About: Timothy B is a multimedia artist who is recognized internationally for his vibrant murals and afro indigenous tattoos. His art is greatly inspired by his afro futuristic perception of reality along with his African ancestral background. Art has always been a passion for Timothy, since his tender ages of attending art classes at his elementary school.
Through art and passion, he hopes to inspire, elevate, and alleviate people from the fear of not feeling ‘capable’. His message is that “anything is possible when love, faith, focus, and urgency is the foundation”. With a “go getter” attitude, Timothy has positioned himself to paint walls for clients such as Whole Foods, Empire Entertainment, and PG&E, all within a year’s time.
He is greatly influenced by what he describes as “the ghost from his past along with his peaceful frustrations of the future”. Over the course of the last five years, Timothy has attended community college courses in pursuit of expanding his technical skills in art. In the near future, he plans to travel globally while sharing his passion for art with communities across the world.
About: Akeem Raheem is it Bay Area native graffiti artist with ties to Detroit Michigan. He transformed from illegal graffiti-art on walls to graffiti-inspired art on canvas. Akeem is very vocal about the irony and humor he sees in life, and advises you to laugh at life too. This is graffiti art that you normally see on walls and trains on a take-home canvas.
Issue 12 Let’s Keep Going | Art of the African Diaspora | Spotlight On… Vera Totos | Classes Starting Soon Play the Art Cube Game
Let’s Keeping Going
Thank You!
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed so generously to Richmond Art Center’s end-of-year campaign. We raised $78,500 that sets us up for a great start in the new year! (If you didn’t get a chance already, donations can still be made online here: https://richmondartcenter.org/support/
It will be a long time before we know how deeply 2020 has transformed our community and our country. But we are optimistic 2021 can shine. Thank you again to all who are part of Richmond Art Center’s story.
Online Exhibition Dates: February 11 – May 16, 2021 Artist Registration Deadline: Sunday, January 24, 2021, 11:59PM
“Art of the African Diaspora is an exhibition that introduces African Diaspora art to new audiences, but also provides fresh insight into its artists and their Bay Area experiences. We are excited that the 2021 program will be a virtual hybrid which we anticipate will expand our audience.”
– Stephen Bruce, artist and Steering Committee Chair, AOTAD
Learn expressive weaving with artist Vera Totos! In this two-day online class students will jump right into creating their own scarves on 4-shaft table looms borrowed from the instructor. Vera will teach improvisational techniques such as rya knots, clasped weft and soumak, as well as loom-controlled patterning. This is a great opportunity for beginner weavers, as well as folk with some weaving experience who would like to venture into free improvisation or try out shaft looms. Sat-Sun, Jan 23-24, 10am-12pm
About the Artist: Vera Totos weaves, felts, paints, dyes and spins fibers that make up the fabric of our lives. Vera lives in the Bay Area and manages The Fono Arts and Crafts. You can find her online at at thefono.com or veratotos.com.
In this class young artists will fill the pages of their art journals with fun projects using watercolors, colored pencils, ink, marker, paint, folded paper, and found objects. Sign up for one class or as many as you like!
Teen Class (Ages 12-17) Wednesdays, 3:30-5pm Jan 20 – Feb 10
Artists, sign up HERE to join Art of the African Diaspora 2021!
Art of the African Diaspora, in partnership with Richmond Art Center, supports artists of African descent in the Bay Area through representation, professional development, and building a creative community.
In 2021 Art of the African Diaspora will be hosted at aotad.org and richmondartcenter.org. All artists who register to participate will be included in the online exhibition with an individual webpage highlighting their work. Artists can also host virtual or in person* open studios, artists talks and other events in conjunction with Art of the African Diaspora.
“Art of the African Diaspora is an exhibition that introduces African Diaspora art to new audiences, but also provides fresh insight into its artists and their Bay Area experiences. We are excited that the 2021 program will be a virtual hybrid which we anticipate will expand our audience,” says Stephen Bruce, artist and Steering Committee Chair, AOTAD. “Each artist reveals a special story and offers a unique view into the world they live and social connections that drive their creativity.”
Online Exhibition Dates: February 11 – May 16, 2021 Artist Registration Deadline: Sunday, January 24, 2021, 11:59PM
Top image: Fadhili Rauf looks at artwork from Art of the African Diaspora, including a ceramic piece by Renata Gray (2019).
* No in person events will be held at Richmond Art Center. Individual artist events are subject to City and County health orders and compliance with the social distancing requirements.
Special Events: Information about satellite exhibitions coming soon!
About: A little about myself. I use bleach as my medium for fine art and items that are drawn from that creation include, greeting cards, tee shirts, and a newly released art book.
I was born in Little Rock Arkansas in 1940. Three years later during the Second World War, the family moved to Seattle where my father found defense work at Boeing. My career has given me a lot of interesting things to do, including a call to Hollywood, short-lived, however, and then becoming a board member of the Artship, a renovated ship of war that became a seaborne arts venue in Oakland, during which time I took care of much of the electrical work aboard the ship, even getting my name in the credits of two indie film made aboard-ship and some minor voice-overs. The ArtShip was forced to terminate in 2004. My first internet sale in 1997 was to a person of Zulu heritage from South Africa and one of the most recent to a Swedish representative of the Carnaval, a huge and sprawling global celebration that deals intensively with the peoples of the African Diaspora. For the 2003 Carnaval in San Francisco my bleach rendering of ‘Califia, Queen of California’ was chosen as the poster cover for that event. I have since been shown and honored in various schools and colleges such as Stanford, UCLA, Sonoma State, and Santa Rosa JC and a much longer and growing list. The introduction of bleach into my art has been a huge catalyst and in it, I find enough nuances to explore to take me the rest of the way. Until recently I was a member of the board of directors for Prescott-Joseph, a non-profit located here in Oakland.
Notes:
I currently have work that has been shown or sold in 15 plus countries, volume-wise, not as much as I would like but enough to tickle my ego. Even at my advanced age I still have a high level of energy and intend to play with the bleach into a far distant future. At least, I will give it a very good try.
Please contact me via my website at thearthurwright.net
Follow me on Instagram @thearthurw
Images*:
Figure 1 SiGiDiArt_ SAX A’FIRE aka, “MR!”_1
Figure 2 SiGiDiArt_SPIRIT FLIGHT_2
Figure 3 SiGiDiArt_MADONNA AND CHILD_3
*giclée prints available, please visit online store for prices in variable sizes, or email the artist
Draw a pattern or shape on each side of the cube (download and print the linked pdf below or create your own).
Cut the cube out.
Tape cube together.
Now it’s time to play! Roll the cube and on a piece of paper draw the shape or pattern that lands facing up.
Draw on your own or with other people. Keep rolling and keep drawing! Try different colors. Think about the placement of your drawings on the page. This is called composition. Have fun!!
After our first Ceramic Sale sold out in less that 48 hours we’ve decided to go again! Purchase work online by Shannon Abac, Marisa Burman, and Hanneke Steenmetz, then collect it at our curbside pick-up event happening this Thursday, December 17, 11am-2pm (or make an appointment to pick up at a different time). All proceeds benefit Richmond Art Center.
Send gift cards instantly to anyone! RAC Gift Cards are redeemable for all art classes; the perfect gift for creative folks, or folks who need a nudge towards accessing their creativity!
These beautiful drawings by Chris Ahn are only $150 (and at 11″ H x 17″ W will fit in standard size frames). Purchase online then come make a selection at our curbside pick up event happening this 12/17, 11am-2pm. All proceeds benefit Richmond Art Center!!
The Arts & Crafts Hub for the Holiday Arts Festival is an online space for Bay Area artists and makers to share and/or sell their work during the holiday season. Shop work by over fifty amazing artists!
Coloring sheet by J.P. McNicholas (https://richmondartcenter.org/instructables/friends-coloring-sheet/)
RAC will be closed December 19 to January 3.
To rest and regenerate Richmond Art Center staff are taking a coloring break.
Thank you to all – students, volunteers, partners and the community – who have supported us during this wild year. From our shelter-in-place to yours, we send out wishes for healing and peace through creativity in 2021.
Have something to share? Please email us at admin@richmondartcenter.org
How to shop: Sale launches at 12:01am on Friday, December 4, 2020 (that’s tonight!); at this time the ‘Buy Now’ links will go live on our website, and we will start featuring one piece per hour on our Instagram Stories.
So excited to have this new artwork available as a Thank You Gift. And in in the spirit of giving Richmond Art Center is paying forward 50% of the proceeds from this piece to the Richmond Emergency Food Pantry.
About the Work: This color screen print by Liberación Gráfica was created in the summer of 2020 in response to the Black Lives Matter Movement. City of Black and Brown Solidarity highlights Richmond as fertile ground for cross cultural solidarity and the ways we can fortify each other in the journey towards liberation. More about the piece…
Thank you Liberación Gráfica for contributing your work! Follow Liberación Gráfica on Instagram @liberacion_grafica.
Arts and Crafts Hub Spotlight On: Yelloh Joy Magazine
Yelloh Joy Magazine was created by San Pablo-based writer and editor L Holley. Published four times a year, the magazine provides a digital and literary platform for women of color creatives. Holley writes, “The artistic flow of designers, writers, music-makers, entrepreneurs and innovators are the DNA of what makes our work so great.” See sample copies of the magazine online here.
Yelloh Joy Magazine is one of fifty artists and makers in our Online Arts and Crafts Hub for the Holiday Arts Festival.
But don’t worry, registration for Winter 2021 classes opens very soon. Stay tuned!
Ritual Objects
Curiosidades de México III : Pantuflas
A Gift from Our Neighbors
Did you know Richmond Public Library has free craft kits for adults? Call the library 510-620-6561 to make an appointment to pick one up (while supplies last!).
