San Francisco Chronicle: Emmy Lou Packard, chief assistant to Diego Rivera, gets her due at Richmond Art Center
Link: https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/datebook-pick/emmy-lou-packard-chief-assistant-to-diego-rivera-gets-her-due-at-richmond-art-center Tony Bravo | July 1, 2022 Bay Area artist and mural advocate Emmy Lou Packard is the subject of a timely exhibition at the Richmond Art Center titled “Emmy Lou Packard, Artist of Conscience,” which centers her place in art history. A native Californian who studied art at UC Berkeley and the San Francisco […]
The Activist (Richmond Progressive Alliance): Emmy Lou Packard at Richmond Art Center
Link: https://www.richmondprogressivealliance.net/emmy_lou_packard_at_richmond_art_center Interview with Richmond Art Center’s curators of the Emmy Lou Packard exhibition Emmy Lou Packard: Artist of ConscienceExhibition: June 22 – August 20, 2022Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804Gallery Hours: Wed-Sat, 10 am – 4 pmExhibition and events are free to the public The new exhibition at Richmond Art Center, […]
KPFA La Raza Chronicles: Interview with Rick Tejada-Flores, co-curator of Emmy Lou Packard exhibition
Julieta Kusnir spoke with curator Rick Tejada-Flores about the exhibition Emmy Lou Packard: Artist of Conscience at Richmond Art Center on June 14, 2022. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW (STARTS AT 16:26MINS) This transcript has been edited lightly for clarity. Julieta Kusnir: You’re listening to La Raza Chronicles, I’m Julieta Kusnir and I’m […]
Richmond Standard: Liberación Gráfica selected for residency at Richmond Art Center
Link: https://richmondstandard.com/richmond/2022/06/06/liberacion-grafica-selected-for-residency-at-richmond-art-center/ By Kathy Chouteau The Richmond Art Center (RAC) has selected community based art collective Liberación Gráfica as its artists-in-residence this year, with its residency to encompass hands-on community screen printing workshops, a summer youth class and a major fall exhibition. Funding for the artistic endeavor has been provided by a grant from the National Endowment for […]
Richmond Standard: Richmond Art Center exhibit to explore works of Emmy Lou Packard
https://richmondstandard.com/lifestyle/entertainment-and-food/2022/05/17/racs-artist-of-conscience-to-explore-the-art-activism-of-emmy-lou-packard/ By Kathy Chouteau The Richmond Art Center (RAC) will feature Artist of Conscience, an exhibition, from June 22 through Aug. 2, that will explore the life and work of Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998), an artist not only known for her paintings, prints and murals, but also for her activism, per the center. Robbin Légère Henderson […]
San Francisco Chronicle: Spring Family Day
Published in Datebook on May 9, 2022 Link: datebook.sfchronicle.com/event/festivals/spring-family-day Kids of all ages and their grown-ups are invited to the Richmond Art Center’s Spring free, family event. Celebrate the gifts of spring through art making activities, dancing and music including Bomba music and dance from Quenepas, pive printing by Liberación Gráfica, succulent art planters, photo […]
StarkInsider: ‘Crossings’ art reception featuring paintings by Dewey Crumpler
Link: https://www.starkinsider.com/2022/04/whats-happening-crossings-art-reception-featuring-paintings-by-dewey-crumpler.html What’s Happening: ‘Crossings’ art reception featuring paintings by Dewey Crumpler BY JEANNE POWELL – 04.01.2022 From April 6th to June 4th, the Richmond Art Center is presenting the paintings of popular local artist Dewey Crumpler. The exhibit features an absorbing survey of Crumpler’s “shipping container” work. More than 120 pieces of his art will be on display, providing […]
San Francisco Chronicle: Black History Month 2022: events, performances and more ways to celebrate in the Bay Area
Scroll down to see Art of the African Diaspora at Richmond Art Center listed in the San Francisco Chronicle among many awesome events happening during Black History Month! Black History Month 2022: events, performances and more ways to celebrate in the Bay Area Anne Schrager January 31, 2022Updated: February 2, 2022, 3:23 pm February is officially […]
KALW: Artist Rigo 23 honors incarcerated Native activist Leonard Peltier with a 12-foot statue
JENEE DARDEN SPEAKS WITH RIGO 23 ABOUT HIS EXHIBITION ‘TIME AND AGAIN’ AT RICHMOND ART CENTER For decades, activists around the world have been pushing for the release of Leonard Peltier. The Native American activist was convicted of murdering two FBI agents in 1971 during a shootout on a South Dakota reservation. Peltier has been […]
Richmond Pulse: Richmond Art Center Amplifies Calls to Release Native American Activist Leonard Peltier
Link: https://richmondpulse.org/2021/10/11/richmond-art-center-amplifies-calls-to-release-native-american-activist-leonard-peltier/ Posted Oct 11, 2021 at 16:13h in Arts and Culture, Criminal Justice by Danielle Parenteau-Decker Top image: Native American activist Anne Begay at the Richmond Art Center event “Gathering in the Spirit of Gwarth-ee-las,” held Oct. 8 in honor of imprisoned activist Leonard Peltier. Story and photos by Denis Perez-Bravo Through word and art, the call to free […]