Richmond Art Center Presents 'California Girls' Exhibit

Press release from Richmond Art Center:

June 18, 2021

Richmond Art Center (RAC) presents a new exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of California Girls. The 1971 exhibition was the last show organized by groundbreaking curator Tom Marioni for RAC and included early works from the feminist art movement. Marioni was dismissed from his job at RAC shortly after the opening reception.

California Girls 2 can be viewed on Richmond Art Center’s website and includes recent work by 12 Bay Area artists who Marioni admires: Susan Backman, Mitra N Forouhar, Diane Andrews Hall, Mildred Howard, Mary Ijichi, Flicka McGurrin, Cheryl Meeker, Susan Middleton, Gay Outlaw, Diane Roby, Frances Valesco, and Catherine Wagner.

Accompanying the exhibition is a new interview with Tom Marioni. In Rewriting the Rules: An Interview with Tom Marioni Marioni discusses his time at Richmond Art Center with curator Shaelyn Hanes.

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