The Riverside Arts Center presents Outside the Box: Modern and Contemporary Houses in Riverside. This FlexSpace exhibition is guest co-curated by Kim Freeark (Riverside homeowner) and Michelangelo Sabatino (Riverside homeowner, architectural historian and preservationist). Through their extensive research and with the participation of Riverside residents, they have enlisted the talents of photographer Will Quam to document modern and contemporary houses in Riverside built from the 1930s to the present. The exhibition highlights histories of the houses and their owners, along with personal stories from the residents. Included in the exhibition are a set of 3-D printed models of a selection of the houses created by architect Andrew Obendorf (Riverside homeowner). A walking tour led by 3rd generation Riversider Bianca Buckzo will be offered featuring some of the homes, and the catalogue designed by Board member Dan Streeting contains the photographs and stories of these homes and their owners.
Exhibition Dates: September 10 – October 21, 2023
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 10, 2023, 3:00 – 6:00 pm
Gallery Hours: Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Walking Tour: Saturday, September 23, 2023, 1:00 - 3:00 pm Meet at the Riverside Train Station. Led by Bianca Buczko
Publication:Outside the Box: Modern and Contemporary Houses in Riverside will be aailable for purchase at the opening reception and afterwards.
Panel Discussion:Living in a Modern or Contemporary House in Riverside
Wednesday, October 18, 2023. 7:00 - 9:00 pm at the Riverside Public Library.
An informal conversation highlighting contemporary and modern houses in Riverside with co-curators Kim Freeark and Michelangelo Sabatino, photographer Will Quam, Riverside Homeowners and others participating in "Outside The Box", a photography exhibition at the Riverside Arts Center's FlexSpace September 10th - October 21, 2023. In collaboration with the Frederick Law Olmsted Society of Riverside (FLOS).
Guest Co-Curated by Kim Freeark and Michelangelo Sabatino with Photographs by Will Quam
Our Riverside is known for many things: Olmsted’s General Plan, a beautiful Water Tower, stately Victorians, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Tomek House, Coonley Estate, and Playhouse. But what about so many other houses: the contemporary ones, the modern and mid-century ones, the quirky ones, the interesting renovations and re-purposing? The houses whose owners and designers decided to do something different, something ‘outside the box’?
