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Jul 06, 2020 |

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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

Oct 13, 2020 |

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Dance in COVID: How Julia Adam Dance and Alonzo King LINES Pivot

BY Kate Fitzsimmons

Marin’s dance companies like Julia Adam Dance and Alonzo King LINES are exploring as they find creative ways to stay viable in a pandemic.

Tags: _2020-Q4-Fall, covid-19, dance, film, live performance

Jan 12, 2022 |

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Q&A with Painter/Photographer David Maisel

BY Jennifer Wechsler

Before the holidays in December, I visited David Maisel in his new studio at Headlands Center for the Arts when he was in his third month of being engrossed in his new practice. I witnessed his artistic transition from photographs to paintings in person.

Tags: art, headlands center, photography, sausalito, visual arts

Sep 28, 2021 |

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Students Reaching for Their Dreams Thanks to Equity in Arts Education

BY Kate Fitzsimmons

High school seniors start college applications this Fall. One from San Rafael's Canal neighborhood is reaching for some top colleges. Jane Kramer, of Enriching Lives Through Music, thinks she'll succeed at her dreams.  Like ELM, Youth in Arts has seen students blossom from the arts when any subject integrates visual arts, drama, dance, and music.

Tags: _2021-Q3-Summer, art, art education, music, san rafael, visual arts

Apr 24, 2020 |

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The Challenges of Documentary Filmmaking: Theo Rigby Tells Immigrant Stories

BY Paula Farmer

For the past four years, San Francisco-based filmmaker Theo Rigby has been developing a documentary called “Sanctuary Rising.” It follows the stories of two undocumented mothers who go to dramatic lengths to fend off deportation and separation from their families in the U.S.

Tags: _2020-Q2-Spring, documentary filmmaking, film, san rafael

Mar 30, 2021 |

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Where Have All the Musicians Gone…Gigging for Bread & Roses!

BY Kate Fitzsimmons

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Matt Jaffe admits it's been hard not being able to practice with his band, The Distractions, through Covid. Throughs all of this, Jaffe has continued volunteering with Bread & Roses Presents (B&R), the well-loved Marin treasure that provides entertainment for isolated audiences.

Tags: _2021-Q1-Winter, bread & roses, covid-19, live performance, mill valley, music, ross, san rafael

May 11, 2021 |

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Work in Progress: Street Painters Create Floor Mural, Inspire Students Who Will Create Augmented Reality

BY Pamela Coddington

The New Media Learning Center has partnered with local artists from Marin's Italian Street Painting Festival to create a courtyard floor mural that celebrates the theme of STREAM —science, technology, reading, art, and math.

Tags: _2021-Q2-Spring, art, novato, visual arts

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Marin Symphony Rehearsal

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