Welcome to Richmond Art Center
Richmond Art Center: An Introduction
This brief offers a brief history of Richmond Art Center and overview of its programs.
Video by Andy Liu
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 Image: Wee Poet’s host Sally Baker speaks with RAC’s Roberto Martinez
Caricatures at Spring Family Day
Caricatures by Eli Africa
Spring Family Day, Saturday, April 29, 12pm-3pm
Teaching Artist Eli Africa captured some amazing caricatures of folk who attended Spring Family Day at Richmond Art Center. Check out his work in this fun video!!
Video by Eli Africa
Don’t Blink Ink
Don’t Blink Ink
Four week class ran Saturdays, 10:00am – 12:00pm PDT from February 25 to March 18, 2023
Teaching Artist Eli Africa created this fun video of students in ‘Don’t Blink Ink’; his class exploring permanent ink drawing techniques at Richmond Art Center.
Sugar Skulls Workshop with Keena Azania Romano
Sugar Skulls Workshop with Keena Azania Romano
Celebrate your ancestors by making sugar skulls for Día de los Muertos with artist Keena Azania Romano. This video is bilingual in English and Spanish.
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 Center is in the spotlight with host Sally Baker interviewing young artist Camila Robles and Executive Director José R. Rivera.
How Emmy Lou Packard Made Her Prints
How Emmy Lou Packard Made Her Prints
Saturday, July 16, 12pm-2pm
Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA
Master printer Art Hazelwood demonstrates Emmy Lou Packard’s electric press in action printing Someone Has to Suffer, Madam (1950s).
This event was part of the exhibition Emmy Lou Packard: Artist of Conscience (June 22 – August 20, 2022).
Holiday Art Making
Teaching artist Tatiana Ortiz shows us how to make some cute holiday art projects!
Evergreen Macramé (starts 0:27)
Materials Needed: Wooden bead, any color yarn/string, scissors, piece of paper, pencil
Snowman Jar (starts 3:39)
Materials Needed: any size jar, paint (white, red, black, orange), paint brushes, scrap paper, optional- candy!
Holiday Pop-Up Card (starts 5:12)
Materials Needed: colored construction paper, glue, scissors, crayons or markers
Papel Picado and a Marigold Watercolor for Día de los Muertos
Teaching artist Tatiana Ortiz teaches us how to make papel picado and a marigold watercolor for Día de los Muertos.
PAPEL PICADO
Supplies needed: Tissue paper, scissors, string, tape (optional)
MARIGOLD WATERCOLOR
Supplies needed: Watercolor paint, cup of water, water color paper, oil pastel, pencil
Art of the African Diaspora – 2021 Reception
Over 80 people gathered on Saturday, March 20, 2021, 3-4:30pm, for the online reception celebrating Art of the African Diaspora.
The event was hosted by artist Patricia Patterson, and featured live artist talks, vintage video interviews, and tributes to the folk – past, present and future – who make Art of the African Diaspora possible.
