Ready and Waiting
Ready and Waiting Selections by Marvella Muro, Director of Artistic Programs & Education, Self Help Graphics and Art Ready and Waiting features Californian graphic art and illustration exploring shared issues relevant to local and global communities. “The title of this exhibition is borrowed from a print in the show; a timely title describing an era […]
Pause, Gap, Omission
Pause, Gap, Omission: New work by Stephen Namara Moving freely between still life, landscape and abstract drawing, Stephen Namara intuitively recognizes that abstraction and representation are not distinct categories. Pause, Gap, Omission juxtaposes Namara’s recent drawings in figurative and abstract styles, while also including pieces that encompass both sensibilities within one frame. Working with pencil […]
Thresholds
Thresholds: Nicole Mueller Exhibition Dates: September 10 – November 22, 2019 Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7, 5-7pm Artist Talk: Saturday, October 26, 2pm More info… Through this exhibition called Thresholds, that includes a new body of paintings and site-specific installation, Nicole Mueller transforms the gallery into a shifting environment that addresses the transitional and intangible […]
Countersteer
Countersteer Custom Motorcycles as Self-Expression Exhibition Dates: September 10 – November 22, 2019 Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7, 5-7pm *Bring your motorcycle and park it in our courtyard!* Curators’ Talk & Gallery Walkthrough: Saturday, September 21, 11am More info (RSVP required…) Since the invention of the motorcycle over 100 years ago, creative individuals have endeavored […]
ABOUTFACE
Building Veterans’ Self-Understanding through Self-Portraiture Special Reception and Artists’ Talk: Saturday, August 10, 2-4pm More info… This large-group exhibition brings together Veteran self-portraits from the Arts and Culture Commission of Contra Costa County’s ABOUTFACE program. Over 100 self-portraits are presented, for the first time bringing together the numerous ABOUTFACE works created over multiple years of […]
Parts Unseen
This exhibition brings together recent works by three artists who received the Spotlight Award for their work in the 2018 Members’ Show: Bill Abright, Jennie Braman, and Ruth Tabancay. While working in disparate media, these artists share an interest in transfiguring and deconstructing the human form. An Artists’ Talk will be held on Saturday, June […]
Discontent with Brute Force Uploading
Richard-Jonathan Nelson’s solo exhibition examines how Black bodies and craft can be intermeshed to depict a speculative future. Through hybridizing traditional craft practices – like embroidery, weaving, and quilting – with digital art, Nelson’s work challenges the history of “uploading” Black Disapora as a monolithic culture; and reimagines the Black body as a place for […]
2019 Members’ Show
Exhibition Dates: June 11 – August 16, 2019 Annual Members’ Meeting: Saturday, June 8, 3-5pm More info… Opening Reception: Saturday, June 8, 5-7pm More info… Artists’ Talk: Saturday, June 15, 11am-1pm More info… Closing Party: Friday, August 16, 3-5pm More info… Each year, the Richmond Art Center invites our members to participate in our annual […]
Siempre Estaré A Tu Lado
Jennifer Lugris‘ paintings explore identity in terms of fault lines, fissures and pressure points. Lugris grew up in a house where asado was eaten with kimchi, and where dinner conversations seamlessly shifted from English to Spanish to Korean. As a first-generation American, born of immigrants with roots in North Korea, South Korea, Argentina, Spain and Uruguay, […]
Richmond Creates! The 7th Annual Art in the Community Show
Richmond Creates! brings work created in our ‘Art in the Community’ offsite satellite classes to the Richmond Art Center. The artists showing work range from ages 5 to 85 and were participants in 6-10 week art classes held at local schools and community centers. The talented teaching artists facilitating these classes are dedicated to sharing […]
