2nd Friday Art Walk

DIRECTORY KEY     venues with wine supporting art walk    venues with refreshments    venues with live music or DJ   venues with performance or demo     venues with activities     beer

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. 

2018 Art Walk dates: 1/12, 2/9, 3/9, 4/13, 5/11, 6/8, 7/13, 8/10, 9/14, 10/12, 11/9, 12/14

To learn how to participate click here  

Art Walk map for  July 13, 2018 • 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 July 2018 map 

1611 4th st  Rebound Bookstore 
exhibition: Treasures From My Dreams
Retrospective of artist Steve Hurst

1515 3rd st  Marin Society of Artists  
reception: On The Road, an open juried show. Two floors of art, studios and galleries. Come and meet the artists!

1340 4th st   Mc Rosky Mattress Company    
reception: Holly Pierson is a fantasy, sci fi and light horror illustrator from the SF Bay Area. She was the 2018 Fairfax Fair poster contest winner.
music: Nick Culp is an American jazz pianist. While traveling in Europe in his early twenties, Nick discovered a new mentor in French pianist Bernard Maury, who influenced his harmonic style, and sent him on a path to take advantage of the rich musical academia Paris had to offer. There Nick obtained a degree at Ecole Normale de Musique, under the wing of Szymanowski protege, Michael Vladkowski, from ’99 to 03.

1337 4th st  Art Works Downtown    
reception: Storytelling  info Juror: Kay Bradner

There is a rich history in the Bay Area of art that is essentially storytelling. This exhibit is a look at what stories a broad range of artists are telling now. Stories implied, mysterious, compelling, reminiscent, mind-bending, quiet, boisterous, surreal, or everyday. We tried to include many art traditions and media looking for art that makes us ask, ‘What is happening here!?!’

Featuring: Katy Drury Anderson, Nancy Bardach,Gerald Barnes, William Binzen, Linda Lee Boyd, Kay Bradner, Mary DeShaw, Wyn Di Stefano, Myra Eastman, Joeann Edmonds-Matthew, Abigail Lee Goldberger, Paul Goldman, Karl Hauser, Eric Kelly, James Lammers, Shirley Manfredi, Heather McFarlin, Donna Mossholder, Irina Mukhacheva, Roz Ritter, Karen Robinson, Noel Ryan, Gil Sambrano, Mary Shaw, Jen Solomon, Rose Steiner, Claudia Tarantino, Vaidis Valaitis, Judith Williams

• Underground Gallery (AWD)  info 
reception: …the eye of the beholder…, Rosario Sapienza
Well traveled through 49 states, several Canadian Provinces, Mexico, Caribbean, Italy and Sicily. As a trained artist in several media since adolesence, Rosario applies his “eye” to be on the lookout for beauty reflected in the opportunity for composition, lighting, and subject interest, in photographing what he sees as “beauty.” His “eye” has photographed scenics, architecture, “automobilia”, and other expressions of “art” as “beauty.”

• Founders' Gallery (AWD)   info 
reception: Energy Uncovered: Paintings and Sculpture by Nini Lion
Nini Lion has always been intrigued by figures—their character and attitude. Her abstract paintings are based on life drawings seen through the lens of color, line, and texture. As the light shifts during the day or night, the viewer is drawn to other planes and images, offering alternate focal points. Nini's sculptures continue this exploration of figuration, suggesting something elemental, open to multiple interpretations. In her new sculpture series, Adagio with Strings, hand built and carved figures move in response to air currents, as delicate mobiles in a slow dance. In all of her work, Nini uses color and shape, line and gesture, to animate these figures and forms–to infuse them with the energy of life.

• 1325 Donors'Gallery info 
reception: Summertime by Jenny Snodgrass
Summertime features paintings inspired by trips to Hawaii, local beaches and gardens. As a fine-art painter since 2008, Jenny brings her fashion background and textile influences to the canvas.

1331 4th st Marin Jewelers Guild   
reception: California Landscapes by John Gowan 
It's an amazing feeling to be close to nature and to study and capture on canvas the beauty that it has to offer.

917 C st Youth In Arts      
exhibition: Work form the Architects in Schools program teaching art, architecture, science, and sustainability to elementary school students.
activity: Hands-on architectural activities for all ages.

1020 B st VenturePad    
receptoin: Showcasing Nance Miller, Jane Heaphy, and Susan Searway-Fertig
A variety of modern artworks from each artist.

1138 4th st Rileystreet Art Supply (6–9pm)      
receptoin: Quiet Moments
Works in oils and acrylics by Andrew Chaplin (12 years old).
music:  Todos Santos

1130 4th st Art Gallery Love 
exhibition: Artworks by Teresa Reyes
The Art Gallery Love is located on the second floor above the Metro PCS store.

850 4th st Copperfield's Bookstore      
music: Copperfield's Books and Jazz in the Neighborhood present the Ian Dogole & Music Beyond Boarders. Pure musical adventure that crosses geographical borders and bridges. These innovators will stir the musical cauldron with a fiery mix of original compositions, fresh interpretations of pieces by jazz and world music pioneers, and free improvisation that will unfold out of the ether right in front of your eyes and ears. Food and/or Refreshments are for sale at Taste Cafe.

1108 Tamalpais ave The 1180 Gallery 
reception: Roland C. Winter, A Retrospective
music: Ron Corral

PARTICIPATE!

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ARTISTS contact venues to display your art.
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Merchants may sign up online:

• Participating Venues must provide art/event information two Tuesdays prior to the 2nd Friday event.
• Venues interested in serving wine must follow the AWD Art Walk Policies and Procedures:  click here  Including: $25 for a ABC license fee, Property owner signature, How to sell wine
• Participation Form
• Looking for the paper sign up form? download here

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