Squarecylinder: Mildred Howard’s Spirit and Matter

Squarecylinder.com has just published a profound piece by Jeff Kelley on our current exhibition Mildred Howard: Spirit & Matter … it is truly illuminating and you can find it here. The exhibition runs through May 24: Mildred Howard @ Richmond Art Center Jeff Kelley, May 9, 2015 Mildred Howard’s quasi-retrospective installation of assemblages, mixed media prints, […]

San Francisco Chronicle: Mildred Howard’s Spirit and Matter

We are elated that “Mildred Howard: Spirit and Matter” has garnered such extensive media coverage. The San Francisco Chronicle has published a third piece on the exhibition; the newspaper’s latest contribution comes from columnist Leah Garchik, who penned her thoughts on Howard’s work. “Spirit and Matter” runs through May 24 in the Main and West Galleries. […]

The Eastside View: Mildred Howard’s Spirit and Matter

Writer and composer Charles Shere has written a deeply intriguing review of our exhibition, Mildred Howard: Spirit and Matter. He places her imposing work in an art historical context and illuminates its importance in contemporary society. More of Shere’s writing can be found on his blog, The Eastside View.   Installation, Mildred Howard: Spirit and Matter , […]

Art in the Community: Families Create Floats for Richmond’s Cinco de Mayo Parade

Art in the Community

Art in the Community Director Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez shares an exciting update on how the program is engaging Richmond families in support of one of the city’s most important cultural celebrations of the year, Cinco de Mayo: “Latino families are the students in a new class the Richmond Art Center is offering in collaboration with the […]

Richmond Pulse: Art Center Tours Unveil its Possibilities

Our first Saturday bilingual See & Make Art Tours are a favorite part of our month! We love opening our doors to new (and returning) families and kids, showing them the art in our galleries, hearing what they think and inspiring them to create art during a hands-on activity. Last month we were lucky to […]

A Conversation with Mildred Howard

March 29, 2015 Over the course of four decades, Mildred Howard has created rich and evocative work by taking common objects of daily life and infusing them with the spark of meaning to illuminate the underlying significance and historical weight of cultural form. In free-standing sculpture, in wall-mounted musings, in graphic explorations and in representations […]