Volunteer Profile: Teresa Philips

Teresa Philips Administration, Exhibitions and Front Desk Assistant Volunteer Volunteered over 600 hours since 2010! What is your favorite thing about volunteering at the Richmond Art Center? “The opportunity to be around so many positive people!” Teresa Philips is a familiar and welcoming face at the Richmond Art Center, having volunteered over 600 hours over […]
Art Center Wins “Best Community Art Center”

We are honored to have won Best Community Arts Center in the East Bay Express’ Best of the East Bay 2014. And we are amongst great company — congrats to our friends at Point Richmond Music Festival for winning Best Outdoor Music Series. We’re thrilled that our exhibitions, on-site programs and traveling programs are being […]
Richmond & San Pablo Teens Unveil New Collaborative Murals

Eighteen teens from Richmond and San Pablo will unveil the two large murals they collaboratively designed and painted during a community celebration on Thursday, July 31 from 3:00 – 4:00 pm in the Marina Bay neighborhood of Richmond. The murals are the culmination of a free eight-week summer class, part of the Richmond Art Center’s […]
Art in the Community at Eight Locations This Spring

“We learned how to use metal the right way, how to form it, but in a safe way.” That’s how a middle school student described what he learned in the Metal Arts class at our newest site, DeJean Middle School. Our traveling Art in the Community program continues to expand and we are now at […]