Radiant Souls Is an invitation to reflect on all the evoking and mysterious symbols that get suspended in our memories, making the familiar objects an incitement to explore beyond our desires and look deeper into our reality.
NIAD Volunteer Applications are Open for 2024! On February 10th we're opening the 23rd Street Gallery doors early for current and prospective volunteers. Ask all your questions about volunteering at NIAD (application questions? how many hours?) while enjoying refreshments and a sneak peek at the new exhibition "Radiant Souls" before the doors open to all NIAD guests at 1pm. The NIAD Volunteer Program is a way for community artists, art lovers, and disability justice advocates to work directly with NIAD artists and staff to support our mission. Volunteers are needed in every corner of NIAD: the studio, exhibitions, multimedia and Read More ...
Radiant Souls Is an invitation to reflect on all the evoking and mysterious symbols that get suspended in our memories, making the familiar objects an incitement to explore beyond our desires and look deeper into our reality.
Join Senator Scott Wiener as he proudly presents the exhibition HUES, featuring twenty-five exceptional Black artists from the Bay Area. Hosted at Senator Scott Wiener's Office in the State of California Building, San Francisco, this showcase will run from February 22 to March 30, 2024.
Raven and Shana Harper have dedicated themselves to their art practice for decades. During their time in the NIAD Studio, they have moved fluidly through different medium to create bodies of work that explore a wide breadth of themes. From flora and fauna, family, sisterhood, pop culture icons and civil rights leaders, this exhibition highlights the multi-disciplinary practices of Raven and Shana Harper.
We didn’t always get along. We spent some years apart but when we both came to work at NIAD, our relationship grew deeper and stronger. Without my sister I don’t know what I would do. She’s my world. I am happy that we have a show together and I know it will be amazing and exciting.
All of the artists in the show, We Make Art in Richmond, really do exactly that. There are twenty artists here who work in a wide range of disciplines, from bookmaking, textiles, ceramics, printmaking, poetry, and painting.
Half of the artists work out of NIAD’s 23rd Street Studio and the other half work out of their homes or studios scattered throughout Richmond. There are artists who have put in decades making art and some that are just getting started.
In putting together this show, I wanted to shine a light on artists working in Richmond. I wanted this show to feel inspiring and exciting for future and present artists in our community. There are twenty artists in this show, but there could easily have been four times as many artists who are excelling at their craft, sharing their work globally, giving back to their communities, and making it happen here in Richmond.