Riverside Arts Center

Mission: To offer, promote, and nurture dynamic arts and cultural programs through arts education, performing arts, and visual and fine arts activities that serve and engage the community in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, and the surrounding area.

A hub of artistic ventures, Riverside Arts Center (RAC) produces and hosts various fine and performing artist activities. The facility is accessible and includes an art gallery, artist studios, dance studio, rehearsal studios, and a theater. The Riverside Arts Center offers a platform and support for artists and arts organizations. With a primary focus on the Ypsilanti community, Riverside Arts Center provides artistic programming to the surrounding areas in Jackson, Livingston, Monroe, Washtenaw, and Wayne counties.

The Riverside Arts Center values the quality of programs produced and presented is determined by both their impact in the community and their alignment with Riverside Arts Center’s mission and values. Riverside Arts Center is often the first place that community members experience the arts in Washtenaw County. It’s accessibility regarding space and content, draws a large audience base across generations and backgrounds.