Visit Our Vendors at the Holiday Arts Festival!
The Holiday Arts Festival at the Richmond Arts Center is a great place to find unique gifts for the holidays for friends and loved ones! We’re proud to showcase so many local artists, including several of our own instructors. Below is a collection of some of the items that will be for sale here on […]
Holiday Arts Festival Live Auction Items!
Our incredible Holiday Arts Festival on December 5 features a Live Auction. All of our auction items are featured below, with descriptions to entice art collectors and people seeing unique lifestyle experiences. We hope to see you at our event! A limited number of tickets are still available… please call us at 510-622-6772 to purchase […]
First Preview of Silent Auction Items at Holiday Arts Festival!
Just some of the fantastic art you’ll see on display at our Silent Auction at the Holiday Arts Festival! Our South Gallery is filled with beautiful art right now, in anticipation of our daytime event, which is free and family friendly! All of this wonderful art will be available for bidding at our silent auction. Please join us […]
Mobile Fab Lab Design Contest Update
Richmond High School student Arion Smith created this design, titled Quantum Physics, for the Mobile Fab Lab’s Design contest sponsored by Chevron, and the West Contra Costa Unified School District. Winning designs will be part of the trailer housing the mobile version of the Fabrication lab that will travel throughout the county, supporting students who […]
Press Release: Holiday Arts Festival Celebrates 53rd year at the Richmond Art Center!
Doors Open Saturday, December 5 at 11 a.m. Shop for unique, handmade ceramics, arts and crafts gifts and fine art while supporting the oldest, largest visual arts center in the East Bay. RICHMOND, CA — Mon., Nov. 9, 2015—On Saturday, December 5, 2015, the largest community event and fundraiser for the Richmond Art Center returns […]
Press Release: Student Artists to Enter Fab Lab Design Challenge!
Student Artists Invited to Enter the Mobile Fab Lab Design Challenge West Contra Costa Unified School District students can see their Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) designs permanently displayed on the new Mobile Fab Lab RICHMOND, CA October 13, 2015 –Chevron, the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) and the Richmond Art Center […]
AIC Would Like Your Mural Help!
South Richmond’s Kennedy Park is undergoing a massive redesign, the majority of which will be completed on October 24th at a community build day. AIC is a key part of this effort by holding a community mural panting class, led by community muralist and educator Fred Alvarado. Fred is taking a group of adults and teens through a collaborative design process, and the group […]
Welcome Francisco Rojas!
We’re excited to welcome our new intern from California College of the Arts (CCA), Francisco Rojas! He will be working with us on Fridays and Saturdays 9 – 3. Francisco is studying photography at CCA and is a graduate of Richmond High School. He works at RYSE as their teen photo instructor and his work […]
Old School Slide Show: Jean Cacicedo and Ellen Hauptli
Come see a slide show at the Art Center on Sunday, November 1st from 1:30-3:30pm. More details to follow!
In Memoriam: June Schwarcz
In Memoriam: June Schwarcz June 10, 1918 –August 2, 2015 Born in Denver, Colorado, June Schwarcz was a legend in the field of metal enamel sculpture. After studying industrial design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, Schwarcz pioneered unconventional, electroformed and electroplated metal nonfunctional sculpture. Schwarcz utilized the traditional bassee-taille enameling technique, which involves cutting […]
