Become a member
The Riverside Art Center is a regional anchor for creative practice and learning. Home to galleries, artist studios, and a school that showcases the art of our time, RAC serves as a hub for artistic exploration and community engagement.
Your membership is key to sustaining this work
We create opportunities for creative expression and engagement with new ideas in our Riverside Community.
We uplift the work of Chicagoland artists through a diverse range of exhibitions, publications, youth classes, and professional development opportunities.
SUPPORT OUR WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. Join today!
Art in Community
Riverside Arts Center artists share their ideas and creativity in the community through exhibitions in the Riverside Town Hall.
Our building hosts a stunning new mural by internationally acclaimed artist Collin van der Sluijs celebrating our area's importance in bird migration and treasured natural landscape while adding to the economic vitality of our region.
Art in Learning
The Riverside Art Center engages youth in art education and leadership through our classes and workshops with local and regional artists. Local teens work at RAC in the summer, gaining valuable hands-on professional training in the arts.
Art in Collaboration
The Riverside Art Center brings local communities and artists together in collaboration with events and presentations and our upcoming collaboration with the Frederick Law Olmsted Society walking tours and talks.
Your continued support is vital to our ability to offer creative opportunities and continue sharing this important work in our community.
Member benefits include discounts on classes and purchases, and the opportunity to exhibit your work in our members exhibition in July
Member Benefits Include:
10% discount on RAC classes and workshops
10% discount on art purchases from our exhibitions
opportunity to exhibit in our Annual Members Exhibition
opportunity to exhibit your childs’ art in our Annual Kids Show
Please consider joining as a Publication Patron Member
Keep the RAC Freeark Gallery’s exceptional catalogue publications program going strong by supporting us at the Publication Patron level. This annual membership level includes, as our gift, a copy of Riva Lehrer: Exquisite Radical, as well as complimentary copies of our two newest publications Laura Kina: Over the Rainbow, One More Time and Matthew Girson: Plot Structure. As a Publications Patron Member your name or organization will be listed in RAC Catalogs and you will receive one free copy of all Catalogs RAC produces while you are an active paying Publication Patron (We generally publish one or two catalogs per season).
All Riverside Arts Center Memberships have the opportunity to participate in RAC’s Annual— Members Exhibition + Kids Show