The Frostic School of Art is pleased to welcome you to the James and Lois Richmond Center for Visual Arts. As the region’s newest visual arts center, we are proud of our unique role at Western Michigan University in presenting new and emerging visual arts with excellence in education.

The Richmond Center for Visual Arts is composed of three large gallery spaces. The Albertine Monroe Brown Gallery is for temporary exhibitions. The Rose Netzorg and James Wilfrid Kerr Permanent Collection Gallery is for special exhibits from the University Art Collection. The Eleanor R. and Robert A. DeVries Student Art Gallery is dedicated to student and alumni work. These extensive galleries allow us to showcase a year-round calendar of events exhibiting regional and national works by modern and contemporary artists.

As a venue for new and internationally recognized artists, the Richmond Center for Visual Arts offers the opportunity for extensive interior and exterior installations as well as state-of-the-art digital, audio and video presentations and performance art. The Richmond Center for Visual Arts is uniquely positioned along with Dance, Music and Theatre as part of the College of Fine Arts to illuminate our community with a broad range of unprecedented exhibitions and educational experiences.