Now is the time to start crafting your holiday gifts
Now is the time to start crafting your holiday gifts Sign up for these classes so you can get creative to give creative this holiday season! Watercolor with a Splash In-Person Discover how to splash, drip and manipulate paint to create intriguing effects. Students should feel comfortable using watercolor paints. Adult Workshop (16+)Saturday, October 1510am-4pm […]
Community Ofrenda at Richmond Art Center
Community Ofrenda at Richmond Art Center RAC’s community ofrenda featuring beautiful artwork by Danial Camacho is up in our west gallery. Daniel invites community members to contribute items that honor their loved ones. He says, “Through an ofrenda we commemorate and remember the life and death of our loved ones. It is a celebration that […]
Meet Teaching Artist Eva-Maria Spampinato
Meet Teaching Artist Eva-Maria Spampinato Eva-Maria Spampinato is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher and historian investigating art and design through the modes of craft, alchemy and the natural world. We spoke with Eva-Maria about her creative practice and the upcoming class Artechnē: Art & Technology of Paints she will be teaching at Richmond Art Center. Please introduce […]
Wee Poets Features Richmond Art Center
Wee Poets Features Richmond Art Center View the show on Berkeley Community Media Channel 28 on Monday 10/10 at 8:30pm, Wednesday 10/12 at 5pm, and Thursday 10/13 at 5pm (or on YouTube HERE) For over thirty years Wee Poets on Channel 28 has supported literacy development through interviews with thousands of Bay Area children. This month Richmond Art […]
Cal Humanities: Focus on the Humanities Through an Interpretive Exhibition, “Emmy Lou Packard: Artist of Conscience”
Cal Humanities: Focus on the Humanities Through an Interpretive Exhibition, “Emmy Lou Packard: Artist of Conscience” Published by Cal Humanities on September 29, 2022 Link: https://calhum.org/focus-on-the-humanities-through-an-interpretive-exhibition-emmy-lou-packard-artist-of-conscience/ Image Above: Diego Rivera & Emmy Lou Packard painting for the Golden Gate International Exposition, on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, 1938-40. Photograph Gelatin silver print, vintage. Courtesy […]
Press Release: Día de los Muertos, Fall Family Day
Día de los Muertos Fall Family Day 2022 Saturday, October 15,12pm-3pm | Free Richmond Art Center2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804richmondartcenter.org/familyday2022 Richmond, CA: Fall Family Day at Richmond Art Center (RAC) will be a special celebration of Día de los Muertos on Saturday, October 15, 12pm-3pm. Kids of all ages and their grown-ups are invited […]
Hispanic LA: Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) – tejiendo solidaridad
Hispanic LA: Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) – tejiendo solidaridad https://hispanicla.com/mujeres-unidas-y-activas-mua-tejiendo-solidaridad-71278 Por Adriana Briff 09/10/2022 Ser mujer y migrante latina es enfrentarse a la soledad y a los desafíos económicos, sociales y emocionales diarios. Muchas veces nos gana el desánimo frente a los hostigamientos y la discriminación. Sin embargo hay espacios de encuentro y solidaridad desde donde […]
Latinx Heritage Month
Latinx Heritage Month A Message from RAC’s Executive Director Saludos RAC Community! Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! National Hispanic Heritage Month takes place September 15 to October 15 every year and is a time to recognize the histories, cultures and contributions of Hispanic/Latino/Latinx people living in the U.S.. During this month (and throughout the year) at […]
Artforum: Dewey Crumpler, Richmond Art Center
Artforum: Dewey Crumpler, Richmond Art Center Link: https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/202207/dewey-crumpler-88933 Pdf: https://richmondartcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Artforum-Dewey-Crumpler-Review.pdf Dewey Crumpler has long been preoccupied with the ways in which objects can be sites of exploration for what it means to be African American. One day in the mid-1990s, while out on his daily walk, he was transfixed by a tower of colorful steel […]
Rhythms of the Land Screening & Q&A w/ Director Dr. Gail Myers
11/16/22
Rhythms of the Land Screening & Q&A w/ Director Dr. Gail Myers Presented by Urban Tilth’s Black Caucus Wednesday, November 16, 5:30pm-8:30pm Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond Registration: https://x.gldn.io/R4Fselp0Eub Description Witness the stories of how Black farmers’ love of the land and dedication to community has enabled us to survive against overwhelming odds. […]
