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.
Check out our website for updates on all the venues who are participating https://www.artworksdowntown.org/2nd-friday-art-walk
Art Works Downtown where artists create, collectors connect, and art finds its home.
Art Works Downtown is where art comes to life — and where collectors connect directly with the artists who create it. Located on Fourth Street in downtown San Rafael, our 40,000-square-foot building houses 3 galleries, 27 art studios, a vibrant artist membership program, restaurant, jewelers guild, frame shop, ceramic center, other arts organizations, 17 affordable apartments, and more.
Art Works Downtown provides an environment where visual arts thrive for the well-being of community.
Abstraction reception
Gallery 1337
Abstraction opens space to think and feel visually. Through elements such as color, gesture, structure, pattern, and process, this exhibition offers an engaging encounter with expansive possibilities. Whether drawn to quiet nuance or striking energy, you are invited to explore, reflect, discover, and even acquire new perspectives through Abstraction.
Abstraction in Gallery 1337 at Art Works Downtown, April 3–May 23, 2026.
Color and Shape by Marie Krajan
Founders’ Gallery
After a long career in as an Art Director at various well known New York City ad agencies, I moved to California where I’ve been endlessly inspired by the sun, landscape and lively art scene. I’ve participated in many exhibitions during my artistic career and lately have sought greater creative freedom through abstract expression.
For centuries, color has inspired philosophers, writers, scientists and more to consider its role in visual perception and its connection to shape.
Working with colors and shapes was an essential part of my professional life and it has become the most important part of my artistic endeavors as well.
In my work, I'm exploring different approaches to contemporary art through the medium of acrylic paints. I use acrylics of different consistencies to achieve different effects and styles from soft, watercolor-like feels to bold freewheeling flows to very controlled geometric designs. Using these effects, bright colors, and design-centric shapes, I create art that soars and explodes with color, giving the viewer a palpable sense of joy.
Fluid States byDrew Frazier
Donors’ Gallery
Fluid States invites viewers into a six-year exploration of transformation, where over 400 works are reimagined through layering and collage to reveal process as the art itself. Beginning with ink made from hand-collected oak galls, the work bridges natural alchemy and human experience, turning overlooked materials into something enduring.
Guided by flow, each piece emerges through a balance of control and surrender, as ink, water, and breath leave behind traces of movement and time. Rather than fixed meaning, these works offer an open space for reflection—an opportunity to recognize transformation as something lived, shared, and continuously unfolding.
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