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On the Edge: From Sky to Shore and Sea

On the Edge: From Sky to Shore and Sea

Every day at 12pm from Oct. 9 to Nov. 13

Art Works Downtown · San Rafael • $40

Clay meets the coast in this powerful ceramics show celebrating ocean beauty while bearing witness to climate fragility. Wander through sculptural shorelines and marine life rendered in bold, graphic forms.

Resilience | A Visual Proclamation

Resilience | A Visual Proclamation

November 10 at 5:30pm

Upstart Modern · Sausalito

Thirty-five women artists turn gallery walls into a rallying cry for reproductive rights. This pre-election exhibition pairs striking visual work with real impact: proceeds fund abortion access organizations and voter mobilization efforts.

ICB Artists Association Annual Event

ICB Artists Association Annual Event

November 13 at 5pm +2

ICB Artists · Sausalito

Nearly 100 artists throw open their studio doors in this converted industrial building, turning hallways into a vibrant maze of color, conversation, and creative energy. It's your chance to meet painters, sculptors, and makers in their actual workspaces, not a sterile gallery.

Imagined Worlds

Imagined Worlds

Every day from Feb. 20 to June 12

Artist Within - A Cedars Gallery · San Anselmo • Free

Step inside worlds where dragons roam and enchanted trees glow. This group showcase features fantastical landscapes, animated films, and story-rich scenes dreamed up by artists with developmental disabilities.

Fall arts 2024

Fall arts 2024

Point Reyes National Seashore · Marin

Watch artists transform Drakes Beach's raw materials into ephemeral sculptures against Point Reyes' dramatic coastal backdrop. It's land art meets wilderness, where creativity bends to nature's whims.

On the Edge: From Sky to Sea and Shore

On the Edge: From Sky to Sea and Shore

Every day from Oct. 9 to Nov. 13

Art Works Downtown · San Rafael

Thirty-seven California ceramicists explore the sea, shore, and sky through functional and sculptural clay works. This exhibition pairs coastal beauty with a quiet, thoughtful reflection on our changing climate.

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Wed, Oct 28 · 11:00 AM

Evening events at Art Works Downtown

Art Works Downtown · San Rafael

Thu, Nov 5 · 5:30 PM

Art Walk

The Depot Cafe and Bookstore · Mill Valley

$$

Fri, Nov 13 · 12:00 PM

2nd Friday Art Walk

Art Works Downtown · San Rafael

Fri, Nov 13 · 5:00 PM

ICB Artists Association Event

Industrial Center Building · Sausalito

Fri, Nov 13 · 5:00 PM

Second Fridays Art Walk

AC Hotel San Rafael Downtown · San Rafael

Fri, Nov 13 · 5:00 PM

Art Walk

Art Works Downtown · San Rafael

Free

Fri, Nov 27 · 11:00 AM

AWD Members' Holiday Salon 2026

Art Works Downtown · San Rafael

Wings & Wisdom: 40 Years on Hawk Hill

Buteo Books · San Rafael

Art walks

Fine Arts Gallery - FA · Kentfield

Art is Work Mural

Art Works Downtown · San Rafael

Community art event with Christa Grenawalt

Tiburon Town Hall Office · Belvedere Tiburon

Funk Art 50-Year Retrospective of Pierre Flandreau

College of Marin · Novato

Art Walks

Bolinas · Bolinas

Influence / Inspiration: A Group Show of Silkscreen Prints and Other Things

LOOK WEST · San Rafael

More than Everything

Upstart Modern · Sausalito

Heritage Threads

Upstart Modern · Sausalito

Members-only reception at openings

Marin Museum of Contemporary Art · San Rafael

Private director or curator-led tours of exhibitions

Marin Museum of Contemporary Art · San Rafael

The Sweet Appreciation of Freedom

Marin Museum of Contemporary Art · San Rafael

Unlock Your Creative Side

Marin Museum of Contemporary Art · San Rafael

Mill Valley Outdoor Art Festival

Old Mill Park · Mill Valley

Karpa de Nepantla

Upstart Modern · Sausalito

Synthetic Nature

Upstart Modern · Sausalito

2026 Benefit for Art

The Sausalito Center For The Arts · Sausalito

$65

SOS-- Beyond the Curve

Upstart Modern · Sausalito

Pottery Sale and Open-House

Mill Valley Pottery Studio LLC · Almonte

On a Pedestal

Upstart Modern · Sausalito

Marin Art Festival

Marin County Civic Center · San Rafael

Steven Hurwitz: You Can't Get There From Here, Bruce Mitchell: Gravitational Pull, Visiting artist Geoff Campen: Offcut

Gallery Route One · Point Reyes Station

Civic Wave

Art Works Downtown · San Rafael

Distant Voices, Adrift, 21 9x9s, The Weight of What Was

Gallery Route One · Point Reyes Station

Ceramics by Jonathan Cross and calligraphy by Daichiro Shinjo

Blunk Space · Point Reyes Station

The Max Thelen Studio Residency

Art Works Downtown · San Rafael

98th annual exhibition by Marin Society of Artists members

Marin Society of Artists · San Rafael

Soleé Darrell’s silk velvet abstractions and 'Of Earth: Telluric Mediums' exhibitions

Bolinas Museum · Bolinas

In Technicolor

Upstart Modern · Sausalito

Tell Me How It Ends

Upstart Modern · Sausalito

Make Art Not War Mural

Art Works Downtown · San Rafael

Sculptures by Japanese artist Hideki Iinuma

Poet and the Bench · Mill Valley

After-hours tour of major exhibitions with the Executive Director

Marin Museum of Contemporary Art · San Rafael

Ceramics by Paige Valentine and Exhibit of Works from San Francisco’s 1890 Bryant Street Studios

The Sausalito Center For The Arts · Sausalito

Marin Masonic Lodge

San Rafael

ICB Artists

Sausalito

Hanson of Sonoma Tasting Room at Hanson Gallery

Sausalito

Industrial Center Building

Sausalito

Bolinas

Bolinas

Landmarks Art & Garden Center

Belvedere Tiburon

Sausalito house boats

Sausalito

Marin Art Festival

Mill Valley

Savoir-Faire

Novato

Bartolini Gallery

San Rafael

Museum of the American Indian

Novato

The Art Bloc Sausalito

Sausalito

Marin Society of Artists

San Rafael

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