Transformative Landscapes: A Contemporary Perspective brings together the work of three contemporary fine art photographers who offer a fresh and innovative approach on our relationship with the environment.  Debra Achen, Adrienne Defendi, and Charlotta Hauksdóttir have created unique hand-manipulation techniques that transform their stunning images of the land into-one of-a-kind works that emphasize the deep connection between humanity and nature.

Identities — Art Works Downtown invites you to consider selfhood through transformation by experiencing this dynamic exhibition of artworks exploring the concept of identity.

Summer Dreaming welcomes viewers to survey the ethereal undercurrents of summertime’s sun-soaked days and warm nights through a collection of expressions, mediums, and narratives by Bay Area visual artists.

Pastel Panache showcases the diverse creativity and expressive potential inherent in pastel mediums, encompassing soft pastels, chalk, hard pastels, oil pastels, and various dry and mixed media techniques. This exhibit highlights the tactile allure and vibrant color palette unique to pastels, blurring the boundaries between drawing and painting. Experience the economical yet richly textured world of pastels, where artists explore boundless avenues of artistic innovation.

Process, curated by Karen M. Gutfreund, showcases artwork created meticulously by hand with alternative mediums by 22 Bay Area self-identified women, non-binary and BIPOC artists. Process is a testament to the skill, and passion of each artist—every mark carries the artist's emotions, thoughts, and energy, becoming a tangible representation of the artist's journey. This exhibition is a celebration of human creativity and craftspersonship and embodies the artist's dedication, uniqueness, and connection to their art. Pushing back against the patriarchal canons, for what can be considered “women’s work,” these timeless forms of expression inspire and captivate audiences, reminding us of the profound impact of the human touch.

Bask in the glow of creativity by touring over 80 exquisite artworks in one gallery during the Small Works Exhibit. You may discover the perfect gift for a loved one, or for yourself, as all works are sized to fit most spaces. Experiencing the collection will surely warm your artistic, holiday-spirit.

In Dos Décadas, Art Works Downtown presents an exhibition of imagery from Gallery Route One’s Latino Photography Project. The Project started as an idea to empower ESL students to use photography as a language-learning tool. In time, it evolved to become a collective of photography artists in their own right. Through their perspective we get a glimpse into the life of Latino immigrants in West Marin from 2003 until now. A historic visual archive of a community, produced by the hands of that community.

What conscious experience might exist beyond our common reality? Art Works Downtown presents a visual art exhibit exploring, answering, and enjoying this question. Beyond showcases work by Bay Area artists, which take the viewer beyond their present state of mind or offer visions of realities beyond our day-to-day life.

The exhibit, Landscape Perspectives, reimagines and celebrates traditional landscape-based artwork by offering a diverse collection of expressions, approaches, and interpretations. From realism to surrealism, to abstraction, and beyond; viewers will surely enjoy this multi-dimensional experience.

Delicious: A visual art exhibit about culinary delights

Indulge in the delectable delights of Delicious, an art exhibit that will tantalize your taste buds and stir your soul. Art Works Downtown presents this mouth-watering collection of fine art to celebrate our connection to the richness of food through a myriad of artistic expressions. Including a veritable smorgasbord of styles, techniques, and media crafted to convey multifaceted meanings and emotions. From sumptuous still-life paintings to whimsical sculptures that playfully reimagine food in unexpected ways, this exhibit offers a feast for the eyes and imagination.

EcoArt: Envisioning Strategies and Solutions

Interactive and often playful, these eco-artworks offer inspiring visions, strategies, and solutions to help our communities build resilience for our changing climate. Each of these widely accomplished artists have created projects in service to the world beyond the gallery.

The Small Works Exhibit, provides a dynamic offering of over 80 unique artworks to holiday shoppers and the art-loving public.

This exhibition presents the work of LGBTQ artists in the Bay Area who employ practices such as world building, alter-egos, performance, pleasure, humor, disco/music, and speculative fiction to imagine alternate spaces, realities, and possibilities, not only spark hope but also challenge prejudice in order to foster a sense of belonging. These practices, many of which have long histories in LGBT communities, present models of how the joy of culture can reconnect us to the world and remind us that anything is possible, if we are willing to fight for it.

Standing on the shoulders of great photographers such as Dorthea Lange and Ansel Adams, artists of today continue to transcend reality through the medium of black and white photography. Art Works Downtown’s exhibit—Photographic Essence—exposes a poetically dynamic experience by showcasing 25 artists working in this timeless medium. Viewers will surely discover new worlds, self-reflection, and fresh perspectives in the dance of texture, shape, subject, and light.

Art Works Downtown offers Harmonic Material, an exhibition of artworks utilizing various mediums to achieve visual, narrative, or compositional harmony; which is loosely defined as a pleasing effect or balance with a sense of movement.

Art Works Downtown presents Contemporary Botanicals to celebrate spring by showcasing an artistic garden of varied approaches to, interpretations of, and expression through, our relationship to flora and fauna.

It all begins with an idea.

The annual Small Works Exhibition offers over 80 fine artworks to the art-loving and holiday gift-buying community.