ARTLANDS PRESENTS:
VCR MONSTER, PALM READER, PARALLEL 33, NVRLOV
WITH DJ BLACK CAT & DJ ROSE
THE VAULT
20 E. VINE ST., REDLANDS, CA
9PM | 21+ | FREE ENTRY
9/6 - 9/30/2025
Opening 9/6, 5-9PM
The Artlands
18 E. Vine St., Redlands, CA
Night Market with art, vintage, records, zine, & sustainable vendors
Fox Theatre Building
Vine & Cajon St., Downtown Redlands, CA
5-9PM
A night of experimental music is coming to Artlands Downtown Redlands featuring renown sound artists Derek Monypeny (Joshua Tree), Joe Cantrell (San Diego), Jen Boyd (Redlands), and David Rothbaum (Angeles Crest).
$10 suggested donation at the door
This is the first installment of this new quarterly event.
DEREK MONYPENY
Born in the Arizona desert, a veteran of multiple explorations into the Sahara desert via Morocco and Western Sahara, and now a resident of the Mojave, Derek Monypeny sees his musical mission as adding to and expanding on what he calls the "desert continuum;" the psychedelic sirocco swirl of desert based stringed instruments played with utter abandon by musicians the world over.
Derek’s “desert continuum” concept takes great inspiration from desert guitarists whose playing so perfectly reflects their surroundings in its gnarled beauty and all-pervasive individualism: Richard Bishop, Zoot Horn Rollo, Curt Kirkwood, Jesus Acedo, Bob Log III, and Howe Gelb to name a few. In his travels in North Africa, Derek discovered that same spirit in Saharan guitar playing, in artists such as Seddoum ould Eide, Hammadi ould Nana, and Luleide ould Dendenni. Derek uses a variety of instruments to achieve these ends. In addition to guitar, he has recorded an album of solo oud recordings (Don't Bring Me Down, Bruce) and is currently performing and recording using the 15-string electric shahi baaja (Indian electric banjo). Derek is a former member of the bands Oaxacan (Oakland, CA), ALTO! (Portland, OR), and Sir Richard Bishop's Freak Of Araby Ensemble. In addition to his solo work, he has an ongoing duo project with Bryan Hillebrandt, OAE (Oakland Afternoon Ensemble). He has collaborated and toured with artists such as Bill Orcutt, Jozef van Wissem, Mike Watt, Eva Aguila, Ak'chamel, and many others.
http://derekmonypeny.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1wyMpXhhcQ
https://petalmotel.com/derek-monypeny-the-hand-as-dealt/
https://foxydigitalis.zone/2021/05/28/derek-moneypeny-the-hand-as-dealt/
https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-experimental/the-best-experimental-music-on-bandcamp-august-2021
JEN BOYD
Jen Boyd is a sound artist and teacher living in Redlands, CA. She spends time recording sounds in her environment and then arranges them into layered soundscapes. In these pieces, some sounds unfold naturally while others are processed. Jen uses a variety of different microphones to explore the textures and timbres in her environment. Many of her soundscapes seek to give depth to these delicate sounds. Although her work mostly relies on 'natural' sounds she uses a wide variety of sound sources to paint sonic pictures for the listener. In future projects, Jen will continue to explore the depths of natural sound and their presentation as art through live performance and sound installations. She hopes to spark the interest in people of all ages to listen more closely to the environment they live in everyday.
For the past 10 years Jen founded and continues to co-curated Re:Sound, a sound series on Mare Island in Vallejo, CA focusing on forgotten space, environment and sound. Jen is focused on bringing a series like that to Redlands where she now resides. Bridging communities of sound and sharing space for artists to create and present is one of Jen’s passions.
Sounds:
https://touchradio.org.uk/touchradio/Radio62.mp3
JOE CANTRELL
Joe Cantrell is a sound artist specializing in installations, compositions, and performances inspired by the consequences of technological objects and practices. His work examines the incessant acceleration of technology and media production, its ownership, and the waste it produces. In the rush to get the newest and shiniest things, the less new and less shiny are cast off: today's hot commodity is often tomorrow's garbage. In solidarity with these abandoned objects and the hands that put them together, Joe makes electronic feedback soundscapes using only discarded, obsolete and / or broken technology. It's a physical collaboration: the machines listen to themselves and act accordingly. Joe offers suggestions to them and they make sound together.
DAVID ROTHBAUM
David Rothbaum is a composer and musician (modular synthesizer, bass, guitar, piano & occasionally clarinets). he lives in the mountains and works primarily in film and television.
https://davidrothbaum.bandcamp.com/
San Diego’s Trash Lamb Gallery is taking over the featured art show at Artlands Downtown Redlands for the month of August! Don’t miss this rad collaboration!
Life Drawing with Holly Highfield is every Thursday night in July at Artlands
Instructed or uninstructed
18+ | Bring your own supplies | $25
Gel Printmaking Workshop with Bahula
$10 suggested donation at the door
Life Drawing with Holly Highfield is every Thursday night in July at Artlands
Instructed or uninstructed
18+ | Bring your own supplies | $25
COMPOSR
PALM READER
JMK JR
TEEN GENES
LIVE AT ARTLANDS
6PM
FREE
Solo art exhibition by Bahula
Opening 7/4/25
4-8pm
Exhibition 7/4-31
Screening starts at 8pm
$12, tickets limited
Get Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-secret-lives-of-bill-bartell-tickets-1326183573769?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
"Bill Bartell is not famous, but those who knew him think he should be. Bill was a musician, band manager, record label owner, police officer, rodeo bull rider, an attention-seeking recluse, and the ultimate fan-boy. He led an exceedingly compartmentalized life, keeping a tight lid on his background, his occupations, relationships and sexuality, hiding the jarring conflicts. The whole of his life was an enigma and maintaining it took a toll. Friend and band-mate to Sean Lennon, Pat Smear, Kurt Cobain, Thurston Moore, KISS, Iron Maiden, Ronnie Barnett, Jeff and Steve McDonald, Drew Barrymore, The Melvins, Shonen Knife, Quentin Tarantino and countless others, Bill was the conduit through which many relationships were established and successful careers launched. It was Bill that introduced Billy Idol to Kiss' manager Bill Aucoin who fostered Billy's solo career. In 1981, Bill's friend Steve Harris asked what his band, Iron Maiden, should name their new ep, a live recording from their Japanese tour. "Maiden Japan," Bill replied. Harris pronounced him a genius and the band went with Bill's suggestion. Through extensive archival footage and interviews, Bill's friends and collaborators compare notes on what they knew and what Bill kept hidden from them, ruminating on the causes of his secrecy. This film unravels, reveals and ultimately, deepens the mystery of who Bill was and what secrets he took with him when his life came to a sad and unexpected close."—Steve Doughton
About David Markey:
“As a self-taught filmmaker and musician, David Markey directed, produced, edited, and photographed most of his films, the majority of which have been self-funded. His work is also noted as documenting the punk scene in Southern California throughout the 1980s, growing to find a larger audience in the 1990s while continuing to produce work throughout the 2000s and 2010s. Markey has worked with Sonic Youth, Nirvana ,Dinosaur Jr, Mudhoney, Redd Kross, Bob Mould, Circle Jerks, The Ramones, Black Flag and the Meat Puppets.
Markey made his first film in 1974 at the age of 11 with his father's hand-wound 8mm Brownie camera, cast from the children of his Santa Monica, California neighborhood. He soon discovered the burgeoning LA punk scene a few years hence through bands like X, Black Flag, and Redd Kross in 1980. Markey was driven to form his own band, SIN 34, in 1981 as well as Painted Willie in 1984. He also started We Got Power fanzine in 1981 along with Jordan Schwartz, spawning Markey's cinematic Super-8 cult punk scene document The Slog Movie in 1982. Following closely behind was Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984) and its 1986 sequel Lovedolls Superstar. These films were distributed underground and critically well-received, putting Markey on the cinematic punk map before he was of legal age. Markey's work has since been exhibited internationally, including theatrical release in the US and Canada of 1991: The Year Punk Broke, followed by a VHS release by the David Geffen Company. In 2011 Universal Music Group re-released the film in the DVD format with an hour plus of bonus material produced by Markey. Theatrical screenings of his work have taken place in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto and elsewhere. His 2008 documentary The Reinactors was included in international film festivals in Argentina, England, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Portugal, Angola, China, Korea, Italy and The Netherlands. David Markey has appeared in the documentary films American Hardcore andWe Jam Econo.Markey was interviewed for the 20th Century Fox re-release of Russ Meyer's Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls Special Edition DVD in 2006.He played a bouncer in the 2007 film What We Do Is Secret. He is also seen as an uncredited extra in Penelope Spheeris 1983 film Suburbia and the 1984 film Girls Just Want To Have Fun. In October 2012, he became a published author as Bazillion Points released the critically acclaimed hard bound book We Got Power: Hardcore Punk Scenes From 1980's Southern California, consisting primarily of the photographic work of Markey and his longtime collaborator Jordan Schwartz. The book's release was timed with a gallery retrospective of the duo's photos from the early 1980s to the early 1990s entitled "We Survived The Pit" at Track 16 Gallery in Santa Monica, blocks away from where Markey and Schwartz grew up.”
Screening of “Sanguine Deposit” - horror film short - 8pm
Live performance by horror punk band The Order of the Fly - 7pm
Meet & Greet with The Order of the Fly and local horror writer - 6pm
Free | Donations to nonprofit are appreciated
Opening reception plus zine release for “So Many Questions” by Cindy Rinne.
Poetry reading with Micah Tasaka, Alma Rosa Azul, Nikki Harlin, George Hammons, Erika Del Carmen Ruiz, & Cindy Rinne
Closing party for “Blue Lotus Flower, Floating On The Water” featuring artwork by Exene Cervenka of legendary punk rock band X and Jill Emery, former bassist of Hole, Mazzy Star, Super Heroines among others.
Spoken word performances and poetry readings by:
Exene Cervenka (X)
Jill Emery (Hole/Mazzy Star/Super Heroines)
Gitane Demone (Christian Death/Gitane Demone Quartet)
Sean Wheeler (Throw Rag)
Gabriel Hart
Greg McWhorter
Alison Blake
Cecily Skill Davis
Vinyl DJ set by DJ Crypt Keeper
SATURDAY MARCH 8TH!! We're excited to announce the opening of our new show "Blue Lotus Flower, Floating On The Water" with works by Exene Cervenka and Jill Emery from 7-10pm at Artlands in Downtown Redlands!
Exene Cervenka is a singer, song-writer, visual artist, and poet. She is the singer and co-founder of the pioneering punk rock band X, one of the most influential Los Angeles bands to emerge from punk rock. Exene's strong artistic drive has drawn her to a wide range of creative projects. Adulterers Anonymous, the first of four books of poetry written with singer/ poet Lydia Lunch, was published in 1982. Her art has been shown in the Santa Monica Museum of Art, DCKT Contemporary in New York, and in galleries throughout Los Angeles and elsewhere. In 1989, Cervenka recorded Old Wives' Tales, the first of six solo albums she would put out by 2011.
Jill Emery is a self-taught artist/musician from California, where she started playing bass in her teens in LA punk bands, eventually becoming a part of Superheroines, Hole, Mazzy Star and others. While she enjoyed the collective creativity of bands, she found visual arts to be a great solitary creative outlet. As a folk expressionist, she explores themes of life, death, spirit, favorite bands/people and giving voices to animals. Jill says her process through imagination keeps her laughing and gives life to many of her pieces.
She's had art shows in the USA and Europe. Her art is also featured on records such as Hole's "Pretty on the Inside", among others.
Expensive $hit (featuring Paul Quattrone of Osees)
With
Rivelino
Sue-Machete
Guy Denning was born in North Somerset in 1965. He has been obsessed with visual art since childhood and started painting in oils at the age of eleven after receiving a set of old paints from a relative that had grown bored with them. Through the 1980s, he was repeatedly unsuccessful in his applications to study painting at degree level, but continued creating and learning the technical aspects of oil painting from more experienced painters that he knew in Somerset. He continued to study Art History and received his degree from The Open University.
Denning had various jobs from the age of 20, to support his family, while continuing to paint. Since he grew up in a Somerset village outside Bristol and saw the local rural economy crumble throughout the 1980s, he has been interested in responding to society in one type of political narrative or another.
With his discovery in 1980 of the bands CRASS, The Dead Kennedys and Poison Girls, Denning associated himself with the second wave of punk and saw the light in terms of street art. Following the stenciled text aesthetic and anarchist politics of the band CRASS, and the photo-montage vision of artist Gee Vaucher, Denning started peppering west-country towns with his particular paste-up style and sometimes surreal political messaging. In a time when graffiti was generally defined by a US styled, hip-hop inspired vision Denning would frequently challenge what seemed to him then as a style with little political content. His preferred attack was to simply stencil the word “WHY?” next to this ‘traditional’ graffiti that he found when carrying his paint and stencils.
In his college applications he was told that he needed to move away from his overtly figurative style and to be more subtle in regards to how he confronted politics as a subject matter. He was too literal, they said, and too ferocious. His crudely photocopied paste-ups were declared too graphic, the subject matter was inappropriate for fine art and photocopying was not considered a legitimate art printing method. He was also surprised and not a little angry that his distinct Somerset accent became the subject of conversation at one of these interviews.
Instead of listening, he refined his technique. Instead of giving up, he learned to become resilient, disciplined, focused. So, to conclude: Guy Denning had no choice; he taught himself how to be an artist.
Denning has an impressive but unorthodox affinity with mixing media and techniques together. Stencils, spray cans, brushwork, dripping paint, crayons, gold-leaf, marker pen and conté pastel… Some pieces drawn on mid-toned paper, newsprint or torn packing card that give them an expressive economy. The mid tones are already there, which means he can focus his powerful and deceptively simple draughtsmanship all the more on the contrast and highlights added in black and white.
With his painting Denning uses not only powerful brush strokes to express himself but also scratches and tears the paint and surface to an extent where he has had to crudely stitch it back together. He frequently adds stenciled and collaged text to oil paintings.
He has been invited to work on a variety of community urban art projects where he has developed a distinctive style that builds images from drawing and text.
In 2010, Denning presented 30 paintings based on stills from 1928 film “La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc”, tackling historical political machinations, at the London exhibition titled “Behemoth”.
In 2011 he presented “Inferno”, the first part of his three-part series of oil paintings on Dante’s Commedia in Bologna; this was his first exhibition in Italy and the complete exhibition sold out.
In 2011, he presented the second part of the series in New York City for the exhibition “Purgatorio”. Originally drawing inspiration from Dante’s writings, his intention was not to recreate the poem in a visual or literal sense, but instead let the “Purgatorio” series act as a framework for his own personal interpretation of the world following 9/11. As with the writing of Shakespeare, Denning finds a perpetual relevance in Dante’s work where the specifics of name, situation and place are easily adapted to the modern world; as if time moves on but the problems of humanity remain essentially the same. The events of September 11th and the emotional toll it took on the US identity was a critical element to this body of work. Poignantly enough, this exhibition was held in a ‘pop-up’ location just blocks from Ground Zero and on the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
His 2015 show in Paris, coinciding with the COP21 climate talks, was aptly named “The Party is Over” and it focused on our belonging to the last generation enjoying an abundance of natural resources, with future generations having to mop up the mess after our hangover. It was a gallery exhibition following a year where Denning had been pasting up his “Paradis est ici” angel drawings worldwide and talking to groups of students to bring greater attention to the COP21 talks.
In February 2016, Denning had his most recent solo exhibition at La Neomudejar de Atocha in Madrid. The show continued his exploration of political and environmental issues through a series of artworks depicting angels, refugees and portraits related to the recent COP21 event in Paris; all created in his dark, dramatic, even Baroque, style. With nods to the work of one of his main painting heroes, Francisco Goya, Denning’s work was very well received by his first Spanish audience and a piece entered the museum’s permanent collection.
Guy Denning is an unbelievable blend of talent, intelligence and sheer courage. The fact he is mostly self-educated only brings more admiration to his portfolio. Not many street artists reach the heights that Denning has, let alone simultaneously cross the borders into contemporary, urban and fine art whilst referencing the grand tradition of European pre-Modernist painting.
His work is also held in several other public collections, including the Politics Department of Bristol University, the Political Science Department at Galway University, the MAGI’900 Museum of Contemporary Art, Bologna and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Brest.
Since 2007 Guy Denning has lived, and continues to work, in Finistere, France.
This November, Artlands is pleased to present Altered Eyes, a multi-faceted group exhibition bound to lure the mind’s inquiring eye. Altered Eyes refers to alternate ways of seeing the world through visuals that are ethereal, emotional, surreal, macabre, or even a little demented. Taking place in Redlands, CA and curated by Zara Kand, this show will feature a fine roster of prominent and emerging artists from across the globe, including Manny Zamudio, Vanessa Powers, Jennifer O’Connell, Daniel Martin Diaz, Gregory Hergert, Alexandra Bowers, Matthew Dutton, Moon Patrol, Christiane Cegavske, Vezun, Maria Zherdeva, Aaron Sheppard, Eliran Kantor, Isaiah Mulz, Catherine Ruane, Damien Barton, Austin Hart, and Colleena Hake. The variety of 2 and 3D wall hung works that will be on display are palpably as unique and provocative as the show title suggests.
The exhibition dates are from November 2 – November 30th, with an opening reception on Saturday, November 2nd from 7-9pm featuring a live performance by Sean Wheeler (of Throw Rag) featuring El Padre El Don. We hope you will join us for this epic event!
Bring your favorite vinyl record and join us as we build community over music and great local wines
Featuring an original copy of “Bitches Brew” by Miles Davis
Featuring a vinyl DJ set by Daniel Gohman
Gitane Demone (Gitane Demone Quartet, Ex-Christian Death), Rikk Agnew (ex-Adolescents/Christian Death), and Deb Venom (Gitane Demone Quartet) play live to close out the five year anniversary show for Artlands Downtown Redlands.
Closing Reception for "When You Rock And Roll With Me", the debut solo art show by Monkey, the legendary lead singer of The Adicts.
6-9pm at Artlands Downtown Redlands | 18 E. Vine St., Redlands, CA
After-party next door at The Vault at 9pm
Live performances by:
Joe Wood (Change Today, Formerly of TSOL)
Integra Pink
Swing Auditorium
Snare Noise
