In spring 2025, Richmond Art Center will present Time and Tide, the first major exhibition to offer a comprehensive survey of the work of Richmond-based artist John Wehrle. This exhibition will narrate Wehrle’s 50-year artistic journey, featuring replicas of his murals and gateways throughout Richmond, as well as original paintings and sketches he created as a combat artist during the Vietnam War. Curated by Jeff Nathanson, Time and Tide will showcase over 40 early studies, sculptures, photographs, and large-scale paintings, supported by public programs, a print catalog, and online content.
We need your help to bring this ambitious project to life!
Wehrle’s murals, like The Plunge and Revisionist History, are Richmond landmarks. This exhibition will offer a unique chance for both long-time fans and new audiences to appreciate his complete body of work. But we need the community’s support.
Your donation, any amount, will help us:
Publish a 40-page full-color catalog with new essays and interviews
Offer public programs such as panel discussions, youth art tours, and a family day
Provide Spanish-language materials to ensure accessibility
To donate, CLICK HERE (select ‘John Wehrle Exhibition’ as the designation) or contact José R. Rivera at 510-620-6777 or jose@richmondartcenter.org. Any contribution, large or small, will make a difference.
Together, let’s celebrate John Wehrle’s art and legacy.
Discover the expressive potential of pastels. Working from various floral arrangements, students will explore techniques that bring their artwork to life. Each week, instructor Jennifer Linderman will provide a range of pastels for students to experiment and play with. Beginners welcome.
Students in this class will also have the opportunity to exhibit their work in our galleries. The Across Land and Sea exhibition will feature artworks from Jennifer Linderman’s fall classes—’Oceanic Adventures with Acrylics and Mixed Media’ and ‘Floral Expressions in Pastels’.
Richmond Art Center Wins GOLD for ‘Best Art Gallery’ in 2024 East Bay Express Reader’s Picks
Thank you to everyone who voted for us. We’re honored to receive this award and excited to share the spotlight with our neighbor, NIAD Art Center (Silver). The arts in Richmond are truly thriving!
Expand the Visibility of Your Business in the Art of the African Diaspora Catalogue!
Ad Deadline: Monday, November 18, 2024
Major exhibition at Richmond Art Center
Event Founded in 1997
100-140 artists participate annually
20-30 satellite exhibitions and open studios
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 in January 2025 and distributed to arts and community venues throughout the Bay Area. PDF AD SHEET
Mail to: Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804
Checks must be received by the ad deadline.
Terms:
Total catalogue circulation: 3,000
The Steering Committee reserves the right to assign ad space.
All sales are final.
100% of ad funds (less any online processing fees) go to the Art of the African Diaspora Steering Committee, who is solely responsible for producing and publishing the catalogue.
Our FY2023-2024 Impact Report highlights our key achievements over the past year, and I’m happy to share that it’s a story of bigger, better, and brighter.
The organization is in a solid position at the start of the new fiscal year, though not as strong as pre-COVID. While the FY2023-24 budget was originally planned with a deficit, our effective fundraising efforts enabled us to close the year with a budget surplus. We successfully renewed key grants, including those from the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, and Lesher Foundation, and forged an important new partnership with the Richmond City Council. Additionally, we’ve seen increased support from the community through individual donations, memberships, and volunteer involvement. But this is a never-ending, ongoing effort.
This progress we’ve made is a testament to the dedication of our staff, board, volunteers, donors, and partners. We look forward to building on this momentum over the next year and beyond, ensuring visual art can continue to thrive in Richmond while bringing joy to all those we serve.
Showcase Your Business at the 2024 Holiday Arts Festival
Promote your business to a creative crowd who wants to shop local!
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
62nd Annual Holiday Arts Festival Sunday, December 8, 10am-4pm Every year, the Holiday Arts Festival welcomes over 1,000 visitors to shop for one-of-a-kind gifts from local arts and crafts vendors, savor delicious food and drinks, and engage in art-making activities for all ages. The Festival’s gift sale takes place from 10am to 4pm at Richmond Art Center, located at 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond. Learn more…
SPONSORSHOP LEVELS
HAF BFF: $5,000+
Friend of the Festival: $500+
SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS
Name featured on event marketing: flyers, web graphics, etc. (if secured before publication)
Clickable link in one e-newsletter (11,000+ subscribers)
Logo on Richmond Art Center’s website and social media
Acknowledgment on event signage
SPONSORS over $5,000 are also invited to table at the event
To sponsor the Holiday Arts Festival, click the button above to contribute through our MightyCause platform, and select ‘HAF Sponsorship’ as the designation.
Richmond Art Center is a 501c3 non-profit. Your donation is tax-deductible as allowed by law. (Tax ID 94-6104204)
FOR MORE INFO CONTACT
José R. Rivera, Executive Director jose@richmondartcenter.org, 510.620.6777
New art exhibits get a boost from wrestlers Sept. 20
A group of wrestling celebrities will help promote some new exhibits at the Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Ave.
On Fri., Sept. 20, members of the Oasis Pro Lucha Libre Wrestlers will be at a Sunset Social sponsored by the art center.
The free event is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the art center. It will also feature photographs of the wrestlers taken by Anthony Delgado as well as custom cocktails from The Factory Bar and music from DJ Graham LP.
The new works will be on display until Nov. 21. The art center galleries are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays.
Coastal Cleanup Day is Sept. 21
You can help beautify the Richmond shoreline at an event next weekend.
The local group will meet at Shimada Friendship Park, 79 Harbor View Drive, at 9 a.m. They will pick up litter and other trash between 9 a.m. and noon.
Volunteers are advised to wear a hat and sunscreen. They are also asked to bring a bucket, reusable gloves and a water bottle.
Artist Erin McCluskey will be doing her part. She will be picking up beach litter for material to incorporate into her mixed media work.
Top image: Members of the Oasis Pro Lucha Libre Wrestlers group will be at the Richmond Art Center on Sept. 20. Credit: Anthony Delgado
Dive into mixed media and exhibit your work in our galleries
We love showcasing student artwork! Create some mixed media magic in these fall classes and see your work featured in our galleries this winter.Learn more…
Oceanic Adventures with Acrylics and Mixed Media
Thursdays, 10am-12:30pm, September 12 – October 17 Teaching Artist: Jennifer Linderman Capacity: 11 Students
Immerse yourself in a magical underwater world as you learn to paint a vibrant array of sea creatures using acrylics and mixed media techniques.
Tuesdays, 10am-12:30pm October 1 – November 19 Teaching Artist: Jennifer Linderman Capacity: 11 Students
Unleash your inner flower power with the possibilities of pastels. We’ll use floral arrangements to explore techniques to make different pastel media sing.
Snapp Shots: Richmond Art Center has opened a new exhibit
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Richmond: “Sentinels & Saviors: Iconic Avatars” is a new exhibition on display at the Richmond Art Center now through Nov. 21 (richmondartcenter.org/exhibitions/sentinels-saviors), featuring the work of Oakland artists Kim Thoman and Joell Jones.
They say their goal is to encourage viewers to pay closer attention to themselves, their thoughts and their feelings. Neither artist is engaged in psychoanalysis or art therapy, but both bodies of work can be seen as avatars allowing for inner work of the heart and mind — a common theme of the two artists.
Jones’ large grouping of small paintings, called “Saviors,” invites you to follow her imagery as she connects to her unconscious.
“Those early months of the (COVID-19 pandemic) lockdown were used for self-exploration,” she says. “Pretending to be on a Buddhist retreat — something I had always wanted to do but never seemed to find the time — I spent the days observing my thoughts.
“Gradually, I became aware of a hidden pattern of behavior, a pattern unconsciously hardwired since childhood.”
Thoman’s art works, called “Sentinels,” integrate steel sculptures with oil paintings. They evolved from her wanting what she calls “protection” when she was recovering from uterine cancer, and the works were conceived during her chemo treatments.
“It was while my body was being wasted (and also ‘cured’) by the chemo, I felt the need for help to maintain my energy, a positive mood, a willingness to keep moving — all I’m putting in the category of ‘protection,’ ” she says.
“I never felt the effects of the cancer but was shocked at the ‘scorched earth’ aspect of chemo. I knew, of course, that chemo wasn’t going to kill me, but honestly there were days I didn’t care.
“But I don’t mean to complain. I’m one of the lucky ones. I know many have it much worse, and I’m 10 years cancer-free. I hope my ‘Sentinels’ might shine a light on others who also struggle with medical issues and, sometimes, the effects of the ‘cure.’ ”
Image: Kim Thoman’s “Sentinel No. 6” is one of the art works on display in “Sentinels & Saviors: Iconic Avatars,” a new exhibition at the Richmond Art Center.
