Here Is the Sea and Faces Without Noses, a pair of Richmond Art Center exhibitions, examine environmental and aesthetic themes. Nature and culture, again, do their eternal parallel-evolution dance, seen through sociopolitical/informational and aesthetic/poetic filters. It’s style-plus-content art that looks good and is good for us.

The El Cerrito painter and assemblage artist, who will be part of the Love Our Island Art Walk on April 12 in Alameda, turns to subject matter driven by everyday things: nature, discarded/found items, architecture, and the weather.

The Alameda sculptor is a master manipulator of artistic material.

The sculptor’s work reflects his interest in industry and nature but is informed in part by the art of his mentor and friend Bruce Beasley.

The Oakland artist catches viewers by surprise with her juxtaposition of media and subject matter.

Reem Assil invites artist Chris Gazaleh to celebrate food and heritage on canvas at her restaurant Dyafa.

‘Pioneers to the Present’ exhibition shares unique stories and hosts special events.

Choreographies of Disclosure seeks to empower queer and trans people who have experienced sexual violence.

The Oakland artist takes urban detritus with a former life and makes it something anew through artistic detour.

Naturalized American citizen artists show that, in the empire of art, people can have dual loyalties and resolve their cultural differences.