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Pamela McCauley

Painter

The lower deck of the Bay bridge rendered in orange tones that fade into deep blue and purple tones. Car lights dot the road, leading to a vanishing point towards the right side of the canvas.

Julio Rodriguez

Painter; Visual Artist

Don Cresswell

Photographer

A woven tapestry of the artist sketching herself in the mirror of a room with brightly colored floral wallpaper.

Laura Kamian McDermott

Fiber Artist; Handweaving; Mixed Media; Visual Artist

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Carol MacMillan

Painter

Carol MacMillan is a painter whose work has followed color across decades, coastlines, and careers, from early oil studies in Florida to abstraction on the California waterfront. Her paintings sit comfortably in rooms that want both a calm, quiet...

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Marvin Perry Mann

Painter

A Richmond based oil painter producing abstract landscapes.

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Aissa Markey

Instructor; Mixed Media

Aissa Markey is a mixed media and collage artist. *Artist featured in 2024 Art Passages exhibition at the County Administration Building in Martinez, California.

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Carlos Martínez

Director; Earthworks/Land Artist; Literary Arts: Author, Poet; Mixed Media; Storyteller; Interior Designer

Is an architecturally trained, intuitively led multi-disciplinary artist + interior designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His works explores the relationship between space, material, and presence through a process of attunement: listening,...

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Pamela McCauley

Painter

“My memories of painting start at a young age. My mother was a painter so it was always a part of my life. I remember my parents dragging my sister and myself to art exhibits all over the Los Angeles area, particularly a Monet Exhibition. After...

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Erin McCluskey Wheeler

Instructor; Literary Arts: Author, Poet; Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist

Erin McCluskey Wheeler is a painter, collagist, writer, curator, and teacher based in Richmond, CA. Erin works in many series at once and across disciplines in painting, collage, works on paper, prints, essays, and poetry. There is always a careful...

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Monique McCoy

Literary Arts: Author, Poet; Performance Art; Spoken Word

Monique “Moe Ministry” McCoy is a spoken word Poet and the Author of Poetry’s Daughter. As a Bay Area poet, she brings a unique perspective to her work, blending the rhythms of hip hop and storytelling. Her poetry is both introspective and...

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Lisa McElroy

Visual Artist

I once created underground comics for 1980s/90s zines such as Option, The Bob, Snipehunt, Bust, and Action Girl Comics. I traveled throughout central and southern Mexico, studying folk art while working for an English newspaper as a cultural...

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Marsha Mees

Mixed Media

“I have no special talents. I am only persistently curious.” Albert Einstein. My art is an exploration of intuition, energy, and transformation. As an Intentional Creativity Teacher, Reiki Practitioner, and Yoga Nidra Facilitator, I approach...

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Hector Menares

Mixed Media; Painter

Hector Andres is a visual artist born in Santiago, Chile and raised in São Paulo, Brazil. Now based in Richmond Bay Area, California. He creates bold urban art that fuses street culture with mixed media and inlaid patchwork techniques. His artistic...

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Linda Miller

Painter

I am a painter who uses different mediums, including oil, acrylic, and cold wax. I have been a painter for over 40 years and hold a BFA from Idaho State University. Throughout my life, I have shown my work and taught art in various locations....

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Michael Moses

Mixed Media; Painter

I was born in 1951 and was greatly influenced by the abstract expressionist art of the 50’s and 60’s, Experimental and breaking the rules of what art could be. I graduated from the University of Kansas in 1976 with a bachelors degree in fine...

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Richard Muro Salazar

Fabricator; Muralist; Painter

“Soy Richard, un xhicano, Bay Area-born and raised muralist and custom fabricator that has been practicing my artistic passions for over 30 years. Being raised in Richmond, I naturally grew a love for my community which fueled my journey to become...

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