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
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
We are always casting , & making new items for our store & studio.We have a large selection of ceramics to paint, we offer workshops in clay & glass fusion jewelry. There are somethings in our store that is very delicate, & we would like Parents to control their children from touching these things. Please control your children, or We will control them for their own safety in our store & studio. Our store & studio is a work place, & not a play ground. Thank you for respecting us and our store & studio spaces.
Click to view various workshops.
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/
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
Our mission is to promote the performance, understanding, and enjoyment of choral music by members of the community.
Check upcoming events for classes.
The gallery is located in the world famous village of Carmel-by-the-Sea on California’s coast line. Just 45 minutes North of Big Sur and two hours South of San Francisco. It showcases the most recent works and projects of Jennifer Perlmutter. The gallery participates in year-round second Saturday Art walks, charitable projects and community programs through Carmel Sunset Rotary. And supports Youth in the arts through mentorship and funding.
We offer:
Professional Delivery and Installation of your artwork.
In-Home Consultation for art procurement and placement.
Please call or stop in the gallery for personal service.
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
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/
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.
Sol Treasures awakens and nurtures appreciation and passion for the arts in people of all ages in South Monterey County and provides a home for creative and inspiring opportunities to unify the community through art and culture. We fulfil our mission through our gallery of local artists, classes in art, music and theater for all ages, and cultural enrichment events.
Classes: www.soltreasures.com
The SD mission is to establish a vibrant center for the performing arts offering a wide variety of dance-based activities that connects diverse artists and audiences, bridges disciplines through collaboration, and celebrates the power of dance to inform and inspire. The SD vision is to utilize dance and the arts as a vehicle to open doors, ignite creativity, and fuel the human spirit.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.