Art
SF Chronicle Highlights Bay Area Death Care Workers Who’ve Charted Unconventional Paths in the Industry, Including Mill Valley’s Serene, Natural Fernwood Cemetery
“To speak to Bay Area death care workers who’ve charted unconventional paths in the industry is to realize that many fears of death are disguised desires to avoid honestly assessing our lives. It’s also to realize that creating ritual and meaning around death is its own kind of art.”
Read MoreCalling Female Entrepreneurs: A Trio of Local Marin Founders Host an Evening of Inspiration, Resilience, Innovation & More – Assembly, Nov. 15th, 5:30-7:30
The trio “seeks to provide both networking opportunities and encouraging lessons and insights from panel trailblazers in our own backyard,” Powers says. “From a birds eye view to curated questions related to the panelists’ business this ambitious team hopes you leave with at least one take away that inspires an action.”
Read MoreDazzled by the Mill Valley Lumber Yard, Amanda and Richard Weld Expand their Ultra-Creative Tantrum Shop to Mill Valley
“Walking around the property, you could feel the incredible care, the sound of the huge lumber trucks rolling through the old yard. “It almost feels as if Matt and his team built the place from scratch – it’s incredible,” Richard Weld says.
Read MoreCity of Mill Valley, MV Chamber Once Again Celebrate United Against Hate Week, Nov. 12-18, Promote Art Contest to Illustrate What Kindness in Mill Valley Means, and Much More
The City of Mill Valley and the Mill Valley Chamber are poised to celebrate United Against Hate Week from November 12-18, 2023, joining cities across the country in a call for local civic action to stop the hate and implicit biases that are a dangerous threat to safety and civility. This year, we invite the youth of Mill Valley to participate in a powerful art-driven expression against hate and bias. It’s your voice, your message of hope, and your vision of “Kindness in Mill Valley” that we want to share.
Read MoreArt, To Go: Marin Cultural Association, Marin County Free Library Branches Unveil New ‘On the Wall’ Program Allowing Patrons to Borrow Art Via a Library Card
“We think it’s really exciting that art will be available to borrow with a library card, just like a book or a magazine,” said Raemona Little Taylor, an assistant director at the library. “This is a way for us to support a diverse group of local artists and enhance the library’s collections. It’s also a way to give library cards new power.”
Read MorePlanning Commission Approves Proposed Treehouse Project at Former BofA Building and Makes a Compelling Case for More Vibrancy and Less Car Dependency
“This is a challenging place to try to get anything approved,” Commissioner Greg Hildebrand said. “It’s a lot of the same issues: noise, privacy, parking. If this doesn’t move forward, it could sit empty for five years.” “This is going to bring more people downtown, and it will help the businesses around it.”
Read MoreMarin County Officials Unveil Online Database and Map of Public Art Throughout Marin!
“The program is designed to bring the power and delight of art into our everyday experiences of our natural environment through the transformation of ordinary objects, so this new art map is a great tool for us,” she said.
Read MoreMill Valley Arts & Culture Alert: National Endowment for the Arts Reports That Fewer People are Going to Movies, Theater and Museums
While Mill Valley is rich with arts and culture at every level, we should never take it for granted. “Research released by the National Endowment for the Arts found that significantly fewer American adults are attending cultural activities such as classical music concerts, theater productions and movies than they did before the coronavirus pandemic.”
Read MorePAAM Hosts ‘Pumpkin Bash,’ a Free Halloween Event – Oct. 28th, 3-5pm
The event marks the latest chapter in the nearly 14 years since Annie Thistle launched her Performing Arts Academy of Marin (PAAM) in her living room, a journey that took her from the Community Church of Mill Valley in 2009, then in the Alto Plaza shopping center in early 2010, and then to the 2,800-square-foot storefront space above Balboa Cafe at Mill Creek Plaza.
Read MoreMV Chamber Hosts Artist Jamie Madison’s ‘Partly Truth, Partly Fiction’ Paintings Abstracted from Photos in November – Artwalk is Nov. 7, 5:30-7:30
Madison studied printmaking and painting with Wayne Thiebaud at UC-Davis and returned to painting full time over the past six years. Rooted in a sense of place among farmlands and coastal regions of Northern California, her paintings navigate a partly seen, partly imagined terrain.
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