Skip to main content

The studio is safe. The road project was cancelled today. Thank you for protecting this place.

October 6, 2018

Save Will Richards Art Studio Catalina Island

Save Will Richards Art Studio Catalina Island

🏆 Won — 161 supporters Verified

Final supporters

J
Janet H.
S
Someone
S
Someone
L
Lee H.
D
Deirdre C.
D
Daniel h.
S
Sheila S.
S
Saundra L.
S
Susan H.
J
Jean H.
+151 more
Started by Anonymous 17 years, 5 months ago
We are an art studio, historic landmark, caretakers of many wild and migratory birds, botanical oasis on Catalina Island, creating an art studio for 34 years. Created by using all recycled materials, hosting many tourists who find us the highlight of their visit to Catalina Island. Now a developer wishes to create a road through Will Richards Art Studio. We need help from Audibon Society, Historical Society of California, Endangered and Endemic Studies of the Channel Islands, tell everyone to help Will Richards save his art studio from being scraped off the hillside.

Updates

August 10, 2018

The momentum is shifting toward protecting this mountainside. We are feeling the collective weight of your support now.

Reached 100 supporters

August 10, 2018

56 Comments

N
Norma Carlyon
8 years ago Featured

Simply unfair, SCICO used to refer to Bird Park, and its history, and then to the beautiful Will Richards Workshop and Studio.

I
Isabel Greco
8 years ago Featured

Ever since I was little growing up on the island and always wanting to go see the studio so I can be an artist one day...because of my childhood dream from looking at Will Richards art studio I am now an Art Major in college.

N
NICOLE RUSSO
8 years ago Featured

LOVE this historical landmark! Please preserve Will's studio! I've been an island visitor for 50 years...change can be good, but in this case it's not.

A
Armida Ruth
8 years ago Featured

This is a historic landmark its beautiful and Art and artists need to be protected and preserved, we have already lost so much that made Catalina unique i.e. Stables, beautiful paintings on roof of spa, historic tile from businesses let's save this.

K
Kevin pool
8 years ago Featured

Loved this place as a kid. Maybe the island company should strike a deal with will and sell tickets to the art studio. Everyone wins.

D
David and Dayla Sims
12 years ago Featured

The Pantheon is still standing for a reason: no developers were able to create roads for cars! Might you share this enlightened opinion also?

A
Anonymous
6 months ago

I've loved Will Richards and his studio since 1995! He and his art, his studio and the beautiful forest around it are a National Treasure! Save it at all costs! ❤️

A
Anonymous
6 months ago

I came upon Will Richard’s studio one day on vacation with a girl friend. He picked us up in his golf cart and and took us to his studio. I was fascinated and he became a good friend. Over the years we continued to work on the studio and connected on many levels. Now we are long estranged, but I often check his website to see how things are going. His is a special place and i hope he will always continue in his endeavor to provide the public with his art, his skill, and his beliefs. Judy