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Marin Open Studios

at

Marin Art and Garden Center

June 26–July 27, 2025

in The Studio

Featuring more than 75 local artists.

Open Studios May 2025

In May 2025, a record 16 local artists took part at Marin Art and Garden Center, for the first time ever spanning two separate venues on the grounds, The Studio and The Cottage. Visitors to this county-wide free, self-guided tour enjoyed an incredible variety of artwork, including painting, printmaking, photography, mixed media, and more. 

Whether you’re an art collector, enthusiast, or simply looking for a unique cultural experience, Marin Open Studios offers an up-close look at this corner of the thriving Bay Area art scene each year.

Stuart Bass

Photography

in The Studio

Jenny Blackburn/

Priscilla Patey

Plein Air painting

in The Cottage

LeeAnne Chappell

Landscape paintings

in The Studio

Dana Christensen

Mixed media

in The Studio

Norma DiMaulo

Landscape paintings

in The Studio

Gail Gurman

Paintings

in The Studio

Anne Gustafson

Oil paintings

in The Cottage

Dennis Herman

Photography & bookmaker

in The Cottage

Allen Lavee

Watercolors

in The Cottage

John Andrew Murphy

Photography

in The Studio

Koorosh Ostowari

Contemporary art

in The Studio

Suzanne Riley

Jewelry

in The Cottage

Mark Schatz

Glass works

in The Studio

Teresa J. Sharp

Paintings

in The Studio

M. Kathryn Thompson

Illustration

in The Studio

Patti Titman

Landscape paintings

in The Studio

IRS Guidelines for Gifts from Donor Advised Funds to Support MAGC Events

Thank you for your interest in giving to the Marin Art & Garden Center events from your Donor Advised Fund (DAF) or Family Foundation.

We sincerely appreciate your generosity and support!

To ensure your gift follows the current IRS guidelines for DAF/Family Foundation support of an event, we would like to share the below guidelines with you.

  • Raffle tickets, tickets to galas and other special events, auction items, and benefits conferred in connection with a DAF/foundation grant are not permitted.
    • IRS has specifically ruled that fair market value associated with fundraising events cannot be separated, a practice known as “bifurcation.”
      • For example, with Edible Garden, if the price of the ticket is $200 and the FMV fair market value (non-tax-deductible amount) is designated to be $50, the donor must pay from sources other than her DAF/foundation for the full value of the ticket ($200) and not just for the non-tax-deductible amount ($50).
    • We recommend you confer with your financial advisor to confirm if any of these examples of how donors may still use their DAF to support an event would work for you:
      • A donor could sponsor the event, and not attend, and pay fully out of the DAF/foundation.
      • A donor could sponsor the event using DAF/foundation funds and attend by purchasing an individual ticket through non-DAF/foundation funds.
      • A donor could sponsor the event, join the event as a guest of another donor/table guest, and pay fully out of the DAF/foundation.
      • A donor could sponsor the event and host the afforded number of people at their chosen level as long as they pay for the seats at the lowest ticket price ($200 for Edible Garden) outside of their DAF.
        • As an example, a $1,500 sponsor that covers 2 guests, could pay for their sponsorship with $400 from a different source of funds, and then give an additional gift of $1,100 out of their DAF.

 

Please email Tod Thorpe, Director of Development at tod.thorpe@maringarden.org to discuss your gift to Marin Art and Garden Center