East Bay Express: Home Is Where the Art Is
Article weblink: https://eastbayexpress.com/home-is-where-the-art-is/ East Bay Express Home Is Where the Art Is Exploring ‘home’ at Richmond Art Center By Janis Hashe Jun 4, 2024 The concept of “home” is baked into human DNA. “There’s no place like home,” says Dorothy as she clicks her heels to return to Kansas. But, wrote seminal American writer Thomas […]
KQED Arts: Your Guide to This Summer’s Not-To-Miss Visual Art
Weblink: https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957410/visual-art-guide-summer-2024-galleries-museums KQED Arts Your Guide to This Summer’s Not-To-Miss Visual Art By Sarah Hotchkiss | May 13, 2024 [Excerpt] Every year, it’s a struggle to whittle this list down to a select few. There’s simply so much happening in art spaces across the Bay Area. For 2024, I’ve plotted out an ideal summer, full of inventive […]
Richmond Standard: Richmond Art Center seeks applicants for artist residency, board
Web link: https://richmondstandard.com/richmond/2024/04/30/richmond-art-center-seeks-applicants-for-artist-residency-board/ Richmond Art Center seeks applicants for artist residency, board By Kathy Chouteau The Richmond Art Center (RAC) is offering opportunities for a residency for one special artist and board positions for those wishing to support local art. The Richmond Artist Residency enables an “emerging or mid-career artist to pursue their creative work, while also […]
Richmond Standard: WCCUSD Student Art Show poised to bloom at Richmond Art Center
Weblink: https://richmondstandard.com/richmond/2024/03/27/wccusd-student-art-show-poised-to-bloom-at-richmond-art-center/ WCCUSD Student Art Show poised to bloom at Richmond Art Center By Kathy Chouteau Three spring exhibitions are readying to debut Wednesday, April 10 at the Richmond Art Center (RAC), including the 58th Annual WCCUSD Student Art Show, Home Show and Art Blooms Here. The exhibitions will run through May 18. “Spring exhibitions at the Richmond Art […]
Richmond Confidential: Richmond Art Center recovering after losing major donor: ‘We are in the black now, not red.’
Richmond Confidential Weblink: https://richmondconfidential.org/2024/01/16/richmond-art-center-budget-reaching-goal/ Richmond Art Center recovering after losing major donor: ‘We are in the black now, not red.’ Sophia Sun on January 16, 2024 When the Richmond Art Center lost its biggest donor last year, Executive Director José Rivera said he was worried about the future. “Over many years, that donor contributed $100,00 annually, […]
Richmond Confidential: ‘This is like our Harlem Renaissance’: Exhibition showcasing Black artists set to open in Richmond
Richmond Confidential Weblink: https://richmondconfidential.org/2024/01/02/richmond-art-african-diaspora-exhibition/ ‘This is like our Harlem Renaissance’: Exhibition showcasing Black artists set to open in Richmond Panashe Matemba-Mutasa on January 2, 2024 In an arena where they’re often in the shadows, Black artists are creating spaces to recognize and celebrate their talent. For the 28th year, the Richmond Art Center will present the […]
Richmond Standard: RAC celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day through artmaking
Richmond Standard Weblink: https://richmondstandard.com/richmond/2023/10/09/rac-celebrates-indigenous-peoples-day-through-artmarking/ RAC celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day through artmaking October 9, 2023 By Mike Kinney Dozens of community members and their families celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day through artmaking at the Richmond Art Center on Saturday. It was part of the art center’s annual “Fall Family Day,” a fun, free event that invited the […]
Wee Poets Features WCCUSD Youth and Richmond Art Center
Wee Poets Features WCCUSD Youth and Richmond Art Center For over thirty years Wee Poets on Channel 28 has supported literacy development through interviews with thousands of Bay Area children. This month three WCCUSD students and Roberto Martinez, RAC’s exhibitions director, were invited onto the show to talk about the WCCUSD Student Art Show. Top […]
The Richmond Standard: Richmond mayor’s office also an art gallery
Link: https://richmondstandard.com/community/2023/06/23/richmond-mayors-office-also-an-art-gallery/ The Richmond Standard Richmond mayor’s office also an art gallery June 23, 2023 After a four years, works from locally-based NIAD Art Center are being exhibited on rotation at the office located at Richmond Civic Center, according to Mayor Eduardo Martinez. The mayor’s office also partnered with the Richmond Art Center to display […]
Artnet News: Chevron Took Down an Artwork, Which Called Out the Oil Giant for Polluting a California City, From a Fence Surrounding Its Refinery
Weblink: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chevron-removes-public-artwork-pollution-2317611 Artnet News Chevron Took Down an Artwork, Which Called Out the Oil Giant for Polluting a California City, From a Fence Surrounding Its Refinery The project adorned a fence separating an oil refinery from residential neighborhoods. Brian Boucher | June 8, 2023 Oil giant Chevron has acknowledged that it removed an art installation from a […]
