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July 2022

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Jul 14, 2022 |

Día de los Muertos in the summer? Preparing for November in July.

As the event for Día de Las Muertos in San Rafael grows, Multicultural Center of Marin’s organizing committee begins to meet each year in March. The event is possible thanks to the support of Marin Community Foundation along with local restaurants, local business sponsors, in-kind donation providers, and other nonprofits that join the efforts.

Tags: diverse_voices, galleries, marin cultural history, san rafael, visual arts

Mar 10, 2022 |

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Ceramic Artist Zoe Dering in Conversation with Jennifer Wechsler

BY UPTAKE Staff

Zoe Dering is a former pastry chef who took five years off and emerged on the other side as a celebrated ceramic artist. Based in the rural western part of the county, Dering is part of Marin's current and long tradition of ceramic creators.

Tags: _2022-Q1-Winter, art, blunk space, ceramics, galleries, inverness

Oct 28, 2021 |

Marin 101

DIRECTOR PROFILE: Oshalla Diana Marcus, Marin City Arts and Culture

BY Kate Fitzsimmons

Marin City Arts and Culture (MC Arts), a membership collective of Black artists, opened in October 2020 with an outdoor Mardi Gras Masquerade. The new art center's founder, Oshalla Diane Marcus, is a Marin City native and an actress, dancer, entrepreneur, and community leader who believes in the power of community and creativity.

Tags: _2021-Q4-Fall, art, art education, diverse_voices, galleries, marin city, visual arts

Oct 12, 2021 |

Interpret

Ask the Expert: Appreciating Mosaic Portraits

BY Pamela Coddington

As part of the recent Italian mosaic exhibition, MarinMOCA welcomed back a mosaic portrait expert, curator Guglielmo Zanette. He shared with us some information about how to view the works.

Tags: _2021-Q4-Fall, art, art exhibits, galleries, novato, visual arts

Aug 02, 2021 |

Marin 101

Mariah Nielson on JB Blunk and the new Blunk Space in Point Reyes

BY Jennifer Wechsler

JB Blunk was a prolific multidimensional artist based in Lagunitas, now promoted worldwide by his daughter, curator, and local Bay Area resident Mariah Nielson. Curator Jennifer Wechsler recently sat down with Nielson to discuss her recent work archiving, publishing, and exhibiting Blunk’s work.

Tags: _2021-Q3-Summer, art, art exhibits, blunk space, ceramics, galleries, point reyes station, visual arts

Mar 16, 2021 |

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Charles Anselmo: A Photograph Deep Dive

BY Jennifer Wechsler

At Charles Anselmo’s exhibition of new work at Gallery Route One, the large photographs printed on paper and 8-foot wide silks interpret the textured rubble of a decaying and overgrown hundred-year-old, abandoned and ornate Teatro Campoamor in Havana, Cuba. As a connoisseur of ruins, Anselmo has provided a story back in time.

Tags: _2021-Q1-Winter, art, art exhibits, galleries, gallery route one, photography, point reyes station, visual arts

Mar 02, 2021 |

Marin 101

Pandemic Pivot: O’Hanlon Center’s Commitment to Diversify

BY Paula Farmer

In the aftermath of Covid-19 shutdowns, the Marin-based O’Hanlon Center for the Arts has had a unique set of challenges throughout the pandemic. With the subsequent murder of George Floyd and rise of the Black Lives Matter movement last year, further adjustments were made, and in some instances, the Center thrived.

Tags: _2021-Q1-Winter, art, art exhibits, covid-19, diverse_voices, galleries, literature, mill valley, visual arts

Dec 14, 2020 |

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Q&A with Gallerist Sarah Shepard

BY Jennifer Wechsler

Interview with Sarah Shepard from Sarah Shepard Gallery in Larkspur Landing discussing how a gallery works with clients who are starting an art collection.

Tags: _2021-Q1-Winter, art, galleries, headlands center, larkspur landing, visual arts

Jul 06, 2020 |

Marin 101

Q&A with the Seager Gray Gallery: Sheltering in Place with Donna Seager and Suzanne Gray

BY Pamela Coddington

UPTAKE checked in with Seager Gray Gallery’s Donna Seager and Suzanne Gray to hear how things were going at their art gallery during the Covid-19 shut-down. While the gallery has been closed for general foot traffic, the gallery provides many opportunities for art appreciation and collecting.

Tags: _2020-Q3-Summer, art exhibits, covid-19, galleries, mill valley, seager gray gallery, visual arts

Jul 06, 2020 |

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Art Education at the Crossroads

BY Kate Fitzsimmons

Typically, the Miller Creek School District ends the school year with an art show. This year, everything shifted when Covid-19 sent students home to learn. Education is adapting to change, going back to basics, at the same time that it is embracing new technology.

Tags: _2020-Q3-Summer, art education, covid-19, galleries, headlands center, san rafael, visual arts, youth in arts

December 2020

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