Mayor's Celebration for Arts & Innovation

Collaboration X will be participating in the Mayor's Celebration for Arts & Innovation this Saturday night at the Fox Entertainment Plaza. The Mayor's Celebration is the largest fundraising event in support of the arts in this region. It is a celebration of the artists, organizations and educational institutions that help to give Riverside its identity as the City of Arts and Innovation. It is also a celebration of those who support the arts. As you enter the Fox Entertainment Plaza on the evening of Saturday, October 12, you will be greeted by performances and exhibitions everywhere you look. The culinary arts will be on display, as well, with multiple restaurants serving heavy hors d'oeuvres stationed in the Showcase Exhibit Hall and on the Promenade overlooking Market Street. David St. Pierre and The Menagerie will feature two no-host bars serving beer, wine, spirits and non-alcoholic beverages. Through his generosity, every drink you purchase is part of the evening's fundraising effort.

Thom Stansell of Circosthesia

Jugglers, interactive technology displays, participatory art by the Riverside Community Arts Association and Collaboration X, Artnival games from Division 9, costumed members of the Riverside Dickens Festival, and exhibitions by the Riverside Art Museum, RCAA, Riverside African American Historical Society, March Field Air Museum, UCR ARTSblock, and Art Works will surround you. A silent auction featuring fantastic packages that include signed music memorabilia, performance tickets and artwork by the region's most renowned artists will be even more spectacular than ever.

Storyteller Karen Rae Kraut

A trio of musicians from the Riverside County Philharmonic will be performing in the Showcase for your enjoyment from 6:00 to 7:00, followed by a performance by the award-winning storyteller Karen Rae Kraut, representing the Inlandia Institute. Ballet Folklorico de Riverside, Room to Dance and the rich harmonies of the a cappella group Frequency will lead us into the official welcome by Riverside Mayor Rusty Bailey and the event's first-ever live auction with guest auctioneer Dan Dotson of A&E's hit TV series "Storage Wars."

Paint w/ Friends hosted by Jon Roach

Featured Performances & Exhibits:

• Room to Dance
• Ballet Folkloico de Riverside
• March Field Air Museum
• Riverside Youth Theatre
• Division 9 Gallery
• Groovaloos
• Inlandia
• Collaboration X Members
  Jon "Roach" Brosius & Nathaniel Osollo
• Circosthesia
• Raincross Chorale
• Artworks
• Riverside Community Arts Association
• UCR School of Engineering
• Riverside Art Museum
• Riverside African American Historical Society
• Riverside County Philharmonic
• UCR Artsblock
• Riverside Dickens Festival
• California Riverside Ballet
• World to Dance
• CBU College of Engineering

It is our hope that you will join us for this memorable evening, as it is your support that allows the Riverside Arts Council to offer its wide range of services including capacity building for artists and arts organizations, arts education and the Community Arts Partnership grant program that helps non-profits to serve more than 60,000 Riverside residents each year.

For more information visit:
MayorsCelebrationRiverside.com