EVENT / Japanese Sculpture Artist Hideki Iinuma
MUSE FOR THE MODERN AGE / First US exhibition of Japanese Artist Hideki Iinuma opening reception April 1, 2025, 5:30-7:30. Exhibition Ongoing at Poet and/the Bench, 11 Throckmorton, Mill Valley, CA ...
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Conversations with an Artist: Moebe
Moebe is the Scandinavian design brand of cabinetmaker Anders Thams and architects Nicholas Oldroyd and Martin D. Christensen. We found their objects in stores in and around Copenhagen and were coveting their clean,...
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Conversations with an Artist: Kaja Skytte
We discovered Kaja Skytte and her studio when we were walking through the Vesterbro neighborhood of Copenhagen. The Galaxy Globe mobiles hanging in the window captured our attention with their...
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Conversations with an Artist: Kirsty Badenoch
Artist collaborations show us the multidimensionality of art where interpretations of a body of work share a mutual obsession but differing interpretations. We loved that our meeting Kaja Skytte in...
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Travelogue: Copenhagen
We had high hopes for our discovery trip to Copenhagen and wow did we ever fall in the love! The design and culture inspiration blew us away.
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Nordic Pop Up
Join us and shop new designers, vintage items and other super fabulous objects we discovered in Copenhagen and from around Scandinavia. We're also debuting a few new local designers. Come...
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Hurricane Harvey Has Touched Us All
Shop Today and 20% of Purchases Will be Matched and Donated to Hurricane Harvey relief. We're open 10:30-5:30. If you can't stop by, we've detailed a few organizations we've researched and...
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Add Us to Your Address Book
If you haven't already done so, please add hello@poetandthebench.com to your address book. Here's a handy how-to for some of the most popular email clients.
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Conversations with an Artist: Krista Gambrel of Ende Collective
We discovered Krista, the creator behind Ende Collective, at a trade show and listened from the sidelines as she told some visitors to her booth about a piece she designed....
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Trunk Show June 7: ENDE COLLECTIVE 2017 STELLAR COLLECTION
Wednesday June 74-7pm Poet and/the Bench is excited to host jewelry designer Krista Gambrel and the launch of STELLAR COLLECTION. Media Luna Vineyards will be pouring wine from their latest...
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Travelogue: Austin
For a weekend getaway we think Austin's got great food, a rich music scene and enough art and culture to make it one of the coolest cities around (though, summer is hot and...
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Travelogue: Cape Town
We've done our share of eating and exploring in and around Cape Town. While we haven’t been home recently, these are some of our not-to-be-missed experiences. Let us know if...
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Celebration! First Birthday and It's All About Love.
Saturday Feb 11 1-4pm 10e Locust Ave, Mill Valley Poet and/the Bench is celebrating our first year and love. With special guests, including artist Adele Crawford and calligraphy and lettering designer Sarah Hanna....
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Sarah Hanna - Third Generation Calligraphy Artist
Saturday February 111-4pm The gorgeous, spunky and very talented Sarah Hanna is a third-generation lettering artist. Sarah will be in the shop at Poet and/the Bench to address Valentine's envelopes in...
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