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This contract states the terms of agreement for the provision of table space at the Richmond Art Center’s 62nd Annual Holiday Arts Festival, hereafter referred to as “The Event”. Only persons or entities that have been approved as “no fee/community exhibitors” by the Richmond Art Center may sign this contract.
The Event will be held at Richmond Art Center, hereafter referred to as “RAC”.
All vendors and exhibitors are required to agree to these Holiday Arts Festival Exhibitor/Vendor Terms and Conditions. Upon receipt of Vendor’s/Exhibitor’s acceptance of the Terms and Conditions, RAC will provide Vendor/Exhibitor with an email confirmation of their participation in the Event.
Application approval entitles Vendor/Exhibitor, subject to the terms and conditions of this contract to the following during the Event:
a) The exhibit space(s) with table and chair/s as identified in their acceptance email;
b) Posting of Vendor’s/Exhibitor’s Business on Richmond Art Center’s website; and
c) One sign at the Event with Vendor’s/Exhibitor’s name.
Important Dates:
Contracts: Sunday, November 10
Vendor/Exhibitor Set Up: Saturday, December 7, 10am to 4pm OR Sunday, December 8, 8:30am-10am
Holiday Arts Festival: Sunday, December 8, 10am to 4pm
Vendor/Exhibitor Load Out: Sunday, December 8, 4pm to 5:30pm
TERMS
SCHEDULE: The Vendor/Exhibitor must adhere to the published Event Schedule and to any variations in the schedule that may have been introduced during the period of the Event at RAC’s sole discretion.
LIABILITY: Vendor/Exhibitor assumes all responsibility for the safety and security of its equipment and goods at the Event. RAC will not provide insurance for Vendor’s/Exhibitor’s equipment or goods while in transit or while on the Event premises.
SUBLETTING: Subletting the table is not permitted. The use of the table is limited to the Vendor/Exhibitor for which the exhibit fee described above has been paid.
DISPLAY LIMITATIONS FOR EXHIBITOR: Furniture, display equipment or merchandise may not protrude from designated space. The arrangement of the Vendor’s/Exhibitor’s merchandise and/or booth furnishings must also conform to the following requirements:
The Vendor/Exhibitor agrees to abide by any additional rules and regulations of the Facility.
No decorations, advertising, or signs shall be outside the booth space.
Signage should not visually obscure or block other vendors or open spaces. If you have questions about particular booth signage or decor, please contact us at amy@richmondartcenter.org
EXHIBITOR SIGNAGE
The Vendor/Exhibitor will be provided with a sign denoting the Exhibitor’s name.
The company must be the name of record on file with the Event.
Vendor/Exhibitor name must be visible at all times.
STORAGE OF CARTONS, ETC: All cartons and other containers used to transport merchandise and displays to the Event will be stored under the table only. RAC does not have storage for items beyond the Exhibitor space.
DEFAULT: The Vendor/Exhibitor shall be in default under this contract for any failure to comply with any of the terms and conditions hereof.
COMPLIANCE: Vendor/Exhibitor will at all times comply with RAC’s policies and all applicable laws and regulations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Vendor/Exhibitor:
PROHIBITED MATERIALS: shall not bring or permit any weapons, flammable, explosive, or volatile material or material under high pressure, including gasoline, kerosene, propane, or other fuels/combustible into the Facility. The Vendor/Exhibitor shall not bring or permit any illegal substances.
CODE OF CONDUCT: will ensure that all Vendor/Exhibitor personnel attending the Event comply with these Terms and Conditions and refrain from engaging in unlawful, harrassing, threatening, discriminatory or otherwise objectionable acts.
RETURN OF SPACE: The Vendor/Exhibitor will vacate the space by 5:30 pm on December 8, 2024, and leave the Facility in the same condition as when first occupied. Installation materials (nails, screws) in display walls must be removed. RAC will take responsibility for patching and painting holes.
PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE RELEASE: RAC reserves the right to photograph and document the Vendor/Exhibitor and the Vendor’s/Exhibitor’s merchandise for publicity, educational, and fundraising purposes. RAC will use reasonable efforts to credit the Vendor/Exhibitor.
LICENSES AND PERMITS: The Vendor/Exhibitor, at its own expense, will obtain all licenses, permits, and approvals required and pay all taxes, including, but not limited to sales tax, which are accrued during the Event. The Vendor/Exhibitor will be responsible for all sales conducted at Vendor’s/Exhibitor’s table.
INDEMNIFICATION: TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, VENDOR/EXHIBITOR SHALL DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD RAC AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES (COLLECTIVELY, THE RAC INDEMNITEES) HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, ACTIONS, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, EXPENSES (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES), LOSSES, OR LIABILITIES INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST AN RAC INDEMNITEE FOR INJURY (INCLUDING DEATH) TO PERSONS OR DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO PROPERTY, TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH CLAIMS, ACTIONS, DAMAGES, EXPENSES, LOSSES, LIABILITIES, FEES, COSTS OR PENALTIES ARE CAUSED BY OR ARISE OUT OF VENDOR’S/EXHIBITOR’S PRESENCE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE EVENT.
ETIQUETTE: The Vendor/Exhibitor is prohibited from entering another Exhibitor’s display without permission. Vendors/Exhibitors displaying audio or video products are to keep the volume at a minimum level in respect to other Exhibitors, Attendees, and The Event.
Holiday Arts Festival 2024 Exhibitor/Vendor Terms and Conditions
Holiday Arts Festival 2024 – Participating Vendor Information
EVENT DETAILS
62nd Annual Holiday Arts Festival
Sunday, December 8, 2024, 10am-4pm Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond Event webpage: richmondartcenter.org/haf
Unique, Handmade Gifts by Over 50 Local Arts & Crafts Vendors
Famous Ceramics Studio Sale
Free Art Activities
Zine Zone and Community Partner Pop-Ups
Raffle, Food and Drinks, and More!
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.
PARTICIPATING IN THE HOLIDAY ARTS FESTIVAL
Vendor Set Up: Saturday, December 7, 10am to 4pm OR Sunday, December 8, 8:30am-10am
Holiday Arts Festival: Sunday, December 8, 10am to 4pm
Vendor Deinstall: Sunday, December 8, 4pm to 5:30pm
Richmond Art Center provides: Vendor contract, table, chair/s, vendor sign (if needed), wall space (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 vendor gallery on Richmond Art Center’s website.
Set-Up, Vendor Hours, Load-In/Out Information:
Vendor/Participant Set-Up: Saturday, December 7, 10am to 4pm OR Sunday, December 8, 8:30am-10am
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. Parking and Entrance Map
Holiday Arts Festival: Sunday, December 8, 10am to 4pm
Load-Out: Sunday, December 8, 4pm to 5:30pm (All items must be removed on Sunday.)
Tables, Signage, Installation:
You will be provided with a full (6-foot) or half (4-foot) table as specified in our original agreement. Please note that bringing your own additional tables is not allowed, as there is no space to accommodate them.
We will provide 2 chairs for 6-foot tables and 1 chair for 4-foot tables (unless you requested otherwise).
Tables will be covered with white paper. You are welcome and encouraged to bring table coverings for your table.
We cannot store items or packing materials for you. All items must be stored under your table if you need access to them.
Artisan Vendors will be in the Main, South and Community Galleries.
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 artwork 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.
If you requested wall space, you are welcome to hang artwork and signage on the wall directly behind your vendor table. Please bring your own tools and hanging hardware. Be sure to remove all hardware, tape, etc., during load-out. Richmond Art Center will handle patching and painting the walls.
Lastly, when setting up your space, please be considerate of those around you. If your display blocks the visibility of neighboring vendors or impedes visitor flow, you will be asked to make adjustments.
Wifi:
Use this network to access our wifi: GUEST (no password)
We are boosting our wifi capacity for the event, however we cannot guarantee flawless wifi coverage. We highly recommend vendors test their wifi connection and payment systems are working during set-up on Saturday, December 7.
This contract states the terms of agreement for the provision of table space at the Richmond Art Center’s 62nd Annual Holiday Arts Festival, hereafter referred to as “The Event”. Only persons or entities that have been approved as exhibitors by the Richmond Art Center may sign this contract.
The Event will be held at Richmond Art Center, hereafter referred to as “RAC”.
All vendors and exhibitors are required to agree to these Holiday Arts Festival Exhibitor/Vendor Terms and Conditions. Upon receipt of Vendor’s/Exhibitor’s acceptance of the Terms and Conditions, RAC will provide Vendor/Exhibitor with an email confirmation of their participation in the Event.
Application approval entitles Vendor/Exhibitor, subject to the terms and conditions of this contract to the following during the Event:
a) The exhibit space(s) with table and chair/s as identified in their acceptance email;
b) Posting of Vendor’s/Exhibitor’s Business on Richmond Art Center’s website; and
c) One sign at the Event with Vendor’s/Exhibitor’s name.
Important Dates:
Contracts and Fees Due: Sunday, November 3
Vendor/Exhibitor Set Up: Saturday, December 7, 10am to 4pm OR Sunday, December 8, 8:30am-10am
Holiday Arts Festival: Sunday, December 8, 10am to 4pm
Vendor/Exhibitor Load Out: Sunday, December 8, 4pm to 5:30pm
TERMS
FEES AND PAYMENT DEADLINE: Vendor/Exhibitor agrees to pay RAC a Table Fee per their allocated table size and membership status (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). Failure to pay the Table Fee in full by Sunday, November 3, 2024 will result in loss of exhibit space.
CANCELLATION AND REFUNDS: The Table Fee will be refunded to Vendor/Exhibitor ONLY if the event is canceled by RAC.
SCHEDULE: The Vendor/Exhibitor must adhere to the published Event Schedule and to any variations in the schedule that may have been introduced during the period of the Event at RAC’s sole discretion.
LIABILITY: Vendor/Exhibitor assumes all responsibility for the safety and security of its equipment and goods at the Event. RAC will not provide insurance for Vendor’s/Exhibitor’s equipment or goods while in transit or while on the Event premises.
SUBLETTING: Subletting the table is not permitted. The use of the table is limited to the Vendor/Exhibitor for which the exhibit fee described above has been paid.
DISPLAY LIMITATIONS FOR EXHIBITOR: Furniture, display equipment or merchandise may not protrude from designated space. The arrangement of the Vendor’s/Exhibitor’s merchandise and/or booth furnishings must also conform to the following requirements:
The Vendor/Exhibitor agrees to abide by any additional rules and regulations of the Facility.
No decorations, advertising, or signs shall be outside the booth space.
Signage should not visually obscure or block other vendors or open spaces. If you have questions about particular booth signage or decor, please contact us at amy@richmondartcenter.org
EXHIBITOR SIGNAGE
The Vendor/Exhibitor will be provided with a sign denoting the Exhibitor’s name.
The company must be the name of record on file with the Event.
Vendor/Exhibitor name must be visible at all times.
STORAGE OF CARTONS, ETC: All cartons and other containers used to transport merchandise and displays to the Event will be stored under the table only. RAC does not have storage for items beyond the Exhibitor space.
DEFAULT: The Vendor/Exhibitor shall be in default under this contract for any failure to comply with any of the terms and conditions hereof.
COMPLIANCE: Vendor/Exhibitor will at all times comply with RAC’s policies and all applicable laws and regulations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Vendor/Exhibitor:
PROHIBITED MATERIALS: shall not bring or permit any weapons, flammable, explosive, or volatile material or material under high pressure, including gasoline, kerosene, propane, or other fuels/combustible into the Facility. The Vendor/Exhibitor shall not bring or permit any illegal substances.
CODE OF CONDUCT: will ensure that all Vendor/Exhibitor personnel attending the Event comply with these Terms and Conditions and refrain from engaging in unlawful, harrassing, threatening, discriminatory or otherwise objectionable acts.
RETURN OF SPACE: The Vendor/Exhibitor will vacate the space by 5:30 pm on December 8, 2024, and leave the Facility in the same condition as when first occupied. Installation materials (nails, screws) in display walls must be removed. RAC will take responsibility for patching and painting holes.
PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE RELEASE: RAC reserves the right to photograph and document the Vendor/Exhibitor and the Vendor’s/Exhibitor’s merchandise for publicity, educational, and fundraising purposes. RAC will use reasonable efforts to credit the Vendor/Exhibitor.
LICENSES AND PERMITS: The Vendor/Exhibitor, at its own expense, will obtain all licenses, permits, and approvals required and pay all taxes, including, but not limited to sales tax, which are accrued during the Event. The Vendor/Exhibitor will be responsible for all sales conducted at Vendor’s/Exhibitor’s table.
INDEMNIFICATION: TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, VENDOR/EXHIBITOR SHALL DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD RAC AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES (COLLECTIVELY, THE RAC INDEMNITEES) HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, ACTIONS, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, EXPENSES (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES), LOSSES, OR LIABILITIES INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST AN RAC INDEMNITEE FOR INJURY (INCLUDING DEATH) TO PERSONS OR DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO PROPERTY, TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH CLAIMS, ACTIONS, DAMAGES, EXPENSES, LOSSES, LIABILITIES, FEES, COSTS OR PENALTIES ARE CAUSED BY OR ARISE OUT OF VENDOR’S/EXHIBITOR’S PRESENCE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE EVENT.
ETIQUETTE: The Vendor/Exhibitor is prohibited from entering another Exhibitor’s display without permission. Vendors/Exhibitors displaying audio or video products are to keep the volume at a minimum level in respect to other Exhibitors, Attendees, and The Event.
Holiday Arts Festival 2024 Exhibitor/Vendor Terms and Conditions
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who made our Día de los Muertos celebration this past weekend such a beautiful success! Fall Family Day was alive with art-making, music, dancing, and food—a community event to cherish.
This day wouldn’t have been possible without the incredible talents of artists Vane Hernandez, Luis Garcia, Joell Jones, Kim Thoman, Rachel-Anne Palacios, and Julia LaChica, as well as intern Ronaldo González, who designed the coloring pages!
And shoutouts to Lily Ochoa for her event photography and Gladys Vasquez for designing the beautiful event poster.
A big thank you to our partners at ArtsCCC for their support (we see you, Esther Rojas Soto, Jenny Balisle, and Silvia Ledezma!).
And finally, we send many thanks to Danza Azteca Teokalli who created the community altar and then showed us how they dance is how they pray. We are grateful for the opportunity to link hands with all of you as we sought permission from Mother Earth and the Four Directions in preparation for Día de los Muertos.
Richmond-based artist Daniel “Attaboy” Seifert is fascinated by transition and transience. Both of these fascinations are expressed in his solo show, “Portal,” on view at San Francisco’s 111 Minna Gallery through December.
“If you look up at the stars, we are nothing. An atom on the back of nothing,” Seifert said in a phone interview. Paintings such as Collision, which depict asteroid-like rock formations floating in groupings, speak to his belief of the “beauty and wonderment” of our short time on Earth. In Organica, vividly colored mushrooms and flowers explode from an unknown source. In Anthro Study 1, a multifaceted being appears to reach for … a finger hold? The sun?
And although he spoke about turning 50, and thinking “Do I have 25 good summers left?” with characteristic whimsy, he also disparaged the concept of living every day as if it is one’s last, noting that someone who actually did that would be unbearable to everyone around them.
SOLO SHOW In Attaboy’s acrylic painting titled ‘Organica’ (left) vividly colored mushrooms and flowers explode from an unknown source; ‘Sigh’ consists of 100 silk-screened pieces that Siefert altered. (Photos courtesy of Daniel Attaboy Seifert/111 Minna Gallery)
Another image from the current show, Sigh, consists of 100 silk-screened pieces that Siefert has altered so that each one is different. The spherical character popped into his head one day, he said, and he has enjoyed replicating and re-visioning it.
Siefert’s section of the gallery also features painted cut-outs hanging from the ceiling, “asexually reproducing?” Seifert suggested, and inviting a feeling of “falling up into the sky.”
He spoke about his painting method, saying, “I draw with paint … I make paintings that are complete messes—and then the line comes in and saves the day.” He shares the idea of pop artists, such as Warhol, “looking at things that are really around us. Will we ever see a Campbell’s soup can the same way?”
Influences include Alexander Calder, Maurice Nobel, Eyvind Earle, Dr. Seuss and the futurist Syd Mead, renowned as the creator of “futurescapes” for films such as Blade Runner. A mentor once told Seifert, “If you’re not breathing correctly, you’re not ready.”
PORTAL AT MINNA Paintings such as ‘Collision,’ which depict asteroid-like rock formations floating in groupings, speak to Seifert’s belief of the ‘beauty and wonderment’ of our short time on Earth. (Photo courtesy of Daniel Attaboy Seifert/111 Minna Gallery)
Seifert is also known for inventing what is now a global event: Game of Shrooms Art N Seek. In June 2019, seeking a way to work through depression, he began hiding mushroom sculptures, inspired by ceramic mushrooms created by his grandmother, in public areas. Using social media, he challenged “hunters” to find and then keep them.
The game took off, especially during the pandemic, and mushrooms have been hidden and found as far afield as the South Pole. Atta’s partner, artist Annie Owens, helped devise some of the game’s “leave no trace” rules, including the admonition, “You don’t need to be destructive to be subversive.”
Seifert said, “It’s always different and fantastic. I’m just guiding it at this point.” He added that school groups and art supply stores now sponsor meet-ups before the event. The next “Game” is scheduled for June 14, 2025. He has also created “Shroombots,” articulated, poseable sculptures, viewable on yumfactory.com.
Even before Game of Shrooms, Seifert and Owens partnered on a project with worldwide impact: Hi-Fructose Magazine. In a previous interview by this writer for East Bay Magazine, Seifert said that the idea for Hi-Fructose “started as a dare while we were dating.” They knew starting a new print publication was risky, but couldn’t find coverage of the art they found provocative and inspiring.
So in 2005 Hi-Fructose launched, and has now become sought-after, with both American and European editions. In 2009, “New Contemporary Art” was added to the masthead as a sort of tongue-in-cheek definition of what the publication covers. “[It was] just redundant and absurd enough to make a perfect blanket term for what we like to cover,” said Seifert during the EBM interview.
The magazine remains print-only, and runs no advertorials. Galleries and museums carry it, and this year it was celebrated with a 10-year retrospective, “Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose,” which premiered at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art. Publisher Abrams Books described the hardcover book, Hi-Fructose: New Contemporary Fashion, published in 2019, as “a stunning visual exploration of the intersection between the worlds of wearable art and fashion.”
DYNAMIC DUO Atta’s partner, artist Annie Owens, is co-founder of Hi-Fructose Magazine and Game of Shrooms; her art, including ‘Nocturne’ (right) will soon be showcased at the Nielson Arts Gallery in Berkeley. (Left photo by Franklin Avery and Katy Castro; right image courtesy of Annie Owens)
Despite all this, Seifert said, up till now he has been puzzled by lack of recognition in his “backyard,” Richmond. But this will be remedied starting in January, when the latest version of his ever-evolving exhibit “Upcycled Garden,” first seen at Oakland’s UMA Gallery, will open at the Richmond Art Center. The RAC describes it as “a sculptural diary of consumption.” As his website says: “While beautiful and organic on the outside, when many of the sculptures are flipped over, you can see a visual diary of consumption (gluten-free pizza, Covid tests, light bulb and Amazon boxes, etc.) that is used to create them.”
A local exhibition, opening Feb. 1 at the Nielson Arts Gallery in Berkeley, will also showcase Owens’ elegant and often mysterious work. In an email, she said, “The new work [will] reflect my inner monologue around womanhood, and all the changes a female body undergoes (because yay menopause!). [The work will also reflect] accepting that I never quite fit with social standards as a ‘quiet’ person.”
She added, “and finally [the work reflects] ‘Where do I fit as a mixed-race person in a culture that is finally beginning to openly discuss race, privilege and prejudice.’”
Daniel ‘Attaboy’ Seifert exhibit, ‘Portal,’ showing through Dec. 31 at 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco. (With the ‘Here Comes the Howellman’ exhibit of Jay Howell’s work.) 415.974.1719. 111minnagallery.com
‘Upcycled Garden,’ showing Jan. 22-March 22, 2025 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Ave., Richmond. Opening reception Jan. 25 1-3pm. 510.620.6772. richmondartcenter.org‘Annie Owens: New Work,’ showing Feb. 1-28, 2025 at Nielsen Arts Gallery, 1545 Solano Ave., Berkeley. 510.525.8968. nielsenarts.com
TOP IMAGE: Daniel ‘Attaboy’ Seifert, co-founder of ‘Hi-Fructose’ magazine and the Game of Shrooms, exhibits his art at San Francisco’s 111 Minna Gallery through December. (Photo by Franklin Avery and Katy Castro.)
If you haven’t already, please pay your Vendor/Artist fee online.
Other Payment Options: Fees can be paid via check, cash, or credit card at Richmond Art Center during gallery hours, Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm. Checks can also be mailed to:
Richmond Art Center 2540 Barrett Avenue Richmond, CA 94804 (Make checks payable to ‘Richmond Art Center’, Attention: Holiday Arts Festival Vendor Fee.)
Once your fee is paid and the terms are agreed upon, you will receive your final confirmation via email (please allow 2-3 days to receive this).
Art for a turbulent era: At a time when it’s hard not to focus on the tension, strife, controversy and bad mojo swirling around, here’s an exhibit illustrating how the key to serenity lies within each of us. “Sentinels & Saviors: Iconic Avatars,” on display at the Richmond Art Center, features work by Oakland-based artists Joell Jones and Kim Thoman, who encourage viewers to “pay closer attention to themselves, their thoughts and their feelings.” Jones, who works with a variety of media, shows paintings here. Her colorful, abstract and ethereal works of various sizes represent different facets of herself as she invites viewers to visit the “unknown world” in which her images take life. “I have painted a woman engaged in a struggle for transformation and my paintings portray her as a fluid, shape-shifting creature adrift in liminal environments,” Jones says. Thoman’s large, steel figures, in a sense, stand guard over Jones’ works, each with an oil painting on canvas at its center. She compares her works to Chinese Terracotta Warriors designed to offer protection in the afterlife. “When I was recovering from a serious illness, I decided I’d like an army of bodyguards for protection in this life,” she says. “Sentinels & Saviors” is on display through Nov. 21 at the Art Center, 2540 Barrett Ave., in Richmond’s Civic Center Plaza. The Center is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. On tap this Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. is “Make Your Own Avitar at Fall Family Day” led by Jones and Thoman. Admission is free. More information is at richmondartcenter.org.
Richmond Art Center preps for ‘Día de los Muertos: Fall Family Day’
By Kathy Chouteau | October 15, 2024
The Richmond Art Center (RAC) is diving in to the spirit of the season with a free-admission “Día de los Muertos: Fall Family Day” Saturday, Oct. 19 from 12-3 p.m.
The center’s courtyard will come alive with art activities, music and a live performance by Danza Azteca Teokalli, which is presented in partnership with Arts Contra Costa County (ARTSCCC).
Activities offered up that day by the RAC will span the gamut from a Community Mural with Luis García (@luismayanx) to Repujado with Rachel-Anne Palacios (@devikaspalacio) to DIY Smudging with Vane Hernandez to Make Your Own Avatar with Joell Jones and Kim Thoman and Día de los Muertos Coloring Pages. DJ José Ruíz (@mundomuzik) will spin the tunes. The RAC’s galleries will also be open for viewing and a Gallery Search and Find activity.
Volunteers are still needed to help out with the event. Interested parties can learn more and sign-up here.
The RAC is located at 2540 Barrett Ave. in Richmond; RSVPs for the event are not necessary.
Location: Richmond Art Center (courtyard and galleries), 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804
Each year, Richmond Art Center hosts our annual Fall Family Day, a free celebration open to the public with art activities, food, and live performances. This year’s event will celebrate Día de los Muertos and is happening on Saturday, October 19, from 12pm to 3pm.
To make this event a success, we rely on the support of amazing volunteers. Volunteers help set up booths, assist Teaching Artists, serve food, and greet visitors. We still need volunteers for this year’s event and would love to have your support!
HOW TO SEE THE VOLUNTEER POSITIONS & SIGN UP
Click the IVolunteer button below
Scroll Down to the section titled ‘Fall Family Day’
Read through positions and time slots and find the one that works for you
