An outside wall of the Aspire Apartment building (3881 3rd St, Riverside, CA) has been painted with a colorful mural with panels of altering floral and citrus motives. The mural is unsigned but an Instagram post indicates that the artist was local muralist Darren Villegas @darren.vs.drama.
#Aspire Apartments #Riverside murals #inland empire art #Riverside Community College #City of Riverside
The new Farm House Collective on University Avenue (1393 University Ave, Riverside, CA) sports two new murals, one a large, somewhat hard to read, mural on the west side which in block letters spells out the name of the collective, and another smaller one with a heart, stars and other symbols. The artists of both are unknown.
#Farmhouse Collective #Riverside #music venue #mural #inland empire art
A new floral mural has been painted on the wall next to Tony's Market (4098 Park Ave, Riverside, CA) in the Park Avenue Arts District. The mural is unsigned but according to a post by Juan Navarro @luvmonsterz who presumably designed and directed the project, it was painted by a group of volunteers from U.S. Bank. The mural is adjacent to the house of Juanita Bigelow whose father was the original owner of Tony's market, and features calla lillies and gladiola flowers reminiscent of flowers which were brought by her father from San Clemente for sale in the Eastside neighborhood.
#Tony's Market #Riverside #calla lillies #gladiolas #Eastside #Eastside Art House
Several new murals have been painted on the outside of the 1Down Biker Supply House (6359 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA). They include a racing motorcycle, a modified raincross and a Harley Davidson logo. The murals are unsigned.
There is an attractive new citrus-themed mural on Northrop Drive (about 7505 Northrop Dr, Riverside, CA) to the east of Panera Bread (505 E Alessandro Blvd, Riverside, CA). I recently discovered it while out riding. It was painted by @hahahorton.
#Riverside #citrus #orange #Mission Grove #raincross
The electrical box in front of White Park (3901 Market St, Riverside, CA) in downtown Riverside has been wrapped with a vinyl coating providing a brief history of the park combined with photos and artwork. It is part of the newly identified Arts and Culture District. The artist and authors are unknown. One side of the box is near the fence and was difficult to photograph and so the three sections on that side are show separately at the end. I am sad to say that essentially all of the cacti described on the box are no longer in the park. I was told that the last grouping was removed a month or two ago. Apparently one fell over on a visitor. I am sure that that wasn't pleasant.
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#White Park #Riverside #cactus garden #Arts and Culture District
Amelia Earhart Middle School (20202 Aptos St., Riverside) has several new murals illustrating its namesake the aviator and its mascot the hawk. It also has a nice mosaic and a recognition of academic excellence. The murals were painted by Murals for Schools led by lead artist Tom Seibert @muralsforschools. According to their Instagram post, Tom painted the hawk, and two of his associates, Corina and Asako, painted the Amelia Earhart mural.
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#school murals #Amelia Earhart #hawk #RUSD #Riverside
The Zacatecas Cafe (3767 Iowa Ave #4549, Riverside, CA), a prominent Mexican restaurant in the Eastside and near UC Riverside, has an attractive new mural celebrating its Mexican heritage. The mural was created and painted by Robert Gomez @dytch66.
Note: This is my 500th post since starting this blog in Jan. 2023. I never imagined that I would find so much publicly accessible art in Riverside. I've enjoyed discovering the many murals and other works of art.
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The interior of the Canyon Springs Branch of the Altura Credit Union (2692 Canyon Springs Pkwy STE C, Riverside, CA) has an attractive mural depicting notable sights and scenes of Moreno Valley. It was painted by Moreno Valley native and well-known muralist Rosy Cortez. The mural stretches across one wall of the interior and has been broken into pieces for ease of viewing.
#Moreno Valley #Altura Credit Union #March Air Reserve Base #Box Springs Mountain #fighter planes #burros
