Richmond Art Center Begins Executive Director Search
For Immediate Release Richmond, CA, February 6, 2020 – The renowned Richmond Art Center announced today it has opened its search for a new Executive Director. The search will be led by an Executive Director Search Committee comprised of members of the Board of Directors and Richmond Art Center staff. The job description and contact […]
Press Release: Richmond Art Center Receives Grant from California Humanities
RICHMOND, CA: California Humanities has announced the recent round of Humanities For All Quick Grant awards. The Richmond Art Center is one of thirty-seven awardees for its event Revelation & Rebirth – The History & Practice of Collecting African-American Art.
KCRT Richmond: Art of the African Diaspora
Art of the African Diaspora, Artistic Achievement Awardees for 2020, KaliMa Amilak, Abi Mustapha, Zoë Boston and Steering Committee Chair, Stephen Bruce were interviewed by KCRT of Richmond. The Art of the African Diaspora exhibition is now on view at the Richmond Art Center until March 13, 2020. Join us for the Artistic Achievement Awardees’ […]
East Bay Express: Right Here, Right Now, Richmond
Lou Fancher writes about Right Here, Right Now, Richmond in “Five Richmond Risk-Takers,” in the East Bay Express, January 2020. “The Richmond Art Center’s Right Here, Right Now, Richmond is evidence of the city’s cultural breadth and of the art center’s role as a sake haven in the art workspace-starved Bay Area.” Five Richmond Risk […]
Press Release: Art of the African Diaspora
Featuring Over 150 Artists of African Descent Richmond, CA: The Richmond Art Center announces Art of the African Diaspora, an exhibition featuring over 150 artists of African Descent. The exhibition will be on view in the Richmond Art Center’s Main and West Galleries from January 14 through to March 13, 2020. This exhibition will be accompanied by self-guided open studio […]
Press Release: 57th Annual Holiday Arts Festival Returns to the Richmond Art Center
Free, family-friendly arts and crafts festival includes over 55 local artist vendors, community partners and food vendors, holiday café and free art activities for all ages RICHMOND, CA: The Richmond Art Center invites holiday shoppers to experience a day of custom-made arts and crafts, jewelry, ceramics, textiles, packaged goods, clothing and accessories made by local […]
East Bay Monthly: Born to Be Wild
Janis Hashe writes about Countersteer in her article “Born To Be Wild,” featured in The East Bay Monthly (November 2019). Hashe writes, “The show revs up the viewer’s imagination – whether you own a Harley or not.” Pdf link: http://richmondartcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/TheMonthly_Countersteer_Nov2019.pdf Countersteer: Custom Motorcycles as Self-Expression on view until Friday, November 22, 2019.
PG&E Planned Power Outage: How it will affect the Richmond Art Center
As you may have heard, a Red Flag Warning has been issued for several Bay Area counties, which could initiate a PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff in the next 24 hours. While Richmond is listed as one of the cities possibly affected, current maps on the PG&E site show us as in the clear. That could change at any […]
‘Or, the Whale’ Tours America (and new posters for sale!)
We are excited to announce that Jos Sances‘ Or, the Whale is scheduled to appear at locations across California, Massachusetts and Kansas starting this month. Sances’ impressive life size scratchboard drawing of a sperm whale drew large crowds to the Richmond Art Center when it was featured in the fall exhibition Here is the Sea […]
Press Release: Richmond Art Center Announces Fall 2019 Exhibitions
Richmond, CA: The Richmond Art Center’s fall exhibitions Countersteer; Thresholds; Pause, Gap, Omission; Ready and Waiting and Rich Reality will run from Tuesday, September 10 through Friday, November 22, 2019.
