David Park: Personal Perspectives
David Park produced a late body of work extraordinary for its focus and direction. In a sharp shift from abstraction to figuration. Park’s move stands out as a re-orientation of radical proportion. Yet it is as a teacher and mentor that Park presides as the cornerstone of an entire art movement and perspective, which came […]
The Art of Living Black: Our American Experience 20th Anniversary
The 20th Anniversary of the Art of Living Black: The American Experience speaks to a long history of social struggles, cultural affirmation and art making as a transformative practice. As a preview exhibition and self-guided open studio art tour that recognizes Bay Area artists of African American descent, the exhibition contains a vast range of […]
Family Portraits
Families grow and merge, shift and realign, relocate and re-establish. Ours is an embracing culture in a flexible society. The Richmond Art Center opened the Community Gallery to the question of just what shape and form families were taking in our community today. Family Portraits offers an opportunity to see the most contemporary interpretations of […]
Lewis Watts: New Orleans
Richmond photographer Lewis Watts, has a deep and personal connection to New Orleans. With an eye to detail and an ear to the cadence, Watts has created a body of work reflecting the perseverance and spirit of the people of New Orleans. Visits before and after the destructive force of Hurricane Katrina inform a portfolio of graphic rendering. Central […]
Body as Agent: Changing Fashion Art
Body as Agent: Changing Fashion Art is an exhibition in response to the 1983 landmark showing of wearable art the Richmond Art Center, Poetry for the Body: Clothing for the Spirit. Body as Agent: Changing Fashion Art updates that exhibition, displaying many of the original artists and adding new artists and new notions, with more […]
Summer Exhibition Sponsor: Blick Art Materials
The Richmond Art Center is pleased to announce the Sponsorship of Blick Art Materials for our Summer Exhibitions, which run June 14 – August 21: California Now; Telling It Slant: The Crafts of NIAD Art Center; and the Annual Members Show. Blick will also make an in-kind contribution to the Richmond Art Center with supplies and […]
Telling It Slant: The Crafts of NIAD Art Center
Richmond’s NIAD Art Center has been helping artists with disabilities produce craft objects and contemporary art for more than thirty years. This exhibition offers a rare and in-depth look at some of its celebrated offerings, including works from self-taught basket-maker Susan Wise, modernist-influenced ceramic vessels from blind artist Kristi Dean, strangely evocative clay structures from […]
2015 Members’ Show
Expect an exhilarating arrangement of artwork, media, and styles in our annual, nonjuried members show. Nearly 200 pieces of artwork will be showcased, including works by spotlight artists Edythe Bresnahan, Jan Martin, and David Yoas who were recognized for their ingenuity and visual voice at last year’s annual members show. This year’s show will also […]
Art in the Community Program Annual Student Show
This annual exhibition showcases and celebrates the diverse work being created in the Art Center’s traveling Art in the Community program, which brings our teaching artists and after-school art programs to middle and elementary schools, community centers and the Richmond Public library. Please join us at our special reception on Saturday, May 9 from 3 […]
WCCUSD 50th Annual Student Show
The West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) Student Art Show is an annual collaboration between the school district and the Richmond Art Center and this year we are celebrating a milestone 50 years. The exhibit features work by more than 200 students, illustrating their diverse visions and individual creative voices. These works are not […]