Free to the public, enjoy galleries, open studios, art exhibits, and more on the second Friday of each month. Anchored by the Art Works Downtown galleries and studio tour, the 2nd Friday Art Walk connects art venues throughout downtown San Rafael for an evening of inspiration and community.
2025 Schedule:
1/10, 2/14, 3/14, 4/11, 5/9, 6/13, 7/11, 8/8, 9/12, 10/10, 11/14, 12/12
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Interested in sponsoring the 2nd Friday Art Walk? Contact Elisabeth Setten
November 14, 2025 Participating Venues throughout Downtown San Rafael
Multicultural Center Marin
709 Fifth Street, 6–9pm
ART MART, a brand-new monthly event from 6-9pm at the Multicultural Center of Marin as a new addition to the downtown San Rafael’s beloved 2nd Fridays Art Walk!
ART MART is more than just a marketplace; it's a community movement. It’s a place where local artists, makers, and neighbors can come together to celebrate creativity, share culture, and support economic opportunity through the arts!
-What You’ll Find at ART MART:
A rich variety of handmade goods and original artwork, including:
Local Music and Food
Jewelry
Paintings & Photography
Home Decor
Crafts and more...
All made with love by local hands!
These events are essential in creating space for cultural expression, economic inclusion, and community connection, especially in times when artists and small creators need visibility and support more than ever.
ART MART empowers local voices and brings art back to the heart of our neighborhoods.
Art Works Downtown
1325–1337 Fourth Street, 5–8pm
Joy reception
Gallery 1337
Joy celebrates visual-art’s ability to uplift our spirits by showcasing six Bay Area artists embracing positivity in diverse and thoughtful ways. Each connects with joy through their own path—whether rooted in lived experience, a relationship with creativity and materials, or from an intent to awaken a sense of wonder in the viewer. Together, their works form a radiant chorus that affirms joy as both personal and universal, playful yet profound. Visitors are invited to step into this exhibition with an open heart, ready to receive and to enjoy.Repair: An Exploration of Trauma & Healing
Founders’ GalleryREPAIR: An Exploration of Trauma & Healing, an exhibition that challenges our relationship with objects in a consumerist society. Featuring works by Bay Area artists, the exhibition explores repair's literal application, its symbolic connection to healing and trauma, and the blurred lines between utilitarian objects and artistic expression.
Finding Beauty by David McElwee
Donors’ Gallery
In my photography, I’m especially drawn to the unusual or peculiar. Sometimes that means experimenting with long exposures, double exposures, infrared light, or unexpected perspectives. Other times, it’s simply about honoring a moment of beauty just as it is. Hopefully what gets printed, gives viewers something they want to examine and regard as art, even if it’s just for a fleeting moment.Discover two levels of art studios and galleries
Joy • Gallery 1337
Jeff Downing, Skipjack, ceramics
Studio 5 Contemporary
1327 Fourth Street, 5–8pm
Join us for the opening reception of Planted Earth: A duo exhibit features abstract and botanical works by Tubi Ho and Anna Trautman of Verdant Spaces.
Grounded in the textures, tones, and quiet power of the natural world, Planted Earth brings together two distinct yet harmonious artistic voices— one exploring the organic beauty of botanical forms, the other delving into abstract landscapes of earth and emotion.
Through layers of color, texture, and form, these works invite you to pause and reconnect to the soil beneath your feet, to the rhythms of growth and decay, and the grounding presence of the natural world that holds us all.
Each canvas and botanic art piece speaks to a shared reverence for the earth— one that is both meditative and alive with energy. Planted Earth is not just an exhibition, but an invitation to return to the center.
We hope to see you there!
Opening Reception: Friday, Nov. 14 from 5-8pm
Exhibition runs Nov. 14 - Dec 7
Open for visitation, Studio 5 Contemporary is a dynamic new contemporary art space in the heart of the Downtown San Rafael Arts District, founded by artists Sara Gallagherand Tubi Ho. The space functions as a gallery, working studio, and venue with a mission to amplify the voices of contemporary artists, bringing people together while being surrounded by high-impact artwork.
www.studio5contemporary.com/calendar-of-events
@studio5contemporary
Marin Jewelers Guild
1331 Fourth Street, 5–8pm
The Marin Jewelers Guild store on Fourth St. has undergone a fast and furious refresh with beautiful new cases and lighting. We love the way it showcases our creations.
Come check it out at 2nd Friday Art Walk!
Marelli Brothers Shoe Repair, Window
1318 Fourth Street, 24/7
Upcycled CD art was created by Bacich Elementary students this spring! Each of the 320 woven CDs shines with creativity, collaboration, and care for our planet.
At Connect the Dots Art Studio, they believe in bringing people together through art, sustainability, and imagination. Your support makes it possible to offer joyful, hands-on art experiences to the Marin community.
If you’d like to support local arts and help keep the creativity flowing, please consider making a donation Connect the Dots Art Studio is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, fiscally sponsored by MarinArts.
McRoskey Mattress Company
1320 Fourth Street, 5–8pm
Cameron Farris - CamCrochetsThings
McRoskey’s own Cameron Farris is a Bay Area fiber artist with a particular passion for crochet. Her work focuses on playful and eclectic, yet functional home goods and garments.
Instagram: @CamCrochetsThings
Kate Carlin – Katterhaus
Katterhaus is a creative studio experimenting with different cultures, experiences, honest journalism, and styles all through the queer identity. From performance art, photography, to paintings, opinions and travels, Katterhaus is on a journey to show the world what it means to be curious, creative, and full of adventure in today’s society.
Instagram: @katterhaus
Website: Katterhaus - Queer Art, Travels, and Creative Lifestyles
Marin Society of Artists
1515 Third Street, corner of E, 5–8pm
The Marin Society of Artists presents: WILD CALIFORNIA.
Artwork that celebrates the rich and diverse wildlife and habitats of California. A MSA Member exhibition in our main gallery with invited artists from Marin County Watercolor Society and the Marin Audubon Society.
In our FLEX gallery: artwork from our MSA members - painting, photography and prints.
Live music, food, open studios and artists - a winning combination! Don't miss this event.
Alan Chou, California Symbols
Art Walk can be everyday, enjoy the emPOWER Utility Box Art Project
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 were selected to design their vision of the “Spirit of San Rafael.” Enjoy their artistry at six locations in downtown San Rafael.
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