Arts Organizations

Access Monterey Peninsula
Description

Our mission is to provide a platform for expression of First Amendment Rights through video training, creation, and distribution.

Website Address
Address
200e Pacific Street
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 333-1267
Contact Email
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Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA)
Description

Our mission is to advance economic viability, social equity, and ecological land management among limited-resource and aspiring farmers.

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 6264
City
Salinas, CA 93912
Phone Number
(831) 758-1469
Alisal Eagles Youth Cheer & Football Organization
Description

Established in 1992. Alisal Eagles Youth Cheer/Football Organization is here to teach the fundamentals of football and cheer to the youth of Alisal, Salinas, CA with an emphasis on promoting good sportsmanship, academic excellence, and teamwork.

Address
P.O. Box 5687
City
Salinas, CA 93905
Phone Number
(831) 776-9367
ARIEL Theatrical
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Description

ARIEL is a nonprofit organization that offers year-round programs in theatre arts for children and adolescents.

Programs: http://www.arieltheatrical.org/?page_id=90

Address
P.O. Box 1268
City
Salinas CA, 93902
Phone Number
831-775-0976
Aromas Hills Artisans
Description

Aromas Hils Artisans seek to celebrate and inspire the creation of art by providing support, education, and enrichment for our members and for the community.

Address
P.O. Box 1108
City
Aromas, CA 95004
Phone Number
(831) 566-4576
Contact Email
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Art Careers Academy / Monterey High School
Description

The Art Careers Academy at Monterey High School is a California Partnership Academy, a school- within-a-school, for students interested in the Visual and/or Performing Arts.

Address
101 Herrmann Drive
City
Monterey CA, 93940
Phone Number
831-392-3801
Artistas Unidos
Listing Name
Description

We are dedicated to bringing people from all cultures together through education, facilitation, and promotion of all disciplines of the arts in Monterey County, furthering intercultural understanding in our community, cultivating cultural tourism in Salinas, and the economic advancement of local artists and youth in the underserved population.

Website Address
Address
P.O. BOX 548
City
SALINAS, CA 93902
Phone Number
(831) 594-1799
Listing Name
Description

Arts Habitat is a non-profit organization established in 1991 and dedicated to the creation of an affordable, vibrant arts community at East Garrison in Monterey County.

Phone Number
831.624.6111
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Description

Our mission is to provide an outstanding dance arts program to Monterey County youth through participation in live performances, to nurture their appreciation of the arts and help them strive towards accomplishment and personal best.

Address
568 Lighthouse Ave
City
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Phone Number
(831) 372-0388
Baumer Quartet: Monterey Chamber Music Workshop
Description

Acknowledged as one of the finest, young quartets in the country, the Baumer String Quartet was founded in 2003 by a group of young musicians at the Cleveland Institute of Music. The members of the quartet pursue parallel careers as international soloists, leaders and principal players of world-class orchestras, as members of eminent chamber groups, and as tutors and professors of music. The Baumer String Quartet comes together for a limited touring schedule on a project-by-project basis inspired by the success of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra and the New Orford String Quartet.

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 198
City
Carmel, CA 93921
Phone Number
(831) 624-9578
Contact Email
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County
Description

The community stands witness to the challenges of under privileged kids that want, and deserve, a chance for a full and rewarding life. This chance is well within reach, with help from our community.The Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County have been a vital part of this community for over 45 years.

Website Address
Address
1332 La Salle Ave.
City
Seaside CA, 93955
Phone Number
831-394-5171
Contact Email
Camerata Singers of Monterey County
Description

The Camerata Singers provides high-quality cultural and educational opportunities for a multi-generational audience through the production of choral music recognized for its imaginative programming and performance excellence.

Youth Classes: http://camerata-singers.org/cms%7Ceducationoutserach-3.html

Address
P.O. Box 428
City
Salinas CA, 93902
Phone Number
831-674-5863
Contact Email
Caminos Del Arte
Listing Name
Description

Caminos Del Arte  enhances the cultural life of our community by educating our youth, through arts training, mentoring, performance and cultural programs. We teach and promote traditional and nontraditional arts, which fill cultural voids in our community, and we provide leadership skills that will last a lifetime.

Website Address
Address
1344 Cachuma Ct.
City
Salinas CA, 93905
Phone Number
(831) 287-0902
Captain Cooper Elementary School
Description

Captain Cooper School is a community of learning and caring. Our school maintains high expectations for all students, both academically and as model members of society.

Address
P.O. Box 250
City
Big Sur, CA 93920
Phone Number
(831) 667-2452
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Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
Description

Founded by Carmel-by-the-Sea artist Jeanne D’Orge, the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts was established to help support experimental fine arts and projects in the sciences. Since its opening in 1948, the Center has strived to stay true to its mission of presenting quality and diverse artistic, educational, and cultural programs in Monterey County.

Address
P.O. Box 863
City
Carmel, CA 93921
Phone Number
(831) 624-7491
Carmel Art Association
Description

Celebrating 86 years, this non-profit, cooperative gallery features over 100 local professional artists and an outstanding selection of paintings, graphics & sculpture.

Website Address
Address
Dolores btwn 5th & 6th
City
Carmel, CA 93921
Phone Number
(831) 624-6176
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Carmel Bach Festival
Description

CBF's mission is to celebrate the works, inspiration & ongoing influence of J.S. Bach worldwide by immersing audiences in experiences that integrate music, education & ideas, and by meaningful engagement supportive of our diverse communities. We aim to inspire a younger, more diverse, and generally broader population to experience our programs, whether as audience members or students participating in our training programs.

Youth Programs: http://www.bachfestival.org/community-engagement.htm

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 575
City
Carmel, CA 93921
Phone Number
(831) 624-1521
Carmel Classic Guitar Society
Description

The Carmel Classic Guitar Society (CCGS) promotes the classical guitar through education, workshops, recitals, lectures, and gatherings for the public. The CCGS serves the youth and underserved elderly and ailing residents of Monterey County through its two arts programs The Guitar in Schools and the Healing Guitar.

See Calendar for Classes: http://www.carmelguitarsociety.org/Calendar.html

Address
P.O. Box 4324
City
Carmel, CA 93921
Phone Number
(831) 455-8272
Contact Email
Carmel Heritage Society
Description

Carmel Heritage Society protects, preserves, and promotes the cultural heritage of Carmel-by-the-Sea in a way that encourages public recognition and participation so that people will have a greater knowledge and appreciation of the community and its sphere of influence.

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 701
City
Carmel, CA 93921
Phone Number
(831) 624-4447
Carmel International Film Festival
Description

The Carmel International Film Festival celebrates and promotes the best in independent film, contemporary art and photography; nurtures the artists who are compelled to tell their stories in the medium of their choice; and supports the next generation through student arts programs, scholarships, and grants.

Address
P.O. Box 5877
City
Carmel, CA 93921
Phone Number
(831) 625-3700
Carmel Jewish Film Festival
Description

Our mission is to celebrate the artistry of film and to educate viewers with film offerings conceived and created through a uniquely Jewish lens. Our intention is to entertain, to provoke discussion, and to provide experiences that engage both mind and heart. We hope that our festival will help bridge cultural and religious differences and contribute to solidarity and peace within our greater community.

Website Address
Address
2495 Pine Hills Dr.
City
Carmel, CA 93923
Phone Number
(831) 626-6789
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Carmel Music Society
Description

The primary objective and purpose of Carmel Music Society is to present classical music performances on the Monterey Peninsula and foster the appreciation of classical music among area students.

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 22783
City
Carmel, CA 93922
Phone Number
(831) 625-9938
Description

The library is an essential part of life on the Central Coast of California.  Charitable contributions fund 100% of the books, materials, programs, equipment, and services.  Thanks to this generous support, Carmel Library maintains its superior reputation, serving 106,000 locals and visitors from our community, the Central Coast and beyond.

Classes for children (scroll to bottom): http://hm-lib.org/

Address
P.O. Box 2042
City
Carmel, CA 93921
Phone Number
(831) 624-2811
Carmel Valley Art Association
Description

CVAA is the 'art and the artists' showcasing local fine art: oil, watercolor & acrylics, mixed media, three-dimensional & sculpture, mosaic & glass, photography and jewelry. Our artists work the gallery daily to 'meet & greet' you ~ our community and guests.

Address
#2 Chambers Lane @Center Street
City
Carmel Valley, CA 93924
Phone Number
(831) 659-2441
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Carmel Youth Center
Description

The Carmel Youth Center is committed to providing a positive and academically friendly environment that is safe, drug-alcohol-and-tobacco-free, and is designed for the community youth.

Programs: http://www.carmelyouth.com/program-become-a-member.php

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 2399
City
Carmel, CA 93921
Phone Number
(831) 624-3285
Contact Email
Center for Photographic Art
Description

One of the premier non-profit photographic galleries in the United States & dedicated to the Monterey Peninsula's tradition of excellence in fine art photography.

Workshops: http://photography.org/workshops/

Address
San Carlos & 9th - Sunset Center
City
Carmel, CA 93921
Phone Number
(831) 625-5181
Central Coast Art Association
Description

The purpose of CCAA is to promote interest in and appreciation of fine art. We provide opportunities to meet, and network with artists of all skill levels; show paintings in galleries and other local venues; the ability to enter your work in juried shows; attend monthly demonstrations by well-known artist(do not need to be a member to attend); provide workshops, have a library of art materials available, and receive a monthly newsletter. We meet at the El Estero Park center in Monterey, on the 4th Monday of each month, except July, and December at 6:30-8:00 p.m. Go to our website for information on joining, and more information about events, workshops, etc.

Address
P.O. Box 95
City
Monterey, CA 93942
Phone Number
(831) 663-3006
Description

4 member exhibits @ Meals on Wheels congregate dining hall.

Currently featuring Guna Hebbar,Amanda Menefee. Judy Willis and Deanna DeChauron. Runs through November 3. Location is 700 Jewell Ave. Pacific Grove 93950. 831-375-4454. Open Monday-Friday ‘til 5 PM. Sales benefit Meals on Wheels.

Website Address
Chamber Music Monterey Bay
Description

Chamber Music Monterey Bay enriches the cultural life of the community by promoting high-quality chamber music through a world-class concert series and community education programs.

Address
P.O. Box 221458
City
Carmel, CA 93922
Phone Number
(831) 625-2212
Chartwell School
Listing Name
Description

The mission of Chartwell School is to diagnostically educate students with specific learning variations, including dyslexia, in a way that provides them with the academic skills, confidence, creativity and perseverance necessary to meet the challenges of mainstream education and lifelong learning.

Website Address
Address
2511 Numa Watson Road
City
Seaside, CA 93955
Phone Number
(831) 394-3468
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Lucia Koch, Dusk and Dawn, 2019, Tegna, Tysons, VA,
Description

Christopher Grimes Projects develops site-specific works for architectural environments. We engage artists who use conceptual strategies to create unusual and innovative installations.

Address
51410 Partington Ridge Road
City
Big Sur
Phone Number
831.667.2114
Colleagues of the Arts
Description

The mission of Colleagues of the Arts (COTA) is to provide opportunities to help gifted, under-served Monterey County artists realize their potential in the arts by offering support for on-going lessons, equipment, and programs, as well as on-going mentoring.

Address
P.O. Box 222978
City
Carmel, CA 93923
Phone Number
(831) 241-2525
Community Partnership for Youth
Description

Community Partnership for Youth (CPY) is a prevention program providing positive alternatives to gangs, drugs, and violence while reinforcing individual strengths. Our vision is to provide our youth with a safe, structured environment that encourages healthy boundaries, positive self-esteem, and the ability to make good choices for a full and successful life.

Programs and Classes: http://cpy.org/programs/

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 42
City
Monterey, CA 93942
Phone Number
(831) 392-4279
Contact Email
D.A.R.E. America (D.A.R.E. Dance Program)
Description

The D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Dance Program brings at-risk youth a free and positive alternative to drugs and violence through the fun, healthy, and expressive art form of dance.

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 512090
City
Los Angeles, CA 90051-0090
Phone Number
(800) 223-DARE
Dance Kids of Monterey County
Description

Dance Kids of Monterey County was created to provide ongoing performance opportunities in dance and theater arts to the youth of Monterey County. Our mission is to strengthen character and positively influence children's lives through the performing arts.

Website Address
Address
Mission & 8th - PO Box 6225
City
Carmel, CA 93921
Phone Number
831-622-9008
Contact Email
DEA Educational Foundation
Description

Established in 2001, the DEA Educational Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization that exists to support the DEA Museum through fundraising, advocacy and educational outreach, exhibit sponsorship, and educational program development.

Address
2633 Lincoln Blvd. #129
City
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone Number
(310) 459-0326
El Sistema Salinas
Listing Name
Description

Our mission is to transform the lives of youth and communities through inspiration, dedication, discipline, and performance of classical orchestral music.

Address
22576 Toreador Drive
City
Salinas, CA 93908
Phone Number
(831) 484-9190
Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra
Description

Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra enriches the cultural life of the California Central Coast by performing adventurous, exciting, innovative music not otherwise available to our community.

Address
P.O. Box 4017
City
Monterey, CA 93942
Phone Number
(831) 333-1283
Contact Email
Description

Estampa De Las Americas is a non-profit organization committed to educate our community with instruction, education, and performing of cultural diversity among the different background groups of this population. Estampa De Las Americas (EDLA) will expose the richness of our diversity enhancing the pride and respect through learning and performing music and dance of ancient Americas Continent to every individual that EDLA may have the opportunity to come into contact with.

Address
P.O. Box 3883
City
Salinas, CA 93906
Phone Number
(831) 262-7139
Festa Italia Santa Rosalia Foundation
Description

The mission of the Festa Italia Santa Rosalia Foundation is to enrich the community life of everyone in our region by celebrating the arts, culture, and heritage of our Italian community by presenting and providing scholarships for local students.

Address
18 Cielo Vista Drive
City
Monterey CA, 93940
Phone Number
(831) 582-4583
First Night Monterey
Description

The mission of First Night Monterey, Inc. is to bring families together and unite our community in all its diversity through the visual and performing arts, to foster the public's appreciation of visual and performing arts, and to celebrate families and community through workshops and the New Year's Eve celebration.

Address
542 Archer Street
City
Monterey, CA 93942
Phone Number
(831) 373-4778
Forest Theater Guild
Description

Our mission is to present quality performing arts, and to foster growth and appreciation of the dramatic and allied arts among the broad community, utilizing community talent with a focus on youth mentorship training programs.

Address
P.O. Box 2325
City
Carmel, CA 93921
Phone Number
(831) 626-1681
Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries
Description

The Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries was founded with the goal of supporting vital enhancement programs for the Monterey County Free Libraries. In 1989, Mark Massel left a $100,000 bequest to the county libraries. The head librarian at the time, Dallas Shaffer, had a vision of using the funds to create an institution that would support the local libraries for years to come.

Programs and Classes: http://www.fmcfl.org/programs.htm

Website Address
Address
450 Lincoln Ave, Suite 203
City
Salinas, CA 93901
Phone Number
(831) 424-3564
Contact Email
Foundation for Performing Arts Center – Pacific Grove
Description

Our mission is to make the performing arts available to the community of Pacific Grove, to maintain and enhance the Performing Arts Center, and to benefit performing arts programs in local schools.

Address
835 Forest Ave
City
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Phone Number
(831) 647-1641
Contact Email
Friends of Sunset Foundation
Description

The Friends of Sunset Foundation was established in 1984 to support the mission and goals of the Sunset Community and Cultural Center in Carmel-by-the-Sea. The Foundation team operates the Sunset Center concession services, The Sunset Cafe, to raise funds to support and enhance the cultural activities and facilities of Sunset Center.

Address
P.O. Box 293, Carmel, CA, 93921
City
Carme., CA 93921
Phone Number
(831) 624-4538
Friends of the Andy Ausonio Library
Description

The Friends of the Castroville Library (FOL) are dedicated to the principle that libraries provide opportunities for the enrichment of our community. We are a non-profit 501-c-(3) and member-supported group since 1985.

Address
10999 Pomber Street
City
Castroville, CA 95012
Phone Number
(831) 633-3909
Contact Email
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Gateway Center of Monterey County
Description

Gateway Center's mission is to create a caring and stimulating environment where adults with developmental disabilities can live in our community, in surroundings compatible with their ability to live and work at the highest level possible.

Website Address
Address
850 Congress Ave.
City
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Phone Number
(831) 372-8002
Description

Our mission is to provide a Salinas World Pop Dance and Leadership program which addresses youth leadership issues in a low-income, high-risk area through dance and the performing arts.

Workshops at Cesar Chavez Library in Salinas on Saturdays from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

City
Salinas, CA
Phone Number
(831) 261-7217
Contact Email
Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast
Description

The mission of Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast (GICC) is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, bold, and to respect themselves and the world around them. Our philosophy is to create a community recognizing that each young person already embodies the qualities and strengths to achieve self-empowerment and become a leader. Our role is to cultivate and grow those qualities.

Website Address
Address
318 Cayuga St., Suite 209
City
Salinas, CA 93901
Phone Number
(831) 772-0882
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Guitars not Guns
Listing Name
Description

Our mission is to provide guitars and lessons to foster kids, at-risk youth, and other deserving children in a classroom setting with qualified teachers.

Website Address
Address
542 Ortiz Suite B
City
Sand City, CA 93955
Phone Number
(831) 372-1955
HARA Motion Picture Conservatory
Description

HARA is dedicated to nourishing the hearts, minds, and spirits of young professionals who feel drawn to represent life through new media--providing Monterey Bay high school students film-making and acting training through hands-on experience producing original films in order to prepare them for a sustainable career in the collaborative arts.

Click on 2017 Summer Camp for more details.

Address
2200 Garden Road
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(323) 946-3979
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Henry Miller Memorial Library
Description

The Henry Miller Library is a public benefit, non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization championing the literary, artistic and cultural contributions of the late writer, artist, and Big Sur resident Henry Miller.  The Library also serves as a cultural resource center, functioning as a public gallery/performance/workshop space for artists, writers, musicians and students.

Website Address
Address
48603 Highway 1
City
Big Sur, CA 93920
Phone Number
(831) 667-2574
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Hijos Del Sol Arts Productions
Description

Hijos Del Sol provides a complimentary studio space and the necessary tools and materials to complete projects and experiment with various mediums. Throughout each year, Instructors and students design collective exhibits to showcase their work. In addition to visual arts instruction, we provide ample opportunity for exploration with interdisciplinary forms; exposure to historical, contemporary, and cultural traditions; and practice with core life competencies, all while fostering the value of post- secondary education. An important strategy is to create jobs with allowance for youth apprentices that act as mentors to the next generation of up and coming young illustrators.
Open Tuesdays-Fridays 3:30pm -8pm

Address
443 E.Alisal St. Suite C
City
Salinas
Phone Number
8312004320
Historic Monterey
Listing Name
Description

The mission of Historic Monterey is to promote natural and cultural heritage through outreach, preservation, and education of visitors and residents through collaboration with government, community, and business organizations.

Address
City of Monterey, City Hall
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 646-5601
Hospice Giving Foundation
Description

The Foundation supports and encourages thoughtful dialogue about dignified family- and patient-centered end-of-life care. Through our grants and outreach, Hospice Giving Foundation gives voice to a difficult topic that affects us all.  Their commitment is to ensure the needed services are available throughout our community; for all in our community.

Address
80 Garden Court, Suite 201
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 333-9023
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I Cantori di Carmel
Description

Our mission is to promote the performance, understanding, and enjoyment of choral music by members of the community.

Check upcoming events for classes.

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 1733
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 372-3674
Description

The Indigenous Film & Television Institute (IFTI) is dedicated to promoting indigenous peoples in the arts to educate the global community about indigenous peoples, their culture, and their ways of life.

Address
8149 Santa Monica Boulevard #122
City
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Phone Number
(805) 698-8019
Contact Email
Interim, Inc.
Listing Name
Description

Our mission is to provide services and affordable housing to support members of our community with mental illness in building productive and satisfying lives.

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 3222
City
Monterey, CA 93942
Phone Number
(831) 649-4522
Description

Our mission is to educate all children toward becoming conscientious, compassionate, and responsible citizens of the world. Our vision is of a world of understanding.

Website Address
Address
1720 Yosemite Street
City
Monterey CA, 93940
Phone Number
(831) 241-2193
JazzAge Monterey
Listing Name
Description

JazzAge Monterey exists to facilitate the live performance of early jazz and other historically related music of the 1920s and '30s as part of the American musical heritage, and to educate and encourage young people to learn, appreciate, and perform this music.

Address
7 Woodside Place
City
Carmel Valley, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 659-0436
Ladies First
Listing Name
Description

The mission of Ladies First is to motivate and encourage at-risk females, by providing them with tools to enhance their socialization skills through education, cultural exposure, and skill-set development workshops.

Address
P.O. Box 954
City
Seaside, CA 93955
Phone Number
(831) 424-1501
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League of United Latin American Citizens Salinas Council #2055
Description

Our mission is to advance the economic condition, educational attainment, health, and civil rights of the Latino population in the United States.

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 1396
City
Salinas, CA 93902
Phone Number
(831) 262-5529
Marina Youth Arts
Listing Name
Description

MYA was founded as a non-profit nine years ago. Our mission is to provide opportunities for children of Marina and throughout the region to experience the performing, visual, and cultural arts through seasonals and year-round participation-based programs. We are the only non-profit organization in Marina committed to such an endeavor. We believe that communities need to preserve and nurture the Arts because they are vital to the quality of life now and in the future.

Address
3061 Bostick Ave.
City
Marina, CA 93933
Phone Number
(831) 883-3968
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Marine Life Studies
Description

Marine Life Studies is a nonprofit organization committed to protecting our oceans, whales, dolphins and other marine wildlife.

Our mission is to acquire knowledge and share knowledge and inspire the next generation of whale, dolphin and ocean conservationists.

We acquire knowledge through on-going research, share and utilize that knowledge to encourage conservation, and inspire the public, especially children,
with our educational programs.

Programs and Classes: http://www.marinelifestudies.org/index.php/Education-Programs/educatio-programs.html

Address
P.O. Box 163
City
Moss Landing, CA 95039
Phone Number
(831) 239-8608
Millennium Charter High School
Description

Millennium Charter High School is an arts and technology based high school. MCHS graduates will be prepared for college and ready for employment in the evolving world of Media Arts Technology through a balance of traditional academics and real-world, hands-on experiences. Our students will discover their unique gifts and talents and how to use them as they work individually and collaboratively. Engaged and educated in a true community of learners, our students will be empowered to realize their dreams.

Address
901 Blanco Circle
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 758-7952
Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad Historical Society
Description

The MSVRR Historical Society is dedicated to creating & maintaining a Railroad Museum in Salinas with an emphasis on the historic, contemporary, and future value of the Railroad to the Monterey Bay Region, providing experiential education opportunities for children of all ages enhancing the core curriculum and inspiring civic involvement in our communities.

Website Address
Address
26 Station Place
City
Salinas, CA 93901
Phone Number
(831) 789-8097
Contact Email
Monterey Bay Chapter, United Nations Association of the USA
Description

Our mission is to educate our community about critical global issues, and the vital role of the ideals and work of the United Nations in addressing them, through a variety of channels and media.

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 223379
City
Carmel, CA 93922-3379
Phone Number
(831) 625-9414
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Monterey Bay Charter School
Description

Monterey Bay Charter School is a partnership of diverse and committed families and faculty providing a Waldorf-inspired K-8 public education, which empowers children to discover their gifts, enjoy a full and enduring childhood, and to pursue lifelong learning.

Website Address
Address
1004 David Avenue
City
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Phone Number
(831) 655-4638
Monterey County Agricultural & Rural Life Museum (MCARLM)
Description

MCARLM celebrates the past, present, and future of agriculture in Monterey County by interpreting authentic objects, providing unique programs, and building community connections.

Website Address
Address
1160 Broadway St. / P.O. Box 644
City
King City, CA 93930
Phone Number
(831) 385-8020
Contact Email
Monterey County Composers’ Forum
Description

The mission of the Monterey County Composers' Forum is to provide quality opportunities for local composers from a variety of backgrounds to have their works presented in a supportive and non-judgmental environment.

Address
605 Andrus Street
City
King City, CA 93930
Phone Number
(831) 385-0973
Monterey County Dance Foundation
Description

The mission of the Monterey County Dance Foundation is to support the performing art of dance in Southern Monterey County through fundraising, event promotion, and event organization that directly benefits performers, youth, and the community of Southern Monterey County.

Programs and Classes: http://www.montereycountydancetheatre.com/classes.html

Address
P.O. Box 1154
City
King City, CA 93930
Phone Number
(916) 257-2502
Monterey County Film Commission
Description

The Monterey County Film Commission is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire and facilitate film and media production throughout Monterey County, creating positive economic impact.

Website Address
Address
801 Lighthouse Avenue, Suite 104, Monterey, CA 93940 / P.O. Box 111 Monterey, CA 93942-0111
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 646-0910
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Monterey County Pops!
Description

Monterey County Pops! is an orchestra dedicated to bringing pops and patriotic music performed by professional musicians free-of-charge to the families and visitors of Monterey County while identifying, engaging, and educating under-served youth of Monterey County.

Address
P.O. Box 3352
City
Monterey, CA 93942
Phone Number
(831) 484-5511
Monterey County Symphony Association
Description

The mission of the Monterey Symphony is to engage, educate, and excite our community through the performance and continual discovery of symphonic music.

Address
2560 Garden Road, Suite 101
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 645-1131
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Monterey County Television Fund
Description

Our mission is to support the activities of the Media Center for Art, Education, and Technology and the Millennium Charter High School for the Arts.

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 80851
City
Salinas, CA 93912
Phone Number
(831) 784-4192
Contact Email
Monterey County Youth Museum
Description

The mission of MY Museum is to provide an environment where curiosity and creativity flourish, while both children and adults learn together through experience.

Check Calendar for Classes: http://www.mymuseum.org/plan/calendar/

Website Address
Address
425 Washington Street
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 649-6444
Contact Email
Description

We are a group of volunteers who love cowboy poetry, western music, cowboy movies and western art and gear. We formed a non-profit corporation 501(c)(3) in order to bring the best western entertainment and art to Monterey County and especially the historical City of Monterey. Our charitable partner is the Salvation Army. They have been living the cowboy way for some time.

Website Address
Address
93 Via Encanto
City
Montrey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 594-2238
Contact Email
Monterey History and Arts Association
Description

The mission of the Monterey History and Arts Association (MHAA) is to share the histories and the diverse legacies of people, stories, and places that continue to shape the Monterey region. MHAA instituted Montery's historic landmark program and created the Path of History, which guides visitors to historic sites in old Monterey. MHAA possesses extensive collections of furnishings, paintings, photographs, costumes, books, manscripts, and other artifcats, and is the parent organization of the Museum of Monterey (MoM) which features History, Arts, Innovation, and Maritime. MHAA owns and preserves Casa Serrano Adobe, Mayo Hayes O'Donnell Library, and the Frances Doud House and garden.

Address
5 Custom House Plaza
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 372-2608
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Monterey International Film Festival of UNA, USA
Description

As in past years, this outstanding film festival screens diverse international documentary films designed to wake up, educate and mobilize viewers around critical global issues. A volunteer Film Festival committee spends over six months searching key documentary film sites for excellent and recent issue-oriented documentary films, in order to select the nine films which will be screened in this year’s festival.

Address
P.O. Box 221503
City
Carmel, CA 93922
Phone Number
(831) 521-9118
Monterey Jazz Festival
Description

The mission of Monterey Jazz Festival is to celebrate the legacy of jazz, expand its boundaries, and provide opportunities to experience jazz through performances and education programs.

Programs and Classes: http://www.montereyjazzfestival.org/jazz-education

Address
9699 Blue Larkspur Lane, Suite 204
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 373-3366
Monterey Museum of Art – Pacific Street
Description

The Monterey Museum of Art inspires appreciation of the evolving California artistic legacy and expands a passion for the visual arts.

Programs and Classes: http://www.montereyart.org/education/

Website Address
Address
559 Pacific Street
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 372-5477
Description

Our mission is to foster, manage, and support live productions of diverse forms of the performing arts at the Golden State Theatre in Monterey with particular attention to operatic arias presented in concert form.

Address
P.O. Box 1254
City
Monterey, CA 93942
Phone Number
(831) 373-8450
Monterey Peninsula Choral Society (MPCS)
Description

It is our mission to provide a pleasurable choral singing experience for our members and audiences, and to offer opportunities for our members to grow musically.

Website Address
Address
40 Nacional Avenue/P.O. Box 7109
City
Spreckles, CA 93962
Phone Number
(831) 236-2299
Contact Email
Monterey Peninsula College Foundation
Description

Monterey Peninsula College Foundation supports MPC by being strong advocates for the College in the community and by raising significant financial support for the College. The Foundation is committed to the concept that education is the means by which people may reach their full potential.

Website Address
Address
980 Fremont Street
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 655-5507
Contact Email
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Monterey Peninsula Community Theatre Company Charitable Trust
Description

The mission of the Monterey Peninsula Community Theatre Company Charitable Trust (MPC Theatre Trust) is to support the Monterey Peninsula College Theatre Company, the producing arm of the Monterey Peninsula College Theatre Arts program.

Website Address
Address
871 Cass Street, #200/P.O. Box 2904
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 375-5066
Contact Email
Monterey Pensinsula Gospel Community Choir
Description

Monterey Peninsula Gospel Community Choir strives to expose the Monterey Bay Area community to a wide variety of unforgettable free gospel music experiences. To achieve this goal, we aim to educate in the art and history of gospel music with choral training and gospel music education.

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 1161
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 422-6841
Contact Email
MPC Dance Trust / Monterey Bay Dance Company
Description

Monterey Bay Dance Company's mission is to provide quality after-school dance education for teens, with a community outreach educational component.

Website Address
Address
Monterey Peninsula College, 980 Fremont Street
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 646-4221
Contact Email
Museum Foundation of Pacific Grove
Description

To Inspire discovery, wonder, and stewardship of our natural world. The Museum is a living field guide of the California Central Coast.

Website Address
Address
165 Forest Avenue
City
Pacific Grove, CA 93950-2612
Phone Number
(831) 236-2299
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Natividad Medical Foundation
Description

Natividad Medical Foundation is dedicated to philanthropically supporting Natividad Medical Center, one of California's 19 public safety net hospitals, in its mission to continually monitor and improve the health status of the people of Monterey County through access to high quality, coordinated healthcare services, regardless of ability to pay.

Address
P.O. Box 4427
City
Salinas, CA 93906
Phone Number
(831) 755-4187
Occhiata Productions
Description

Occhiata Productions brings arts engagement to Monterey County Schools through the multi-discipline prism of opera.

Program Information: http://www.occhiata.org/index.php/program

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 2426
City
Monterey, CA 93942
Phone Number
(831) 594-7444
Contact Email
Old Monterey Foundation
Description

The mission of the Old Monterey Foundation is to promote, support, and enhance the artistic and cultural environment of historic downtown Monterey, California.

Address
321 Alvarado Street, Suite G
City
Monterey CA, 93940
Phone Number
(831) 655-8070
Contact Email
Opera-Essence Performances
Description

The mission of Opera-Essence Performances is to provide school children and other audiences with an opportunity to create art by encouraging interactive participation in staged musical events.

Address
681 Madison Street
City
Monterey Street, Monterey CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 372-2941
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Orchestra in the Schools
Description

Orchestra in the Schools, Inc. provides students throughout Monterey County an opportunity to learn an instrument, be a part of an orchestra, and perform with students from other schools. Orchestra in the Schools, Inc. (OITS) is known for its outstanding small group instrumental instruction, and students, parents, and lovers of music always look forward to the concerts performed annually in the winter and spring.

Address
30 Los Encinos Drive
City
Del Rey Oaks, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 236-8246
Pacific Grove Art Center
Description

Since 1969, Pacific Grove Art Center has been a community based nonprofit seeking to enhance art appreciation and encourage the creation of art. With the desire to have art available to everyone, PGAC has held low cost classes, free exhibits, and offered reduced rent for artist’s studios for over 40 years. Emerging to established artists are professionally shown in our historic galleries, and large group shows can provide the first step into the art world for many. Through generous donations, grants, and hundreds of volunteered hours, the Art Center continues its mission today.

Classes: http://www.pgartcenter.org/classes.html

Address
568 Lighthouse Avenue
City
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Phone Number
(831) 375-2208
Pacific Grove Art Center Associates
Description

Our mission is to cultivate art appreciation and encourage community involvement in the arts through exhibits, classes, and events to children, youth and adults living in Monterey County.

Website Address
Address
568 Lighthouse Ave. / P.O. Box 633
City
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Phone Number
(831) 375-2208
Contact Email
Description

For each of our students to become: an effective communicator, a complex thinker, an independent learner, a quality producer, a collaborative learner, and a responsible contributing citizen.

Address
69325 Highway 1
City
Big Sur, CA 93920
Phone Number
(805) 927-4507
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Parks Foundation of Monterey County
Description

The mission of the Parks Foundation is to provide interpretive programs in history and environmental education for Monterey County residents.

Address
P.O. Box 4864
City
Salinas, CA 93912
Phone Number
(831) 755-4913
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Peacock Acres
Listing Name
Description

Peacock Acres provides supportive housing, intense case management, and life coaching for foster and former foster youth that have been separated from their families. With resolve in our hearts, we steer them towards opportunities for growth for growth as they continue their journey toward a happy, productive life.

Website Address
Address
838 South Main St.
City
Salinas, CA 93901
Phone Number
(831) 754-3635
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Philip Glass Center for the Arts, Science and The Environment
Description

The mission of the Philip Glass Center for the Arts, Sciences, and the Environment is to gather the world's leaders in the fields of art, science, and the environment for a broad array of interdisciplinary activities including performances, seminars, and educational programs that inspire and motivate the public to become engaged with matters vital to the future of the natural environment and the quality of human existence.

Address
225 Crossroads Blvd, #392
City
Carmel, CA 93923
Phone Number
(917) 913-6415
Contact Email
Rancho Cielo
Listing Name
Description

Rancho Cielo's mission is to partner with our community to provide a safe campus to deliver programs and services that inspire at-risk youth to learn new skills, gain self-esteem and confidence. Our vision is to transform the lives of at-risk youth and empower them to become accountable, competent, productive, and responsible citizens.

Programs and Classes: http://ranchocieloyc.org/new/programs/

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 6948
City
Salinas, CA 93912
Phone Number
(831) 444-3530
Salinas Valley Art Association
Description

Located in Salinas, California, the Salinas Valley Art Association (SVAA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of the visual arts.
Both artists and art enthusiasts are welcome.

Check out the SVAA website for demonstration videos, events calendar, current newsletter, and more.

Description

Our mission is to provide cultural enrichment programs to citizens of Monterey County.

Address
P.O. Box 1272
City
Seaside, CA 93955
Phone Number
(831) 394-9047
Description

The mission of the Soledad-Mission Recreation District is to enrich our community through the provision of programs and facilities that enhance positive, wholesome, and healthy recreation.

Classes (scroll down to art classes): http://www.soledad-mission-recreation-district.org/programs/

Address
57- Walker Dr. / P.O. Box 1650
City
Soledad, CA 93960
Phone Number
(831) 678-3745
South County Branch of the Central Coast YMCA
Description

The YMCA believes in nurturing the potential of every child through youth development, promoting healthy living, and inspiring social responsibility through healthy living activities.

Address
560 Walker Drive
City
Soledad, CA 93960
Phone Number
(831) 678-1239
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Description

Our mission is to encourage, develop, maintain, preserve, and fund a performing arts facility in Southern Monterey County, specifically the Robert Stanton Theater at King City High School, and to make the facility accessible to all organizations who want to utilize one of the finest theatrical venues in the Central Coast region.

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 698
City
Greenfield, CA 93927
Phone Number
(831) 674-5538
Stage Kids Etc.
Listing Name
Description

Stage Kids, Etc. is organized for purposes of providing educational, cultural, and leadership programs and activities for children and young adults, in Big Sur, California, and its surrounding communities.

Summer Program Registration: http://stagekids.org/register/

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 447
City
Big Sur, CA 93920
Phone Number
(831) 659-4186
Contact Email
Description

Aditi, Sanskrit for creative abundance, promotes the living arts for daily survival with style through education, youth scholarships, performance and touring, and multicultural programs of ethnic dance and interarts in Monterey County.

Danzas Aditi was formed in 2003 as a professional touring ensemble. Its mission is to choreograph, stage and perform dance concerts featuring traditional and innovative collaborations, with interfaces that accent cultural and artistic commonalities while revealing the authentic uniqueness of each dance.

Classes: http://www.aditidance.org/classes.htm

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 4007
City
Monterey, CA 93942
Phone Number
831-625-2587
The Alisal Center for the Fine Arts, Inc
Description

ACFA provides free art classes, exhibits, and performances in the Alisal neighborhood in East Salinas and the greater Salinas area. Through art and creativity transformation can begin. Thank you for your contribution to our center.

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 5440
City
Salinas, CA, 93915
Phone Number
831-758-5715
The Creative Edge: The Way of the Arts
Description

Our mission is to sponsor public benefit educational programs that introduce and develop for individuals the inner creative process used by experienced artists of various fine arts disciplines.

Website Address
Address
8 Stratford Place
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 373-7809
The Links, Inc. Monterey Bay Chapter
Description

The mission of The Links, Inc, Monterey Bay Chapter is to be an organization committed to the development and implementation of programs that inspire people of African American origin through cultural, educational, and civic participation. We have accomplished this in our chapter by faithfully striving to be proactive and making a presence in the communities that we serve. By doing so, we have facilitated positive change in our chapter's service areas on the Monterey Peninsula, and globally have been able to transcend time, race, social, and economic differences by reaching out and partnering with other organizations.

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 1699
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 578-1662
Contact Email
The Lyceum of Monterey County
Description

The Lyceum's Mission is to inspire a life-long love of learning through enrichment programs that stimulate intellectual promise, awaken individual creativity, and foster academic achievement.

Classes: http://www.lyceum.org/schedule-of-classes/

Website Address
Address
1073 6th St.
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 372-6098
Contact Email
The National Steinbeck Center
Description

The National Steinbeck Center is located in John Steinbeck’s hometown of Salinas, Calif., a scenic 17-mile drive from Monterey in the heart of Steinbeck Country. The Center offers three distinct visitor experiences in literature and history, agriculture and art, as well special events and educational programs.

Writing Program: http://www.steinbeck.org/pages/steinbeck-young-authors

Website Address
Address
1 Main St.
City
Salinas, CA 93901
Phone Number
(831) 796-3828
Contact Email
The Parenting Connection of Monterey County
Description

The Parenting Connection of Monterey County is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that supports parents and caregivers in developing their ability to nurture young children who have a vision that families in Monterey County thrive because children are parented well. The PCMC value parent education that is delivered respectfully, is research-based, honors the whole parent and child, and is appropriate for each age and stage.

Address
3066 Lake Dr, Rm. 9 & 10
City
Marina, CA
Listing Name
Description

Our mission is to inspire a global response that eliminates the barriers preventing a diversity of girls from having a personal relationship with the ocean and with one another.

Address
P.O. Box 51204
City
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Phone Number
(831) 236-4642
VNA & Hospice
Listing Name
Description

The Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is dedicated to providing the highest quality health care to residents of the Central Coast by meeting their individual needs in an ethical, effective, caring, and fiscally responsive manner.

Website Address
Address
5 Lower Ragsdale Drive / P.O. Box 2480
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 648-3734
Contact Email
Voices of the Street
Description

Our mission is to establish a viable street paper empowering and liberating opportunity for the homeless and marginalized population of Monterey County to voice their views, build useful publishing skills, build the community with a newspaper, provide income with the newspaper, and be a forum for community dialogue about the issues of homelessness and poverty in Monterey County.

Address
22 Soledad St.
City
Salinas, CA 93901
Phone Number
(831) 770-1929
Youth Arts Collective
Description

The mission of Youth Arts Collective (YAC) is to provide a creative sanctuary for Monterey County youth ages 14 t 22 to explore their potential as artists as they develop personal awareness and self-esteem, social understanding, and an appreciation for contributing in positive ways to their community.

YAC provides supplies, studio space, art training, exhibition and commission opportunities, individual mentoring, and a community unlike any other. We’re open 4 hours a day, 6 days a week, year round.

YAC is open to the public:
Weekdays: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m.

Website Address
Address
Youth Arts Collective, 472 Calle Principal
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 375-9922
Youth Music Monterey
Description

Youth Music Monterey's mission is to inspire excellence in individual students and enrich our community by providing young people with opportunities to participate in, and gain greater understanding of, music and its performance.

Address
546 B Hartnell Street
City
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone Number
(831) 375-1992