by Frances Phillips | May 16, 2016 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
On Saturday, May 21, Arts Benicia, Benicia’s Arts and Culture Commission, and artist Mark Brest van Kempen are hosting a half-day workshop featuring Barbara Goldstein. The workshop runs 1-4 p.m., in the Dona Benicia room at the Benicia Library. Barbara...
by Frances Phillips | May 3, 2016 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
In collaboration with Arts Benicia, environmental artist Mark Brest van Kempen has developed three temporary public art projects to bring attention to the desirability and potential for site-specific public art at the Benicia Waterfront. The third piece in the series...
by Frances Phillips | May 11, 2015 | 2014, News, Visual Arts
Over 18 months, Mark Brest van Kempen has been collaborating with Arts Benicia to integrate public art and public dialogue into the process of waterfront development in Benicia. His first project, “The Biolabyrinth Raingarden Project”(see image above) was...
by Frances Phillips | Feb 27, 2015 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
On Sunday, March 1, from 2-3:30 p.m., Arts Benicia is hosting a reception for Mark Brest Van Kempen’s Biolabyrinth Raingarden Project on Benicia’s Marina Green at the bottom of East Second Street. The reception will include a nature walk with the artist....
by Frances Phillips | Nov 2, 2014 | News
The city of Benicia has been developing plans for a waterfront park at the foot of First Street that honors the site’s history, accommodates public use, and protects the environment. When Mark Brest van Kempen and Arts Benicia received a Creative Work Fund grant...
