Richmond Art Center Archives

Richmond Art Center features artists abroad and close to home

By Rachel Waldholz | January 24, 2013

Artist Antonio Canet Hernandez entrusted a series of 95 block prints illustrating the Cuban Revolution to the Richmond Regla Friendship Committee in 2003. A decade later, they are finally all framed and on display at the Richmond Art Center. This is a detail from Print 84, which is captioned, "On January 8, 1959, the triumphant entry of the Commander-in-Chief and his victorious guerrillas took place in Havana - Armando Hart." (Photo by: Rachel Waldholz)

Striking block prints illustrating scenes from the Cuban Revolution, pastel canvases full of memories from a childhood in Philadelphia, and a medley of photographs, sculptures and paintings from black artists throughout the Bay Area – in its first exhibitions of the year, the Richmond Art Center covers a lot of ground but keeps the connections…

Art on the Greenway exhibit a community effort to celebrate Richmond

By Sara Bernard | October 3, 2012 |

Photos from Art on the Greenway exhibit, Richmond Art Center

The Richmond Greenway got a huge makeover this summer – from colorful murals to mosaic benches to hand-welded bike racks – thanks to $65,000 in grants through Richmond’s Neighborhood Public Art program. The summer’s projects culminated in a multimedia exhibit at the Richmond Art Center called Art on the Greenway that will remain until November…

Richmond council approves funding to re-open Point Molate, close Bay Trail gaps

By Jennifer Baires | August 1, 2012 |

On Tuesday night, at the last city council meeting before a month-long recess, the council wrapped up by approving nearly a dozen expenditure items, most notably the resurrection of Richmond’s only beach—Point Molate.

Richmond Art Center celebrates 75 years

By Rachel Waldholz | September 23, 2011

The internationally renowned artist Richard Diebenkorn showed his drawings here. Tom Marioni, the conceptual artist known for the One Second Sculpture, was a curator here. Jasper Johns, credited with paving the way for both Pop Art and Minimalism

City’s economic future takes center stage at summit

By Mitzi Mock | September 14, 2011 |

Business owners, entrepreneurs and city leaders crowded the floor of the Civic Center Memorial Auditorium Tuesday morning to swap business cards, study up on market trends and discuss Richmond’s economic future–one that’s looking bright, if you ask organizers of the city’s second annual economic summit. The event, presented by the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, featured…

Creating a community of learners

By Christina Lopez | March 2, 2011

Since 2005, the Elders Learning Community has paired professionals in the community with elderly seniors learning lessons in areas such as astronomy, history, art. But time spent in these learning partnerships is teaching local volunteers other life lessons outside of these subjects.

A city enveloped in Blossoms and Thorns

By Becca Friedman | October 22, 2010 |

The Blossoms and Thorns exhibit is at Richmond’s Art Center, part of a series of events to highlight the story of the Japanese greenhouses of Richmond and their place in the city’s Japanese-American history.

Local eateries honored for contributions

By Robert Rogers | December 2, 2009

A trio of local restaurants that donated $600 worth of food for a workshop supporting a community art project were awarded “Small Business of the Month” certificates during Tuesday’s City Council meeting.