Arts & Culture
Biannual Report
FY 2024-2025
City of Richmond | Arts & Culture Division
Presented by:
Nannette Beacham
December 16, 2025
1 Arts and Culture Division Guidelines
The following Arts and Culture Ordinances, Policies and Procedures documents were adopted on May 4th and May 18, 2021
• RMC 3.59 Arts and Culture Commission (Amended 5/18/2021) • RMC 6.50 Public Art Program (Adopted 5/18/2021)
• Public Art Policies and Procedures_v2 (Adopted 5/4/2021) • Public Art Master Plan
• Exhibit A: Public Art in Private Development Application Form • Exhibit B: Waiver and Release of VARA, CAPA, and other Artists’ Rights • Exhibit C: Public Art in Private Development Process Chart • Exhibit D: Public Art in Private Development Payment Chart 2 Arts and Culture
Division
3 Support non-profit art organizations and local artists by collaborating with City departments, outside governmental entities, community- based organizations, foundations, and residents
Administer the 1% for Public Art amongst development and improvement projects
Implement additional arts and culture programs such as the Neighborhood Public Art Mini-Grants and activities of Richmond Poet Laureate
Support the Richmond Arts and Culture Commission and Public Art Advisory Committee with staffing and administrative support Winifred Day,
Division Manager
Jordon Nesbitt,
Administrative
Assistant
Arts and Culture Division
Division Accomplishments FY 24 - 25
• Completed Community Art, Parchester Village 88
Mural Panels along Giant Road
• Selected 5 Neighborhood Public Art (NPA) Mini
Grant Recipients
• Completed 2 Year Term Richmond Poet Laureate
contract
• Conducted Technical Assistance Workshop to help
artists work with City of Richmond.
4 RECENTLY COMPLETED
Parchester Village
– 88-panel mural
($350k)
Osprey Bird
Sculpture ($75k)
NPA Mini-Grants
FY24-25
($65k)
Contra Costa
Family Justice
Center Sculpture
($10k)
2023-2025 Poet
Laureate
PUBLIC ART
PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES
5 CURRENT & DEVELOPING
Annual Arts
Organization Funding
- ongoing
($600k)
NPA Mini-Grants
FY2425- ongoing
($110k)
Cultural Plan
(100k)
Strategic Plan for Arts
Corridor
($50k)
Registry for Installation,
Maintenance, and
Repair General
Contractor Services
Professional
Photography Service for
Public Art inventory
($10K)
Public Art Storage
2023-2025 Poet
Laureate
Technical Assistance
and Professional
Development
Workshops – e.g.,
May 14 2025 workshop
Art Scholarships &
Recognition programs –
Academy of Art
University scholarship
($100,000 tuition value)
PUBLIC ART
PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES
6 Main Library
Renovation
murals &
sculpture ($319k)
Shields Reid C.C.
– five large-scale
projects ($525k)
Nevin Plaza
Artwork ($288k
Allen Brothers
mural & mosaics
($250k)
Harbour Way
Murals & Art
($247k)
IMTT sculpture
project ($200k)
These developing projects are funded through a combination of the 1% private development contribution, grants, and the 1.5 % Capital Improvement Project (CIP) contribution described in Ordinance No. 08-21 N.S
PUBLIC ART
PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES
DEVELOPING (Contribution Funds)
7 Current Public Art
Maintenance Projects
Annual sculpture
maintenance (Civic Center
& Ferry Building): $15k
Ferry Building graffiti
removal: no cost
Ookwe Park maintenance:
$10k BART tile cleaning: $5k
Mural Restoration Projects
8 Public Art Contributions & Funds
Private 1% Developers
CIP 1.5%
General Fund
RMC § 6.50.030 — requires private development projects valued over $500,000 private developers to provide 1% of Building Development Costs (via on-site art, an in-lieu fee, or a designated public art space).
RMC § 6.50.020 — Public Art Appropriation for City Capital Improvement Projects requires all City Capital Improvement Projects valued over $300,000 (including bond-measure and externally funded capital projects) to allocate 1.5% of total development costs for public art.
9 Capital Improvement
Projects 1.5%
Section 6.50.020 of the Municipal Code requires a
1.5 % public art contribution from qualifying Capital
Improvement Projects valued over $300,000.
• The Richmond Main Library
Renovation – Interior murals and
possible suspended sculpture –
approximately $318,928
(CIP 1.5 % contribution)
10 1% Private
Developer Fund:
Port Terminal 3
Mural by:
Brian Barneclo
Metal Sculptures By:
Miriam Klein Stahl
1% Private
Developer Fund:
IMTT Sculpture
• Proposed Concept
Design By Gordon Huether
& Partners
1% Private Developer Fund:
Allen Brothers Meat & Seafood Facility
Mural & Mosaic artwork
13 Proposed Mural Concept Design by Hungry Ghost Productions Proposed Mosaic Concept Design by Debbie Koppman
1% Private
Developer Fund:
Parchester Village
88 Panel Mural
Large Scale Community Art Project,
88 Soundwall Panels Painted, heavy
community evolvement, support by
multiple departments, and lead by
Muralist Richard Muro Salazar
• E.G. - Art $350,000 Meritage Homes
Richmond Country Club
• Community Engagement
• Multiple years to complete
• Public Works contribution $75,000 to prep
wall: clean and whitewash, and
encroachment permit
15 Shields-Reid Park
Art Sites
5 artist selected for
Sculptures, Mosaic,
Photography and
Mural Artwork
($345K)
State Grant: Shields Reid Community Center
Artwork and Concept Designs by
Shields-Reid Park Renovation Project
Artists: Edwin Marmanillo, Javier Rocabado,
James Moore, and Alexandra Bowman
16 17
Shields-Reid Mosaic Tile Class, Javier
Rocabado Rocabado
Shields-Reid Sculpture Class,
James Moore
Shields-Reid Photography
Class, Raymond Holbert &
Lewis Watts
Shields-Reid Mural Class,
Alexandra Bowman
Shields-Reid Architecture Class
Shield-Reid After School
Program Art
Activities & Initiatives
RACC:
• Administers NPA Mini-Grants
• Outreach at events: Cinco de Mayo,
Senior Health Fair, Park Rx, Literacy Fair,
• Technical Assistance Workshop
for Artists
• Serve as Panelists on Public Art
Selection Panels
Serve as Project liaisons
• Commissioner Recruitment
In Development:
• Approval and Acceptance of
Public Art Gifts
• Approval and Acceptance of
Private Developer Public Artwork.
• Art All Around Richmond
(Evaluation portal for publicly visible Art in
Richmond)
• RACC Reports
• RACC Annual Coloring Book
• RACC Biannual Mixer
• Art in the Parks
• Civic Center Paint Parties
• RACC Arts Space Activation
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Activities & Initiatives
Activities and Initiatives
• Provided Annual Arts and cultural program funding for Richmond’s largest Art organizations (NIAD, RAC, and EBCPA)
• Provide administrative support for RACC
• Administer the RACC Neighborhood Public Art (NPA) Mini Grant program
• Support Arts Corridor Strategic Planning
• Select Richmond Poet Laureate for 2yr term
• Manage Main Library Renovation Public Art Project
• Manage Public Art Inventory
• Resolve Artist professional challenges (CSLB, high Insurance requirements
• Conduct Annual Arts Vendor Technical Assistance Workshop to help artists work with City of Richmond.
In Development:
• RFQ/P Professional Photography service for Public Art Inventory • RFQ consulting services for Cultural Plan
RFQ to build Artwork IMR General Contractor database
• Manage IMTT Public Art Project
• Manage Allen Bros. Warehouse Mural and Mosaic Public Art Project
• Mural restoration
• Public Art Community Survey
• Public Art Projects
19 Arts and Culture Division
Activities & Initiatives
20 Requests:
• Additional staff capacity for marketing
• Financial Support for artists struggling with insurance costs • Better interdepartmental coordination
Needs:
• Community engagement
• Sustained General Fund & grants
Arts and Culture Division
Requests & Needs
21 Arts and Culture Division
Challenges & Barriers
High insurance
costs &
requirements
CSLB licensing
requirements
Need for CIP
tracking system
Equity & diversity in
artist selection
Departmental
coordination
challenges
Challenges:
• City Insurance Requirements for art small and large projects – cost prohibitive • Contractors State License Board requirements for Muralist C33, Tile C54, and General Contractors • CIP Fund Calculations paid at beginning of projects with quarterly reports • Respect for art efforts from staff and volunteer residents Barriers:
• Hard for many artists to adjust to new regulations – no longer waiving insurance • Internal Departments should learn art regulations for basic information • Professional vs Street artists – new regulations for larger projects 22 This presentation is respectfully dedicated to Winifred Day in recognition of her leadership and service to the Arts & Culture Division and the City of Richmond
23 Thank You
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