Let’s Do Art for Lunch | With Love… Issue 15

Sign up to receive this e-newsletter delivered to your inbox HERE. ISSUE 15 Celebrating the Journey  |  Make Art with José and Lauren  |   Hello Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez | Classes Starting Soon  |  From Our Neighbors, For Our Neighbors Celebrating the Journey Reception for Art of the African Diaspora Saturday, March 20, 2021, 3-4:30pm Join us for […]

“I appreciate the warmth of my students during this very isolating time.”

Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez is a painter and a muralist living in Richmond whose creative practice focuses on social justice issues. She is Puerto Rican and often paints traditional subjects seen from the lens of her Latina perspective. Rebeca chatted with Ilene Conde, Studio Education Manager at RAC, on January 28, 2021. Can you please start by […]

Let’s Do Art for Lunch
3/5/21

Free online guided drawing session with Lauren Ari!  With special guest Richmond Art Center’s executive director José Rivera! Friday, March 5, 12:30-1:30pm Join Richmond artist Lauren Ari this Friday, March 5 at 12:30pm for a free lunchtime session of guided drawing and relaxation. And meet Richmond Art Center’s new(ish) executive director José Rivera! All ages […]

Setting up a Space for Clay at Home

Setting up a Space for Clay at Home In winter 2021, with many public studios closed due to Covid-19, Richmond Art Center’s Ceramics Manager Marisa Burman created this video on how to set up a friendly space for working with clay at your house.

Thomas Robert Simpson

Thomas Robert Simpson About: Thomas Robert Simpson, actor, director, producer, and writer, is the founder and artistic director of AfroSolo Arts Festival. Since 1991 he has concentrated on presenting Black art and culture through solo performances and the visual and literary arts. This current visual arts practice focus on honoring Black women. “Project Laura Etta Simpson: In […]

Steve Hurst

Steven Hurst About: Winthrop STEVEn HURST grew up in the projects on Chicago’s South Side. After high school, he had a short-lived career as a musician, playing the tenor and soprano saxophones and singing. Tired of living on the road and making very little money, he moved to New York at twenty-one, where he studied painting, illustration, graphic […]

Asual Aswad

Asual Aswad About: I use photography as a means to document the world around me. I make pictures that call attention to things that other people overlook. This exploration of the overlooked helps me engage more deeply with where I am in space and time. My goal is to make photographs that draw viewers into […]

Ashlei Reign

Ashlei Reign About: Ashlei Reign is a proud Oakland native and well traveled artist. With nineteen countries and counting and a former job as an Oakland police officer, Ashlei has seen a wide range of cultures and communities. Her highly saturated images have the ability to draw your attention and her level of detail in the […]

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