There are different displays around Riverside describing historical buildings or events that occurred within the city. Just off of the Downtown walking mall and adjacent to Citizen's Business Bank (3695 Main St, Riverside, CA) is a display showing photographs of the Loring building which at one point housed Riverside's Opera. The Loring Opera House itself was destroyed by fire in 1990. More information on the building can be found here. The designer of the current display is unknown.
Recently I was able to get inside the fence and get better and more complete photos of the courtyard mural at Ben Franklin Elementary School (19661 Orange Terrace Pkwy, Riverside, CA). I am pretty sure these were painted by Tom Seibert and his group at Murals for Schools @muralsforschools as were the murals that face the street.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Casa Blanca Elementary School (7351 Lincoln Ave., Riverside, CA) took place on Aug. 5 which allowed the public to see a colorful new mural of a phoenix, the school mascot, above the entrance, and an brightly painted playground behind the school. Representative pictures are below. The mural and paintings are unsigned.
On a shelf to the left of the main desk and in the Innovation Center behind the main desk of the Riverside Main Library (3900 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA) are found three interesting and creative metal insect sculptures. They were made by Jim Bergman @drstrangebot, a local artist who specializes in making robotic art.
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Magnolia Elementary School (3975 Maplewood Pl, Riverside, CA) has recently been repainted and now sports a couple of simple new murals showing the name of the school and its mascot, the falcon. The artist is unknown.
The fencing around a ventilation or access shaft on Brockton Ave. (6800 Brockton Ave, Riverside, CA) has been covered with metal coverings showing elephants, giraffes and other African animals. The designer is unknown.
A beautiful mural has been painted at the new Scholarship Prep School (9707 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA) on Magnolia Avenue. Construction is still occurring at the school so I had to take these photos from the adjacent sidewalk. I was told the school will be open on Aug. 11 so one will likely be able to get closer photos then. According to an Instagram post, the artist was Brian Peterson @brianpetersonart and the mural was completed in 4 days - pretty amazing.
