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Tam Grad's Photos Anchor PATH Benefit at Throckmorton

Griffin Moon's July 6 fundraiser for arts education at his former high school features art, music, comedy and more.

 

Although we’re barely into July, Griffin Moon has already had a whirlwind summer.

Over the past several weeks, the 25-year-old Tam High grad has organized a multi-faceted benefit for Tam’s arts education, set for Friday at , with his striking photos as its centerpiece.

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In doing so, Moon has taken on a slew of roles, from curating a diverse cast of talent for the event to making a wooden coffee table – complete with an inlay of Mount Tam – that will be auctioned off as part of the night’s fundraiser for PATH (Patrons of the Arts at Tam High).

Dubbed “Moon Rising,” the benefit features live music, comedy, beer and wine and an interactive photo booth and silent auction. At its epicenter is a 77-photo collection of Moon’s landscape-oriented photography taken over the past 8 months. It includes “30 Sunrises in 30 Days,” a series of shots at daybreak taken at unique locations throughout Marin. It also features an 8-foot panorama of the San Francisco Bay taken (he’s holding it in the photo at right) from the Marin Headlands.

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Moon’s photography will be on display at the Throckmorton throughout July, and is one of the featured exhibits for the First Tuesday Artwalk Tuesday night.

“I’m very proud and excited to have this opportunity to exhibit my art,” says Moon, who was born and raised in Mill Valley and now lives in San Anselmo. “My underlying passion is to find and photograph all these remote places that people who have lived in Marin their entire lives may not even know about.”

But while the Artwalk provides a big platform for the fledgling photographer, Moon is clearly thrilled to be putting on the PATH benefit, saying that he’s come to cherish the arts education he received in high school.

“I was one of those kids in high school that just didn’t thrive within the traditional education system,” says Moon, the son of Kathy Severson, the of the . “I used my art and photography classes as a crutch in order to get through school. Without them, it would have been really hard for me to get through high school. There have to be kids out there with similar out and I wanted to give back to help them.”

The event features a performance by local singer Lara Johnston, the daughter of Doobie Brothers co-founder Tom Johnston, as well as up-and-coming comic Zach Chiappellone and music by DJ Destro.

The 411: “Moon Rising,” a benefit for PATH (Patrons of the Arts at Tam High), is Friday, July 6 at 7 p.m. at 142 Throckmorton Theatre. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Go to the Throckmorton’s website for more info and to buy tix. 


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