ARTnews: ‘They’re Trying to Erase Us’: Chevron Takes Down Public Art Piece
Weblink: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/chevron-takes-down-public-art-piece-fencelines-richmond-1234670880/ ARTnews ‘They’re Trying to Erase Us’: Chevron Takes Down Public Art Piece Michael Cabanatuan BY SHANTI ESCALANTE-DE MATTEI | June 8, 2023 4:36pm In the middle of the night on May 15, a public art project in Richmond, California, disappeared without a trace. The project, titled Fencelines – A Collective Monument to Resilience, was a collection […]
San Francisco Chronicle: Chevron admits it took down public art project that criticized the oil giant
Weblink: https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/chevron-admits-took-public-art-project-18140972.php San Francisco Chronicle Chevron admits it took down public art project that criticized the oil giant Michael Cabanatuan | June 7, 2023 The mystery of who removed the colorful wooden slats of a Richmond public art project criticizing Chevron has been solved. It was Chevron, a spokesman for the oil company admitted on Wednesday. Fencelines, […]
San Francisco Chronicle: A huge Bay Area art installation near the Chevron refinery vanished. The artists say it was stolen
Weblink: https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/richmond-chevron-art-installation-missing-18136796.php San Francisco Chronicle A huge Bay Area art installation near the Chevron refinery vanished. The artists say it was stolen Michael Cabanatuan | June 6, 2023 A Richmond public art display championing social justice, criticizing Chevron and brightening a dreary industrial part of the city has vanished weeks before it was scheduled to […]
Press Release: Summer Exhibitions at Richmond Art Center
ANNOUNCING: Summer Exhibitions at Richmond Art Center June 28 – August 19, 2023Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-4pmExhibitions and events are all free and no rsvp is necessary Richmond, CA: Summer exhibitions at Richmond Art Center (RAC) bring Nahui Ollin to the main gallery. This large survey of work by esteemed Richmond-based artist Andrés Cisneros-Galindo is […]
A Letter from the Fencelines Project Team in Response to Stolen Artwork
DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION OF THE LETTER TO SHARE STOLEN: ‘Fencelines’ Collective Monument to Resilience To the people of Richmond and the Greater Bay Area, To the individuals, collectives and organizations that are on the ground fighting for environmental justice, To those that believe in the power of art, people and community to help us imagine […]
Summer Art Camp – Call for Youth Volunteers
Summer Art Camp – Call for Youth Volunteers Richmond Art Center is looking for youth and young adult volunteers to assist with our Summer Art Camp. Volunteers will assist Teaching Artists in the classroom (morning and afternoon shifts available), as well as support with lunchtime and student pick up. About Summer Art Camp: Summer Art Camp […]
East Bay Express: From the Ashes
East Bay Express From the Ashes: Richmond Art enter Captures the Devastation of California’s Wildfires Article weblink: https://eastbayexpress.com/through-the-fire/ Digital copy of the East Bay Express: https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=8808aae8-e6fe-4270-adb0-c95bab71909c Through the Fire By Lou Fancher | May 17, 2023 Ruth Morgan’s stark and provocative works at Richmond Art Center highlight climate change’s role in CA wildfires If artist […]
A Big Announcement from RAC’s Executive Director
A Big Announcement from RAC’s Executive Director Hello Friends, Save the date! On Saturday, August 5, 1pm-4pm, we’re having a community party to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Andrée Singer Thompson’s Guillermo, the Golden Trout (the large fish sculpture that adorns our building). Go Fish! will be Richmond Art Center’s first in-person fundraiser since the […]
KneeDeep Times: Humanity on the Fence
KneeDeep Times Humanity on the Fence by Jasmine Hardy | May 16, 2023 A new public art installation, called Fencelines, redefines the only barrier separating Richmond’s residential neighborhoods from the Chevron oil refinery: a wire fence. “It is a participatory project meant to engage folks and get a message to Chevron, but also gather visions that offer a future […]
The Richmond Standard: Guillermo the Golden Trout undergoes repairs for 25th anniversary
The Richmond Standard: Guillermo the Golden Trout undergoes repairs for 25th anniversary Article link: https://richmondstandard.com/richmond/2023/05/15/guillermo-the-golden-trout-undergoes-repairs-for-25th-anniversary/ By Mike Kinney On Monday, repairs on Guillermo the Golden Trout, which hangs above the Richmond Art Center on Barrett Avenue, was completed. A small team replaced two metal scales on the 50-foot-long fish. The repair is in honor of the […]
