ArtWorlds: Illuminating Global Creativity
2024-09-14 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Irvine Auditorium, 499 Pierce St, Monterey, CA, 93940, United States
ArtWorlds explores how enduring partnerships among artists, curators, and institutions can foster artistic innovation and create global impact, highlighting the creative depth of artistic partnerships on view in our fall 2024 exhibition season.

Experience a fascinating conversation between artists and curators featured in MMA’s fall season. The event will begin with a keynote by Lydia Nakashima Degarrod, followed by a lively discussion with Chuck Davis, Rick Murai, Ryuijie, and Belle Yang moderated by Lydia Nakashima Degarrod and MMA Executive Director Corey Madden.

Program Schedule

3:00 – 3:30 pm Mingle and enjoy a pre-event reception

3:30 – 5:00 pm Keynote and conversation

Middlebury Institute of International Studies

Irvine Auditorium in the McCone Building

Seating is limited, and advance registration is recommended.

For more information on our annual Fall Fundraiser, an exceptional afternoon-to-evening experience that includes both the ArtWorlds Program at MIIS and an elegant salon-style dinner and conversation with Season Artists and Guest Curators, please visit Premier Dinner at La Mirada.

Carmel Art Walk
2024-09-14 16:00 - 19:00, 2024-10-12 16:00 - 19:00, 2024-11-09 16:00 - 19:00 | Throughout Carmel by the Sea, CA, 93921, United States
Founded and run by local artists, the Carmel Art Walk is a free and family-friendly event. Support our local artists and keep the HEART of Carmel beating strong! Carmel Art Walk is the second Saturday every month from 4pm-7pm and is open to the public. Tour artist-owned galleries and meet the artists who carry on the Carmel-by-the-Sea artist colony legacy. Follow the blue lanterns at each gallery.

17th Annual Seaside Artist Tour
2024-09-21 00:00 - 2024-09-22 23:59
Seaside Artist Association holds a yearly Seaside Studio Tour, during which the public can tour the studios, garages or backyards of working artists, learn about their processes, and have the ability to purchase artwork directly from them.

Artist Workshop: Algae Cyanotypes and Mixed Media
2024-09-21 13:30 - 16:30 | Monterey Museum of Art, 559 Pacific Street, Monterey, CA 93940, 559 Pacific Street, Monterey, 93940
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 Bay. Using those materials, create your own unique cyanotype design and, as a final touch, add mixed media elements such as watercolor, oil pastel, and charcoal.

Open to all experience levels!

Afternoon with the Artist: Belle Yang
2024-09-28 14:00 - 15:30 | Monterey Museum of Art, 559 Pacific Street, Monterey, CA, 93940, United States
Join artist Belle Yang 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 Yang.

Play with Clay
2024-09-29 14:00 - 16:00 | Monterey Clay Studio, 785 Broadway Ave., Seaside, 93955
Come learn the basics of throwing clay on the potter’s wheel! This is a two-hour experiential class where students get to leave perfectionism behind and fully embrace the flow of working with clay on the wheel. Unlimited balls of clay are provided during the session and clay used is reclaimed after class – letting you be truly present with the process and unattached to outcomes! For adults ages 18 and up.

Baroque & Unknown: Night One (Featuring The Boulanger Initiative)
2024-10-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Wendi Kirby Music, 550 Hartnell Street, Monterey, 93940
NIGHT ONE:
Where Are The Women?

Featured Composers: Raffaella Aleotti & Francesca Caccini

Where are the women composers in classical music? How can we find, celebrate, and uplift them? Join us on Thursday, October 3rd, for the kick-off of the Baroque & Unknown series, featuring Kathryn Radakovich, Learning and Development Director of The Boulanger Initiative, as we explore these crucial questions.

Our evening experience will transport you to 15th Century Italy, highlighting the music and lives of two remarkable composers: Vittoria Raffaella Aleotti (1575-1620) and Francesca Caccini (1587-1640). You’ll learn about Aleotti’s life as a renowned nun and conductor, and Caccini’s pioneering career at the Medici court as the first Italian woman to compose an opera. Five Women of The Central Coast Chamber Choir will perform these composers’ works in an intimate, salon-style setting. Plus, enjoy paired food and beverage tastings from Uncle Nearest and Chic Charcuterique as we immerse ourselves in the unknown. *Seating is limited.

Date: Thursday, October 3rd, 2024
Location: Wendi Kirby Music, 550 Hartnell Street
Time: 6:30PM – 8:30PM
Guest Speaker: Kathryn Radakovich, The Boulanger Initiative
Featured Artists: Central Coast Chamber Choir
Pairings By: Chic Charcuterique & Uncle Nearest and more!

First Friday Monterey Museum of Art
2024-10-04 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-11-01 17:00 - 19:00 | Monterey Museum of Art, 559 Pacific Street, Monterey, CA 93940, 559 Pacific Street, Monterey, 93940
FREE after-hours access to the Museum on the First Friday of the month. Join us for an evening of art, music, and community gathering!

First Friday - Monterey Museum of Art
2024-10-04 17:00 - 19:00 | 559 Pacific St, Monterey, CA, United States, California
Enjoy FREE after-hours access at the Museum on the First Friday in October. Join us for a fun-filled evening with art, music, and refreshments, and create your own comic book collage project inspired by Belle Yang’s art and graphic novels. Featuring live music by Glenn Bell. Refreshments available for purchase from Albatross Ridge and Other Brother Beer Co.

Controlled Chaos Improv at Wave Street Studios!
2024-10-04 19:30 - 21:30 | Wave Street Studios, 774 Wave Street, Monterey, 93940
We can all use a good laugh these days! Come watch “Controlled Chaos” put their own twist on traditional improv. Quick wit and spontaneous energy is combined with truth in comedy to bring something fresh to the stage! A good time is guaranteed for all. You may pay for a whole seat, but watch as these improvisers keep you on the edge of it! 16+

Harvest Festival Discover San Juan Bautista
2024-10-05 10:00 - 2024-10-06 17:00 | Downtown San Juan Bautista, 3rd St, San Juan Bautista,, 95045
Join us on October 5-6 from 10 AM to 5 PM each day for the Harvest Festival hosted by Discover San Juan Bautista! Immerse yourself in the vibrant celebration of the harvest season in the charming town of San Juan Bautista, California.

Experience live music performances, traditional dance showcases, artisanal craft vendors, delicious food and drinks, interactive workshops, guided tours of historical sites, and much more throughout the weekend. Be sure to visit the farmers’ market to sample fresh local produce and artisanal goods.

Sponsored by Discover San Juan Bautista, this event is a celebration of the town’s cultural and historical heritage. Don’t miss the opportunity to join us for a weekend filled with fun and entertainment for the whole family!

Mark your calendars and get ready to celebrate the harvest season at the Harvest Festival Discover San Juan Bautista. Stay tuned for more details and updates on our website and social media channels. We can’t wait to see you there!

FRANK SOLIVAN & CHRIS LUQUETTE DUO WITH OTTER OPRY
2024-10-09 19:00 - 22:00 | Monterey United Methodist Church, 1 Soledad Drive, Monterey, CA, 93940, United States
Otter Opry is bringing another awesome bluegrass program to Monterey United Methodist Church on Wednesday, October 9th: the Frank Solivan & Chris Luquette Duo. Individually, these two extraordinary musicians have compelling stories. Frank grew up near Modesto, California. His grandmother on his father’s side played mandolin and fiddle, and his father played the banjo, guitar, bass, and mandolin. His mother’s side of the family included classical violin and cello players. Frank fell in love with bluegrass music at an early age and formed his first band, Generation Gap, in the late 1980s. After his service in the US Navy, he decided to form his own band, Dirty Kitchen — a reference to the gourmet meals he prepares for friends and family. Frank holds Chris in high esteem. “In the 11 years Chris has been playing with me, I’ve seen him grow into a wonderful man,” he says. “Chris is an inspiration, and I feel like I’m a better musician and human because of his contributions, on and off stage. We’ve traveled the world and made some of the best music of my life together.” With his roots in the Seattle music scene, Chris Luquette seamlessly switches from jazz to rock to bluegrass. His acoustic guitar playing really stands out, but this multi-instrumentalist is equally at home playing mandolin, drums, bass, electric guitar, banjo, and Greek bouzouki. Chris toured with Dirty Kitchen for 11 years; he was also a founding member of Seattle-based Northern Departure and has found himself sitting in with Jerry Douglas, Emmylou Harris, Rob Ickes, and many others. So come on out and listen to this remarkable duo in what is guaranteed to be a brilliant performance. The event includes a public jam starting at 4:00pm and a delicious smoked meatloaf dinner at 5:30pm ($12.50 before October 5th, $17.50 at the door). Online ticket sales will end at noon the day of the performance. 7pm. Monterey United Methodist Church, 1 Soledad Drive, Monterey. $35/show (CBA members $30; 15 and under free); $12.50-17.50/pre-show dinner. Tickets and information at www.otteropry.org.

Just Jazz Presents Marta Sánchez Trio @ Wave Street Studios
2024-10-11 19:30 - 22:00 | Wave Street Studios, 774 Wave Street, Monterey, 93940
Join us on Friday, October 11th as World Class Live Jazz Music continues in Monterey as Just Jazz Presents: The Marta Sanchez Trio at Wave Street Studios. Joining Marta on the bandstand are Chris Tordini on bass & Eliza Salem on drums. Doors open at 6p. Music starts at 8p.

Open Studios Art Tour (1st weekend)
2024-10-12 11:00 - 2024-10-13 17:00 | Monterey County, CA, United States
Get ready for the Open Studios Art Tour (formerly the Artists Studio Tour)! This FREE event spans two weekends in October, showcasing artists’ working studios across Monterey County. Don’t miss this chance to visit and support local talent! The 32nd Annual Monterey County Open Studios Art Tour will take place on the weekends of October 12 – 13, and 19 – 20, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A FREE mobile app will be available for download and a Free Magazine Guide will be available through Arts4MC and the MC Weekly for all the details on participating artists.

Baroque & Unknown: Night Two (Featuring Musicologist, Charissa Noble)
2024-10-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Wendi Kirby Music, 550 Hartnell Street, Monterey, 93940
NIGHT TWO: Where Are Our Creative Social Circles?

Featured Composers: Barbara Strozzi and Leonara Duarte

Where do creative people gather? What local social creative experiences are unknown here in Monterey? Join us for the second night of the Baroque & Unknown series on Thursday, October 17th, where Musicologist, Charissa Noble, will help us explore the fascinating question: What happens when we decentralize the composer and recognize the inherently social nature of music?

The evening will take you into the world of a Courtesan and a Converso as we explore the lives and works of Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) and Leonora Duarte (1610-ca. 1678). Strozzi, a Venetian composer who studied under Cavalli, and Duarte, a composer from a Jewish Portuguese family in Antwerp, will be spotlighted in this immersive event. Women of The Creative Voice and Wendi Kirby Music, along with other Surprise Guests will highlight a brief program of Strozzi’s Cantatas, as we engage in a salon-style conversation on social creativity. Food and beverage tastings provided and seating is limited.

Date: Thursday, October 17th, 2024
Location: Wendi Kirby Music, 550 Hartnell Street
Time: 6:30PM – 8:30PM
Guest Speaker: Charissa Noble
Featured Artists: Women of The Creative Voice & Wendi Kirby Music + Surprise Guests!
Pairings By: Chic Charcuterique and Uncle Nearest and more!

Open Studios Art Tour (2nd Weekend)
2024-10-19 11:00 - 2024-10-20 17:00 | Monterey County, CA, United States

Artist Workshop: Spooky Owl Illustration
2024-10-19 13:30 - 16:30 | Monterey Museum of Art, 559 Pacific Street, Monterey, CA 93940, 559 Pacific Street, Monterey, 93940
Join us 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 levels!

"Macro to Grand Landscapes" Exhibiting at ArtWorks @Salinas
2024-11-01 00:00 - 2024-12-29 23:59 | ArtWorks @Salinas, 262 Main Street, Salinas, CA, 93901, United States
We’re excited to invite you to award-winning nature photographer David J. Gubernick’s stunning exhibit, “Macro to Grand Landscapes,” at ArtWorks @Salinas.
David’s exhibit beautifully captures Monterey County’s natural beauty, from intricate macro shots of flowers to expansive landscapes. In addition to this stunning exhibit, you can also see selected pieces from Kenji Tanner, Deborah Good, Shagufta Khan, Nathaniel Stapleton, Edgar Lorenzo, and Emerald McColey.
Stop by ArtWorks @Salinas at 262 Main Street in Salinas, Fridays through Sundays from 10 am – 2 pm.

First Friday - Monterey Museum of Art
2024-11-01 17:00 - 19:00 | 559 Pacific St, Monterey, CA, United States, California
Join us on the First Friday in November for a fun-filled evening with FREE after-hours access to the Museum, art, music, and refreshments! Eugenia and Francis McComas, two artists featured in Double Vision, are well known for developing vibrant colors in their works. For our November art project, Match the main colors you see in the piece and fill in your McComas paint palette! Featuring live music by Tim Brady of Cement Ship. Refreshments available for purchase from Albatross Ridge and Other Brother Beer Co.

Baroque & Unknown: Night Three (Featuring Stephanie Valadez and The Mecate Ensemble)
2024-11-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Wendi Kirby Music, 550 Hartnell Street, Monterey, 93940
NIGHT THREE: Where Are Our Local Composers?

Featured Composers: Sor Juana Inez De La Cruz, Isabella Leonarda, Lady Mary Dering, and Stephanie Valadez

How did Baroque music vary by region? Where are our local composers now? Come celebrate Dia De Los Muertos and third night of the Baroque & Unknown series, as we travel from Italy to England to Mexico to Monterey, highlighting Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704), Lady Mary Dering (1629-1704), Sor La Juana Inez De La Cruz (1651-1695), and local living composer, Stephanie Valadez.

Stephanie Valadez, Executive Director of Xicameri Productions, will also be our featured Guest Speaker, sharing insights into both Sor Juan’s life and compositions while finding ties to the Central Coast. We’ll highlight the sole-surviving works of two featured composers and feature a new work from Stephanie’s ensemble, Mecate. This is going to be a one-night only experience. Paired food and beverage tastings available and seating is limited.

Date: Friday, November 1, 2024
Location: Wendi Kirby Music, 550 Hartnell Street
Time: 6:30PM – 8:30PM
Guest Speaker: Stephanie Valadez
Featured Artists: Stephanie Valadez & The Mecate Ensemble
Pairings By: Uncle Nearest, Chic Charcuterique, and More!

Free Family Fun Day - Creative Collaborations
2024-11-02 17:00 - 19:00 | 559 Pacific St, Monterey, CA, United States, California
Spend a fun-filled afternoon at the Museum creating art inspired by our current exhibitions. Enjoy free admission to the Museum and experience our exhibitions with the whole family! This Free Family Fun Day, practice your storytelling with a colorful comic book activity inspired by the work of Belle Yang, create a nautical sun catcher in the shape of jellyfish inspired by Yū-gen: The Language of the Sea, or try your hand at mixed media in a watercolor landscape collage inspired by Under the Guard Tower: The Watercolors of Chikaji Kawakami. We will also be featuring a special guest activity led by The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) of the Monterey Peninsula!

Afternoon with the Curator: Richard Murai in Conversation with Chuck Davis and Ryuijie
2024-11-03 14:00 - 15:30 | 559 Pacific St, Monterey, CA, United States, California
Join us in the gallery for an intimate afternoon of spirited conversation as artists Chuck Davis and Ryuijie share insights into Yū-gen: The Language of the Sea. Guest curator Richard Murai will moderate this exchange as they delve deeper into the meaning of Yū-gen, Chuck and Ryuijie’s creative partnership, their darkroom practices, and the creative forces that produce their lush and transcendent imagery. Advance purchase is required. Seating is limited, so we recommend reserving your tickets early. $5 MMA Members, Students, Military, Under 18, and SNAP Participants with EBT $20 General Admission. Includes an admission pass to MMA – Pacific Street.

MPC Theatre Arts presents An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe
2024-11-03 14:00 - 15:30 | Morgan Stock Stage at Monterey Peninsula College, 980 Fremont Street, Monterey, CA, 93940, United States
An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe, adapted by Robert Mason Directed by Todd Siff on the Morgan Stock Stage Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most influential literary figures of the last three hundred years. His horror-filled works are part of our cultural consciousness. MPC Theatre Arts is excited to bring six of his classic tales to life on the Morgan Stock Stage for the Halloween season! Our production features stage adaptations of the following classic tales: The Raven, The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether, and The Purloined Letter. An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe features over 25 MPC students, staff, and community members. The production will combine Poe’s tales from the 19th century with modern lighting and projection to create a unique experience for the Monterey Peninsula theatre audience! October 25 7:00pm October 26 7:00pm October 27 2:00pm November 1 7:00pm November 2 7:00pm November 3 2:00pm Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.(www.playscripts.com)

Botanical Illustration: Autumn Plants
2024-11-09 10:00 - 14:00 | Lyceum of Monterey County, 1073 Sixth Street, Monterey, CA, 93940, United States
Join us for a day of botanical exploration on paper. Working with cuttings of local wild plants, participants will create botanical studies using pencil and color media. We will explore the shape, gesture, structure, texture, and color of our specimens to better understand and describe on paper each plant’s unique features. Learn botanical rendering techniques, terminology, tips and tricks, and gain a better appreciation for our local ecosystem through your art.

Pacifica Quartet
2024-11-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Sunset Center, San Carlos St at Ninth Ave, Carmel by the Sea, CA, 93921
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm.
The program includes pieces by Samuel, George and Antonín.

Performers

Simin Ganatra, violin

Austin Hartman, violin

Mark Holloway, viola

Brandon Vamos, cello

About The Ensemble

Formed in 1994, the Pacifica Quartet quickly won chamber music’s top competitions, including the 1998 Naumburg Chamber Music Award. In 2002 the ensemble was honored with Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award and the appointment to Lincoln Center’s The Bowers Program (formerly CMS Two), and in 2006 was awarded a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. With its powerful energy and captivating, cohesive sound, the Pacifica has established itself as the embodiment of the senior American quartet sound.

The Pacifica Quartet has proven itself the preeminent interpreter of string quartet cycles, harnessing the group’s singular focus and incredible stamina to portray each composer’s evolution, often over the course of just a few days. Having given highly acclaimed performances of the complete Carter cycle in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Houston; the Mendelssohn cycle in Napa, Australia, New York, and Pittsburgh; and the Beethoven cycle in New York, Denver, St. Paul, Chicago, Napa, and Tokyo (in an unprecedented presentation of five concerts in three days at Suntory Hall), the Quartet presented the monumental Shostakovich cycle in Chicago, New York, Montreal, and at London’s Wigmore Hall. The Quartet has been widely praised for these cycles, with critics calling the concerts “brilliant,” “astonishing,” “gripping,” and “breathtaking.”

An ardent advocate of contemporary music, the Pacifica Quartet commissions and performs many new works including those by Keeril Makan, Julia Wolfe, and Shulamit Ran, the latter in partnership with the Music Accord consortium, London’s Wigmore Hall, and Tokyo’s Suntory Hall. The work – entitled Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory – had its New York debut as part of the Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center series.

The members of the Pacifica Quartet live in Bloomington, IN, where they serve as quartet-in-residence and full-time faculty members at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. Prior to their appointment, the Quartet was on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana from 2003 to 2012, and also served as resident performing artist at the University of Chicago for seventeen years.

Baroque & Unknown: Night Four (Featuring The Monterey County Symphony)
2024-11-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Wendi Kirby Music, 550 Hartnell Street, Monterey, 93940
NIGHT FOUR: From Baroque to Now.

Featured Composers: Elisabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, Belle Von Zuyllen, and all prior featured composers in series.

President & CEO of the Monterey County Symphony, Nicola Reilly, joins us as the featured Guest Speaker for the fourth and final night of Baroque & Unknown series, with Special Guest Composer (TBA). Together the two will chat about their own musical heritage and what it means to move forward as a music organization post-2020.

Select members of the Monterey County Symphony will present a brief program of Instrumental works highlighting composers in the series, while the event will welcome you into the world of Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre and Belle von Zuyllen. Paired food and beverage tastings supplied by local small businesses and seating is especially limited for the series finale.

Date: Thursday, November 14th, 2024
Location: Wendi Kirby Music, 550 Hartnell Street
Time: 6:30PM -8:30PM
Guest Speaker: Nicola Shangrow Reilly, President & CEO, Monterey County Symphony
Artists: Select members of Monterey County Symphony
Pairings By: Uncle Nearest, Chic Charcuterique & More!

Collage Art for Holiday Gift Giving
2024-11-16 09:30 - 12:30 | Lyceum of Monterey County, 1073 Sixth Street, Monterey, CA, 93940, United States
In this workshop we’ll be handcrafting holiday notecards, tags and small artworks for holiday gift giving. Join collage/mixed media artist and papercrafter Lisa Handley who will share plenty of fun and festive ideas and designs for your creative enjoyment. We will find inspiration in snowflakes, snowmen, winter trees, holly, stockings, mittens, seasonal abstracts and more. The special people in your life will surely be impressed when they receive your unique holiday creations!
