Richmond Art Center Wins GOLD for ‘Best Art Gallery’ in 2025 East Bay Express Reader’s Picks
Thank you to everyone who voted for us. We’re honored to receive this award! See all the Arts & Culture Awardees: https://eastbayexpress.com/best-of-the-east-bay-2025-arts-and-culture/ We’re also proud that Richmond Art Center was recently recognized by the El Cerrito Chamber of Commerce with the Best Art Classes award.
Sponsor the Holiday Arts Festival
Showcase Your Business at the 2025 Holiday Arts Festival Promote your business to a creative crowd who wants to shop local! ABOUT THE FESTIVAL 63rd Annual Holiday Arts FestivalSunday, December 7, 2025, 10am-4pm | Admission is Free Every year, the Holiday Arts Festival welcomes over 1,250 visitors to shop for one-of-a-kind gifts from local arts […]
The Richmond Standard: Fall into art: Richmond Art Center unveils seasonal exhibitions
September 10, 2025 By Kathy Chouteau The Richmond Art Center’s (RAC) fall exhibitions from Sept. 24h through Nov. 20 transcend the viewing of art to invite experiential, tactile and communal encounters with it. Four exhibitions include Big Feelings, Unsettled Things/Things I Had to Leave Behind, Seeds of Tradition and Ebb and Flow. “These exhibitions invite people to experience art in ways that […]
Advertise in the 2026 Art of the African Diaspora Catalog
Expand the Visibility of Your Business in the Art of the African Diaspora Catalog! Ad Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025 Major exhibition at Richmond Art Center Event Founded in 1997 100-150 artists participate annually 20-30 satellite exhibitions and open studios Featured speaker events, special receptions, artist talks, live performances Reaches an annual audience of over […]
Press Release: This Fall at Richmond Art Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, August 28, 2025 This Fall at Richmond Art CenterFour New Exhibitions Invite Experiential, Tactile, and Communal Encounters with ArtBig Feelings | Unsettled Things/Things I Had to Leave BehindSeeds of Tradition | Ebb and Flow Exhibition Dates: September 24 – November 20, 2025Opening Reception: Saturday, September 27, 1pm-3pmSeeds of Tradition Artist Talk: October 11, 12:30pm, FreeBig Feelings Artist Talk: October 18, 2025, 11am-1pm, Free3D […]
3D Printing Pen Workshops with Xinchen Li 11/15/25
3D Printing Pen Workshops with Xinchen Li Saturday, November 15, 11am-12:30pm | $15 | Register Here Saturday, November 15, 1pm-2:30pm | $15 | Register Here Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA Join artist and sculptor Xinchen Li, whose work is featured in Unsettled Things / Things I Had to Leave Behind, for a […]
Art of the African Diaspora 2026 – Artist Registration Form
ARTIST REGISTRATION Art of the African Diaspora 2026
The Richmond Standard: Richmond Art Center launches afterschool ‘Art Club’ for teens
August 19, 2025 By Kathy Chouteau The Richmond Art Center (RAC) is creating a “third space for creative minds” with a free, afterschool “Art Club” for teens 13 to 18 years old. The Art Club will meet at the RAC Wednesdays from 3:30-6:30 p.m. starting Sept. 10 through Nov. 19. The program, made possible through […]
The Contra Costa Pulse: Richmond Art Exhibit Keeps Memory of WWII Incarceration Camps Alive
17 Aug By Joe Porrello During World War II, when her family was forced into an incarceration camp, Jeanie Kashima’s mother had no crib for her newborn, so she placed her in an orange crate. Nearly 80 years later, Kashima is turning that painful history into art, sharing her Japanese American family’s incarceration story through […]
New senior students (62+) can enroll in a fall art class 2-for-1!
Fall Semester Art Classes 2-for-1 SENIOR SPECIAL! This fall, we’re offering a special 2-for-1 deal for new senior (ages 62+) students! Two new students can take a class for the price of one. HOW IT WORKS: 1. Find a friend who’s also new to Richmond Art Center. 2. Choose your class together from our fall […]