Summer Mural Program for Youth
S.P.O.T.S: Supporting Peoples Outlooks, Talents, and Speech Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2pm to 4 pm The painting spot, the gathering spot, the spot light or epicenter of action. Public art is a powerful tool for community building. This program will introduce young artists to the means to create vibrant community art works. A cohort of twelve […]
Out of the Mouths of Beings: A Showcase of Richmond Art
6/25/21
Join us Friday, June 25, 3:30-5pm for an afternoon showcase of Richmond arts! In collaboration between Richmond organizations NIAD, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Richmond Art Center, and RYSE, we bring you “Out of the Mouths of Beings”, hosted by Richmond’s own Youth Poet Laureate, Sheila McKinney! This special online event will feature spoken […]
Press Release: Richmond Art Center to Receive $30,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
Richmond, CA: Richmond Art Center has been approved for a $30,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support the inaugural Richmond Artist Residency (RAR) for emerging artists. The 2021-2022 RAR artists will be local collective Liberación Gráfica, a group of young printmakers whose work explores community, culture and social justice through the lens of growing […]
Rewriting the Rules | With Love… Issue 23
ISSUE 23Rewriting the Rules | ED Update | Live Online Soon! | Summer Fun for Young ArtistsDon’t Forget the Catalog Rewriting the Rules California Girls 2 The 1971 exhibition California Girls was the last show organized by groundbreaking curator Tom Marioni for Richmond Art Center. Marioni was dismissed from his job at RAC shortly after […]
Pride: A message from RAC’s Executive Director
Dear RAC community, It’s June and Pride Month! Starting with the Stonewall Uprising in June 1969, this month celebrates and commemorates LGBTQ+ activism and culture through the years. At Richmond Art Center we celebrated Pride last weekend with Drag Queen Story Hour. In this special storytelling event with Drag Queen PerSia, families came together to […]
Press Release: California Girls 2
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 10, 2021 California Girls 2 Marking the 50th Anniversary of Tom Marioni’s time at Richmond Art Center California Girls 2: richmondartcenter.org/exhibitions/california-girls-2 Rewriting the Rules: An Interview with Tom Marioni: richmondartcenter.org/announcements/interview-with-tom-marioni Richmond, CA: Richmond Art Center (RAC) presents a new exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of California Girls. The 1971 exhibition was the […]
Rewriting the Rules: An Interview with Tom Marioni
By Shaelyn Hanes Tom Marioni is a San Francisco-based artist, curator, and writer who played a key role in Bay Area conceptual art in the 1970s—a movement in which artists used humor and action to intertwine art and daily life. Marioni moved to San Francisco from Cincinnati in 1959. His first major foray into the […]
Richmond Standard: Richmond Art Center to host Drag Queen Story Hour for families
Photo courtesy of the Richmond Art Center By Kathy Chouteau The Richmond Art Center (RAC) is celebrating Pride month by hosting a free online “Drag Queen Story Hour with PerSia” on Saturday, June 12 from 10-11 a.m. In an event geared toward kids and their families, PerSia will read A Day in the Life of […]
Summer Catalog Launch Party in your Inbox! | With Love… Issue 22
ISSUE 22The Latest Edition | Celebrating Pride | Live Online Soon! | Summer Fun for Young ArtistsTaller de comunicación gratuito (Free Communications Workshop) The Latest Edition Summer 2021 Class Catalog Our Summer Class Catalog is here! Register today for online classes starting weekly June through August. Summer 2021 Class Catalog PDF (download to print or […]
Drag Queen Story Hour!!
6/12/21
Saturday, June 12, 10am-11am, FREE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Richmond Art Center celebrates Pride with this special online event. Join PerSia as she reads A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss. This event is for kids and their families. About PerSia: With a pedigree from weekly performances at the late, iconic Esta Noche, […]
