2nd Friday Art Walk
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venues with performance or demo 
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 May 11, 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 May 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: The Marin Society of Artists Art Center, two floors of galleries and studios. Come and meet the artists! Featuring Marin Open Studios artists on both floors.
1408 Mission Falkirk Cultural Center (6-8pm) 
reception: Marin Open Studios Special Exhibition!
Featuring five exceptional artists: Dorallen Davis, Jessica Green, Arlene Whiting Lewetzow, Cynthia Tom, Elaine West. Open both Marin Open Studios weekends and on display to Fri, June 23rd, Tues–Fri, 1–5 pm & Sat 10am–1pm.
music: Judy Hall
1340 4th st Mc Rosky Mattress Company
reception: Branson School Fine Arts Department, upper division students will show the works that culminate the end of this academic year. Sandwiches, cut up fruit, fizzy water, and lemonade.
1337 4th st Art Works Downtown 
reception: After Nature info
Juror: Sharon Bliss
The theme for this exhibition is about the blurred line between what we consider natural and what we consider unnatural. We are at a point where nature is inseparable from human influence, leaving nonhuman life to respond and adapt or perish. This is where the line begins to blur. After Nature intends to present in equal parts traditions of “capturing nature,” an evaluation of the current response of nature to humans, and to consider what may come in the Anthropocene Epoch.
• Cedars (AWD) info
reception: Featuring Samantha Bowers’ landscapes, still lifes, and imaginary subjects are characterized by bold brushstrokes and vivid colors. Cedars will also show art puppets, and jewelry from adults with developmental disabilities.
• Underground Gallery (AWD) info
reception: The Collage Series by Larry Davidson
A life in photography reimagined.Larry Davidson has taken 45+ years of accumulated prints and given them a new and inspired second life as one of a kind collage works of art. Reoccurring themes in these new pieces are the sky, sunrise, sunset, the moon, water, and repeating geometric shapes and colors—colorful, vibrant, and unique.
• Founders' Gallery (AWD) info
reception: Vera V. Tchikovani
My art expresses my deep joy of being alive and being open to the texture of life around me: it's colors, lines, and even sounds! Although I have received formal training, I am an intuitive and experimenting painter, constantly exploring various media. Usually, I do not start with a preconceived idea; I let the painting develop, and then let it speak to me and guide me.
• 1325 Donors'Gallery info
reception: Sea Dreams by Heli Perrett
Heli Perrett is a painter and sculptor. She has exhibited in solo and group shows in the U.S. and overseas. Her work is found in both private and corporate collections in several countries. The current show of Sea Dreams features some 20 seascapes which capture the shifting moods and poetry of the sea and the Bay.
• Artist Wall info
reception: Carlos Ortega
Carlos Ortega is a multimedia artist primarily working in painting and ceramics. His artwork celebrates the spiritual matrix and boundless beauty of our existence.
1331 4th st Marin Jewelers Guild
reception: Swann Freslon
Swann Freslon seeks to create abstract paintings as an exercise of letting go; letting go the flow of her emotions and the viewer’s emotions; to the point where you don’t exactly know how to express what you’re looking at, but you deeply feel it in your soul.
1310 4th st Pleasures of the Heart
exhibition: Aaron Bardo will feature a series of Japanese ink (sumi) sensual paintings.
921 C st Key Tea (5–11pm)
reception: to be announced
performance: Jonathan & Friends Heart Rock n’ Soul 7:30-10:30
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: Marin Open Studios
Eustorgia Sol Navarette, Paintings
music: Gary and the Crew
819 A st Community Media Center of Marin (6–8pm)
receptoin: Marin Ventures
An exhibition of artwork of the clients of Marin Ventures, a day program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
905 4th st Crome Architecture (5-7pm)
receptoin: Marin Open Studios
Teri Vereb (attached image) , Amir Salamat, Simin Massoudi, and Licita Fernandez
850 4th st Copperfield's Bookstore
music: Kat Parra Latin World Ensemble
1108 Tamalpais ave The 1180 Gallery
reception: Community Action Marin presents Karen Balsamico’s one woman show Before and After
music: Ron Corral
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to learn more
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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