| Richard Williams |
"I have been Blessed, in that my job compliments my talents." "If I am not producing art, I am promoting it. If I am not promoting it, I am teaching it. If I am not teaching it, I am learning about it. If I am not learning about it, I am judging it. If I am not judging it, I am producing it.” Art is Williams' passion as well as his vehicle through life; racing on a journey to find his purpose. Richard Williams is currently an art instructor at Clear Springs High School and the Alfred C. Glassell Museum School of Art, teaching over 30 years. He graduated from the University of Houston with an M.F.A. in studio arts and a B.S. in art education. He has served on numerous art boards in Houston, including The Art League of Houston, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake, Artists Unlimited, a former President of the Houston Art Education Association, and on the Advisory Board to The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake. Included in over 170 exhibitions and 15 solo shows in the last 35 years, Richard's work has been displayed in Moscow, Mexico, Germany, the Cayman Islands and across the United States. Collections of his work can be seen in many top corporations, museums, institutions, and numerous private collections. Winning over 30 awards and several grants, Williams' artwork was the featured article in the Dec. 93 issue of Museum and Arts magazine and a segment on Steve Smith's Sunday. In May of 2001, Richard accepted a national award from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation at the National Museum of Art in Washington, D.C. Recently, in 2004; Williams received Houston's Art Teacher of the Year from Culture Shapers for initiating a community Memorial Mural in honor of the Columbia Crew. "I am not interested in art as a means of making a living. I am interested in art as a means of living a life." Unknown |
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| Artist, Educator, Juror, Advocate |