Marin social scene: Art Works Downtown’s annual fundraiser

Rachael Staudt, left, and Karina Ramirez at Art Works Downtown's ArtRageous: Burning Bubbles Bash. (Photo by Dean Boen) Eli Marcus and Suzanne Moreno Berke at Art Works Downtown's ArtRageous: Burning Bubbles Bash. (Photo by Cindy Pavlinac) Elisabeth Setten, Art Works Downtown's executive director, left, Terry Lofrano and Mansoor Safapay at Art Works Downtown's ArtRageous: Burning Bubbles Bash.

(Photo by Cindy Pavlinac) The Crooked Stuff performs at Art Works Downtown's ArtRageous: Burning Bubbles Bash. (Photo by Dean Boen) Phyllis Thelen, Art Works Downtown's founder, at Art Works Downtown's ArtRageous: Burning Bubbles Bash. (Photo by Cindy Pavlinac) Art Works Downtown raised more than $40,000 at its annual fundraiser event on April 20.

“ArtRageous: Burning Bubbles Bash” was attended by more than 200 people at the San Rafael art center, including Alexandra D’Amario, Pamela Salvadore and Dan Teree, all of Greenbrae; Gary Dowd, of Larkspur; Nicole Frazer, Vicki Pedersen, Evan Saunders, Tim Smith and Anne Vosler, all of San Anselmo; Jeffrey and Ann Beauchamp, Renee Campbell, Joanne Dunn, Julian Eggebrecht, Sandra Riley Grimshaw, Fran Halperin, Andree Jansheski, Terry Lofrano, Michael Morf, Lara Myers, Minna Towbin Pinger, Naomi and Will Polite, Karina Ramirez, Mansoor Safapay, Phyllis Thelen, Art Works Downtown’s founder, and Javier Vicuña, all of San Rafael; and Oshalla Diana Marcus, of Sausalito. If you have news about the fundraising and benefit scene in Marin Count.