The Impending Behavior Orchestra is pleased to present an improvisational Music/Dance performance in the Sculpture Garden of the RAC.

This performance was a quintet featuring:
Barry Bennett & Eric Klotz of Grape Juice Plus, Mindy Meyers, Chloe Bigelow, and Lucy Vurusic Riner.

On April 12 & 19, RAC artists guided 60 community members aged 5 - 65 to create unique artworks on canvas with found objects and other collage materials. The 58 artworks they created are now part of an exhibition at the Riverside Town Hall, celebrating the community and the 150th Anniversary of Riverside. This Community Exhibition was on view at Town Hall from May 12-July 30th.

The Riverside Arts Center presented The RAC Reveal: An Exclusive Print Collection Event. This unique evening of creativity included drinks, hors d'oeuvres, music, and a print sale featuring an exclusive collection of limited edition, high-quality screen prints by four acclaimed artists: Chicago's Emmy Star Brown, Thailand's 2Choey, Chicago's Sergio Farfan, and fellow Chicagoan Phido, revealing an exciting new partnership with Chicago's Vertical Gallery. Adult beverages, live music by Jimmy Marquis and excellent company.

This fun-filled evening took place at Berwyn's own beloved arts and music venue The Outta Space in support of Riverside Arts Center.

Vertical Gallery and the Riverside Arts Center (RAC) are excited to present the third annual print fundraiser, featuring exclusive, limited-edition screen prints by artists Emmy Star Brown, 2Choey, Sergio Farfan, and Phido. With only a limited number available, each high-quality print offers a unique piece of contemporary art. 25% of proceeds directly support RAC's programs, including exhibitions, workshops, and community outreach.

On October 19, 2024, the Riverside Arts Center hosted the Exquisite Corpse Fall Gala. Inspired by the collaborative surrealist art game originating in France, this unique evening of creativity and imagination included locally made hors d'oeuvres and cocktails, music, a silent auction featuring art & exclusive items from area artists and businesses, and live exquisite corpse drawings by talented community members.

Together, we raised more than $26,000 to ensure that the arts are thriving and accessible in Riverside! Your incredible support ensures that artists like the 107 artists we exhibited and the 900 community members touched by RAC’s work this year can thrive and continue to engage in the arts! Our gratitude for purchasing tickets and sponsorships, buying raffle tickets, bidding on auction items, making in-kind donations, and, most of all, believing in the power of the arts to nurture our community! 

On May 24, 2024, the Riverside Arts Center and A&A Studios hosted a sold out evening for RAC’s spring fundraiser, Photobooth. We showcased the magnificent creative work of Riverside's Andrea and Anthony Vizzari, proprietors of A&A Studios, a multifaceted creative studio dedicated to preserving the beauty of vintage photo booths and the legacy of analog photography.

Over seventy guests had the opportunity to step inside a selection of vintage photobooths, tour a photography lab, and view an extensive collection of antique photos. They enjoyed wine, cocktails, and delicious small bites from Lagniappe Beverage, Owen's Craft Mixers, and Stella’s while bidding on exciting art and themed silent auction items from A&A Studios, Ballyhoo Hospitality, The Book Table, Paul D’Amato, Edith Farnsworth House, Ale Alverez Visual, Brasero, Michelangelo Sabatino and Kim Freeark.

On October 12, 2023, the Riverside Arts Center welcomed over 120 friends to the Riverside Swim Club to celebrate 30 years of creativity, arts education, and support of artists across the Chicago region.

Together, our community raised $22,000 to make a collective impact on artists, students, and community partners.

Past Perfect is a limited edition print fundraiser for the Riverside Arts Center (RAC). Curated by Paul D’Amato. In 2022, RAC launched our first on-line limited edition print fundraiser entitled “The Shape of Things to Come”. It was so successful we decided to follow it up this fall - in honor of our 30th anniversary - with this portfolio entitled “Past Perfect, 30th Anniversary Portfolio”.

We invited 12 artists who have been an essential part of our exhibition programming at RAC to share an artwork for this unique 20-edition print portfolio of 20 inkjet prints

The Shape of Things to Come is a limited edition print fundraiser for the Riverside Arts Center (RAC). It is a phrase that has been used by many artists, from H.G. Wells in 1933 to the Yardbirds in 1967. We invited 11 artists who have had exhibitions at the Arts Center to respond conceptually and formally to that phrase to create a set of unique images, which we have made into a limited edition of 20 inkjet prints.