Press Release: Dewey Crumpler: Crossings

The inventive power of Dewey Crumpler’s shipping containers Richmond Art Center 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804 Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat, 10am – 5pm Exhibition: March 31 – May 30, 2020 Reception: Saturday, March 28, 5-7pm Artist Talk: Saturday, May 2, 11am Location: Main Gallery RICHMOND, CA: The Richmond Art Center announces Dewey Crumpler: Crossings, the […]
Bay Area Art Beat: Art of the African Diaspora

Host Susan Duham Felix interviews Stephen Bruce, Steering Committee Chair for the Art of the African Diaspora and the 2020 artistic achievement awardee artists, KaliMa Amilak, Zoë Boston and Abi Mustapha for Bay Area Art Beat, February 2020.
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 […]