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 […]
Press Release: 52nd Annual West Contra Costa Unified School District and Richmond Art Center Art in the Community Student Shows This Spring
52nd Annual West Contra Costa Unified School District and Richmond Art Center Art in the Community Student Shows This Spring Popular shows featuring the artwork of hundreds of local students return to the Art Center’s Community Gallery this season. RICHMOND, CA — March 9, 2017 — This Spring, the Richmond Art Center will present two […]
The Boundaries of Sculpture and the Alternate Meanings of Maps at the Richmond Art Center
The Boundaries of Sculpture and the Alternate Meanings of Maps at the Richmond Art Center Two new exhibitions, Marking Space and Mapping the Uncharted, bring new meaning to the traditional arts of sculpture and mapping this Spring. RICHMOND, CA — February 22, 2017 — In the new Spring sculpture exhibition Marking Space, opening on […]
