We’re Building Back Strong After the Pandemic

We’re Building Back Strong After the Pandemic New and relaunched programs over the past twelve months include:  With your help we can achieve even more over the next twelve months.  Can you donate to Richmond Art Center before the end of today? Contributions by midnight tonight, June 30, will help keep Richmond Art Center in the […]

July 4 Holiday Hours

July 4, 2023: Gallery and Studio Hours Galleries Hours: Studios: There are no studio classes or summer camps running the week of Monday, July 3 (through to July 8). Questions? Please contact us! admin@richmondartcenter.org, 510.620.6772 Top image: Artwork by Felicia Griffin

Wee Poets Features WCCUSD Youth and Richmond Art Center

Wee Poets Features WCCUSD Youth and Richmond Art Center For over thirty years Wee Poets on Channel 28 has supported literacy development through interviews with thousands of Bay Area children. This month three WCCUSD students and Roberto Martinez, RAC’s exhibitions director, were invited onto the show to talk about the WCCUSD Student Art Show. Top […]

Please Support Our Work

Please Support Our Work We’ve achieved a lot together in FY2022-23. Help us keep going! Over the past twelve months: Please make a donation to Richmond Art Center before the end of the fiscal year (6/30/23).  Your donation – any amount – will support RAC’s free gallery admission, exhibitions, education programs, and community outreach. Thank you for your support! Donations […]

The Richmond Standard: Richmond mayor’s office also an art gallery

Link: https://richmondstandard.com/community/2023/06/23/richmond-mayors-office-also-an-art-gallery/ The Richmond Standard Richmond mayor’s office also an art gallery June 23, 2023 After a four years, works from locally-based NIAD Art Center are being exhibited on rotation at the office located at Richmond Civic Center, according to Mayor Eduardo Martinez. The mayor’s office also partnered with the Richmond Art Center to display […]

We need YOU… to volunteer at Richmond Art Center

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Volunteers at Richmond Art Center assist our teachers and staff, help out at events, support community outreach, and more. If you have a passion for art, a desire to help your community, or are just looking to get more involved, fill out a volunteer application today!  SUMMER EVENTS WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR:* * We especially need volunteers who […]

Happy Juneteenth from Richmond Art Center!

Happy Juneteenth! Wishing folk a rich and fulfilling day from everyone at Richmond Art Center Last week we celebrated Juneteenth early with a special paint and sip event at Richmond Art Center. Thirty community members gathered in the main gallery as artisan Elishes Cavness guided them through the steps to paint their own ‘black panther’ masterpiece.

WCCUSD Student Artwork Displayed in Mayor Martinez’s Office

WCCUSD Student Artwork Displayed in Mayor Martinez’s Office Congrats to the students who received Artistic Achievement Awards in the WCCUSD Student Show!! These artists will have their artworks on display in Richmond Mayor Eduardo Martinez’s office at Civic Center Plaza until September 17. Artistic Achievement Awards: Jasmin Alfaro Capybara, Pinole Valley High School; Mario Lopez, Richmond High School; Isabel […]

Artnet News: Chevron Took Down an Artwork, Which Called Out the Oil Giant for Polluting a California City, From a Fence Surrounding Its Refinery

Weblink: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chevron-removes-public-artwork-pollution-2317611 Artnet News Chevron Took Down an Artwork, Which Called Out the Oil Giant for Polluting a California City, From a Fence Surrounding Its Refinery The project adorned a fence separating an oil refinery from residential neighborhoods. Brian Boucher | June 8, 2023 Oil giant Chevron has acknowledged that it removed an art installation from a […]