Richard was born at Travis A.F.B.California, in 1952.
He has lived in Ohio, Montana, Puerto Rico,
Europe, and currently in League City, Tex.
Education_________________________
University of Maryland,
Frankfurt, Germany 1970-72
San Jacinto Junior College
Pasadena, Texas 1973-74
University of Houston
B.S. in Art Education 1976
M.F.A.. in Studio Art, 1993
Parson, New York 1985
Texas Tech, Junction 1997
International Fine Arts College, Miami 1998
"I have been blessed that my job complements 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 retired as an art instructor at the Alfred C. Glassell Museum School of Art, teaching for 38 years. 2020
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, and a former President of the Houston Art Education Association
Association, and as an Advisory to the Board at The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake. Committee member of Keep League City Beautiful, Founding board member for the League City Patron of the Parks and Arts Foundation.
Included in over 220 exhibitions and 15 solo shows in the last 50 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. In 2004, received Houston's Art
Teacher of the Year from Culture Shapers for initiating a community Memorial Mural in honor of the
Columbia Crew. In 2010, he was honored as "Artist of the Year" at The Arts Alliance at Clear Lake Gala.
He is currently serving on the Keep League City Beautiful Committee and on the White Linen Night Art Festival Committee.
"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."
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