Richmond, CA: We’re coming together on Saturday, October 7, 12pm-3pm, to lift up and celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day through art making.
Fall Family Day will feature a community mural with Luis Garcia and Powwow Reading Corner with the Native American Health Center. And, of course, lots of drop-in art activities with artists Andrés Cisneros-Galindo, Tiffany Conway, Alice Rice, Anne Wolf, and Lisa Levine. Visitors can also enjoy games, snacks, and music by DJ Freddie.
The free event is open to kids of all ages and their grown-ups. No rsvp is necessary. Richmond Art Center is located at 2540 Barrett Avenue in Richmond.
Accessibility, Parking and Public Transportation: Ample free parking is available in the 25th Street lot across the street from Richmond Art Center. The facility is accessible to wheelchair users via the Barrett Avenue entrance, adjacent to a parking lot with six accessible spaces. Richmond Art Center is accessible by BART, AC Transit, and R-Transit. Parking and Entrance Map
About Richmond Art Center: For over 80 years, Richmond Art Center has served the residents of Richmond and surrounding communities through studio arts education programs, exhibitions, off-site classes, and special initiatives for community-wide impact. Richmond Art Center’s mission is to be a catalyst in Richmond for learning and living through art. richmondartcenter.org
For more information and images contact: Amy Spencer, amy@richmondartcenter.org
Top Artwork: Luis Garcia, Creciente (The Rising), 2022 Above Photos: Fall Family Day in 2022
Bring your class to Richmond Art Center and enjoy a guided tour of current exhibitions. Students will also visit studio spaces and engage in an art-making activity.
Calling all artists, artisans, crafters and makers! Be part of Richmond Art Center’s 61st Annual Holiday Arts Festival!
Deadline to Apply: Monday, October 2, 2023, 11:59pm
Event Details
61st Annual Holiday Arts Festival
Sunday, December 3, 2023, 10am-5pm | Free Entry Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond More info: richmondartcenter.org/haf
Unique, Handmade Gifts by Over 50 Local Arts & Crafts Vendors
Famous Ceramics Studio Sale
Free Art Activities
Community Partner Pop-Ups
Raffle, Food and Drinks, and More!
Schedule / Important Dates
Vendor Application Deadline: Monday, October 2, 2023, 11:59pm
Vendor Notification: Thursday, October 12, 2023
Vendor Set Up: Saturday, December 2, 10am to 5pm OR Sunday, December 3, 8:30am-10am
Holiday Arts Festival: Sunday, December 3, 10am to 5pm
Vendor Deinstall: Sunday, December 3, 5pm to 6:30pm
Participating in the Holiday Arts Festival
Each year the Holiday Arts Festival offers over 1,000 visitors a chance to buy unique gifts from local arts and crafts vendors, enjoy food and beverages, and participate in art-making activities for the whole family. The Festival’s gift sale runs from 10am to 5pm at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
Call for Arts and Crafts Vendors! Richmond Art Center is now accepting applications from local artists, artisans, crafters and makers to sell their work at the Holiday Arts Festival. This shop-local event is a great way to expose your work to a creative audience that appreciates hand-crafted gifts. The deadline for vendors to apply is October 2. Applications are juried and selected vendors will be notified by October 12. There is no application fee and first-time vendors to the Festival are encouraged to participate.
Richmond Art Center provides: Vendor contract, table, chair/s, vendor sign (if needed), wall space (as requested/as available), electrical outlet (as requested/as available), time for set-up and deinstall, online vendor listing
Promotion: During the holiday season, Richmond Art Center will be promoting The Holiday Arts Festival via online and print advertising, social media, our e-newsletter, via community partnerships, and at community events. Vendors will also have the opportunity to promote their websites in our online Arts & Crafts Hub on Richmond Art Center’s website.
Jurying Process: Unfortunately we don’t have space to accept all vendors who apply for a table at the Holiday Arts Festival. As a result applications are juried by a panel made up of RAC staff. Things we look for when reviewing applications include: Artistic Quality; Sales Potential; Media Range Across Vendors; and Community Connection.
Fees
6 Foot Table Fee: $190 for RAC members; $200 for non-members*
4 Foot Half Table Fee: $110 for RAC members; $125 for non-members*
These are flat fees. No sales commission is charged.
Set-Up: Saturday, December 2, 10am to 5pm OR Sunday, December 3, 8:30am-10am (if extra time needed)
Parking and Load-In: The large parking lot at 25th Street is always available (across the street from Richmond Art Center). Enter RAC from either the 25th Street entrance (top of loading ramp) or the Barrett Avenue entrance (front door). We will have a couple of carts available.
Holiday Arts Festival: Sunday, December 3, 10am to 5pm (Doors open for vendors to arrive at 8:30am. The public hours are 10am to 5pm.)
Load-Out: Sunday, December 3, 5pm to 6:30pm (All items must be removed on Sunday.)
Tables, Signage, Installation:
You will be provided a whole or half table as specified in your vendor agreement.
We will provide 2 chairs unless you specified one or none. We may not be able to provide you with additional chairs due to space limitations.
Tables will be covered with white paper.
You are welcome and encouraged to bring table coverings and cloths to drape your table. We cannot store items or packing materials for you. All items should be stored under your table if you need access to them.
Artisan Vendors will be in the Main, West, South and Community Galleries, and in the Paint Studio.
Signage indicating your table space will be on the wall or table so you can easily find your location.
If you requested wall space, you are welcome to hang art work and signage on the wall directly behind your vendor table. Please bring your own tools, hanging hardware as we will not be able to provide staff or tools. Remove all hardware, tapes, etc when you load-out. Richmond Art Center will patch and paint the walls.
Wifi:
Vendors will have access to Richmond Art Center’s WiFi, however we cannot guarantee flawless WiFi coverage. We would suggest adding a hotspot to your cellphone if you will be processing payments via Square or Venmo. (Hot spots via your carrier can cost as little as $10 a month and can be cancelled at any time.)
We highly recommend vendors test their wifi connection and payment systems are working during set-up on Saturday, December 2.
Arts and Crafts Hub (online vendor listing)
Hosted on Richmond Art Center’s website, the Hub serves as a gateway for artists to share their work during the Holidays and direct folks to their online stores. CLICK HERE to see a sample Artist Listing.
Artists participating in the Arts and Crafts Hub will have the opportunity to preview and request edits to their listing.
Event Promotion
We invite event participants to help us spread the word about the Holiday Arts Festival:
Post or share a story on Instagram:
Tag: @RichmondArtCenter
Post on Facebook:
Tag: @Richmond Art Center
And don’t forget to link to the event webpage and your individual listing
Update your website:
Include information about special merchandise you’ll have at the Holiday Arts Festival
Email your friends and network:
Include the Holiday Arts Festival in your newsletter
Send special invites to your friends and supporters
Help distribute our printed materials (available for pick up at RAC – contact us to work out a good time to pick things up)
Ask a local business to display a HAF poster in their storefront
Drop off a stack of flyers to your local community gather spot
Press Release: Andrés Cisneros-Galindo Exhibition Extended at Richmond Art Center
Nahui Ollin: The work of Andrés Cisneros-Galindo
New Exhibition Dates: June 28 – November 16, 2023
Andrés Cisneros-Galindo Print Demo: Saturday, October 7, 12pm-3pm
Richmond Art Center
2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804
Gallery Hours: Wed-Sat, 10am-4pm
Richmond, CA: Richmond Art Center is pleased to announce the first major survey of Andrés Cisneros-Galindo’s work, Nahui Ollin, has been extended through November 16.
The exhibition’s curator Roberto Martinez says, “We are happy to lengthen the run of this exhibition – it will give the community an extended opportunity to learn about the life and artistic trajectory of influential Bay Area artist Andrés Cisneros-Galindo whose work spans over 50 years and has helped move forward grassroots community efforts for self-determination, education, and cultural expression.”
Nahui Ollin offers an intimate perspective into Cisneros-Galindo’s experiences as a Mexican immigrant, activist, educator and artist. From the political posters that helped mobilize the Bay Area’s Chicano community to the abstract expressionist paintings that embody fragments and cultural vestiges of the immigrant identity, this exhibition highlights how Cisneros-Galindo’s practice has always been integrated in contemporary struggles around race, education, the environment, justice and democracy both in the U.S. and in Mexico.
In conjunction with the exhibition, the artist will be presenting a hands-on print workshop at Fall Family Day on Saturday, October 7 from 12pm to 3pm. The free, all ages event is an opportunity to meet the artist and learn about his unique printing techniques.
Nahui Ollin and Fall Family Day are free, open to all and no rsvp is necessary. Richmond Art Center is located at 2540 Barrett Avenue in Richmond.
Above images (l-r): A visitor to Nahui Ollin; prints by Andrés Cisneros-Galindo; Andrés Cisneros-Galindo shows his prints to exhibition visitors
Top image: Andrés Cisneros-Galindo, Mictlan, 1995, Oil and mixed media on canvas
About Richmond Art Center: Richmond Art Center has been sharing art and creating with the community since 1936. Our programs encompass classes, exhibitions and events at our facility in downtown Richmond, as well as off-site activities that bring free, high-quality art making experiences to WCCUSD schools and community partners. richmondartcenter.org
Artists, Register for Art of the African Diaspora in 2024
Art Of The African Diaspora is a non-juried group exhibition featuring work by artists of African descent. The showcase exhibition is held at Richmond Art Center and is accompanied by self-guided open studio tours and satellite exhibitions throughout the Bay Area.
Sign up now for these fall painting classes exploring oil, watercolor and acrylic mediums. We’ve got something for artists (and artists-to-be) of all levels of experience!
And new students, don’t forget to use the coupon code sweater2023 for a 20% discount off your first class.*
Everyday Still-life
Tuesdays, 6pm-8pm, Sep 5 – Oct 24
$320 for 8 sessions
Paint natural and man-made objects to develop and strengthen your skills with oil paint. For students of all levels of experience.
In this class, students will build on the techniques they learned in Beginning Watercolor to create original landscapes. We will learn how to paint a variety of subjects based on photographs and life.
Expand the Visibility of Your Business in the Art of the African Diaspora Catalogue!
Ad Deadline: Monday, November 20, 2023Ad Deadline Extended to Monday, December 4, 2023
Major exhibition at Richmond Art Center
Event Founded in 1997
100-120 artists participate annually
20-30 open studios annually
10-20 satellite exhibitions annually
Featured speaker events, special receptions, artist talks, live performances
Reaches an annual audience of over 10,000 Bay Area residents
Advertise in the Art of the African Diaspora Catalogue: The Catalogue is a 30+ page full color catalogue published and distributed in conjunction with Art of African Diaspora. 3,000 copies will be printed and distributed to arts and community venues throughout the Bay Area. Click here to view the 2020 Art of the African Diaspora Catalogue
Requests for sample copies of the catalogue are welcome. Email: info@aotad.org
AD RATES:
CATALOGUE SIZE 11” H x 8.5” W
Back Cover: $500 – 10 3/4″ H x 7 3/4″ W
Front Inside Cover: $450 – 10 3/4″ H x 7 3/4″ W
Back Inside Cover: $400 – 10 3/4″ H x 7 3/4″ W
Full Page: $300 – 10 3/4″ H x 7 3/4″ W
1/2 Page: $175 – 4 3/4″ H x 7 3/4″ W
1/4 Page: $90 – 4 3/4″ H x 3 1/2″ W
Ad Deadline: Monday, November 20, 2023Ad Deadline Extended to Monday, December 4, 2023
Questions? Please contact info@aotad.org
Terms: Art of the African Diaspora will publish your advertisement in the 2023 Art of the African Diaspora Catalogue. Total circulation 3,500. Ads must be submitted in digital format (pdf or eps file), full color, 300dpi and ad slick/print-ready (to size), sent via email to amy@richmondartcenter.org no later than Monday, November 20, 2023Monday, December 4, 2023. Ad payment in full must be received by Monday, November 20, 2023Monday, December 4, 2023. All sales and transactions are final. The Art of the African Diaspora Steering Committee reserves the right to assign advertising space. Ads also appear in an online version of the publication.
100% of funds go to the Art of the African Diaspora Steering Committee, who is solely responsible for producing, publishing and distributing the Catalogue.
Prefer to pay with a check? Checks should be made payable to Richmond Art Center and mailed to Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804 by the ad deadline.
We Celebrated 25 Years of Guillermo the Golden Trout
We felt the love at our Go Fish! community party the other week. Thank you to everyone who showed up in support our first in-person fundraiser since the pandemic. We met our fundraising goals and had a great time doing it!
Special thanks to artist Andrée Singer Thompson, Mayor Eduardo Martinez, and former Mayor Rosemary Corbin, who spoke and reminded us of the power of artworks such as Guillermo the Golden Trout to express the ideas and vitality of our community.
MANY THANKS TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE
EVENT COMMITTEE: Michele Seville (Chair), Don Lau, John Boychuk, Monique Ziesenhenne, Jane Diokas, José R. Rivera, Addela Garboos, Kimberly A. Ross, Amy Spencer
EVENT SPONSORS: Mechanics Bank, Matt and Margaret Jacobson, Phillips 66, Overaa Construction, Sims Metal, Collins Management, MSH Group, Jan and Byron Brown – in memory of Gay Parker and the RACettes, Rosemary and Douglas Corbin, M.A. Hays Co., Martin McNair and Margi Cellucci, Susan Wittenberg, Ninomiya – Koda Charitable Foundation, James Wheeler and Joyce Shon
INDIVIDUAL DONORS: Denise Abersold, Robin Bernstein, Stephen Bischoff, Lisa Blade, Dawn E Nakashima, Amanda Eicher, Kathleen Gadway, Nancy Grant, Robert Herr, Nettie Hoge, Susan Hybloom, Michelle Knapik, Don Lau, Bertha Lay, Katherine Lui, Marla Misunas, Susan Moffat, Jeanette Nichols, Anne Oklan, Fredrick Page, Joanne Paulsen, Vita Rey, Rebecca Riley, Laurel Scheinman, Niran Shah, Kathryn Sibley, Leslie Smith, Amy Stewart, Lina Velasco, Wendy Warren, John Wehrle, Sol Werthan, Mary White, Melanie Wilkins, Monique Ziesenhenne, Minoosh Zomorodinia
IN-KIND DONORS: Agave Azul Restaurant, Andrée Singer Thompson, Catahoula Coffee, El Sol, Falkenstein Foundation, Ilene Conde, Inez Brooks-Myers, John Ziesenhenne, Kaleidoscope Coffee, Kao Sarn Thai, Lara’s Fine Dining, M.A. Hays Co., Michele Seville, Outback in the Temple of Venus, Patricia Bennett, Sue Hartman, The Dead Fish, The Factory Bar, The Grape Nest, Tokyo Fish Market
VOLUNTEERS: Breean Lowe, Gillian Belcher, Irene Hightower, Irene Thwaites, Iris Fisher, Jacqueline Mucha, Linda Gault, Lisa Krepela, Lisa Zimmer-Chui, Nia Crater, Renita Primm, Sophie Stathakos, Susan Hybloom, Tracee Coltes
BOARD: Michael Dear, Lina Velasco, Paul Collins, Nettie Hoge, John Boychuk, Jane Diokas, Helen Duhé, Susan Kuramoto Moffat, Stephen Nomura, Rachel Sommovilla, Monique le Conge Ziesenhenne
