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
July 11, 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
Chromatic Bloom reception
Gallery 1337
This collection of selected works tells an intentional color story, harnessing vibrant, rich hues that ignite bold relationships to substrate, personal stories, and symbolic botanical forms. The varying subject matters are further transformed stylistically and in medium, speaking to art history and artistic diversity in the SF Bay Area and North Bay. Together, these sociocultural elements create a vivid dialogue between color, form, and meaning—offering viewers a layered visual experience that celebrates both individual expression and collectivity.Red, Blue, Yellow reception
Underground Gallery
Coming into view is a color story of coexistence—an exploration of fluid, textural, soft, and fluctuating worlds. This exhibit series celebrates the creative use of the bold simplicity of primary colors—red, blue, and yellow. Each artwork, composed of a single primary hue, becomes a point of reflection, deepening the way we experience and interpret visual art. Together, these varied forms and color-focused compositions create an immersive viewing experience throughout the Founders’, Underground, and Donors’ Galleries.Red, Blue, Yellow reception
Founders’ GalleryRed, Blue, Yellow reception
Donors’ GalleryDiscover two levels of art studios and galleries
Chromatic Bloom • Gallery 1337
Carrie Lederer, Nature’s Mysterious Conglomerates, acryla gouache on paper, 17” x 13”
Studio 5 Contemporary
1327 Fourth Street, 6–9pm
Celebrate our Grand Opening from 6–9pm!
Join us for the opening of Studio 5’s inaugural group show, Abstracted Figures, featuring works from Luke Kraman, Kate Tova, Calvin Lai, Jaime Lovejoy, Wolfgang Bloch, Kacy Jung, and Tubi Ho. The show highlights these artists making their unique impact on the contemporary abstract and figurative art scenes. With live music from Michael James Tapscott, plus craft food and beverages, it’s sure to be a great party.
www.studio5contemporary.com/calendar-of-events
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Abstracted Figures
Marin Jewelers Guild
1331 Fourth Street, 5–8pm
June Yokell
May–July, 2025
“Underneath all of my paintings is where I was before I was born and where I will go when I am no longer here.”— June Yokell.
June Yokell
Marelli Brothers Show Repair, Window
1318 Fourth Street, 24/7
Variations on the Flag
by Barbara Ball
“These paintings are part of my series ‘Variations on the Flag.’ I believe in our country and through these flag paintings hope to inspire us to come together and celebrate the beauty of our country, having our flag being a unifying force for us.” – Barbara Ball
Youth in Arts
917 C Street, 5–7pm
Design Thinking Through Art & Architecture
July 2 – September 5, 2025
2nd Friday Art Walk: July 11, August 8; 5:00-7:00pm
Closing Reception: Friday, September 5; 4:00-7:00pm
Architects, planners, and mentors from Youth in Arts, UC Berkeley’s Y-PLAN, and Dominican University of California led workshops exploring: What are the pathways, gateways, and bridges that will lead you from your home and school to college? As they learned about the journey from elementary school to college and careers, students applied core academic skills, thought critically, and cultivated visions of a hopeful future.
Don't miss YIA’s artmaking booth at the San Rafael Summer Farmer's Market July 11 and August 8.
youthinarts.org/event/design-thinking-through-art-and-architecture-opens-july-2/
Design Thinking Through Art & Architecture
Marin Society of Artists
1515 Third Street, corner of E, 5–8pm
Marin Society of Artists presents Land and Sea, an exploration of the power and beauty of the earth's landscapes, juried by Laura Culver. Also on view in our Flex and Downstairs galleries, paintings, photos and prints by MSA member artists.
Gail Morrison
LOOK WEST Gallery
104 G Street, 5–8pm
VIRGA, new paintings by Rhiannon Klee. Rhiannon Klee is an artist based in the Eastern Sierra, where the shifting light and wild edges of the natural world continue to shape her evolving body of work. In recent years, she has turned her attention to the quiet grandeur of more understated landscapes. Her practice is rooted in close observation and emotional resonance—her landscapes are not mere depictions of terrain, but invitations into the psychological and sensory imprint of place.
Virga
Bohemia Interiors & Accessories and Past Life Collection
1560 Fourth Street, 5–8pm
Joel Monty, featured artist, presenting abstract modern paintings with powerful current day topics — The Supreme Court Chair
Also vintage and album artwork for sale
Joel Monty
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