Second Saturday

Gina Werfel's gestural abstractions are layered with evidence of the actions of their making. Her immediate and improvisational markings achieve a kinship with music and dance.

"Six Artists and a Model" features the works of Boyd Gavin, Marcy Friedman, Pat Mahony, Meech Miyagi, Jian Wang and Brooke Walker Knoblich.

Southern California painter Gene Cooper offers a series of portraits of famous artists, among them John Singer Sargent, at Alex Bult Gallery.

Christopher Taggart started his college studies in physics and switched to art when he went to graduate school

Alex Bult Gallery Old farm equipment, city grids and agricultural landscapes morph into each other in Jeff Myers' new paintings at Alex Bult Gallery, 1114 21st St., Suite B. (916) 476-5540.

Here are our picks for Second Saturday art gallery showings.

The brand-new Alex Bult Gallery has its grand opening Saturday with a show of works by prominent Northern California artist, Mike Henderson, who teaches at the University of California, Davis.

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The annual Women Take Back the Night rally and march, which highlights the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault, is scheduled for Oct. 8. The event, which has taken place locally since 1979, will include testimony of abuse survivors during the two-hour rally before the march.

Visitors to downtown Davis will be seeing double – or maybe even quintuple – as they walk the streets Saturday, but it won't have anything to do with the Wicky Wacky Woos served at Bar Bernardo.

"Made in the Pacific" is the title of a show of intriguing sculptures by M Dean De Cocker, on view along with his collection of vintage BMX bikes at the Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, 1519 19th St.

Sacramento artist Matt Bult's Cezannesque landscape paintings, Cornell-like collages and idiosyncratic sculptures are up at Park Fine Art.

Internationally exhibited artist Ruth Eckland presents the world premiere of "At the Edge of the World," a site-specific, multichannel video installation with music by Matt DiFonzo.

Second Saturday is a phenomenon in Sacramento -- a combination of art galleries, music, dining and street life that has the whole city talking. Here is a guide to this month's Second Saturday art walk.