Book of Dead Birds, as an ebook. Gayle teaches in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Antioch University and lives in Riverside, CA, where she is mom to two adult kids and a toddler. She is thrilled to begin her two year appointment as the new Inlandia Literary Laureate.
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Sue Mitchell made a year-long project of paying close attention to the natural world at Riverside's Fairmount Park, then transformed what she discovered into art.
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From Nov. 1-9, over one hundred 14-inch fiberglass oranges decorated by a diverse range of local artists will fill the downstairs galleries of the Riverside Art Museum.
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Trolley Dances, a multi-site, site-specific performance event will debut in Riverside October 20, under the direction of choreographer Julie Satow Freeman.
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The Riverside Art Museum and the Life Arts Center have transformed over time from YMCAs to temples of physical art.
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Posted Marion Mitchell-Wilson and the Inlandia Institute: The Heart and Soul of Inland Empire Literature
in ArtboundThe nonprofit literary center, Inlandia Institute, celebrates, supports and promotes the literature of the Inland Empire. -
The Pedley Mangler is ubiquitous in Southern California; but what is it? An artist? A food truck? Gayle Brandeis sits down with the Mangler to decipher an identity.
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Posted Laureate on Laureate Action: A Conversation Between California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and Inlandia Literary Laureate Gayle Brandeis
in ArtboundGayle Brandeis and Juan Felipe Herrera, appointed California Poet Laureate, exchange words over e-mail on writing and laureate life. -
Now in its sixth year,"Sea No Evil", showcasing internationally renowned artists including Gary Baseman and Shepard Fairey, returns to Riverside to benefit the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
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Meet Chelsea and Justine Brown aka the Summer Twins who are creating harmonizing, dreamy tunes out of Riverside.
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Posted The Hidden History of the Riverside's Center for Social Justice & Civil Liberties
in ArtboundThe Center for Social Justice & Civil Liberties in downtown Riverside is a happy accident. It came about in a serendipitous confluence of timing, buried treasure and an abiding respect for history. -
In the heart of downtown Riverside, Martin Sanchez has built a shrine out of trash. At his restaurant, Tio's Tacos, Sanchez takes recycling to great creative heights--both literal and figurative.
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Sue Mitchell made a year-long project of paying close attention to the natural world at Riverside's Fairmount Park, then transformed what she discovered into art.
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From Nov. 1-9, over one hundred 14-inch fiberglass oranges decorated by a diverse range of local artists will fill the downstairs galleries of the Riverside Art Museum.
-
Trolley Dances, a multi-site, site-specific performance event will debut in Riverside October 20, under the direction of choreographer Julie Satow Freeman.
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The Riverside Art Museum and the Life Arts Center have transformed over time from YMCAs to temples of physical art.
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Posted Marion Mitchell-Wilson and the Inlandia Institute: The Heart and Soul of Inland Empire Literature
in ArtboundThe nonprofit literary center, Inlandia Institute, celebrates, supports and promotes the literature of the Inland Empire. -
The Pedley Mangler is ubiquitous in Southern California; but what is it? An artist? A food truck? Gayle Brandeis sits down with the Mangler to decipher an identity.
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Posted Laureate on Laureate Action: A Conversation Between California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and Inlandia Literary Laureate Gayle Brandeis
in ArtboundGayle Brandeis and Juan Felipe Herrera, appointed California Poet Laureate, exchange words over e-mail on writing and laureate life. -
Now in its sixth year,"Sea No Evil", showcasing internationally renowned artists including Gary Baseman and Shepard Fairey, returns to Riverside to benefit the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
-
Meet Chelsea and Justine Brown aka the Summer Twins who are creating harmonizing, dreamy tunes out of Riverside.
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Posted The Hidden History of the Riverside's Center for Social Justice & Civil Liberties
in ArtboundThe Center for Social Justice & Civil Liberties in downtown Riverside is a happy accident. It came about in a serendipitous confluence of timing, buried treasure and an abiding respect for history.
