master arts education plan for the
City of San Francisco School District,
integrating all the arts organizations
with the city and putting funding
together. Next he became the
executive director of Blue Bear
School of Music, where he spent five
years building up their education
programs throughout the city.
In 2010, Marlatt moved to Mill
Valley and worked on a variety of
events, including the Mill Valley
Wine, Beer & Gourmet Food Tasting
Festival, the Mill Valley Winterfest,
and arts and education programs
for the Mill Valley Recreation
Center. Last February, he got
recruited for Italian Street Painting
Marin, which he is really enjoying.
“It’s been accidental, and it’s been
a lot of fate and it’s been great,”
says Marlatt. “There has been such
an amazing collection of individuals
that I have come across in my life.
From artists, to arts administrators—
really passionate people,” he
adds. “And seeing kids taking
on the arts and being thrilled by
those experiences—it has just been
amazing.”
Lily O’Brien: What organization
produces the Italian Street Painting
festival?
Kevin Marlatt: Our parent
organization and fiscal agent is
the EveryLife Foundation for Rare
Disease, and it is run by Dr. Emil
Kakkis.
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The first street painting festival was
in 1973 in Italy, and the first one
here was introduced in 1994 by
Youth in Arts. They did it until 2010
and then decided it was too much
work and too expensive so there
was a two-year hiatus. Sue and Joe
Carlomagno [the founders] did a
campaign to raise awareness of the
festival and try to get it back, and
asked for donations to start it up
again. Dr. Kakkis, the founder of
EveryLife Foundation, stepped in
and became the fiscal agent.