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 […]
Mildred Howard: Spirit and Matter

Over the course of four decades, Mildred Howard has created rich and evocative work by taking common objects of daily life and infusing them with the spark of meaning to illuminate the underlying significance and historical weight of cultural form. In free-standing sculpture, in wall-mounted musings, in graphic explorations and in representations of shelter, Howard […]
Yisrael K. Feldsott: Annunciating Obscurities

Yisrael K. Feldsott: Annunciating Obscurities brings together works from the 1970s to the present that showcase the artist’s exploration of the formal potentials of disparate materials to articulate what he calls “…the pool of collective memories that we share as human beings. These memories tend to be symbolic, and exist cross-culturally. These don’t belong to […]
Richmond Art Center Faculty Show

The Richmond Art Center has a long and rich history of inspiring students of all ages. This exhibition celebrates the unique and diverse work of the Art Center’s faculty—a talented group of professional artist-instructors who inspire creativity in students of all ages. Featured media include ceramics, weaving, fiber arts, screen printing, painting, drawing, printmaking and […]
The Art of Living Black 2015

News Coverage: From sociology teacher to sculpture artist, Contra Costa Times, February 10, 2015 Annual Richmond exhibit provides showcase for black artists, Contra Costa Times, January 16, 2015 The “Art of Living Black” returns to Richmond Art Center, Radio Free Richmond, January 10, 2015 The Richmond Art Center is proud to host the only annual […]
California Now: Juried Exhibition of Clay, Glass & Enamel Art

California Now showcases 85 contemporary and innovative works in clay, glass and enamel art that are being created today by California artists. The exhibition will include functional and non-functional, two-dimensional and three-dimensional works that illustrate a wide scope of artwork. The artwork was selected by preeminent jurors Beth Ann Gerstein, Mary Bayard White and Deborah […]