About the Project

The Center for Social Justice & Civil Liberties in the Riverside Community College District was awarded a generous Creative Corps Inland SoCal Grant to produce The Body of Freedom in 2023-2024.   We thank Creative Corps Inland SoCal for their generous grant that helped our project take wings!

In our fourth year, The Body of Freedom is a collaborative project that partners Ramona High School, Division 9 Gallery, and the Center for Social Justice & Civil Liberties in supporting local artists to create inclusive, community-based art workshops rooted in social justice and equity. 

Visual Arts workshops include:

Writing the Body Free Poetry with James Coats with James Coates

Paper Maché Sculpture with Cosmé Cordova with Cosmé Cordova

The Freedom Mural with Maryam Trebeau 

What We Build Together - A Wood Block Installation with Diana Twiss

Mosaic Portraits with Cathy Maxwell & Greg Maxwell

Anatomical Heart Painting with Ray Fernandez

Freedom in Bloom, Watercolor Painting with Roxana Hernandez

All Art Workshops will be FREE and open to the public.

Community-based art workshops will run between 

October - December 2026

All artworks created in the Fall workshops 

will be showcased in The Body of Freedom Exhibition, 

which will run between March 19 – May 14, 2027.

at The Center for Social Justice & Civil Liberties. 

Sign Up for The Body of Freedom Workshops at 

bit.ly/freedomworkshops

or Click the QR Code below!