<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Lindsey Hammel <lindsey.hammel@ucr.edu><br><b>Date:</b> January 30, 2026 at 8:39:04 AM PST<br><b>To:</b> undisclosed-recipients:;<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Artist talks: Beatriz Cortez, Fariba Hajamadi, and Lenard Smith!</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear friends,</div><div><br></div><div>I'm reaching out to invite you to three exciting talks at UCR ARTS, all in connection with our current exhibitions. We hope to see you at UCR ARTS soon!</div><div><br></div><div><b><a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/events/crossing-temporalities/" target="_blank">Crossing Temporalities: A Conversation with Beatriz Cortez</a></b></div><div><i>February 7, <span style="font-family:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0)">1:00 p.m.</span></i></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1.5em;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Artist Beatriz Cortez will discuss her work</span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"> followed by a conversation with scholar </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Jasmine Magaña, </span>research specialist for the Latin American and Latinx Art Initiative (LALAI) at the Getty Research Institute</b><span style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit"><b>.</b> Cortez will address questions of scale, crossing temporalities, and nomadism. In addition, the participants will discuss artistic exchange and other ways to confront past erasures and disappearances. <b>The program will be followed by a curator-led tour of</b></span><b><span style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/exhibitions/transgresoras/" style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(244,155,29);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:28px;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Transgresoras: Mail Art and Messages, 1960s–2020s</span></em></a> with co-curators Zanna Gilbert (Getty Research Institute) and Elena Shtromberg (University of Utah). </b>Don't miss this exhibition before it closes on February 15!<br>RSVPs are encouraged <a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/events/crossing-temporalities/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p></div><div><b><a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/events/history-is-in-the-caption-fariba-hajamadi-in-conversation-with-judith-rodenbeck/" target="_blank">History is in the Caption: Fariba Hajamadi in Conversation with Judith Rodenbeck</a></b></div><div><i>February 15, 1:00 p.m.</i></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:28px;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">The exhibition </font><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i><a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/exhibitions/fariba-hajamadi/" target="_blank"><font color="#e69138"><b>Fariba Hajamadi: History is in the Caption</b></font></a></i></span><font color="#000000">, currently on view at UCR ARTS,</font></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> examines how cultural, educational, and public institutions shape narratives of history and culture. The exhibition presents a series of works by Iranian-born, American artist Fariba Hajamadi, whose practice blends photography and painting to create layered, imaginary spaces. Hajamadi created a new site-specific installation with wallpaper and sculptures that depict Iran’s visual and political landscape. <b>For this program, </b></span><b><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">the artist will be joined in conversation by scholar Judith Rodenbeck (UC Riverside)</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> about </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hajamadi’s artistic practice. </span></b></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">RSVPs are encouraged <a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/events/history-is-in-the-caption-fariba-hajamadi-in-conversation-with-judith-rodenbeck/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></font></div><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><b><a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/events/fortuitous-encounters-march-4/" target="_blank">Fortuitous Encounters: A Conversation with Lenard Smith</a></b></div><div><i>March 4, 6:00 p.m.</i></div><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Join us to hear Lenard Smith in conversation with curator Rebecca Morse and exhibition curator Kathryn Poindexter-Akers about the intersections between commercial and fine art aesthetics in Smith’s work.</b> </span><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:28px;font-family:Roboto;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/exhibitions/lenard-smith-fortuitous-encounters/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(244,155,29);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Lenard Smith: Fortuitous Encounters</span></a></em><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> at the California Museum of Photography is the first solo museum presentation of the work of Lenard Smith, a studio-based photographer whose work often depicts still life tableaux of assemblage sculptures, the contents of which range from photographic equipment and theory, to found objects and detritus, to signifiers of Black identity and culture.<br>RSVPs are encouraged <a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/events/fortuitous-encounters-march-4/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br><br></span></div><div><img alt="Beatriz Cortez program (Presentation) (4) (2).png" src="cid:ii_ml0hcsur3"></div><br><img alt="Fariba Hajamadi Feb 15 (1920 x 1080 px).png" src="cid:ii_ml0hcsw75"><br><div><img alt="Lenard Smith March 4 (1920 x 1080 px) (1) (1).png" src="cid:ii_ml0hcsva4"><br><div><div></div><div>We hope to see you there!</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Lindsey Hammel (she/her)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Director of Education and Public Programs</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">California Museum of Photography</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">& Culver Center of the Arts</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">UCR ARTS</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> in Downtown Riverside</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">3824 & 3834 Main Street</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Riverside, CA 92501</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">(951) 827-1465 (office)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ucrarts/?hl=en" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> | </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ucrarts/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> | </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/UCRARTS" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">YouTube</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> | </span><a href="https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/66880/donations/new?amt=500.00" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Donate</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p></span></div></div></div>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