Town Hall exhibit features art from Marin City collective

Seven members of the Marin City Arts and Culture collective are displaying their paintings in a new exhibit at Tiburon Town Hall, kicking off a town initiative to amplify the voices of underrepresented artists.

The exhibit, located in the downstairs gallery, runs through April 30, with an artists’ reception set for 6-8 p.m. March 11. Those with works on display include abstract artist Asya Abdrahman, digital artist Malaak Atkins, oil painter Olubori Babaoye, oil and acrylic painter Robert Hightower, painter Fari Shields, pointillist TheArthur Wright and abstract painter Zwanda. All are members of Marin City Arts and Culture, which was founded by Oshalla D. Marcus in 2016 with the goal of promoting Black artists within Marin and the wider Bay Area. The collective’s gallery, closed since 2020, is reopening March 9 in a new location, Suite 160B, within the Marin Gateway shopping center.

Marcus says she wants “our neighbors and community to see … that there’s vibrant art of the African diaspora right in their backyard.”

The exhibit is the first in an effort by the Tiburon Heritage and Arts Commission to highlight artists from underrepresented backgrounds, including artists of color, women and LGBTQ+ artists and artists from different socioeconomic backgrounds.

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