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From the Pueblo, For the Pueblo

From the Pueblo, For the Pueblo

Exhibition: September 14 – November 17, 2022
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 17, 12pm-2pm
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804

From the Pueblo, For the Pueblo is a culminating exhibition featuring the work of Richmond Art Center’s Artists-in-Residence, Liberación Gráfica.   

Liberación Gráfica is a screen print collective whose art practice is rooted in the Chicanx art tradition of revolutionary community print workshops. Throughout their residency, Liberación Gráfica worked alongside youth and community members to create prints that uplift community voices, and raise awareness of the struggles and resilience of the people of Richmond. 

This exhibition presents the work that Liberación Gráfica collectively created during their residency. This includes a collection of striking silkscreen prints created for community events that speak to key issues like environmental justice, food sovereignty, and the prison industrial complex. The exhibition also includes prints made by Richmond youth who participated in Liberación Gráfica’s summer class which explored empowering topics of identity, culture, and ancestral knowledge. Staying true to the concept that there is no liberation without community, Liberación Gráfica has also invited artists in the community to join them in presenting work that together opens up conversations around ideas of liberation. 

Throughout their time at Richmond Art Center, Liberación Gráfica has embodied the role of the activist-artist championed by the Chicanx Art Movement. In this exhibition, Liberación Gráfica makes a strong connection to their artistic lineage and affirms that the role of the Chicanx artist is to serve the people by creating art that helps in the liberation of the people. 

From the Pueblo, For the Pueblo is the work From the People, For the People! 

About the Collective: Liberación Gráfica is a community-based art collective whose mission is to provide opportunities for self and community expressions through silkscreen printing. The collective is made up of Richmond-based artists, teachers, and community organizers: Eddy Chacon, Lisette Vera, Daniel Cervantes and Francisco Rojas. Liberación Gráfica was established in 2019 and since has worked towards teaching youth the process of silkscreen printing through a social justice lens with the intention to bridge gaps between communities of color and bring awareness to social injustices faced by the Richmond community.

This exhibition was made possible with the support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Artists-in-Residence Press Release

Top image: Francisco Rojas, Pasando Regalos, Passing Gifts, 2022

Collective Care Is Our Best Protection

Collective Care Is Our Best Protection

Favianna Rodriguez, Elaine Chu and Marina Perez-Wong (Twin Walls Mural Company), Keena Azania Romano, Leslie Dime Lopez, Vanessa Agana Espinoza Solari, and Yazmin Shi Shi Madriz

Exhibition: June 22 – August 20, 2022
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 18, 2pm-4pm
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
Location: Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804

Together we are strong. And in a troubled world collective care is our best protection.

This exhibition brings together a group of women artists who are at the forefront in activating public consciousness through muralism and printmaking. At the center are works that illustrate the healing and protective power that resides in the act of collective care. 

On display are two large scale portable murals: one painted by Elaine Chu and Marina Perez-Wong from Twin Walls Mural Company titled Protectors of the Sacred, Power: A Prayer for Buffalo Nation; and the other painted by Keena Romano, Leslie Dime Lopez, Vanessa Agana Espinoza Solari and Yazmin Shi Shi Madriz titled Portals thru Powerful Prayers. Complementing these two murals are a series of collages and prints by Favianna Rodriguez that speak to our relationship with food and plants through rituals of self and collective care.  

These works were created during the pandemic and stemmed out of a dire need to share responsibility for each others’ well-being.  As we cautiously walk out of this pandemic, the artists’ work serve as a reminder of the need to continue embracing each other, especially as the pandemic made clear that issues in accessing affordable housing, health care, environmental protections, immigrant rights, and indigenous land sovereignty are deep struggles we remain in. 

The title of the exhibition borrows from Favianna Rodriguez’ series “Collective Care is Our Best Protection” created during the pandemic as a “call for communities to care for each other and develop strong and autonomous support systems of mutual aid.”

Artists

Favianna Rodriguez 

Twin Walls Mural Company: Elaine Chu and Marina Perez-Wong 

Keena Azania Romano, Leslie Dime Lopez, Vanessa Agana Espinoza Solari, Yazmin Shi Shi Madriz

Top image: Twin Walls Mural Company, Protectors of the Sacred, Power: A Prayer for Buffalo Nation, 2020

 

Women Weaving Stories – Mujeres Tejiendo Historias – Eje xuj nchachmon qa o che ex tuj

Español | Mam

Women Weaving Stories – Mujeres Tejiendo Historias

Exhibition: June 1 – August 20, 2022
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 25, 2pm-4pm
Collaborative Learning Circle: Saturday, July 30, 1:30pm-3:30pm | More info…
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
Location: Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804

Women Weaving Stories is an exhibition of a newly released art zine created by members of Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) an organization of Latina and Indigenous immigrant women with a dual mission of promoting personal transformation and building community power for social and economic justice. This project was done in partnership with NAKA Dance Theater.

As a culmination of a participatory art project, the zine was created by a cohort of Latina and Indigenous immigrant women who came together in a series of collaborative learning circles where art was used as a medium to share stories, learn from each other, and give voice to their lived experiences as immigrant women in the United States. This exhibition presents the individual pages of the zine as poster size prints. Through colorful imagery, these pages weave together the personal reflections of the women’s experiences as Latina and Indigenous people in the United States. 

This exhibition is presented in Mam, Spanish and English. Oakland and the larger Bay Area is home to the largest Mam speaking community outside of Guatemala. Many of the women who participated in this project are Indigenous immigrants from Guatemala who speak Mam and/or Spanish as their primary language. Translation to Mam was done by Ana Diaz.   

About the Artists: We are a diverse group of women who have woven our lives and our stories into these drawings, creating a tapestry of our histories. We have cultivated a creative space where we support and listen to each other through art, caring for each other, making space and working in solidarity to transform the challenges we face under a patriarchal system. Through these experiences, we recognize the profound importance of raising our voices as women united in a movement.

About the Zine: Starting in late 2020 and continuing through 2021, we began to work as a team in Collaborative Learning Circles (Círculos de Aprendizaje), meeting twice a week on Zoom. We built an inclusive space, where we learn, adapt and figure out how to communicate with each other. Since our team is made up of people who speak different languages, using illustrations in the zine seemed the most appropriate way to express what we wanted to express without needing to choose a particular language, while still recognizing each person’s languages ​​and traditions. 

The Fotonovela team is made up of Adriana Pérez, Leticia García, Luciana Rodríguez, Paulina Calmo and Victoria Pablo, in collaboration with NAKA Dance Theater and members of MUA.

Mujeres Unidas Y Activas is an organization of Latina and Indigenous immigrant women with a dual mission of promoting personal transformation and building community power for social and economic justice.

NAKA Dance Theater creates experimental performance works using dance, storytelling, multimedia installations and site-specific environments. NAKA builds partnerships with communities, engages people’s histories and folklore and expresses experiences through accessible performances that challenge the viewer to think critically about social justice issues.

Top Image: J. Ramirez Pablo, Untitled, 2021 


Español

 

Mujeres Tejiendo Historias – Women Weaving Stories 

Fecha de Expocision: 1 de junio de 2022 – 20 de agosto de 2022 
Recepción de apertura: Sábado, 25 de junio, 14:00-16:00
Círculo de Aprendizaje: Sábado 30 de julio, 1:30-3:30pm | Más información…
Horario de la galería: Miércoles-Sábado, 10am-4pm
Localización: Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804

Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) y NAKA Danza Teatro se enorgullece en presentar la publicación de nuestra primera fotonovela, ahora convertida en una exposición.

Somos diversas mujeres que fuimos tejiendonos con nuestras historias en estos dibujos, como lo hace un telar, el cual tenemos muy presente porque forma parte de nuestra vida. Generamos un territorio creativo para acompañarnos y escucharnos a través del arte, cuidándonos unas a otras y dando un espacio para transformar los aconteceres con los que lidiamos en este sistema patriarcal en solidaridad y apoyo mutuo. Todo esto nos ha llevado a reconocer la profunda importancia de nuestra voz como mujeres unidas y activas. 

Este proyecto se realizó durante la pandemia a finales del año 2020 y todo el 2021 mediante el Zoom. Participaron mujeres miembras de MUA (una organización de mujeres Latines e Indígenas inmigrantes de base con la doble misión de promover la transformación personal y fomentar el poder comunitario).  

La revista está conformada por cuatro secciones, que se definieron a partir del interés de las participantes: En la primera, nos enfocamos en manifestar lo que representa MUA para cada una de nosotras. En la segunda, visibilizamos aspectos culturales de nuestra vida diaria, priorizando los alimentos, las costumbres, tradiciones de nuestros países; y en la autodeterminación de nuestros pueblos indígenas. En la tercera, hablamos sobre cuestiones de género. Y en la última sección sobre migración, centrándonos en aspectos relacionados a vivencias personales y emocionales que nos atraviesan como inmigrantes.

El equipo de Mujeres Tejiendo Historias está conformado por: Adriana Pérez, Leticia García, Luciana Rodríguez, Paulina Calmo y Victoria Pablo. 

Imagen: J. Ramirez Pablo, Untitled, 2021 


Mam

 

Eje xuj nchachmon qa o che ex tuj 

tajlal xjaw tun tex q’on junio 1, 2022 – Agosto 20, 2022

Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) ex Naka Danza Teatro ntzalaj ma k-elix tyein tnejil tib’lal (fotonovela) otz’ok qq’ona te ye’k’b’il.

ojoya xuj la’ qb’aja o kub qchmona qa o q-exa tuj (historia) chu’n qa tib’lal lu’, ju’ tisin ntemb’a jun chemaj (telar) tun jun aj chmol , jatzin jlu tkub’saxix qwitza  ex otz’ok te tajlal qchwinqlala. O b’ant t-ten jun tenb’il chb’anix quna ja tum tun chtena quk’la ex tun tzaj chb’ina qoya tun jun tb’anixix yek’b’il (arte), nqo kuena qeya qunx qib’xa, ex nxi q-q’ona jun amb’il tun tch’expaj jaj jun o-qexa tuj ex nqo q’ona ipb’il tij jun sistema patriarcal ex nqo oni qeye qwitz qib’a. Chaqil jlu o tzaj t-yek’iin qeye jaj txilen jun qwiya xuj qoya Mujeres unida y activas.

Jaj jun aq’untl lu ja tb’ant tuj jun yab’il (pandemia) ch’ixtaq tel ab’q’i 2020 ex  chaqiltzin ab’q’i te 2021 tuj jun programa te zoom. o che aq’nan txjali MUA (Jun chmob’il che xuj te junl tnam (latinas) ex qe q-xechil te aj tu qyol (indigena) o q-u’l tuj junl tnam (imigrantes) ja te toklen tun txi tman ex tun tb’ant chten qe xjal ex tun txi cham tun t-ten tipin tnam.

Jaj jun yek’b’il u’j lu te chaj piẍ te’l, o b’aj b’inchan alche il tij te che qa aj ajb’el: Tuj tnejil piẍ, o tz’ok q-q’ona tilil tun txi q-yek’na al che te MUA txilen te junwin qeye. Tuj tkab’in piẍ, o txi qyek’na al che txilen qeya q-xechil tuj qchwinqlala, lujtzin qe wab’j nb’ant qu’na te jatuma tzajin qoya chuj qe tnam ex jun tb’anixix txilen te qeya te aj tu qyol qoya, lujtzin qe qniq’ije tuj qe tnam; ex ojoxa nqo ximna tun tb’ant qtanma che qxjala (indigena). Te t-toxin piẍ,  o qo yolna tij xjalilal (genero). Tuj tzin tch’ip piẍ o qo yolna tij n-chi’ xjal tuj chtanmi (migración) o ok q-q’o na il tij ex o txi qb’ina alchekyaq te junwin o tz’ex tuj jaj nb’aj qija te junl tnam qoya.

A jun k’loj xuj aj chmol alkyechaq o ch-ex tuj b’inchamaj chun qe ajb’inchal: Adriana Pérez, Leticia García, Luciana Rodríguez, Paulina Calmo y Victoria Pablo. 

 

The Eastern Shore: Works by J.B. Broussard

The Eastern Shore

Works by J.B. Broussard

Exhibition: June 8 – July 23, 2022
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 18, 2pm-4pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, July 9, 12pm-1pm | More info…
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
Location: Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804

In his solo exhibition, The Eastern Shore, artist J.B. Broussard presents a selection of work that honors the legacy and expressions of freedom of the great 19th century abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass.

At the center are Broussard’s new bronze sculptures of Tubman and Douglass, reverentially casting the bravery, wisdom, and resilience that both embodied in their fight against slavery and in their pursuit for human and civil rights. Complementing the sculptures are Broussard’s early work, charcoal drawings and paintings created in his youth that capture in portraiture, expressions of the Black experience.

Together, this collection of work traces the artistic path of artist J.B Broussard, and in the process brings about the underlying spirit that animates his work: to capture with dignity the expression of human beings in their struggle for freedom.

The show’s title, The Eastern Shore, pays tribute to the region where Tubman and Douglass were born and escaped slavery from, and where their fight for freedom and dignity began.

About the Artist: J.B. Broussard is a second generation native of Oakland. He began drawing at age of seven, took art classes during secondary school, and years later attended U.C. Berkeley as an Art major where he focused primarily on sculpture. After graduating from U.C. Berkeley he settled into a career in education. Now retired Broussard spends his time engaged in art projects. As a teenager he was exposed to the work of Charles White. Broussard describes the experience of viewing White’s work as “an awakening.” White’s dignified images of Black people had a lasting impact on him.

This exhibition is part of the Art of the African Diaspora: Luminaries series, and is generously funded by the East Bay Fund for Artists at the East Bay Community Foundation.

Art of the African Diaspora: Luminaries
Luminaries is a series of four solo exhibitions that shine a spotlight on the remarkable work of four artists – Diamela Cutiño, J.B. Broussard, Donna Gatson and Daniel W. White – who have participated in Art of the African Diaspora but who have maintained an inconspicuous public image throughout their storied artistic careers. The four exhibitions will be presented in the West Gallery throughout 2022, as part of the 25th anniversary of Art of the African Diaspora.

Top Image: J.B. Broussard, The General, 2021. Courtesy of the Artist

Emmy Lou Packard: Artist of Conscience

 
Emmy Lou Packard: Artist of Conscience
Exhibition: June 22 – August 20, 2022
 
Public Programs
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 18, 2pm-4pm
How Emmy Lou Packard Made Her Prints (demonstration): Saturday, July 16, 12pm-2pm
Rebel Art: Emmy Lou Packard’s Legacy (panel discussion): Friday, July 29, 6pm-7:30pm
Film screening of Rivera In America: Thursday, August 11, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Closing Reception with The Great Tortilla Conspiracy: Saturday, August 20, 12pm-2pm
 
All events are free and open to the public. No RSVP needed.
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
Location: Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804
 
 
Artist of Conscience explores the life and work of Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998), a remarkable artist known for her paintings, prints and murals, as well as her activism. Packard’s linoleum prints celebrated ordinary people — their work, their history and their environment. Her art was not overtly political, but expressed her progressive values. One of her signature images, Peace is a Human Right, shows three children, Asian, Black and White, seated around a sunflower. The message is framed in human terms — children are not political; they are just children.
 
Through artworks, photos and ephemera, the exhibition at Richmond Art Center will be organized around key periods of Packard’s life. Packard was mentored by Diego Rivera and became his principal assistant on the mural he painted on Treasure Island for the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1940 (currently on view at SFMOMA). During WWII Packard worked at Kaiser shipyard’s newspaper, Fore ‘n’ Aft, in Richmond. Later in life, Packard mentored a generation of mostly female and Chicana artists in the Bay Area. She also led the movement to save the Mendocino headlands from development.
 
This exhibition is curated by Robbin Légère Henderson and Rick Tejada-Flores.
 
Emmy Lou Packard: Artist of Conscience was made possible with support from The Jay DeFeo Foundation. Vital support was also provided by California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
 
          
 
Top image: Emmy Lou Packard, Artichoke Picker, circa 1955, 17″ x 22″
 
 
 

Dewey Crumpler: Crossings

Dewey Crumpler: Crossings

Exhibition: April 6 – June 4, 2022
Reception: Saturday, April 2, 2pm-4pm
Artist’s Talk: Saturday, April 30, 1pm
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
Location: Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804

View the Press Release

Dewey Crumpler: Crossings asks us to consider the history, lived legacy and future impact of the global shipping industry. Presenting over 120 works, from sketches to large scale paintings, the exhibition represents Crumpler’s twenty-five years of investigation into the beauty and power of ribbed, metal cargo boxes. 

In Crumpler’s work shipping containers are dense metaphors; encompassing stories of mass migration, transformation and voyages destined to be repeated. They trace transatlantic trade routes that emerged in the 15th century and are still used today. They also show industry that has irrevocably shaped port cities like San Francisco, Oakland and Richmond. Through connecting historical and contemporary systems, time in Crumpler’s work becomes a loop of rebirth and decline pressed forward through the crossing of water. Crumpler explains, “At the heart of these works is memory.”

Thank you to Marguerite Thompson Browne for her assistance in organizing this exhibition.


Dewey Crumpler: Crossings nos pide que consideremos la historia, el legado vivido y el impacto de la industria del transporte marítimo global en el futuro. Con más de 120 obras, desde bocetos hasta pinturas de gran escala, la exposición representa los veinticinco años que Crumpler ha investigado la belleza y el poder de las cajas de carga de metal acanalado.

En la obra de Crumpler, los contenedores marítimos son densas metáforas; abarcando historias de migraciones masivas, transformaciones y viajes destinados a repetirse. Trazan rutas comerciales transatlánticas que surgieron en el siglo XV y todavía se utilizan en la actualidad. También muestran la industria que ha dado forma irrevocablemente a ciudades portuarias como San Francisco, Oakland y Richmond. A través de la conexión de sistemas históricos y contemporáneos, el tiempo en el trabajo de Crumpler se convierte en un bucle de renacimiento y declive que avanza a través del cruce del agua. Crumpler explica: “En el corazón de estas obras está la memoria”.

Gracias a Marguerite Thompson Browne por su ayuda en la organización de esta exposición.

 

To Image: Dewey Crumpler, Untitled 1, 2017, Acrylic and mixed media on canvas. Courtesy of the Artist and Jenkins Johnson Gallery

 

 

Right Here, Right Now: A Biennial of Richmond Art

Right Here, Right Now: A Biennial of Richmond Art

Exhibition: April 6 – June 3, 2022
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 2, 2pm-4pm
Artists’ Talk (online): Thursday, May 12, 7pm-8:30pm RSVP HERE
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
Location: Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804

In its second edition, Right Here, Right Now: A Biennial of Richmond Art presents the work of eight Richmond artists selected for their risk-taking and visionary creative practices.

About the ProgramRight Here, Right Now, Richmond, was born in the winter of 2020 with the purpose of creating a platform to equitably grow and sustain innovative art practices for Richmond artists and audiences. The 2020 gathering brought together 29 local artists in an exhibition that put forward the dynamic and groundbreaking work being made in our city. In true celebration of the vibrancy of Richmond, this exhibition is now presented biennially – to showcase the incredible diversity in art practice, mediums, and lived experiences that make up our community.

Nadie es ilegal en tierra robada

Nadie es ilegal en tierra robada / Nobody is illegal on stolen land 

Exhibition: April 6 – May 21, 2022
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 2, 2pm-4pm
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
Location: Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804

In this exhibition, Berkeley-based photographer Diamela Cutiño presents a series of photographs that document the “March for Freedom,” highlighting the power of Northern and Southern Indigenous solidarity movements.   

In November of 2021, a coalition of Indigenous women organized the inaugural “March for Freedom,” a four-day pilgrimage to honor Indigenous children whose lives have been taken by boarding schools, missions, orphanages, police brutality, and crossing the border. The pilgrimage began in Los Angeles and culminated in San Diego, where different Indigenous communities and Nations rallied in front of the Otay Mesa Immigration Detention Center announcing their solidarity with the immigrant community and the Indigenous children currently imprisoned there; they commanded that the indigenous children be set free.  

Cutiño’s vivid portraits capture the heart and the power of those on the front lines commanding an end to the established and continuing colonial practice of separating Indigenous children from their families. This series of photographs offers a glimpse into the intersectional struggles and strong solidarity networks between Indigenous, immigrant, and Black and Brown communities. 

Diamela Cutiño is a photographic storyteller born and raised in Havana, Cuba. Cutiño is most known for her work documenting Black existence. This body of work represents Cutiño’s most recent project documenting Indigenous culture and the emotional and spiritual undertones of freedom movements. 

This exhibition is part of the Art of the African Diaspora: Luminaries Series, and is generously funded by the East Bay Fund for Artists.

Top Image: Diamela Cutiño, Nadie es ilegal en tierra robada 001, 2021


Art of the African Diaspora: Luminaries

Luminaries is a series of four solo exhibitions that shine a spotlight on the remarkable work of four artists who have participated in Art of the African Diaspora but who have maintained an inconspicuous public image throughout their storied artistic careers. The four exhibitions will be presented in the West Gallery throughout 2022, as part of the 25th anniversary of Art of the African Diaspora. 

56th Annual WCCUSD Student Art Show

56th Annual WCCUSD Student Art Show

Exhibition: April 6 – May 14, 2022
Reception: Tuesday, April 19, 5:00pm-6:30pm (Award Presentation at 5:45pm)
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
Location: Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804

Celebrating the wealth of student artistic talent in West Contra Costa Unified School District! 

In its 56th year the WCCUSD Student Art Show presents work by over 300 students from 12 different schools. This teacher-curated exhibition demonstrates best practices in delivering an art-based curriculum. It also represents Richmond Art Center and WCCUSD’s shared vision that art education is a crucial component of a thriving and productive society.   

Participating Schools: Betty Reid Soskin Middle School, De Anza High School, El Cerrito High School, Fred T. Korematsu Middle School, Helms Middle School, Hercules High School, Hercules Middle School, John F. Kennedy High School, Mira Vista School, Pinole Middle School, Pinole Valley High School, Richmond High School

Artistic Achievement Awardees: Yvette Bennett (Pinole Valley High School), Isabella Shapland (El Cerrito High School), Chandy Viridet (Richmond High School), Navi Emiliano (Hercules High School), Roderick Alexander (Kennedy High School), Moncerrat Gudino Valdez (Richmond High School)
 
Honorable Mention Recipients: Lindsey Le (Hercules High School), Myleyby Mora Reyes (Richmond High School), Shawn Aden (Pinole Valley High School), Sophia Ly (Pinole Valley High School), Taifu Ma (El Cerrito High School), Angela Soriano (De Anza High School), Melissa Ruiz (Richmond High School), Odalis Martinez (Richmond High School), Ginger Kennedy Loy (Fred T. Korematsu Middle School), Akira Chhysengdara (Helms Middle School)
 

¡Celebrando la riqueza del talento artístico de los estudiantes en el Distrito Escolar Unificado de West Contra Costa!

En su 56° año, la Expocision de Arte Estudiantil del WCCUSD presenta el trabajo de más de 300 estudiantes de 12 escuelas diferentes. Esta exposición curada por maestros demuestra las mejores prácticas para ofrecer un plan de estudios basado en el arte. También representa la visión compartida de Richmond Art Center y WCCUSD de que la educación artística es un componente crucial de una sociedad próspera y productiva.

Escuelas participantes: Betty Reid Soskin Middle School, De Anza High School, El Cerrito High School, Fred T. Korematsu Middle School, Helms Middle School, Hercules High School, Hercules Middle School, John F. Kennedy High School, Mira Vista School, Pinole Middle School, Pinole Valley High School, Richmond High School

Premiados por logros artísticos: Yvette Bennett (Pinole Valley High School), Isabella Shapland (El Cerrito High School), Chandy Viridet (Richmond High School), Navi Emiliano (Hercules High School), Roderick Alexander (Kennedy High School), Moncerrat Gudino Valdez (Richmond High School)
 
Mención de Honor: Lindsey Le (Hercules High School), Myleyby Mora Reyes (Richmond High School), Shawn Aden (Pinole Valley High School), Sophia Ly (Pinole Valley High School), Taifu Ma (El Cerrito High School), Angela Soriano (De Anza High School), Melissa Ruiz (Richmond High School), Odalis Martinez (Richmond High School), Ginger Kennedy Loy (Fred T. Korematsu Middle School), Akira Chhysengdara (Helms Middle School)

Top Image: Artwork by Myleyby Mora Reyes, Richmond High School

Above Images: Artwork by (left) Tajah Mitchell (John F. Kennedy High School); and (right) Luis Camarena Morales (Pinole Valley High School) 

Student Spotlight: Bradley Holmes

Student Spotlight: Bradley Holmes

The inaugural spotlight showcases the work of Bradley Holmes, a long-time student and member of the ceramic’s community at Richmond Art Center. The selected works consist of vessels that demonstrate Holmes’ focus on the simplicity and beauty of the form of everyday objects.

Originally from Regional Victoria, Australia, Holmes began making pottery after moving to the United States to study at UC Berkeley. Holmes was introduced to ceramics by a friend and fellow student while looking for a creative outlet to balance his studies in Chemical Engineering at UC Berkeley.  He soon developed a love of the tactile, fluid and meditative journey that one takes with a piece of clay on its way to becoming a permanent object. 

I am originally from Melbourne, Australia and have lived in the bay area for the past 20 years. I have worked out of the pottery studio at the Richmond Art Center for the past 8, and love its people, community and creative atmosphere.” 

Follow Bradley Holmes on Instagram @lazyholmes

About the Student Spotlight Series: Student Spotlight is a monthly exhibition that showcases the outstanding work being made by student artists at Richmond Art Center. Located at the east end of the Community Gallery, this rotating exhibition space is dedicated to celebrating the creative talent and growing art practice of our student artist community.  

If you are a student at Richmond Art Center and are interested in having your work showcased please submit your work for consideration through this online form

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