Richmond Center for Visual Arts facts for kids

Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, front of building from fountain, fall 2012

James and Lois Richmond Center for Visual Arts is a visual arts center at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. It was opened on March 9, 2007 and was dedicated on Thursday, April 12, 2007. Along with Kohrman Hall Studios, the Richmond Center for VIsual Arts houses the Gwen Frostic School of Art.

The Richmond Center for Visual Arts is made up of three galleries on the first floor. These galleries are the Albertine Monroe-Brown Gallery for rotating exhibitions, the Netzorg/Kerr Gallery for special exhibits and showings from the University Art Collection, and the Eleanor R. and Robert A. DeVries Student Art Gallery for student and alumni exhibitions. The Richmond Center for Visual Arts also includes two lecture halls, administration and advising offices, the WMU Design Center, a graphic design classroom and studio space, a small computer lab and a print center.