Every year the Marin Art Festival celebrates an artist in the community. To be chosen as a Marin Master the person must not only be a fine artist but must have dedicated themselves to furthering the arts in the community. This year’s Marin Master is Mill Valley painter Jack Beck. An accomplished painter with a studio in the Industrial Center Building (ICB), he won the Grumbacher Award from the Marin Society of Artists (1993), and a Marin Arts Council Individual Art Grant (2004) for excellence in painting.
Jack, now 92, founded the First Tuesday Mill Valley Art Walk (1982) with Marin Art Festival Director Tyson Underwood. In 1990, during his five year stint as a Mill Valley Art Commissioner, Jack created the Mill Valley Paint-Off, an annual plein-air painting competition in the Mill Valley Plaza, now in its 22nd year. Over a four-hour period, 35 artists interpret any scene visible from the Plaza and create their final work, a moment in the life of downtown Mill Valley. Jack has personally funded the Jack Beck Award for the Most Original Work.
Come see Jack's work at the 17th annual Marin Art Festival June 15 and 16 at the Lagoon Park, Marin Center Fairgrounds in San Rafael. Time 10am to 6pm. Festival is $10 and free for kids 14 and under.
For more information visit Visit: http://www.marinartfestival.com/ or call 415.388-0151
