Fine Art Connoisseur: The Language of Realism
Why Not Just Photograph it? That’s the question that Jeffrey Carlson, Contributing Editor at Fine Art Connoisseur asked John Wehrle the curator for our exhibition The Language of Realism and a California artist best known for his site-specific public artworks. This exhibition features four West Coast realist painters — Michael Beck, Christine Hanlon, Anthony Holdsworth and […]
Oakland Art Enthsiast: Victor Cartagena, “Sites/Sights of Intervention” at Richmond Art Center
Oakland Art Enthusiast · March 28, 2014
KQED Arts: Collaborating with “The American Teenager”
Kristin Farr from KQED stopped by to view our latest exhibition, The American Teenager Project, a collection of photographs and audio recordings completed by 20 local teenagers. Robin Bowman is a photojournalist who traveled the country interviewing teenagers about their lives in the early 2000s. She took their portraits to illustrate the interviews, and later […]
San Francisco Chronicle: The Art of Living Black
The SF Chronicle 96 Hours cover story featured our exhibition The Art of Living Black. Writer Kimberly Chun stopped by the Richmond Art Center for a preview of the exhibition and spoke to some of the 50 artists who will be showing their work. We’re thrilled that our work hosting this long-running exhibition of established and emerging […]
Richmond Confidential: Black art exhibit returns to Richmond to showcase Bay Area artists
Black art exhibit returns to Richmond to showcase Bay Area artists Nancy DeVille on December 20, 2013 An annual exhibition that showcases artwork from emerging and established African American artists will soon be on display at the Richmond Art Center. Now in its 18th year, the Art of Living Black returns to Richmond Jan. 11 and will […]
Richmond Confidential: Art event to showcase teen photography, give insight into growing up in Richmond
Art event to showcase teen photography, give insight into growing up in Richmond Kevin N. Hume on December 19, 2013 Richmond High senior Francisco Rojas (pictured) became interested in photography at 15, but through his involvement in the American Teenager Project, he fell in love with the storytelling medium. “This is powerful,” Rojas, 17, said. “As […]
East Bay Express: Reflecting on the work of Bella Feldman
Reflecting on the Work of Bella Feldman A retrospective of the prolific Bella Feldman rounds up fifty years of her playful-yet-pessimistic sculptures, paintings, and collages. By Sarah Burke Oct 16, 2013 Bella Feldman’s work prompts reflection upon life and society with the same degree of intrigue and entertainment as a good science fiction novel. Her […]
San Francisco Chronicle: Bella Feldman: Sculptor gets a retrospective
Bella Feldman: Sculptor gets a retrospective Kenneth Baker Oct. 9, 2013 For decades, octogenarian New York native Bella Feldman has been turning out sculpture made of wood and steel; blown, cast and etched glass; and – occasionally – found objects. Her “War Toys,” provoked into being by the 1991 Gulf War and its aftermath, rank as canonical […]
Contra Costa Times: Exhibit: 50-year survey of Oakland artist Bella Feldman impresses
Exhibit: 50-year survey of Oakland artist Bella Feldman impresses, Contra Costa Times, September 10, 2013
Richmond Confidential: Richmond Art Center Celebrates 75 Years
Richmond Confidential | September 23, 2011
