Drop into our studio events and gallery space at 220 Montgomery for art, culture, and narrating the Bay.
KALW’s events space is a hub for independent journalism, civic engagement and public discourse—right in the heart of San Francisco. We’ve activated 220 Montgomery Street with over 150 interactive events including town hall conversations with local leaders, concerts with internationally renowned bands, DJs, and artists, panels with writers, activists, and filmmakers, and much more.
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About the 220 Montgomery Gallery
We host an art gallery at our event space at 220 Montgomery. The exhibit and its related programs invite cultural discovery while activating public space with free programming that reflects San Francisco's creative landscape. Our gallery is open most days from 10–5p.m. and an hour before our live events begin.
Currently on Display
Join KALW and MCCLA for Prismatic City: Landmarks in Light, a deeply personal exploration of San Francisco by Raymundo Valdez.
Prismatic City centers on some of San Francisco’s iconic structures as familiar presences woven into the artist’s everyday life, rather than distant landmarks. Working in oil on canvas, the artist reinterprets these landmarks through a signature diamond-like fractal language, fracturing images into luminous planes of color and rhythm. The paintings are shaped by repeated encounters such as walking the streets, watching fog move across the city, and observing how light shifts from morning to dusk and into night.
The motivation behind this work is connection. By painting the city from within, the artist aims to give viewers a sense of recognition and warmth and a reminder of what they love about San Francisco. Each painting is intended to bring a smile, awaken a memory, or evoke a quiet moment of happiness, allowing viewers to reconnect with the city through light and form.
Rather than documenting a single moment, Prismatic City reflects how the city is lived and remembered as layered, luminous, and constantly changing.
About the Exhibiting Artist
Raymundo Valdez is a Mexican-American artist whose work explores architecture, light, and memory through a signature diamond-like fractal painting style. Drawing from lived experience in San Francisco, his paintings focus on the city’s landmarks and urban environments as familiar, evolving presences rather than distant symbols.
Selected exhibitions and awards include Brightside at the San Francisco Ferry Building, the 2025 SF Open Studios Guide Cover Award, and gallery representation in Mexico City. Learn more at https://raymundovaldezartist.com/.
