what always runs but never walks often murmurs

We launched that firm and ran it from 2009 to 2012. (In 2009, I helped) start a financial services and consulting firm for the medical cannabis industry. And then I quit the investment bank and the tech startup right before the big financial collapse of 2008, which was sort of a fortuitous accident. The Daily Cal: Can you tell me a bit more about your background?ĭavid Abernathy: While I was working at (an) investment bank, I took on a position … for a tech startup.

The Daily Californian talked with David Abernathy, who became the new executive director of OAM in June and is now charged with steering the organization forward. From the Saturday Stroll gallery walks to fundraising events to programs in schools, OAM is aggressively moving into new territory and will continue to evolve and grow in pursuit of its mission: to bring art to the people of Oakland. It now has about 30 members, and while it still participates in First Friday, the management and organization of the event are now under the responsibility of a distinct First Friday organization. The original First Friday in January 2006 was an art crawl presented by the eight associated galleries, which they called Oakland Art Murmur.

The event now boasts upward of 20,000 visitors, but its beginnings were far more modest. Last Friday, art, music, performance, food and thousands of people exploded onto the streets of Oakland for the first Oakland First Friday Art Festival of the semester.

What always runs but never walks often murmurs