1325 Donors' Gallery
Opening onto 1325 Fourth Street at street level, the Donors’ Gallery provides an intimate passageway into the art center. This elongated space highlights wall-based works, often presented in cohesive series by a diversity of Bay Area artists, guiding viewers through and beyond the gallery.
Upcoming Exhibits
November 28–January 24, 2026: AWD Members' Salon
February 13–March 27, 2026: The Art of Enlightenment by Damon Powell
AWD Members' Salon
November 28, 2025–January 24, 2026: Exhibition Dates
December 12 and January 9, 5–8 pm: receptions and 2nd Friday Art Walk
This year’s salon-style AWD Member Showcase, just in time for the festive holiday gift-buying season.
This incredible exhibition highlights the creative talent of the Art Works Downtown members throughout the Founders’ Gallery and Donors’ Gallery.
Featuring:
Diane D. Amil, Suzanne Anderson-Carey, Lucy Arnold, Ilene Avery, Annie Bates-Winship, Barry Beach, Irene Bee Kain, Adrienne Biggs, Jenny Blackburn, Molly Blauvelt, Tamara Buck, Gail Caulfield, Yuan Chen, Duane M Conliffe, Nikki Contini, Michèle Misino de Luca, Carol Duchamp, Lucie Dupuis, Kathleen Edwards, Sara Engle, Randy Engle, Licita Fernandez, Janey Fritsche, Geraldine GaNun, Wendy Goldberg, Ron Golden, Mirto Golino, Deborah Darling Gray, Gail Gurman, Corazon Guzman-Thornton, Joanne Harwood, Marjory Horton, Claude Ibrahimoff, Nancie Jordan, Lisa Knoop, Marie Krajan, Mara Lantz, Leslie Laurence, Antonia Tuppy Lawson, Carol A Levy, Nini Lion, Donna Loftus, Jacqueline López, Sanda Manuila, David McElwee, Advay Mengle, Gail Morrison, Lara Myers, Cecily O'Connor, Marianne Owens, Jeff Palmer, Lorin Santaloci, Patakota, Cindy Pavlinac, Joy Phoenix, Damon Powell, Susan Press, Sheilah Renaud, Anna Rochester, Kay Russell, Susan Searway-Fertig, Anne Shaheen, Debra Cook Shapiro, Gordon Sizelove, Ida Skomorokho, Dobee Snowber, Alice Stewart, Valerie Stilson, Will Toft, Vaidis Valaitis, Rebecca Wallerstein, A. Werby, Keith Wilson, Melissa Woodburn, E A Zappa
The Art of Enlightenment
by Damon Powell
Damon Powell, Hope
February 13–March 27, 2026: Exhibition Dates
February 13 & March 13, 5–8 pm: receptions and 2nd Friday Art Walk
Damon Powell is an Artist & Theologian who currently resides in Emeryville, California. Damon received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute, his Master of Divinity from Payne Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the Graduate Theological Union (GTU). After obtaining his BFA, he began a career as a professional illustrator and free-lance artist. However, upon entering seminary Dr. Powell’s theological studies helped him to understand that his visual artistry was an integral part of his vocation and ongoing spiritual practice.
Damon’s time at the GTU helped him discover ways he could integrate his theological insights and creative artistry into a cohesive way of being which combines, theology, art, aesthetics, and his ongoing spiritual practice into an overarching vocational vision. Today, Damon’s creations are based upon insights gained through his research of theological and philosophical texts, meditation practice, and spiritual concepts that he gives visual expression through the use of color, line, symbol and prose.
www.damonpowell.com
IG @damonapowell
YT: @dpartandtheo
FB: @damonpowellartisttheologian
Author: When We Pray: 8 Meditations on the Aesthetics of Prayer & the Spiritual Life
Author: Exploring the Chakras: A Visual Interpretation