Free Summer Classes for Youth: Zines and Filmmaking

Make Art with Us this Summer! Free Art Classes for Teens and Young Adults About the Program: The Youth Artist Xchange is a series of free summer intensive classes. The program gives middle and high school students, as well as young adults (up to 24 years), in-depth, hands-on arts learning experiences in our studios led by […]

Richmond Derivations – Call for contributions

Richmond Derivations – Call for contributions Artist Quinn Keck is collecting words, stories, poems, and images for a project that will be part of the Right Here Right Now exhibition opening at Richmond Art Center in September 2024. Community members are invited to submit their memories and moments of Richmond to be included in a new artwork that will be […]

Important Parking Notification during RPAL’s Juneteenth Carnival

Important Parking Notification during RPAL’s Juneteenth Carnival RPAL’s Juneteenth Carnival Set-Up through Deinstall: Monday, June 9, 12am (midnight) – Monday, June 17, 5pm Carnival: Friday, June 14, 5pm – Sunday, June 16, 11pm Starting Sunday, June 9 at 12am (midnight) through Monday, June 17, 5pm the City parking lot opposite Richmond Art Center (on the […]

Vote for Richmond Art Center

Vote for Richmond Art Center! We’re honored to be nominated for “Best Art Gallery” in the East Bay Express’s BEST OF THE EAST BAY 2024 ballot. Please consider voting for us, it’d be much appreciated.

Bravo to the WCCUSD students honored with Artistic Achievement Awards!

WCCUSD Student Artistic Achievement Awards Congratulations to the students who won Artistic Achievement Awards for their artwork in the 58th Annual WCCUSD Student Art Show! ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS HONORABLE MENTIONS Top image: Lourdes Mendoza Ramos, Untitled, Watercolor and ink, John F. Kennedy High School

10 days left to apply! Richmond Artist Residency

10 days left to apply! Richmond Artist Residency The Richmond Artist Residency offers one community-responsive artist a dedicated studio for 8 months, $8,000 artist stipend, opportunities to teach, exhibit, take classes, and develop strategies for community-based arts programming.

Inspired by Toshiko Takaezu

Inspired by Toshiko Takaezu Last week in the “Women in Ceramics” class, students drew inspiration from the renowned artist Toshiko Takaezu. They created hollow orbs using Takaezu’s technique of paddling large closed-form pots until they achieved a “rounder than round” shape. Further emulating Takaezu’s approach, the students then suspended their work in hammocks outside in the […]

In Memoriam: Michael Stephens, Brilliant Grant Writer to Many

In Memoriam: Michael Stephens With heavy hearts, we bid farewell to Michael Stephens, a grant-writing extraordinaire whose wit, wisdom, and unwavering dedication to nonprofits enriched the lives of many. Michael passed away peacefully last week in Oregon, leaving behind a legacy that spans decades and touches countless people. A longtime resident of Point Richmond, Michael’s […]