Richmond Pulse: Art Center Tours Unveil its Possibilities

Our first Saturday bilingual See & Make Art Tours are a favorite part of our month! We love opening our doors to new (and returning) families and kids, showing them the art in our galleries, hearing what they think and inspiring them to create art during a hands-on activity. Last month we were lucky to […]

A Conversation with Mildred Howard

March 29, 2015 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 […]

New Documentary Features Our Work

An amazing team from KTVU stopped by last month to produce this short documentary about our work. The video aired last night at the Lesher Center for the Arts before a talk by Robert Edsel, the author of The Monuments Men.

Donated Materials Needed For Upcycle

Our third annual Upcycle maker event is just one month away — Saturday, April 25 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. We’re busy planning a full afternoon of art-making for the whole family. A dozen upcycle workstation will feature hands-on activities to let you turn materials that  would otherwise be headed for the landfill into art. […]

Press Release: Upcycle Event Shows You How to Make Art and Save the Landfill

The Richmond Art Center is proud to announce the 3rd Annual Upcycle, a maker festival for the whole family to create, see and learn about the art of upcycling. This free event will take place, rain or shine, on Saturday, April 25 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Upcycling workstations will feature hands-on activities that […]