GUEST SPEAKERS

Each month at the Riverside Art Alliance meetings, we have a different speaker on an interesting topic.

Our featured artists and their area of art:

September 19, 2024

Riverside Art Museum

Denise Kraemer, Artist/Educator

Denise Kraemer of Riverside is a native of the Inland Empire. Even before she discovered printmaking, Denise found herself drawn to artists like, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Kathi Kowitz, and Alfonso Mucha. This fascination with their style of work lured her to take her first printmaking class. Like these artists her work tends to be organic in style. Kraemer will tell you that printmaking perfectly unites her analytical left brain and her creative right brain allowing her to process, alter, and develop ideals satisfying her inquisitive nature. Each print lends itself to a finite progression of discovery, which is the driving force of her work.

She served as the Education Curator at the Riverside Art Museum in Riverside, California for 3 years, where she organizes the adult education programs, monthly lecture series and member critiques. A founding member of RIP, Riverside Independent Printmakers, Kraemer curated the printmaking exhibition Pressed at the Riverside Art Museum and has worked with the museum's "Monothon" workshop and exhibition for 4 years. Kraemer received her BA in Art from California Baptist University and her MA in Art/printmaking at California State University San Bernardino.

This year, she had a solo exhibition at Riverside Art Musuem, has three group shows this summer and worked with the Arts Connection and Mil Tree in Joshua Tree, Ca, teaches an ongoing printmaking workshop at Division 9 gallery weekly, and teaching printmaking at Riverside Community College and California State University at San Bernardino.

October 17, 2024

The Cheech

Margery Haupt

Margie Haupt is Deputy Director – Arts & Cultural Affairs for the City of Riverside’s Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department. In her current position she has oversight of the City’s arts, public art program, granting program for Arts & Culture Grants and Public Art Grants; the Fox Foundation; the Fox Performing Arts Center and the Fox Entertainment Plaza; The Cheech; Riverside Municipal Auditorium; liaison and representative to and for the arts community; develop, design and implement innovative approaches to deliver events and programs, as well as oversight of special events and sponsorship programs.

Margie Haupt started with the City in January of 2006. In her previous positions, she oversaw event and film permits, City Sponsorship program, and all City events including grand openings, the Fox Foundation’s Inaugural Gala, Downtown Farmer’s Market and the City’s signature event The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa Festival of Lights.

Margie’s experience with local non-profit organizations has helped her establish and maintain relationships among various civic and arts organizations.

Margie’s experience in leading and training started with her non-profit work and continues both for government and industry conferences and trainings.