Meet Artist Jamie Kelty in Person
Jamie Kelty
Peripheral Visions
June 6, 2023 Opening Reception
5:30-7:30pm
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Peripheral Visions
June 6, 2023 Opening Reception
5:30-7:30pm
Objects with Meaning
We get to know each artist and their story and share that with you. We believe that when people are buying in a more examined way you feel connected to objects in significantly more meaningful ways.
Curated by Design
The Poet and/the Bench edit of emerging and independent designers and artists reflects our passion for discovery and a considered fascination with narrative, taste and a devotion to craft.
Shop our curation. We feature more than 60 artists and designers across jewelry, home goods, fine art and apothecary goods. These are bespoke, 1-of-a-kind, limited edition or small batch collections–uncommon, never mass. A majority of our artists are from the San Francisco Bay Area, most are women, and a good selection of our artists are Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC); Latinx; AAPI (Asian and Pacific Islander); and LGBTQ artists.
A community hub–where art, design, objects and conversation mingle.
About Our Name
Jeffrey’s vintage jewelry bench is a powerfully present icon of his craft and our symbol of all makers’ tools for creating: the painter’s canvas, the textile designer’s loom, the potter’s wheel, the materials that become things…
Our mission—narrative’s ability to connect through thoughtful investigations of craft, subjects and inspirations—is the poetry, and about people and the appreciation of beauty.
Poet and/the Bench is our platform—online and at our flagship store in Mill Valley, CA—to introduce emerging and independent artists, muses and uncommon discoveries, and give them a voice. And for you to be linked to stories in a way that makes it all more personal.
Visit our Shop!
HOURS
Mill Valley Shop Location
Tuesday-Saturday 10:30-5:00
Sunday 11-4:00
Closed Monday
Ecommerce
Always Open
11 Throckmorton Avenue
Mill Valley, CA 94941
415-569-4383
Conversations with an Artist: Jamie Kelty
Jamie's work features people–characters she observes and imagines–whom she has drawn in her sketchbook and cut out as part of the textural collage work she employs. The layered universe she creates in each collage or mixed media painting may also share inspiration from the city of San Francisco, her love of mid-century furniture and art history.
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Meet Betul Malik Fine Jewelry In Person
May 4 & 5
5-8pm
Skip the construction traffic and enjoy 2 after hours shopping nights at Poet and the Bench and meet fine jewelry designer Betul Malik! We're serving sample cocktails from Paseo Bistro on Thursday and from Playa on Friday. Locals supporting locals!
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5-8pm
Skip the construction traffic and enjoy 2 after hours shopping nights at Poet and the Bench and meet fine jewelry designer Betul Malik! We're serving sample cocktails from Paseo Bistro on Thursday and from Playa on Friday. Locals supporting locals!
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