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Zines and Scenes: Your Voice, Your Art

 
10/5/24
 
Free
 
Youth Arts Collective

Attention, artists and storytellers! "Zines and Scenes:Your Voice, Your Art" is a fun-filled day of zine making, animation, & creative writing this Saturday, 10am-4pm.

Enjoy a day of free workshops, art projects, and special guest talks, culminating in a finished take-home zine presented by Youth Arts Collective, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey Public Library, and California State Parks. View the schedule here.

Paint and Sip at Sovino Wine Bar

 
10/15/24
 
$40
 
Sovino Wine Bar and Merchant

Sovino Wine Bar and Merchant presents a Paint and Sip Class ! This evening, local artist and retired art teacher Bunny Paivine will be teaching an easy-to-follow painting class. You’ll take home your own 11 x 14 canvas painting. Fee is $40, advance registration required . All materials and instruction are included. Wine is extra.

Art Reception: Photographer Kimberly Pye at Comanche Cellars

 
10/4/24
 
 
Comanche Cellars Wine Room

Comanche Cellars is hosting an opening reception for Likeness , a wildlife photography exhibit by Kimberly Pye in our wine room on Friday, October 4, 3pm-7pm. Framed and unframed prints will be available for purchase. Come enjoy a glass of wine and meet the artist!

Meet Artist Deborah Russell at Venture Gallery

 
9/26/24
 
free
 
Venture Gallery

Venture Gallery invites you to meet local artist Deborah Russell on Thursday, September 26, 2pm-6pm. Drop by the gallery, view the exhibit of Deborah's vibrant paintings, and speak with her about her work. Deborah's art will be featured at the gallery through September.

Meet the Artists at Reflections Elegante Fine Art Gallery

 
10/5/24
 
Free
 
Reflections Elegante Fine Art Gallery

Reflections Elegante Fine Art Gallery invites you to meet our artists on the first Saturday of every month, 4pm-6pm. The gallery currently features the work of 27 visual artists - painters, photographers, and sculptors - from around California. This is...

Raffle at Reflections Elegante Gallery

 
9/18/24
 
Free
 
Reflections Elegante Fine Art Gallery

Reflections Elegante Fine Art Gallery is hosting a raffle and meet-and-greet with its artists on Wednesday, September 18, 2pm-3pm. Refreshments provided. Come see what the mystery raffle prize is! Tickets are $1 each. You must be present to win.

Afternoon with the Curator: Lydia Nakashima Degarrod

 
11/16/24
 
$25 General Admission
 
Monterey Museum of Art

Join curator Lydia Nakashima Degarrod, Ph.D., for an exclusive afternoon in the gallery of Under the Guard Tower: The Watercolors of Chikaji Kawakami now showing at Monterey Museum of Art. Delve into Kawakami's story as Degarrod highlights select paintings, provides...

Afternoon with the Artist: Belle Yang

 
9/28/24
 
$25 General Admission
 
Monterey Museum of Art

Join artist Belle Yang at Monterey Museum of Art for an exclusive afternoon in the gallery of Imagining China: The Art of Belle Yang and Joseph Yang . Immerse yourself in the exhibition as Belle highlights select paintings, provides insight into her art and writing, and explores her creative relationship with her father, Joseph.

Joe Mora Symposium and Exhibit Reception at Stanton Center

 
10/5/24
 
$60/$80
 
Monterey History and Art at Stanton Center

The Monterey History and Art Association is host an entire weekend of activities centered around the work of artist Jo Mora on October 5 and 6. On Saturday, October 5, there will be a symposium at Stanton Center, 9am-3:30pm, followed...

Paint and Sip at Sovino Wine Bar

 
9/19/24
 
$40
 
Sovino Wine Bar and Merchant

Sovino Wine Bar and Merchant presents a Paint and Sip Class ! This evening, local artist and retired art teacher Bunny Paivine will be teaching an easy-to-follow painting class. You’ll take home your own 11 x 14 canvas painting. Fee is $40, advance registration required . All materials and instruction are included. Wine is extra.

Artist Workshop: Vision Board Collage

 
11/16/24
 
$50
 
Monterey Museum of Art

As we come to the end of 2024, join local artist Edi Matsumoto at Monterey Museum of Art to create a visual representation of your dreams, goals, and motivations for 2025. Build your own collage using magazines, word cutouts, and other visual materials, and create a vision board that inspires you. Register here.

Artist Workshop: Spooky Owl Illustration

 
10/19/24
 
$60
 
Monterey Museum of Art

Join Monterey Museum of Art for a special Halloween workshop with science illustrator Kristen Burroughs. Following her step-by-step watercolor tutorial, learn more about the nocturnal creature that lends its spooky tones to any graveyard scene.

Open to all experience...

Artist Workshop: Algae Cyanotypes and Mixed Media

 
9/21/24
 
$60
 
Monterey Museum of Art

Monterey Museum of Art invites you to discover the creative possibilities of cyanotypes with professional marine biologists and artists Jenny Grossman and Madi McKay! Participants will make their own cyanotype paper and learn about different seaweeds and algae in Monterey...

YAC Exhibit at Casa Gutierrez: Animated Antics

Artists from Youth Arts Collective take center stage in Animated Antics , an exhibit of their lively animated and illustrated work at Casa Gutierrez, 590 Calle Principal. The gallery is free and open to the public Saturdays and Sundays, 11am-4pm, through October 20.

Dive into worlds where anthropomorphic animals sport braces with style, H.G. Wells-inspired extraterrestrials crash land, love blossoms between a wolf and a deer, and more.

The Pearl Works: Call for Art - Deadline September 19

The Pearl Works, located at 288 Pearl Street, is seeking art for their next show, Resonance , a juried exhibition of two-dimensional work by emerging artists from around Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito Counties addressing the theme of resonance.

Get more information and submit your art here by Thursday, September 19.

Exhibit Opening: Pat Hathaway's Historical Images of Monterey

 
8/29/24
 
Free
 
Colton Hall Museum

Join the City of Monterey in celebrating the opening of the Pat Hathaway Memorial Exhibition on Thursday, August 29, 5pm-7pm at Colton Hall Museum. Free and open to the public.

This exhibit celebrates the life and photo collection of the late Pat Hathaway, featuring historical images of Monterey, c.1870-1950, collected and preserved by Pat over the course of 50 years. The exhibit will run through Sept 29.

ArtWorlds: Illuminating Global Creativity - Talk and Panel Discussion

 
9/14/24
 
$35/$20
 
MIIS, Irvine Auditorium

Monterey Museum of Art presents "ArtWorlds: Illuminating Global Creativity," a keynote talk and panel discussion about visual arts on Saturday, September 14, 3:30pm-5pm, in Irvine Auditorium at MIIS.

The event will begin with a keynote speech by artist Lydia Nakashima Degarrod , followed by a lively panel discussion of artists and curators involved in MMA's fall exhibits. Tickets are $35/$20 - purchase here .

Meet Artist Deborah Russell at Venture Gallery

 
8/17/24
 
free
 
Venture Gallery

Venture Gallery invites you to meet local artist Deborah Russell at an artist's reception on August 17, 2pm-4pm. Drop by the gallery, view the exhibit of Deborah's vibrant paintings of the natural world, Tangled Treasures , and speak with her about her work. Deborah's art will be featured at the gallery through September.

Ribbon Cutting: Reflections Elegante Fine Art Gallery

 
7/31/24
 
Free
 
Reflections Elegante Fine Art Gallery

Reflections Elegante Fine Art Gallery is celebrating our opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony by Mayor Tyler Williamson on Wednesday, July 31 at 3pm. All are welcome!

Reflections Elegante will feature original painting, photography, and sculpture by 32 talented artists. We aim to be a sanctuary where creativity meets community and every visit enriches one's understanding of the world through the lens of art.

Youth Arts Collective: Summer Show Opening Reception 2024

 
7/26/24
 
free
 
Youth Arts Collective

Youth Arts Collective invites you to celebrate summer with us at the opening reception for our 2024 Summer Art Show on Friday, July 26, 5pm-8pm. Our Summer Show will feature more than 130 incredible works from YAC artists and mentors.

Tour "Bay of Life" Exhibit with Photographer Frans Lanting

 
7/18/24
 
$20/$5
 
Monterey Museum of Art

Join nature photographer Frans Lanting for an exclusive after-hours tour of Monterey's Museum of Art's exhibit of Bay of Life: From Wind to Whales on Thursday, July 18, 5:30pm-7pm.

Gain insight into Lanting's creative philosophy and the role artists can have in safeguarding Monterey Bay and the rest of the planet.

Photographer Frans Lanting in Conversation with Kenneth Parker

 
7/11/24
 
$20/$5
 
Monterey Museum of Art

Join photographer Frans Lanting in conversation with Weston Gallery artist Kenneth Parker on Thursday, July 11, 3:30pm-5:30pm at Monterey Museum of Art on Pacific Street.

Lanting and Parker will discuss Frans's Bay of Life project which combines art with conservation through education and engagement for the purpose of contributing to a sustainable future for Monterey Bay as a whole.