Exhibitions
Latest Exhibition
Out in the I.E.
January 15, 2026 – June 30, 2026
Out in the IE is a thematic survey exhibition covering 10 central themes: Art, AIDS, Community Care, Political Representation, Student Movements, Drag and Nightlife, Safety, Faith, Pride and Representation, and Queer Futures.
Exhibition Run: January 15, 2026 – June 30, 2026
Exhibition Hours: Wednesday – Friday, 12 PM – 5 PM
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Past Exhibitions
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Building Our Region’s Korean Communities
JULY 25, 2025 – November 14, 2025
This exhibition expands on the traveling Pachappa Camp exhibition created by UCR’s Young Oak Kim Center’s to include a fuller regional experience for the audience. Today, with this exhibition, we celebrate the legacy of early Koreans in America by uncovering and preserving their stories for future generations.
Homegrown Heroes
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 – JUNE 20, 2025
Homegrown Heroes is an exhibition exploring how we advance civil rights in our region. Visit the exhibition to learn from the experiences of some of Inland Southern California’s many civil rights leaders.
San Bernardino Photography Now:
I’m Grateful Thorns Have Roses
JUNE 6, 2024 – AUGUST 23, 2024
San Bernardino Photography Now: I’m Grateful Thorns Have Roses is a simultaneous double-venue exhibition at the Garcia Center of the Arts in San Bernardino and the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California in Riverside.
The exhibition is a major survey of the remarkable recent photography being produced by artists emerging from San Bernardino. The work addresses a wide array of social issues and is particularly anchored in the city’s Westside.
Working Coachella:
Images of the farmworker community of the Coachella Valley
JANUARY 11, 2024 – MAY 2024
“Working Coachella” makes visible the people who labor in the Coachella Valley’s fields, demonstrating who is responsible for producing the food we all eat.
Still I Rise: The Black IE Fight For Justice
OCTOBER 2022 – DECEMBER 2023
Still I Rise, which examined the lived experience of Black residents of the Inland Empire from the Great Migration to the present. Themes of Black self-reliance, home, work, education, policing, and intersectionalism bear witness to the adversity and discrimination faced by the Black community and the strategies they used to thrive in the face of adversity.