2nd Friday Art Walk
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Enjoy galleries, open studios, art exhibits, live music and refreshments as you stroll in downtown San Rafael. Anchored by Art Works Downtown galleries and artist studios, the 2nd Friday Art Walk links venues along downtown Fourth Street the second Friday of each month
2019 Art Walk dates: 1/11, 2/8, 3/8, 4/12, 5/10, 6/14, 7/12, 8/9, 9/13, 10/11, 11/8, 12/13
2020 Art Walk dates: 1/10, 2/14, 3/13, 4/10, 5/8, 6/12, 7/10, 8/14, 9/11, 10/9, 11/13, 12/11
To learn how to participate click here
Art Walk map for November 8, 2019 • 5-8pm*
*Open hours vary depending on the venue. See current listings on this website page during week of the Art Walk. Printed Maps are available at participating venues during the week of the Art Walk. download November 2019 map
1611 4th st Rebound Bookstore
reception: Kate Pepper’s Big Show! 10 years of watercolor
“I am excited by gardens of all kinds, in whatever state of glory or disrepair. I love to paint at high noon, when shadows are at their most intense. Marin has been my home for 25 years. and I feel blessed to be surrounded by so much natural beauty. Color and light are everything.” www.peperprojects.com
1515 3rd st Marin Society of Artists 
reception: Fresh Art 2019
Fresh Art 2019 in the main gallery, a National Fine Arts Exhibition featuring new and exciting directions in painting, photography, sculpture, crafts and more. Artists from 10 states from Hawaii to New York will be showing their work. Our Flex and Downstairs galleries feature artwork and jewelry by MSA member artists. MSA has two floors of art galleries and artist studios, and many of the studios will be open to the public.
1408 mission st Falkirk Cultural Center (2-8pm) 
reception: Counterpoint
Visit during public hours or attend one of two artist receptions (11/8 & 12/13) to experience the dynamic group show, Counterpoint. Artists, Suzy Barnard, Ruth Boerefyn, Renee Carriere, and Patricia Lyons Stroud have collaborated to create a show that provides elements that both contrast and complement one another. Free refreshments provided by the artists and City of San Rafael/Falkirk Cultural Center.
activity: Paint Out, Painting on the grounds 2–4pm, Recognition in the Parlor 5-6pm
All artists welcome to paint on the grounds and exhibit completed work for the evening. Staff asks that you check in before you begin and bring your own materials. Public is welcome to view paintings in progress or view completed work in the Parlor Room. livelifelocally.org/art-galleries
1340 4th st McRoskey Mattress Company 
reception: Rhonda Lee
We’ll be featuring ceramics by Rhonda Lee, live music, great beds, cookies and wine.
music: Mundo Rio
1337 4th st Art Works Downtown
reception: Ceramic Sensibilities info
Art Works Downtown presents an intriguing exhibition of Bay Area ceramic artists. Ceramic Sensibilities features works chosen for their inventiveness, a high level of skill, and thoughtful use of the medium with a focus on individual expression. We invite you to explore and delight in this unique selection of ceramic artistry.
• Underground Gallery (AWD) info
• Founders' Gallery (AWD) info
• 1325 Donors' Gallery (AWD) info
reception: AWD Members' Exhibition
This exhibition showcases the artist members and studio artists of Art Works Downtown by featuring a wide variety of art including sculpture, fiber, painting, photography, and much more. Don’t miss this opportunity to shop for your next masterpiece.
1331 4th st Marin Jewelers Guild
reception: Milla Ruane, paintings
917 C st Youth In Arts 
exhibition: Kids Imagine Our World: In My Neighborhood
Artwork from Laurel Dell and Shert Elementary Schools
activity: Create in our Community Art Lab
5th ave & C st City of San Rafael Parking Structure
exhibition: Public Art Installation @ the corner of 5th Ave. & C St.
This 1st of 3 installations features artwork by a local adult artist, Isabel Hayes and an untitled collaborative piece created by Willow Creek Academy, K-1 students. In collaboration with and celebration of the DSRAD, the City’s Parking Division transformed an old parking sign for this unique project. Isabel Hayes' painting Visions of San Rafael . With San Rafael in her mind (and in her heart), Isabel Hayes painted a stroll through San Rafael/”Visions of San Rafael”. Willow Creek Academy K-1 students created the untitled piece in the local Youth In Arts, Arts Unite Us program. Although this piece is abstract, it is the students’ depiction of a natural scene. The Parking structure as a whole is being given a refresh, with a new exterior paint concept designed by Kyoko & Devin Westberg of “Fox & Kit Coffee Haus” & a new, creatively planted succulent garden at the sign of the Public Art installation.
1138 4th st Rileystreet Art Supply
reception: 8th Annual Marin Ventures Art Show
Marin Ventures is a community integration day program for developmentally disabled adults. Come enjoy and ponder the amazing art done by participants, directly from the source of heart and creativity.
music: Gary and the Crew
860 4th st Double Rainbow
reception: Rainbows and Ice Cream
The artwork of Dominican University Junior and Senior art students responds to the playful and classic Double Rainbow Cafe as inspiration for original artworks. Tiffany Allen, Anji Bodony, Terise Camasurea, Krista DeGuzman, Ariana Dunphy, Emmaline Harris, Hanna Miller, Logan Palmer, Hailey Pawlak, Hana Whitehorn.
850 4th st Copperfield's Bookstore (6-8pm)
author event: Lynn Downey
book: Arequipa Sanatorium: Life in California’s Lung Resort for Women
Based on sanatorium records Downey herself helped to preserve and interviews she conducted with former patients and others associated with Arequipa, Downey tells a vivid story of the sanatorium and its cure that Brown and his talented team of Progressive women made available to and possible for hundreds of working-class patients.
846 4th st Glaze & Confused Pottery & Gallery
reception: Featured artists on display
emPOWER Utility Box Art Project
installation: emPOWER Utility Box Art Project
Social media moment: Snap a pic with up to six beautifully painted utility boxes -- #emPOWERboxes. Tag us! @ArtWorksDowntown @SanRafaelCoC
A beautification project developed by the 2019 cohort of the Leadership Institute -- a program of the San Rafael Chamber of Commerce. Six talented, San Rafael-based artists/artists groups were selected to design their vision of the “Spirit of San Rafael”. Join us in celebrating art in unexpected places as you enter downtown San Rafael. Featured artists and utility box locations:
- Lincoln & 3rd Street: Yuan Chen
- Lincoln & 4th Street: Eyan Higgins Jones
- Tamalpais & 3rd Street: Mirto Golino
- Tamalpais & 4th Street: Stephanie Jucker
- Tamalpais & Mission: Joshua Brindlely (Student) and Lynn Sondag (Associate Professor) of Dominican University
- Lincoln & 2nd Street: Youth in Arts
http://www.artworksdowntown.org/events/art-walks#sigProGalleriabbf2e62d3b
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