Art
Arrive in Style: Ride Your Bike & Save $5, or Take a Stress-Less, Free Shuttle to MV Fall Arts Fest – Sept. 18-19
With logistics and health and safety protocols in mind, the organizers of the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, set for Sept. 18-19, are pulling out all the stops to ensure a positive experience for all at the event, set for 10am-5pm on both days.
Read MorePoet and/the Bench to Host Calligraphy Event – Sept. 11
With the delta surge on a steady decline since its peak in mid-August in Marin, retailers are dipping their toes back into masked, socially distanced small gatherings. Poet and/the Bench (11 Throckmorton Ave. at El Paseo Lane) is hosting one such event – a live calligraphy event with artist Sarah Hanna on Saturday, Sept. 11 (12-3pm).
Read MoreMakers Market’s 2021 Open Artisan Faires Roll On – Sept. 11, 2nd Saturdays Thru December
Makers Market‘s regular series of monthly Open Air Artisan Faires at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard continues Sept. 11 from 11am-5pm. “These Open Air Artisan Faires bring the best of the Bay Area’s skilled craftspeople into one space for residents to enjoy,” Makers Market founder Suzy Ekman says.
Read MoreArtist Arlene Wohl Shows Her Mixed Media Fiber Work at O’Hanlon Loft in September – Artist Reception on Sept. 11, 5-7:30pm
Marin fiber artist Arlene Wohl is set to showcase her work at the O’Hanlon Center for the Arts throughout September, with an opening reception set for Saturday, Sept. 11 (5-7:30pm), with a poetry reading from Clive Matson at 6:30pm.
Read MoreMurphy Productions’ Sunday Salon Returns to Celebrate Women at Amphitheatre in Old Mill Park – Aug. 29, 6-8pm
Murphy Productions, the acclaimed firm Daniel Patrick and Erma Murphy, has been hosting Sunday Salons – potluck-style meals that have attendees performing music, poetry, dance, storytelling and much more – for many years. The COVID-19 crisis has certainly put a damper on in-person event over the past 17 months, but the duo continues to march on.
Read MoreVolunteer in an Art-Laden Redwood Grove at the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival in Old Mill Park – Sept. 18-19
With nearly 140 artists scattered and thousands of patrons scattered throughout the massive, gorgeous redwood grove at old Mill Park, the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, set for Sept. 18-19, is a massive undertaking. To make it all happen, organizers need an outpouring of volunteers.
Read MoreMill Valley-Centric Arts Organizations Land Much-Needed Relief Via Federal SVOG Program
A sextet of Mill Valley-centric arts organizations were among the 29 Marin entities that collectively garnered more than $17 million via the federal Shuttered Venue Operators Grants program that sought to help them recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreO’Hanlon Center for the Arts Debuts the World of Its Board of Directors in ‘On Board’ Exhibit – Thru Sept. 23
In addition to helping steer the artistic, logistic and financial sustainability of the O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, its board of directors is also comprised of talented artists unto themselves. Its latest exhibit celebrates that fact as it showcases the art of its board of directors with “On Board,” which showcases the work of Dan Cassidy, Dana Kelly, Jackie La Lanne, Laura Diecks, Laurel Shear, Peller Marion and Zoe Porkowski.
Read MoreFrom Restaurants and Retail to Salons, Arts Venues, Gyms, Designers and More, Mill Valley Rakes In 2021 Marin Mag’s Best of County Honors
In no uncertain terms, Marin Magazine readers made one thing crystal clear in 2021: they love them some 94941. The magazine’s ‘Best Of’ Marin issue came out recently, and Mill Valley businesses raked in the honors across a host of categories.
Read MoreDesta Gallery Hosts Artist Reception for Stephanie Weber’s “A Sense of Knowing” – August 14, 4-6 pm
Desta Gallery, Emebet Korn’s renowned art gallery that she relocated to 100 Throckmorton Ave. in Mill Valley in 2020, is hosting an artist reception for “A Sense of Knowing,” an exhibition of work by Stephanie Weber, whose work has exhibited in galleries nationally, including solo shows at San Francisco Fine Arts Museum and the Oakland Museum of California.
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