Made Here: New Exhibition Opens at Richmond Council Chambers
Made Here New Exhibition Opens at Richmond Council Chambers Exhibition: July – November, 2024 Richmond City Council Chambers, 440 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA 94804 In celebration of the Richmond Art Center’s new partnership with the Richmond City Council, our inaugural Council Chambers exhibition explores the relationships between nature, people, and the built environment—elements central […]
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 […]
Current Members are invited to vote to elect new Board Members at our Annual Members Meeting
Current Members are invited to vote to elect new Board Members at our Annual Members Meeting At the Annual Members’ Meeting meeting there will be a ballot to elect new members to the Board of Directors. There will also be a vote to make amendments to Richmond Art Center’s By-Laws. All current Richmond Art Center members […]
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.
Summer Art Camp for Kids – a few spots left!
Summer Art Camp for Kids Need camp? We have a few spots left this summer in camps focusing on zine-making, animation and more!
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 […]