Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA
FREE
Join Social Justice Sewing Academy in an interactive hands-on workshop that merges craft, art and activism to create textile art pieces that are displayed nationally in museums and other shows.
This workshop allows participants to discuss topics pertaining to social justice issues in a brave and safe space. During the two hour workshop you will participate in critical discussion and create a piece of textile art that you are passionate about.
This workshop is free, open to all and no rsvp is necessary.
AOTAD Featured Speakers: Monetta White and Key Jo Lee
Saturday, January 28, 12:30pm-2pm
Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA
FREE
A special conversation with MoAD’s Monetta White, Executive Director and CEO, and Key Jo Lee, Chief of Curatorial Affairs & Public Programs. Facilitated by Flo Wiley.
Monetta White, a native San Franciscan has strong ties to the city both personally and professionally. In 2007 when she and husband Chef David Lawrence opened 1300 on Fillmore, the duo were excited by the opportunity to help revive the neighborhood through good food and music. For the past ten years, White’s business savvy and passion for food and community continues on with her opening 1300 on Fillmore at SFO International Airport. White manages and oversees all business operations and marketing for the restaurant group. White has been recognized for her knowledge and leadership by the City of San Francisco, for which she served as Vice President of the Small Business Commission. She sits on the board of directors for several non-profit and business organizations including SF Travel.
Key Jo Lee is a Ph.D. candidate in History of Art and African American Studies at Yale University. She is the author of Perceptual Drift: Black Art and an Ethics of Looking (2023) and the forthcoming essay, “Gesturing Towards Infinitude: Writing Blue/Black Cosmologies” in Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility. (Guggenheim Museum. Curated by Ashley Jones. (2023)). Lee was formerly the Associate Curator of American Art, Director of Academic Affairs at Cleveland Museum of Art. She curated the exhibition Currents and Constellations: Black Art in Focus (2020) featuring Dawoud Bey and Lorna Simpson, and was the co-moderator Art of Collective Care & Responsibility: Handling Images of Black Suffering & Death, (2020) a virtual teach-in with LaTanya Antry.
Florene Wiley is a 50 year veteran arts administrator in the Bay Area, New York City, and Lagos Nigeria. Former Chair of the Richmond Arts & Culture Commission, President of Spirit & Image Entertainment whose Actors Workshop with Flo Wiley starts February 4 at CoBiz in Richmond.
Art of the African Diaspora Artistic Achievement Awardee Talk
Saturday, January 21, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA
FREE
Join us for a conversation with the artists who received Artistic Achievement Awards for their work in Art of the African Diaspora: Derrick Bell, Cynthia Brannvall, and Pryce Jones. The conversation will be facilitated by Ashleè Garrison.
The Holiday Arts Festival is back in-person to celebrate its ‘diamond jubilee’ 60th year.
Each year the Holiday Arts Festival offers over 1,000 visitors a chance to shop for unique gifts from local arts and crafts vendors, enjoy food and beverages, learn about inspiring community organizations, and participate in art-making activities for the whole family. The Festival’s gift sale runs from 10am to 5pm at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
Covid-19 Safety: Note, this is an indoor event. We will do what we can to keep people safe. Mask wearing will be required in the galleries and indoor public spaces. Masks may be removed while in the courtyard.
Meet the participants of the 60th Annual Holiday Arts Festival!
Richmond Art Center is pleased to serve as gateway for local artists to display and sell their works. At the Holiday Arts Festival we’re also highlighting community organizations with vital messages.
Richmond Art Center does not receive any portion of the proceeds from sales – either in-person at the Festival or online via linked artist or organization websites – and the terms of all sales are set by the participants.
Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond
Artists across all disciplines who live, work, play, or create Richmond are invited to participate in a focus group at Richmond Art Center that will explore how we can shape and invest in the future of public art and cultural arts programming for the city and artists.
Richmond Art Center (courtyard), 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond
Fall Family Day at Richmond Art Center (RAC) will be a special celebration of Día de los Muertos on Saturday, October 15, 12pm-3pm. Kids of all ages and their grown-ups are invited to RAC’s courtyard to celebrate Day of the Dead with art-making, music, and miniature low riders. Admission is free.
Artist Daniel Camacho is leading the festivities with a community ofrenda and paper mache skull workshop. Daniel’s work is currently on view at RAC in the exhibition De Fantasías y Realidades (September 14 – November 17, 2022).
Other activities at Fall Family Day will include a Día de los Muertos presentation by Ernesto Olmos; live printing and coloring with local art collective Liberación Gráfica; community chalk mural with Rebeca García-González; art demonstrations; marigold giveaway; and local art vendors.
Community Ofrenda: Daniel Camacho invites community members to contribute items that honor their loves ones. Daniel says, “Through an ofrenda we commemorate and remember the life and death of our loved ones. It is a celebration that allows us to carry them in our hearts and welcome them back to the world of the living for one night.” Daniel invites the community to contribute a photograph of their loved ones and an object that represents something they loved, for example their favorite drink or snack, or a toy. Items can be brought to Richmond Art Center any time during gallery hours. The altar will be on display in the West Gallery from October 15 through to the end of Día de los Muertos on November 3.
Paper Mache Calaveritas: In the calaverita workshop participants will learn to make paper mache skulls for a Día de los Muertos altar. This two day workshop – on Saturday, October 8, 12pm-2pm and Saturday, October 15, 12pm-2pm – is for participants ages six and older (although kids younger than ten should bring an adult to help). Register HERE to attend both workshops and make a calaverita from scratch. Alternatively, folks are invited to drop into the second session on October 15 at Fall Family Day to decorate a premade skull.
Artwork in top image: Daniel Camacho, De Fantasias y Realidades #2, 2022
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Dia de los Muertos, Dia familiar en el otoño
Sábado, 15 de octubre, 12pm-3pm | LIBRE
Richmond Art Center (patio), 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond
El Día de la Familia de Otoño en Richmond Art Center (RAC) será una celebración especial del Día de los Muertos el sábado 15 de octubre de 12:00 p. m. a 3:00 p. m. Niños de todas las edades y sus adultos están invitados al patio de RAC para celebrar el Día de los Muertos con obras de arte, música y lowriders en miniatura. La admisión es gratis.
El artista Daniel Camacho encabeza las festividades con una ofrenda comunitaria y un taller de calaveras de papel maché. Las obras de Daniel se pueden ver en el RAC en la exposición, De Fantasías y Realidades (14 de septiembre – 17 de noviembre de 2022).
Otras actividades en el Día de la Familia de Otoño incluirán una presentación del Día de los Muertos por el artista Ernesto Olmos; impresión y coloreado en vivo con el colectivo de arte Liberación Gráfica; se pintará un mural comunitario de tiza con Rebeca García-González; demostraciones de arte; el UC Master Gardener regalara cempasuchil; buscar y encontrar; y vendedores de arte locales.
Ofrenda comunitaria: Daniel Camacho invita a los miembros de la comunidad a contribuir con artículos que honren a sus seres queridos. Daniel dice: “A través de una ofrenda conmemoramos y recordamos la vida y muerte de nuestros seres queridos. Es una celebración que nos permite llevarlos en el corazón y darles la bienvenida al mundo de los vivos por una noche”. Daniel invita a la comunidad a contribuir con una fotografía de sus seres queridos y un objeto que represente algo que amaban, por ejemplo, su bebida o tentempié favorito, o un juguete. Los artículos se pueden llevar al Centro de Arte de Richmond en cualquier momento durante el horario de la galería. El altar estará en exhibición en la West Gallery desde el 15 de octubre hasta el final del Día de los Muertos el 3 de noviembre.
Calaveritas de papel maché: En el taller de calaveritas los participantes aprenderán a hacer calaveras de papel maché para un altar del Día de los Muertos. Este taller es de dos días, el sábado 8 de octubre de 12 p. m. a 2 p. m. y el sábado 15 de octubre de 12 p. m. a 2 p. m., es para participantes mayores de seis años (aunque los niños menores de diez años deben traer a un adulto para que los ayude). Regístrate AQUÍ para asistir a ambos talleres y hacer una calaverita. Alternativamente, se invita a la gente a asistir a la segunda sesión el 15 de octubre en el Día de la Familia de Otoño para decorar una calavera prefabricada.
Obra de arte en la imagen superior: Daniel Camacho, De Fantasias y Realidades #2, 2022
Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA
FREE
Join us for an artist panel talk with the artists in the exhibition New Visions: Emerging Artists from Art of the African Diaspora. Kim Champion, Tiffany Conway, Ashara Ekundayo, and Bertrell Smith will be in conversation with curator Demetri Broxton.
