Location: Mezzanine Gallery, Second Floor
In the summer of 2024, master printer Bernard Hoyes led a three-day electrolyte etching workshop at the Riverside Art Museum. Six artists from the Inland Empire—Maurice Howard, Lisa Loudin, Adeola Davies, Deborah McDuff, Kayren Lyle, and Ellen Finan—were invited to participate in the workshop, which was funded by a California Creative Corps grant through the Inland Empire Community Foundation.
Using RAM’s printing presses, Hoyes introduced participants to the environmentally conscious technique of electrolyte etching, which uses saltwater and six volts of electricity (instead of toxic acids) to etch plates. Each of the participating artists curated and produced an edition, which they then signed and numbered…