First Saturdays Night Market
Jun
6
5:00 PM17:00

First Saturdays Night Market

Location:

Fox Theatre Building: Vine Street, Redlands, CA

5-9pm

Night Market with art, print, zine, vintage, and record vendors on the First Saturday of each month, coinciding with art show openings at Artlands, a la minute, & Viva La Boba.

First Saturdays is a program of The Artlands Creative

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Lumen & Phytogram Workshop With Andrew K. Thompson
May
21
3:30 PM15:30

Lumen & Phytogram Workshop With Andrew K. Thompson

Location:

REACH Community Garden at Sylvan Park

601 N University St, Redlands, CA

Explore the roots of photography and experiment with a low-toxic developer made from household items in this hands-on workshop. The demonstration will teach participants how to mix a low-toxicity solution to develop pictures inside their cameras, using 3D printed pinhole cameras that are designed to serve as image-maker and developing tanks.

Please RSVP. Space is limited!

https://partiful.com/e/BjYrc75QeKDzMCQzP6of?c=ZgmF8ouD

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In Step With Insects: Workshop with Kristen Wheatley
May
21
9:00 AM09:00

In Step With Insects: Workshop with Kristen Wheatley

Location:

Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

11055 East Drive, Morongo Valley, CA

In this workshop, we'll follow prompts that encourage participants to notice insect life underfoot and take time to move at their pace. We will consider the complex systems of insect colonies and the behavior of individuals as we observe their movements. This gathering is an opportunity to become more familiar with the bugs that call the Preserve home.

Please RSVP. Space is limited!

https://partiful.com/e/JANAUBuec60C4rt2AXTd?c=0MGEBCGp

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Damaged Fest
Apr
3
5:00 PM17:00

Damaged Fest

Punk Rock Art Show with:

Monkey (The Adicts)

Exene Cervenka (X)

Jill Emery (Hole/Mazzy Star/Super Heroines)

Gitane Demone (Christian Death/Gitane Demone Quartet)

Fur Dixon (The Cramps)

A.J. Ransdell (Das Klown)

Live Performances from:

S.O.H.

SOOT

Greasetrap

Vendors/Food

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REACH | Cascarones Making Workshop with Elle Seven
Mar
19
3:00 PM15:00

REACH | Cascarones Making Workshop with Elle Seven

Join artist-in-residence Elle Seven for a hands-on Cascarones making workshop! Come for a soft opening of our garden by crafting these traditional flower and bird-seed-filled eggs—a vibrant symbol of luck and celebration. This tradition has been a vital part of the Southern California Latino legacy for 200 years, dating back to 1826. Come learn the history, get creative with color, and help us fill the garden with joy as we celebrate the spring season. We will have a limited supply of eggs available, so please feel free to bring your own if you’d like to decorate more than one or two!"

FREE

ALL AGES

RSVP at:

https://partiful.com/e/iBBv8N0sVLjRDtMDXjZ0

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Altered Eyes 2.0
Nov
1
5:00 PM17:00

Altered Eyes 2.0

This November, Artlands is pleased to present the 2nd annual Altered Eyes 2.0, a multi-faceted group exhibition sure to captivate the mind’s 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 and Michael Goldbrandsen, this show will feature a fine roster of prominent and emerging artists from across the globe, including Mark Gleason, Guy Denning, Justyna Koziczak, Josh Porter, Wendy Lee Gadzuk, Legion, Leona Gamble, Ray Richardson, Ruben Aldenhoven, Fran Williams, Krzysztof Polaczenko, Donna Howson, Steven Latta, Christopher Choi, and Teeth.

The multidisciplinary works to be displayed are palpably as provocative as the show title suggests, prodding viewers into a visual journey at once amusing and introspective. Each artist will offer their own unique interpretation of the world around them, through a variety of aesthetic styles and cultural influences, yet rendered as a universal language.

The exhibition dates are from November 1 – November 29th, with an opening reception on Saturday, November 1st from 5-9pm. There will be an after party at The Vault (next door to the gallery) at 9pm and will feature live music by Hotel Mercy Band and others. 

We hope you will join us for this grand event! 

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EXTENDED PLAY | A NIGHT OF EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC
Aug
9
6:00 PM18:00

EXTENDED PLAY | A NIGHT OF EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC

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.com

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.

https://www.jen-boyd.com/

Re-Sound.net

23five.org

Sounds:

https://touchradio.org.uk/touchradio/Radio62.mp3

https://jenboyd.bandcamp.com/


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.

https://www.joecantrell.net/

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.co/

https://davidrothbaum.bandcamp.com/



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"THE SECRET LIVES OF BILL BARTELL" SCREENING + Q&A WITH DIRECTOR DAVID MARKEY
May
17
8:00 PM20:00

"THE SECRET LIVES OF BILL BARTELL" SCREENING + Q&A WITH DIRECTOR DAVID MARKEY

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.”

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Blue Lotus Flower, Floating On The Water | Closing Party
Apr
5
6:00 PM18:00

Blue Lotus Flower, Floating On The Water | Closing Party

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

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Blue Lotus Flower, Floating on the Water | Artwork by Exene Cervenka & Jill Emery
Mar
8
7:00 PM19:00

Blue Lotus Flower, Floating on the Water | Artwork by Exene Cervenka & Jill Emery

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.

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