Rail Arts District Napa

$1,565 raised from 32 donations

Artist painting Los Braceros mural on wall.

How We Impact the Community

The Rail Arts District (RAD) is a 2 mile-long route of contemporary art that exists free to the public, and runs along the Vine Trail and Napa Valley Wine Train route from the Oxbow District to Redwood Road.

We have installed more than 40 works of art, including 21 large-scale ceramic sculptures. In 2024, RAD unveiled Quake Mosaic – a large-scale public artwork by Kristina Young, created in collaboration with over 2,000 community members over the previous decade. This piece acknowledges the painful losses many Napans faced during the 2014 quake and 2017 and 2020 wildfires, while demonstrating our strength and commitment to rebuild and move forward together.

Over half a million people ride their bikes or walk through RAD each year, 30% of which are from out of town. The Rail Arts District makes an important contribution to what makes Napa a wonderful place to visit and to live.

Testimonial

RAD has been instrumental in helping me fundraise, plan and manage the production of the Quake Mosaic, a collaborative community-built project I’ve been working on since 2014. Without their help and advocacy I would never have been able to complete it.

Kristina Young, Artist