Reading Room: Zines, Comix, & Other Radical Texts – Community Arts Day at the Wig!

Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College 5885 Haven Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States

Community Arts Day at the Wig! Saturday, October 5 10am-2pm Join us at this free workshop featuring drop-in workshops presented in concert with Reading Room: Zines, Comix, & Other Radical Texts, currently on view at the Wignall Museum. Artists Felix Quintana will share the joy of cyanotype, an experimental photography Read more…

Free

Reading Room: Zines, Comix, & Other Radical Texts – Artists Reception

Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College 5885 Haven Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States

Artist’s Reception Tuesday, October 8 4-7pm Wignall Museum Join us for a drop-in reception to celebrate Reading Room: Zines, Comix, & Other Radical Texts. Drop in any time to meet the artists, enjoy visual and literary arts while enjoying light refreshments and music by AbstractMachine.

Free

Reading Room: Zines, Comix, & Other Radical Texts – Film Screening

Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College 5885 Haven Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States

No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics Wednesday, October 9 2-4pm CAA-211 Join PRISM and the Wignall Museum at a screening of No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics, a mash-up of art, comedy, and history, sure to make you laugh and think, it’s the remarkable stories of Read more…

Free

Reading Room: Zines, Comix, & Other Radical Texts – Artists4Democracy Zine Workshop

Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College 5885 Haven Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States

Artists 4 Democracy Zine Workshop Thursday, October 10 12:30-2:30pm CCE-124 (Student Activities Lounge) In this workshop, Bronwyn Mauldin and Deborah Aschheim from Artists 4 Democracy will walk you through a simple process to create a zine that connects your ideas to actions—like educating others and voting. You'll walk away with Read more…

Free

Reading Room – James Spooner in Conversation

Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College 5885 Haven Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States

James Spooner in Conversation Thursday, October 24 1-2:30pm CAA-211 Join James Spooner, an award-winning graphic novelist, filmmaker, and tattoo artist.  His debut graphic novel, The High Desert was named “Best of 2022” by Publishers Weekly, The Washington Post, and The New York Public Library. Spooner co-edited an anthology of Black punk writers and comic creators entitled, Black Punk Read more…

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From Clay to Life: Bust Sculpting Workshop w/ Michelle Solorzano

The Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Craft 5131 Carnelian Street, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States

In this 2 day 8-hour workshop, you will create a half-sized bust of a person of your choice. You’ll learn how to use reference images—capturing the front, sides, and back of the head—to build a hollow bust using the slab-building technique. We will practice sculpting facial features by pushing out Read more…

$350

Reading Room exhibition-El Espacio – The Space Film and Discussion

Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College 5885 Haven Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States

El Espacio/The Space Film and Discussion Monday, November 4 1-2:30pm CAA-211 Join us to watch a clip from their film, Un Corrido de la Tierra/A Ballad of the Land. The film chronicles the history of artist Juan Carrillo-Dominguez's family's migration and their labor from Bracero work to Warehouse and how capitalism Read more…

Free

Reading Room: Zines, Comix, & Other Radical Texts – Mari Naomi in Conversation

Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College 5885 Haven Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States

MariNaomi in Conversation Thursday, November 7 1-230pm CAA-211 MariNaomi (they/them) is an acclaimed author and illustrator, known for their award-winning work I Thought You Loved Me (Fieldmouse Press, 2023), among other titles. Their comics and paintings have been showcased in prestigious institutions, including the Smithsonian, the de Young Museum, the Read more…

Free

Associated Artists of the Inland Empire Monthly Meeting

Chaffey Community Museum of Art 217 S. Lemon, Ontario, CA

The Associated Artists of the Inland Empire has a monthly meeting the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Chaffey Community Museum of Art in Ontario from 9:30am to 11:30am. We feature a demonstrating artist each month and it's free for members of AAIE and CCMA. The public is invited Read more…

Free to members

Reading Room: Zines, Comix, & Other Radical Texts – Listening Party

Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College 5885 Haven Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States

Listening Party Wednesday, November 13 2:30-4pm Wignall Museum Visit the museum to view art and listen to a playlist of original audio and sound compositions from students in Commercial Music with Professor Kenehan.

Free

Reading Room: Zines, Comix & Other Radical Texts – Exhibition

Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College 5885 Haven Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States

Reading Room: Zines, Comix & Other Radical Texts presents a loud and proud exhibition that celebrates the contemporary relevance and impacts of zines and comics on culture today, on the visual and literary arts, and in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. Organized by the museum with the support of Read more…

Free