Marin Open Studios arts organization welcomes new leader

Kina Lamblin likes to think her late mother, professional painter Electra Long, “is shining down on me in this job.”

“It feels like a connection with her in this work,” said Lamblin, 56, of San Anselmo, who took over as the new executive director of the nonprofit Marin Open Studios on Jan. 1.

Lamblin, a sculptor, former lawyer, education nonprofit founder and board director, was selected from a field of about 20 applicants by the Marin Open Studios board of directors, said Jonah Burlingame, board president.