Key Members Show Dates
Our annual Members Show opens on June 13. Here are some important dates for those of you who will be showing your work. Deadline to Register: May 22 Drop off of artwork: Friday, May 26 & Saturday, May 27, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Opening Reception: Saturday, June 10, 5:00 – 7:00 pm Last Day […]
Parent’s Press Voting—It’s That Time of Year
It’s that time of year again… Parent’s Press is holding their annual vote for the Best Of in children’s classes and camps. We’d love your help to get gold stars for 2017! Last year we were thrilled to receive the gold in the categories for classes and camps. This year, you can vote for the Richmond Art […]
Mapping the Uncharted

The exhibition Mapping the Uncharted (March 21 – May 20, 2017) interpreted the art and uses of mapmaking. The five artists in the exhibition—Guillermo Galindo, Mark Garrett, Indira Martina Morre, Lordy Rodriguez, and Diane Rosenblum—used physical maps as a point of departure for reconfiguring impressions of geography, politics, and visual language.
Parking Update for May 6
Dear Art Center visitors, The adjacent parking lots will be closed on May 6 in the morning till early afternoon during the Cinco de Mayo parade down 23rd Street. If you need to bring art supplies to class, please give yourself some extra time to park in the nearby neighborhood.
Art Practical: John Zarobell and Seeing Power through the Map

Our Spring Exhibition, Mapping the Uncharted, was recently the subject of an essay by Bay Area curator and professor John Zarobell. Excerpted from his essay, “Seeing Power Through the Map,” in this month’s edition of Art Practical: The impulse of showing the state of the world through visual means is what maps accomplish even as the […]
Marking Space: Basic Instinct, Basic Impulse

April 1, 2017 The exhibition Marking Space (March 21 – May 20, 2017) included seven sculpture and installation artists who moved off the historical pedestal to establish measured distance, to examine the nature of material, and to expose structure. In diverse materials, Mari Andrews, Robert Brady, Genevieve Hastings, Jann Nunn, Gay Outlaw, Lucy Puls, and Tracey Snelling […]
Press Release: A Wealth of April Art Events at the Richmond Art Center
A calendar full of exciting Spring events takes place this month at the Richmond Art Center. Events are for everyone at the Richmond Art Center this April. Starting off the month on Saturday, April 1, a panel of artists from the Marking Space sculpture and installation exhibition. Artists Mari Andrews, Genevieve Hastings, Jann Nunn, Gay […]
One Week Left to Apply for the Open House Student Vendor Sale
We have a few spaces left for our current student artists to sell their work at our upcoming Open House on April 22. Click here to learn more and apply!
To our valued Richmond Art Center community
To our valued Richmond Art Center community: We add our voice and join with so many others who understand and value the crucial impact the arts and humanities bring to us as individuals, as members of our communities, and to our society, nationally and globally. The proposed federal budget estimates $54 billion in domestic program […]
Behind the Scenes of Marking Space
Behind the scenes when installing a new show can be adventurous work! Here are a couple of peeks from our new exhibition, Marking Space, which opens next Tuesday, March 21, at 10:00 am. But you can see everything this coming Saturday at our Opening Reception for Spring Exhibitions from 5:00 to 7:00pm. This unique survey […]