Press Release: Dewey Crumpler: Crossings

The inventive power of Dewey Crumpler’s shipping containers Richmond Art Center 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804 Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat, 10am – 5pm Exhibition: March 31 – May 30, 2020 Reception: Saturday, March 28, 5-7pm Artist Talk: Saturday, May 2, 11am Location: Main Gallery RICHMOND, CA: The Richmond Art Center announces Dewey Crumpler: Crossings, the […]
Press Release: Richmond Art Center Receives Grant from California Humanities

RICHMOND, CA: California Humanities has announced the recent round of Humanities For All Quick Grant awards. The Richmond Art Center is one of thirty-seven awardees for its event Revelation & Rebirth – The History & Practice of Collecting African-American Art.
Press Release: Art of the African Diaspora

Featuring Over 150 Artists of African Descent Richmond, CA: The Richmond Art Center announces Art of the African Diaspora, an exhibition featuring over 150 artists of African Descent. The exhibition will be on view in the Richmond Art Center’s Main and West Galleries from January 14 through to March 13, 2020. This exhibition will be accompanied by self-guided open studio […]
Press Release: 57th Annual Holiday Arts Festival Returns to the Richmond Art Center

Free, family-friendly arts and crafts festival includes over 55 local artist vendors, community partners and food vendors, holiday café and free art activities for all ages RICHMOND, CA: The Richmond Art Center invites holiday shoppers to experience a day of custom-made arts and crafts, jewelry, ceramics, textiles, packaged goods, clothing and accessories made by local […]
Press Release: Richmond Art Center Announces Fall 2019 Exhibitions

Richmond, CA: The Richmond Art Center’s fall exhibitions Countersteer; Thresholds; Pause, Gap, Omission; Ready and Waiting and Rich Reality will run from Tuesday, September 10 through Friday, November 22, 2019.
Press Release: Countersteer: Custom Motorcycles as Self-Expression

Countersteer Defined: 1. Motorcycling: To initiate a turn by steering opposite to the direction desired.2. Common: To steer against the tide of norms and expectations. August 8, 2019: The Richmond Art Center invites visitors to the upcoming exhibition Countersteer: Custom Motorcycles as Self-Expression. Countersteer explores personal expression through the medium of the motorcycle.
Press Release: Richmond Art Center Announces Summer 2019 Exhibitions
Image: Top: Richard-Jonathan Nelson, Untitled, 2019. Courtesy of the Artist, Bottom: Ruth Tabancay, What’s In You and On You: Normal Flora and Pathogens (detail), 2018 Mary Jeys, Waving Hand, 2018, Dennis A. Giacovelli, Untitled (Self-Portrait), 2018. Second Class (E5) Engineman: Navy 1969- 71, Vietnam 1970. RICHMOND, CA – June 11, 2019 – The Richmond Art […]
Press Release: Richmond Art Center Awarded California Arts Council “Arts Education: Extension” Grant
State funds support Richmond Art Center’s Art in the Community arts education programming [Richmond, CA] – The California Arts Council announced its plans to award $13,500 to the Richmond Art Center as part of its Arts Education: Extension program. As a segment of the California Arts Council Arts Education grant opportunities, Extension grants support arts education […]
Press Release: Bay Area Mural Festival Bringing 10 New Murals To Richmond
Richmond Art Center to host Closing Celebration on Sunday, October 8, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm RICHMOND, CA — September 25, 2017 — The 2nd Annual Bay Area Mural Festival (BAMFest 2017) is bringing together 10 master muralists and 2 East Bay youth groups in the painting of 10 environmentally themed murals October 2-8 in Richmond, CA. […]
Press Release: Fall Exhibitions at the Richmond Art Center
Fall Exhibitions at the Richmond Art Center Three new exhibitions featuring works by Bay Area figurative artist Joan Brown, an environmentally themed group show, and a celebration of Richmond’s acclaimed Pogo Park will open to the public on September 12, 2017. RICHMOND, CA — August 10, 2017 — The Richmond Art Center is celebrating the personal art of […]