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Richmond Art Center
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The Richmond Art Center is a leading visual arts center in the East Bay, offering diverse arts experiences to people of all ages. They provide hands-on learning, well-equipped studios, traveling art programs, and rotating exhibitions featuring both emerging and established Bay Area artists.

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Richmond Art Center

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Clay Monoprinting

Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA

This class is for those who want to expand their creative expression! Learn the unique process of printing from a clay slab surface to develop one of a kind monoprints. Student's designs, patterns and artistic expressions can be quickly and easily transferred from newsprint via colored clay slip, to a damp clay slab or, expressions can be painted directly onto the clay slab for printing.  The printing process begins, using a special paper called...

(13) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$150

2 sessions

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Faces (Ages 5-7)

Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA

Students will draw and paint faces of people, animals, monsters, and original cartoon characters, plus sculpt faces from clay and wood pieces, learning what makes each face unique and expressive.  Important things to note: The drop-off time for afternoon camps is between 1:15 PM and 1:30 PM. You must walk your student into the building to the check-in table and sign them in.  The pick-up time for afternoon camps is between 4:30 PM and...

(13) All levels 5 - 7 years old
No upcoming schedules
$170

5 sessions

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Improv Games (Ages 11-13)

Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA

Kids will channel their inner actor, learning improv games and other spontaneous art exercises. We'll laugh, learn, and think on our toes! Please Note: All materials provided by the Art Center. The drop-off time for afternoon camps is between 1:15 PM and 1:30 PM. You must walk your student into the building to the check-in table and sign them in. The pick-up time for afternoon camps is between 4:30 PM and 4:45 PM. An authorized adult must come...

(13) All levels 11 - 13 years old
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$170

5 sessions

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Teen Ceramics (Ages 14 - 17)

Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA

An introduction to ceramics. Teens will learn hand-building techniques, creating functional and sculptural pieces. Materials included.

(13) All levels 14 - 17 years old
No upcoming schedules
$150

7 sessions

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Monotype Printmaking

Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA

Explore the techniques of monotype: applying paint and printing ink directly onto a plexiglass surface and passing it through an etching press. Allowing only one print, monotype is not intended for production but rather for the expressive and painterly effects that cannot be achieved by other printmaking. Brayers, paint brushes, drawing tools and paper will be used to apply ink and also to mask areas. Teens 16 and over welcome. Black, Yellow,...

(13) Beginner 16 and older
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$165

5 sessions

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Glass Blowing: Wine or Beer Glass

Richmond Art Center @ 833 S 19th St, Richmond, CA

Learn how to blow an air bubble into molten glass and shape it into a finished pint glass or stemless wine glass for everyday use. Learn how to utilize a mold and various tools at the workbench. Choose from a selection of colors for a truly unique work of art. Class is held at Slow Burn Glass in Richmond: 833 S 19th St, Richmond, CA 94804.

(13) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$160
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Figure Drawing & Painting Studio

Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA

Students will work independently from a live model. All non-fuming 2D media welcome. Sessions will include longer and shorter poses, and new poses each week.  Model fee included. This is an uninstructed class lead by a studio monitor. Required Materials: Bring any odorless 2D media that your are comfortable using. Please use only odorless solvents.

(13) All levels 18 and older
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$175

5 sessions

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One-Day Pendant Workshop

Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA

Need a present for the holidays? Make something cool-no soldering required. This One Day Workshop is perfect for beginners and others who want to experiment with sawn settings and saw-pierced designs. Be on time--first 90 minutes is your chance to learn and/or practice sawing, by making a sample pendant. Next, select a stone and metal, a template or pattern, (or use your own design) and get to work! You will learn lots, get some skills practice AND...

(13) All levels 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$180
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Pinching Party

Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA

Come coil and pinch the day away with clay and make several functional or decorative vessels. Coiling and pinching techniques as well as various forms will be demonstrated. Clay provided.

(13) All levels 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$155

2 sessions

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Perceptual Motion: A Stop Motion Animation Primer

Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA

Everyone should experience the fun and creativity of Stop Motion Animation, and here is your chance. Participants will be introduced to Stop Motion Animation with puppets using clay, wire, and colored paper as a form of personal expression. This form of film and media art will be familiar to fans of King Kong, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Gumby and Pokey, and of course, Wallis and Gromit. Today’s new technology takes this once painstaking art...

(13) All levels 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$150
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Print and Fold

Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA

Learn to turn your two dimensional prints into three dimensional shapes. Using screen printing or block printing we will design imagery to be viewed from multiple angles. Learn how to make unusual box forms folded in paper and experience your printed image in a whole new way! Materials fee of $15 due to instructor day of.

(13) All levels 14 and older
No upcoming schedules
$150

3 sessions

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Stop Motion Animation Spark (Ages 14 - 17)

Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA

This three hour introduction to doing Stop Motion Animations on an iPad will give you just the spark you need to do animation on your own. You will be introduced to Stop Motion Animation using clay, wire, and colored paper as a form of personal expression. This form of film and media art will be familiar to fans of King Kong, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Gumby and Pokey, and of course, Wallis and Gromit. This workshop introduces basic concepts...

(13) All levels 14 - 17 years old
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$150
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Intro to Illustration

Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA

In this five week course we will delve into the world of illustration! We will learn about illustration as a communicative art that is used to narrate books, magazines, newspapers, and advertising. Illustrators must create eye catching work, but also be able to hold an audience with a story and a message. We will learn the process of making a successful illustration, from concept and sketching thumbnails to making color studies and seeing the final...

(13) Beginner 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$165

5 sessions

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Designing & Carving Stone

Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA

Gain insight into gem and mineral attributes for working with stone. Dig into designing a stone pieces and applying freeform carving techniques, tips and tricks I've learned over years of exploration in lapidary arts. Some working knowledge of lapidary arts recommended. Required supplies: Materials fee of $40, due to instructor. Impact-resistant safety glasses (mark with your initials)

(13) All levels 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$190

5 sessions

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Storytelling in Etching

Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA

Have you ever wanted to tell a story with your jewelry? By using etchant and layering metal you can bring texture, depth and narrative to your jewelry. This class will cover two methods for etching, PNP (Press & Peel) and scratch relief, cold connection and review successful design techniques.  Student’s will have the option to create a brooch, pendant or belt buckle for their final project. Required Supplies: Materials Fee: $25-50...

(13) Beginner 17 and older
No upcoming schedules
$190

5 sessions

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Earrings and Bezels

Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA

A class for beginners and experienced beginners! This project based course is designed to get you up to speed with basic skills like measuring, sawing, filing, soldering, hammering and forming, while making, hoop earrings and finally, bezel settings, for use in self designed pendants or as earrings. Twists and turns as well as additional projects are available for more experienced students. Personalized guidance for your own projects as well. Something...

(13) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$190

4 sessions

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Gilding for Artists

Richmond Art Center @ 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA

Learn how to apply gold leaf and incorporate gold into art work. The beauty of gold is legendary and signifies transcendence in many cultures.  Learn the basic techniques of water gilding and oil gilding, producing softly textured or highly burnished gold areas, lines and details.  Materials fee of $25 to the instructor on the day-of.

(13) All levels 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$160

2 sessions

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Figure Drawing on Zoom

Richmond Art Center

This class will cover techniques used in figure drawing, such as: gesture, contour, shading, foreshortening, and composition. In addition, it will cover various materials used in figure drawing such as vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, conte crayon, ink and pastel. We will look at figure drawing in art history as well as contemporary use of the figure in art making. Class 1: Gesture Drawing Class 2: Contour Class 3: Values, Shading, Hatching...

(13) All levels 17 and older
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Planting Creativity

Richmond Art Center @ Virtual Classroom

Planting Creativity is a mixed media class for students interested in an introduction to herbalism. Using techniques such as illustration, collage and watercolor, we will explore some of the uses of safe, gentle plant medicines that can be found in our neighborhoods, gardens and kitchens. This class will engage students who enjoy folklore, botany, observational drawing, use of our five senses and a curiosity about how to take care of our health....

(13) All levels 13 and older
No upcoming schedules
$162

6 sessions

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XENOGENESIS: Black Sci-Fi Making Space

Richmond Art Center @ Virtual Classroom

A Xenogenesis is something that is unlike either or any of its parents. The moment that we are in is calling for originality! Science Fiction author Octavia E. Butler has left us stories to spark our imaginations and Charlyn Griffith-Oro wants to explore science fiction and multimedia making with YOU! It´s important more than ever to stretch your imagination. This class incorporates guided meditation, prompted sketch journaling, collage and sculpture...

(13) All levels 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$175

5 sessions

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