San Francisco Chronicle: Find the best Christmas gifts of 2022 at these Bay Area holiday markets, fairs and festivals
Anne Schrager, November 25, 2022 Except below. Read full article here: https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/guide/find-the-best-christmas-gifts-of-2022-at-these-bay-area-holiday-markets-fairs-and-festivals There’s no place like home for the holidays, and this year you won’t have to go far to procure the perfect gifts for friends and family. Now that Thanksgiving has passed, it seems like local holiday fairs are popping up everywhere. Check out The […]
Richmond Confidential: Richmond Art Center celebrates Dia de los Muertos ‘to educate people about such an important cultural event.’
Richmond Confidential: Richmond Art Center celebrates Dia de los Muertos ‘to educate people about such an important cultural event.’ Article link: https://richmondconfidential.org/2022/10/13/richmond-art-center-dia-de-los-muertos/ Sasha Schell on October 13, 2022 Amid the drug store offerings of Halloween consumer goods, any Dia de los Muertos-themed item invariably sticks out. Decorations featuring iconic skulls and cempasúchil marigolds, or candy […]
Wee Poets Features Richmond Art Center
Wee Poets Features Richmond Art Center View the show on Berkeley Community Media Channel 28 on Monday 10/10 at 8:30pm, Wednesday 10/12 at 5pm, and Thursday 10/13 at 5pm (or on YouTube HERE) For over thirty years Wee Poets on Channel 28 has supported literacy development through interviews with thousands of Bay Area children. This month Richmond Art […]
Cal Humanities: Focus on the Humanities Through an Interpretive Exhibition, “Emmy Lou Packard: Artist of Conscience”
Cal Humanities: Focus on the Humanities Through an Interpretive Exhibition, “Emmy Lou Packard: Artist of Conscience” Published by Cal Humanities on September 29, 2022 Link: https://calhum.org/focus-on-the-humanities-through-an-interpretive-exhibition-emmy-lou-packard-artist-of-conscience/ Image Above: Diego Rivera & Emmy Lou Packard painting for the Golden Gate International Exposition, on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, 1938-40. Photograph Gelatin silver print, vintage. Courtesy […]
Hispanic LA: Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) – tejiendo solidaridad
Hispanic LA: Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) – tejiendo solidaridad https://hispanicla.com/mujeres-unidas-y-activas-mua-tejiendo-solidaridad-71278 Por Adriana Briff 09/10/2022 Ser mujer y migrante latina es enfrentarse a la soledad y a los desafíos económicos, sociales y emocionales diarios. Muchas veces nos gana el desánimo frente a los hostigamientos y la discriminación. Sin embargo hay espacios de encuentro y solidaridad desde donde […]
Artforum: Dewey Crumpler, Richmond Art Center
Artforum: Dewey Crumpler, Richmond Art Center Link: https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/202207/dewey-crumpler-88933 Pdf: https://richmondartcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Artforum-Dewey-Crumpler-Review.pdf Dewey Crumpler has long been preoccupied with the ways in which objects can be sites of exploration for what it means to be African American. One day in the mid-1990s, while out on his daily walk, he was transfixed by a tower of colorful steel […]
Richmond Standard: Richmond Art Center announces Fall exhibitions
Richmond Standard: Richmond Art Center announces Fall exhibitions Link: https://richmondstandard.com/richmond/2022/08/24/richmond-art-center-announces-fall-exhibitions/ By Mike Aldax Four new exhibitions — all free and open to the public — are coming this Fall to the Richmond Art Center at 2540 Barrett Ave. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. The Main Gallery exhibition, set to […]
48 Hills: Artist Emmy Lou Packard shines in overdue expo—but she never left SF walls
She apprenticed with Diego Rivera, and mentored the Mission’s mural movement. By NATALIA ROBYNS-KRESICH Published in 48 Hills on AUGUST 17, 2022 Article link: 48hills.org/2022/08/artist-emmy-lou-packard-shines-in-overdue-expo-but-she-never-left-sf-walls/ “Too many artists are contemptuous of the public,” said Emmy Lou Packard. “Art which loses contact weakens.” This was the defining principle of Packard, whose work is being shown at […]
SF Chronicle, Square Cylinder, El Tecolote, 48 Hills, and more: Emmy Lou Packard Press Recap
SF Chronicle, Square Cylinder, El Tecolote, 48 Hills, and more: Emmy Lou Packard Press Recap Read what the press is saying about Emmy Lou Packard: Artist of Conscience at Richmond Art Center: 48 Hills “Ultimately, there is a certain joy in the perennial re-discovery of unknown artists like Packard. And there couldn’t be a more perfect […]
El Tecolote: Richmond exhibit captures the artistic legacy of Emmy Lou Packard
El Tecolote: Richmond exhibit captures the artistic legacy of Emmy Lou Packard BY ANNA HOCH-KENNEY Published August 4, 2022 Link: https://eltecolote.org/content/en/richmond-exhibit-captures-the-artistic-legacy-of-emmy-lou-packard Emmy Lou Packard may not be a name that you recognize immediately, but a visit to the Richmond Art Center’s new exhibit on the artist will quickly correct that. The exhibit Emmy Lou Packard: Artist of […]
