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Explore our lineup of kids and teen classes below – and get ready to make art this fall! New students, use coupon code fallleaves2025 for 20% off your first class.Terms: Code can only be used once per student. Classes available until full.

63rd Annual Holiday Arts Festival Deadline for Vendors to Apply: Sunday, September 21, 2025 Event Details: 63rd Annual Holiday Arts Festival Sunday, December 7, 2025, 10am-4pmRichmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, RichmondEvent webpage: richmondartcenter.org/haf Unique, Handmade Gifts by Over 50 Local

 Registration for Fall Classes Opens in 3, 2, 1… Registration Opens: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10am Popular classes fill fast – don’t miss out! New Student Discount: New students, use code fallleaves2025 for 20% off your first class.* Online Registration

Try something new this summer! We’re offering a limited-time discount on upcoming jewelry workshops. Register by Monday, July 7 to lock in these reduced rates:  Stacking Rings Create your own stacking rings while learning how to texture metal, size rings,

With sadness, we share the passing of Orlonda Uffre. Orlonda Uffre was a Bay Area curator, artist, and arts educator who played a leading role in Art of the African Diaspora at Richmond Art Center – curating the exhibition for many years and

Bring your favorite materials and enjoy a relaxed afternoon of drawing or painting from a nude model. Open to students of all levels who can work independently. Join for only $25! SUMMER SCHEDULE Saturday, June 28, 1pm-4pm Friday, July 25, 1pm-4pm

Five new art classes have just been added to our summer lineup! Whether you’re trying something new or diving deeper, there’s something for everyone – take a look: Mixed Media Magic (Kids, Ages 5-12) Drawing Outside the Lines: Mixed Media

Richmond Art Center is pleased to announce the exhibition selected from our recent Call for Proposals: Unsettled Things/Things I Had to Leave Behind by artist Xinchen Li. Li’s solo show will explore memory, loss, and migration through delicate sculptures – created using a 3D printing

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A Message from the Board President Hello, As summer approaches, it’s the perfect time to renew your Richmond Art Center membership – or join for the first time. Membership is more than supporting local arts; it also includes great perks

Drawing Games! Young artists (ages 5–12) will play drawing games together—building confidence, collaborating, and enjoying lots of silly fun. Thursdays, 12pm-2pm, June 12 – July 24 $150 for 6 sessions LEARN MORE AND REGISTER From Scraps to Sketchbook Making Books

As summer approaches and schedules open up, we invite you to make Richmond Art Center part of your plans. Group Visits Explore our galleries with your group during open hours, Wednesday through Saturday, 10am–4pm. Admission is free. Please notify us

Summer Art Camp for Kids Camps run over six weeks in June and July, with each weekly session held Tuesday through Friday, 9:30am to 2:30pm. (There will be no camp the week of July 1.) Camp volunteers support art activities

Join Our Board Are you passionate about art and community? If so, we want YOU to join our Board of Directors! Richmond Art Center’s board plays an important role in supporting and guiding the organization. Different individual board members bring

This spring, we’re excited to launch a series of demos, studio orientation sessions, and workshops that highlight our Jewelry and Metals Studio. Practicing metal artists, as well as beginner prospective students, are invited to explore new programming that offers a

Call for Teaching Artists Richmond Art Center is looking for passionate teaching artists who center community engagement in their personal and professional practices. We seek artists working in a variety of visual arts media to lead programs across our Studio Arts programs, Youth programs (on-site and

Printmaking Exhibition Exhibition: September 24 – November 20, 2025Opening Reception: Saturday, September 27, 1pm-3pm Showcasing relief, screen, woodblock, and cyanotype prints by Richmond Art Center’s 2025 printmaking students. Works will be displayed unframed, salon-style, creating a vibrant celebration of student