This colorful pin depicts Andrée Singer Thompson’s preparatory sketch for her epic sculpture, ‘Guillermo the Golden Trout’. Wear it & show your big fish pride!
500 available
Donation Level 2: $60
Water Bottle
This large stainless bolt bottle (24 oz.) speaks the truth for all RAC students: “I make my art in Richmond”. The perfect accessory to take to your next art class.
60 available
Donation Level 3: $100
T-Shirt & Guillermo Pin
RAC t-shirt with design by Shannon Abac. 100% cotton. Sizes S-2XL available. Soft & lightweight. Style it with a Guillermo Pin!
75 available
Donation Level 4: $300
Moleskin Sketchbook, Tote & Pencil
RAC Moleskine sketchbook (Black, 8.25″ x 5″) and pencil. Plus a tote (with design by Francisco Rojas) to keep them in! The perfect portable package for capturing sketches in the studio or on the move.
A MESSAGE FROM RAC’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & BOARD PRESIDENT
Hello Friends,
We ❤️❤️❤️ sharing art classes, exhibitions and community events with you!
But do you also know about Richmond Art Center’s other programs, such as mentorship art classes for teens, bilingual artist residencies in schools, free art tours, and low-or-no cost summer art camps? These more behind-the-scenes programs are designed to be community-responsive and accessible to folks with limited opportunities to make and engage with art.
We need your help to continue this work. For the second year in a row, Richmond Art Center’s total donations are lower by over $100,000; money that could cover over 300 class scholarships, or provide 20 free afterschool classes at Richmond public schools. While we are always cautiously optimistic our programs won’t be impacted, we are watching our pennies and running with a reduced staff team. But we cannot do this forever.
Please help us keep art for everyone! Can you donate to our Annual Fund to keep these programs rolling forward in 2024?CLICK HERE to learn about some of our achievements this year, and CLICK HERE to see the thank you gifts we have for donors to our end-of-year appeal.
Your contribution – any amount – will support education programs and community outreach continuing next year. CLICK HERE to make your donation online. Or if you prefer, mail a check to Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804.
Please support Richmond Art Center this giving season.
Saturday, March 2, 11am (reception), 12pm (panel discussion)
Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA
FREE
On Saturday, March 2, a special event to share stories and reflections from the Refinery Healing Walks will be held. A reception will begin at 11am, followed by a panel discussion at 12pm. This event is free and all are welcome.
Special thanks to Mike and Tammy Little Bear for providing lunch, and David Solnit of Climate Justice Street Mural Arts Project for leading the Refinery Healing Walks patch making activity.
Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA
FREE | OVER 21 ONLY | REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Paint and sip with us to celebrate Valentine’s Day! Elishes Cavness will guide you through the steps to create your own masterpiece. No experience necessary.
All materials and light refreshments provided by Richmond Art Center.
Registration includes a +1 for your loved one!
SORRY FOLKS, WE’RE AT CAPACITY! IT IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT.
Richard Mayhew (born April 3, 1924) is an Afro-Native American landscape painter, illustrator, and arts educator. His abstract, brightly colored landscapes are informed by his experiences as an African American/Native American and his interest in Jazz and the performing arts. Mayhew was a member of Spiral, a black painters’ group in the 1960s in New York that included Romare Bearden, Charles Alston and Hale Woodruff as members. From 1963 to 1977, Mayhew taught at many schools, including the Pratt Institute, the Art Students League, Smith College, Hunter College, San Jose State University, and Sonoma State University. From 1977 to 1991, Mayhew was a professor in the visual arts at the Pennsylvania State University. After retiring from Pennsylvania State University, Mayhew returned to Santa Cruz, California.
Foad Satterfield began his professional career as an artist began in 1973. Since 2018, Satterfield has held the title Professor Emeritus, Dominican University of California after teaching there for 38 years. He is a founding member of the 45th Street Co-Operative (1974-Present). Satterfield has shown his work widely as a solo artist and as a participant in group exhibitions including: Things Known (solo exhibition), Saint Mary’s Museum of Art, Moraga, in 2019; Space Before Us, Unrestrained (solo exhibition), Malin Gallery, New York City; and Elemental Variations, Malin Gallery, Aspen, in 2023-2024. Currently, Satterfield has a solo exhibition at the Sanchez Art Center in Pacifica from January 19 through February 11, 2024. To close the exhibition Satterfield will give an Artist Talk at 3pm on February 11. Foad is currently represented by Studio Gallery Burlingame, CA and Maybaum Gallery San Francisco, CA.
Flo Wiley is a 50 year veteran arts administrator in the Bay Area, New York City, and Lagos Nigeria. She is the former Chair of the Richmond Arts & Culture Commission, and President of Spirit & Image Entertainment whose Actors Workshop with Flo Wiley starts February 4 at CoBiz.
About: I am a native of the East Bay and learned much of my skills at Richmond Art Center. I gravitate towards bright colors in my work that are energetic and have a feeling of vibrancy. I approach my ceramic work as something I am wanting to use in my own life that is both practical and comfortable to use.
About: Wiggle & Woof is a globally-inspired pet brand that collaborates with artisans to develop contemporary products for dogs and their humans. By supporting our shop you help provide economic support to female artisans as well as local animal shelters.
About: Visual Artists of Richmond is a new, fiscally-sponsored project bringing together about 52 visual artists living in or working in Richmond, California. The group’s mission is to have a well-known, diverse, inclusive community of artists supporting each other by organizing opportunities to celebrate and promote our work, share resources, and support each other’s art practices.
Visual Artists of Richmond will be at the Holiday Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, December 3 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
About: Welcome to the Afro amazing, environmental conscious, sistally proud works of Valerie Brown-Troutt, a self-taught artist. Her hand-crafted gifts will delight. Her artwork whimsically honors and celebrates life lived, remembered or practiced.
Valerie Brown-Troutt will be at the Holiday Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, December 3 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
