We’re thrilled to see the results of our collaborative project with SaveArtSpace. SaveArtSpace is a non profit organization that works to transform ad spaces into public art. For this project SaveArtSpace worked with curators from NIAD Art Center, Creative Growth, Read More …

You probably know about Jeremy’s amazing sculptures created from tightly rolling paper into tube forms that bent and twisted into shapes that often resemble the body of a lamp. But, Jeremy is also prolific drawer. Mainly working in India ink Read More …

As you know, it is a crazy time. A rather unbelievable time. But, it can also be a time of hope. Julie Mallis has selected a group show full of vibrancy and ebullience, with almost all works including a touch Read More …

As NIAD contemplates keeping our community safe and connected during a longer-than-expected Shelter in Place, we are thrilled to be offering a reinvented Exhibitions program in our 23rd Street windows in Richmond. Exhibitions are how our artists’ work finds its Read More …

Remember going places on a date… like to the movies? And then, maybe, grabbing a slice of pie for dessert? Boy, those were the days. And Katie Kimmel’s show helps bring those days back (digitally, at least). Enjoy!

I often say that NIAD is the artists’ spaceship… as staff, we just get on and get off. It is true that the artists, often with the long-term support of involved and engaged family members, are our permanent stakeholders. Many studio Read More …

“While we currently aren’t able to physically travel very far during this time of Sheltering In Place due to COVID-19, I wanted to select works that to me suggest a different form of travel, one that occurs inward,” explains curator Read More …

From the New York Times: “…Taken one by one, Billy White’s paintings at Shrine (through Aug. 2) are less of a digital challenge. Mr. White, a self-taught African-American artist working out of the National Institute of Art and Disabilities in Read More …

From Hyperallergic: “…Similarly to campaigns against Warren Kanders and the Sackler family, the letter calls for the removal of trustees whose business interests and political donations undermine the museum’s community-oriented work. In their place the letter demands ordinary museumgoers — Read More …

From The East Bay Times: “Bisa French, who has overseen the Richmond Police Department on an interim basis since September of last year, has been named the city’s new full-time police chief. French becomes the first Black woman to lead Read More …