About XPSR

Creativity isn'tmeant to happenalone.

XPSR is building a more connected creative community — starting in the Inland Empire.

Why XPSR exists

The talent was always here. The connection wasn't.

The Inland Empire is full of talented people creating incredible work. But for too long, finding each other hasn't been easy.

Opportunities are scattered. Education often means looking outside the region. Creative circles can become isolated from one another. And whether you're just getting started or years into your career, it can be difficult to know who's creating right around you.

XPSR exists to help change that.

Our story

Two different paths. Same problem.

XPSR began with two creatives who encountered the same problem at completely different stages of their careers.

Founder 01

Eddie Ortiz

Co-Founder / Creative Director

When Eddie entered the creative industry, he was looking for people to learn from, opportunities to gain experience and a local creative community he could grow alongside.

Mentors were difficult to find. Internships and hands-on opportunities weren't easy to discover. Much of the available education existed online or outside the region.

The talent was here. The pathway into it wasn't.

Founder 02

Brian Aviles

Co-Founder / Producer

Brian encountered the same problem from the other side.

After years of professional experience in the creative industry, including working in Los Angeles, he returned to the Inland Empire and found that connecting with other creatives locally was still difficult.

Experience didn't solve the problem.

The network was still hard to find.

Different stages of a creative career. The same gap.

That shared experience became the foundation for XPSR.

Inland Empire creatives connecting at an XPSR community gathering

Built here

The Inland Empire doesn't need to be in someone else's shadow.

There is incredible creative talent throughout the Inland Empire.

XPSR isn't about telling creatives they need to leave the region to find opportunity. It's about making the people, knowledge, relationships and opportunities that already exist here easier to discover.

We're building the kind of creative ecosystem we wished had been easier to find ourselves.

This is where we're starting.

What we're building

Connection creates opportunity.

01

Connect

Bring creatives together and make the local creative community easier to discover.

02

Learn

Create access to practical education from people actually doing the work.

03

Create

Make it easier for creatives, collaborators and businesses to find each other and build together.

04

Grow

Help creatives strengthen both their craft and the business behind it.

An XPSR speaker sharing ideas with the creative community

Built with the community

We don't want to decide what the community needs. We want the community to tell us.

XPSR will continue evolving alongside the people who use it.

Our events, education, opportunities, tools and future features will be shaped by feedback from the creative community we're building alongside.

We'll listen. We'll learn. We'll build. Then we'll keep improving.

Built with the Inland Empire. Not simply for it.

Start local. Think bigger.

Built in the Inland Empire. Designed to go further.

The Inland Empire is where XPSR begins.

Our goal is to listen, learn and build a model that genuinely serves the creative community here.

As XPSR grows, our goal is to take what we learn here and help build stronger creative communities beyond our region.

But it starts here.

The XPSR creative community gathered together

Why we're building this

Creatives shouldn't have to do it alone.

Find your people. Learn from each other. Create together. Build something bigger.

Join XPSR