The Main Gallery

10/15/2026

Painting by Samuray Akarvardar in mixed media
Samuray Akarvardar


The Main Gallery is an artists' cooperative celebrating the work of local artists, located in downtown Menlo Park, CA
883 Santa Cruz Ave, Suite 1, Menlo Park, California

10/12/2026

The Main Gallery is an artists' cooperative celebrating the work of local artists, located in downtown Menlo Park, CA
883 Santa Cruz Ave, Suite 1, Menlo Park, California

Painting by Julia Foug
Julia Foug

10/11/2026

Sculpture by Lidija Tkalcevic
The Main Gallery is an artists' cooperative celebrating the work of local artists, located in downtown Menlo Park, CA
883 Santa Cruz Ave, Suite 1, Menlo Park, California

10/10/2026

A fun and well attended reception last night at The West Portal Gallery SF. Pictured is one if my new paintings that I titled A Good Day. For this one I amplified the colors to reflect my feeling of being in SF, looking down the street at the bay on a nice sunny spring day. A Good Day, 18x24", acrylic on canvas. WEST PORTAL GALLERY

09/24/2026

The Main Gallery is a
co-op art gallery in Menlo Park.

We are currently accepting
membership applications
from artists working
in both 2D and 3D media.

For more information, go to our website

https://www.themaingallery.org/membership

The Main Gallery
883 Santa Cruz Avenue, Suite 1
Menlo Park, California 94025

Gallery Hours
Tuesdays–Sundays, 11AM – 5 PM, and by appointment

09/24/2026

Join us on Friday, September 25, for our artist Edna Acri’s reception!

I N N O V A T I O N

Featured Artist Edna Acri

September 8 — November 01, 2026
Reception Friday, September 25, 5-8 PM

Monthly Music in Menlo Park
fourth fridays

​​​​​​EDNA is a mixed media artist who loves experimenting with different mediums. She begins most paintings without a fixed destination, letting materials and discovery guide the work. She tries new methods and materials each time to learn how they enhance a painting. Abstract pieces are her laboratory, and what she has learned their strengthens her semi realistic work. In this watercolor series, she has been translating techniques from acrylic into watercolor, and that shift has changed how she sees watercolor. Acrylic methods have taught her new ways to build texture, layer, color, and think about negative space, and those lessons have reshaped her watercolor approach. That is why this series has been especially fun to paint.

Artwork detail by Edna Acri

Original Art for Original People

The Main Gallery
883 Santa Cruz Avenue, Suite 1
Menlo Park, California 94025

Gallery Hours
Tuesdays–Sundays, 11AM – 5 PM, and by appointment

09/08/2026

The Main Gallery presents:

I N N O V A T I O N

Featured Artist Edna Acri

September 8 — November 01, 2026
Reception Friday, September 25, 5-8 PM

Monthly Music in Menlo Park
fourth fridays

​​​​​​EDNA is a mixed media artist who loves experimenting with different mediums. She begins most paintings without a fixed destination, letting materials and discovery guide the work. She tries new methods and materials each time to learn how they enhance a painting. Abstract pieces are her laboratory, and what she has learned their strengthens her semi realistic work. In this watercolor series, she has been translating techniques from acrylic into watercolor, and that shift has changed how she sees watercolor. Acrylic methods have taught her new ways to build texture, layer, color, and think about negative space, and those lessons have reshaped her watercolor approach. That is why this series has been especially fun to paint.

Artwork detail by Edna Acri

Original Art for Original People

The Main Gallery
883 Santa Cruz Avenue, Suite 1
Menlo Park, California 94025

Gallery Hours
Tuesdays–Sundays, 11AM – 5 PM, and by appointment

07/20/2026

I N F R A S T R U C T U R E

Featured Artist Ed Bellinger

July 21 — September 06, 2026
Reception Friday, July 24, 6-8 PM
Monthly Music in Menlo Park
FOURT FRIDAYS

​​​Ed Bellinger’s latest ceramic exploration turns to wall-mounted works, showcasing new glazing techniques in his exhibition, Infrastructure. The series features groups of small ceramic tiles that together create a visual narrative, weaving together elements of nature and the built environment. Long fascinated by the quiet coexistence of these worlds, Ed highlights the wires, cables, and roads that shape our daily lives alongside the trees, birds, and open sky that bring balance and beauty to the landscape.

Working with glazes thinned to the fluidity of watercolor, Ed captures the subtle palette of infrastructure, revealing unexpected color and depth within the structures that surround us.

Original Art for Original People

detail by Ed Bellinger


The Main Gallery
883 Santa Cruz Avenue, Suite 1
Menlo Park, California 94025

Gallery Hours
Tuesdays–Sundays, 11AM – 5 PM, and by appointment

06/02/2026

05/29/2026