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Spring Exhibitions 2013
March 23  -  June 1, 2013  
Reception: Sat, March 23rd,  2-4pm
Gallery/Office Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 am–5 pm
Free parking | Wheelchair Accessible

Main & West Galleries
Innovations in Contemporary Crafts
A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Crafts in California

Innovations in Contemporary Crafts is a juried exhibition of California artists. The show explores innovations in the traditional craft mediums of ceramics, wood, glass, metal, fiber, enamel, paper and jewelry. We survey artists who are forward thinking in their approach to materials and application. The juror is Monica Moses, Editor in Chief of American Craft magazine.

South Gallery
Excavating Layers

This exhibition of mixed-media artwork illustrates how artists excavate new and historic images and materials to reveal particular tensions between figuration and abstraction and create new layers of visual and conceptual meanings. These layers signify the multiple systems that one experiences every day- home, community, society, nature, history, the world at large and one’s place within order and chaos. Artists included are Tony Berlant, Shenny Phillips Cruces, Brian Dettmer, Monika Lin, Brian Rutenberg, Robert Sagerman, and Dana Hart Stone.

Community Gallery
The 48th Annual WCCUSD Student Art Show
Exhibition Dates: March 23 – April 27
WCCUSD Reception: Friday, April 19, 5:30-7:30

Now in its 48th year at the Richmond Art Center, the Annual West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) Student Art Show is a collaborative project between WCCUSD and the Richmond Art Center. Artwork by secondary school students fills the walls with their diverse visions and individual creative voices.

Community Gallery
RAC Artists-in-the-Schools
& Community Programs
Exhibition Dates: May 4 – June 1
This past fall, the Art Center went back to school, providing arts enrichment opportunities for youth participating in after school programs at Lincoln Elementary and Helms Middle School. Our new outreach program will extend to the Nevin and Shields Community Centers in early 2013 and the Richmond Library in summer 2013. This exhibition showcases the artwork created in these programs and celebrates the importance of art as a crucial educational tool.

Community Gallery
Steve Mainini: Working in the WCCUSD- A Retrospective
Exhibition Dates: May 4 – June 1

This retrospective offers an in-depth look at the works that artist and art teacher Steve Mainini has created while teaching art at John F. Kennedy High School over the last 8 years. During this period Mainini has experimented with different processes, mediums and themes in his work.