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Tiburon artist laureate showcases community zine; commission plans school visits and AAPI month show
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Artist laureate Krista Grama presented a community-built installation and a printed zine, outlined a school visit for Reed School third graders, and commissioners discussed gallery procedures and a planned AAPI exhibition for May, including a possible Town Hall open day on May 16.
Artist laureate Krista Grama presented a new printed zine and an interactive installation to the Tiburon Town Heritage & Arts Commission on Feb. 24, describing community participation, links to SF Art Week and Marin Day, and plans to document contributors so participants’ names can be credited.
Grama said the installation includes modules that community members and children have moved and will remain at Town Hall for a month or two. She also outlined an outreach plan: five Reed School third-grade classrooms were scheduled to visit Town Hall the next morning to see the installation, work with maps and respond in-class, and the commission discussed sharing follow-up materials through school newsletters so parents could engage with children afterward.
Grama described an online submission form for the "waterline" project so residents can upload memories, art and photographs to a digital component. Commissioners suggested promoting the online page through the commission’s social channels to broaden participation.
Commissioners reviewed a one-page gallery-management document and clarified responsibilities: artists are responsible for certain costs and marketing, the artist signs the contract and returns it to staff liaison Marissa, and the commission generally covers receptions in the downstairs gallery while upstairs receptions are the artist’s responsibility. Commissioners agreed to recirculate the gallery package to artists and to post it in a shared file location.
Commissioner Fong reported a plan for a spring Lower Gallery exhibition to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month in May after an initially expected group did not respond; commissioners proposed alternative AAPI artists and a curator and discussed opening Town Hall to visitors during the AAPI Festival (May 16) if commissioners can staff the event.
Staff noted upcoming gallery calendar items, including an opening for Robert Hightower on Thursday evening and Brian Higgins’ installation March 2 with a March 10 reception at 6 p.m. The commission flagged an April reception date that falls during spring break and agreed to revisit scheduling.
The meeting closed after the public-art vote and calendar confirmations.
