Arts Council for Monterey County

Monterey Symphony PINNACLES Concert
2024-05-18 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sunset Center, San Carlos St at Ninth Ave, Carmel by the Sea, CA, 93921
Jayce Ogren, Music Director and Conductor
*********TICKETS ON SALE AUGUST 1, 2023*********
TICKETS: $45-$88
STUDENTS, TEACHERS, ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY: $12
PROGRAM:
MAHLER Symphony No. 5 [Running Time 65′]

2024 Pacific Grove Chalk the Block
2024-05-18 10:00 - 14:00 | Mechanics Bank Plaza – Pacific Grove, 561 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove, 93950
Join us for the 2nd Annual CHALK THE BLOCK in Downtown Pacific Grove, presented by the PG Downtown Business Improvement District and Arts District PG! Whether you’re a professional artist or just want to join in on the fun, all are welcome!

Saturday, May 18, 2024
10:00 am – 2:00 pm (Check-in starts at 9am)
Mechanics Bank Plaza on Lighthouse Avenue
FREE to compete — registration is required as space is limited

You will be provided eco-friendly chalk to use, but you can also bring your own non-toxic supplies, too! Teams of artists are encouraged (no more than 4 people), but individual artists are more than welcome. Compete for category prizes or just for fun!

Carmel Art Festival
2024-05-17 11:00 - 21:00 | Downtown Carmel, Ocean Ave, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
The Carmel Art Festival is three-day series of art-related events centred around one of the premier plein air painting competitions in California. Events include live music, a sculpture demonstration, art activities for families and more. Award ceremony and VIP reception with live music and wine and good from some of Carmel’s most celebrated restaurants and tasting rooms on Friday, May 17 from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Carmel Art Walk
2024-05-11 16:00 - 19:00, 2024-04-13 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.

4th Annual Oceans Arts Festival: Monterey!
2024-05-11 13:00 - 16:00 | Monterey Museum of Art, 559 Pacific Street, Monterey, CA 93940, 559 Pacific Street, Monterey, 93940
A family-friendly event featuring ocean-themed visual and performing art created by artists under the age of 24

First Friday Artist Reception
2024-05-03 17:00 - 20:00, 2024-04-05 17:00 - 20:00 | ArtWorks @Salinas, 262 Main Street, Salinas, CA, 93901, United States
Come to this special artist reception for the ArtWorks @Salinas art exhibit Moments in My Life by r. mike nichols, to be held on the first Friday of each month starting at 5 pm the first Friday of April, May, and June, to see the art, meet the artist, and enjoy tasty refreshments and appetizers.
This exhibit is free and open to the public. We look forward to seeing you!

Monterey Museum of Art - First Friday
2024-05-03 17:00 - 19:00 | 559 Pacific St, Monterey, CA, United States, California
Enjoy FREE after-hours access at the Museum on the first Friday of every month. Join us for an evening of art, music, and community! Live music by Brianna Colliard.

First Friday Monterey Museum of Art
2024-05-03 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-04-05 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!

The Eloquent Suri of Ethiopia: People, Art, Culture, Language through August 16, 2024
2024-05-01 07:00 - 2024-08-16 19:00 | McCone Atrium Gallery (McCone Upper Lobby), 499 Pierce Street, Monterey, California
The Suri people of Ethiopia, who live in the country’s remote southwest corner, are a proud and resilient people with creative and exquisite adornment traditions. They are also passionate about preserving their culture and language. The Eloquent Suri of Ethiopia exhibition, on view already and through August 16 at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in Monterey, introduces the Peninsula community to this engaging people, their art, culture and language.
Please join us in celebrating the Eloquent Suri and their inspiring stories, while gaining greater understanding of the challenges they face. For more information about the exhibition or the overall Eloquent Suri project, please contact Mark Overgaard (mark@movergaard.com).
Availability: now through August 16, 2024; accessible to the public 7am – 7pm weekdays, except on holidays observed by MIIS.

Central Coast Art Association Spring Juried Show
2024-04-29 09:00 - 2024-06-27 17:00 | Meals on Wheels, 700 Jewell Avenue, Pacific Grove, 93950
Dozens of artists from the Central Coast Art Association will exhibit their work from April 29 to June 27 at Meals on Wheels, 700 Jewell Ave in Pacific Grove. The opening reception will be on May 10th from 5-7, featuring music, refreshments, and a live judging and awards ceremony. The public is welcome.
Sales from the show will benefit the Meals on Wheels program which offers home delivered meals, group dining and active living programs to seniors, disabled adults, veterans, and other underserved populations.
The Central Coast Art Association welcomes new artist members and volunteers to participate in our vibrant community.

Chicago Piano Quartet
2024-04-27 18:30 - 21:00 | 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 Turina, Cras, and Brahms.
FULL DESCRIPTION
Joaquín Turina Piano Quartet
Jean Cras String Trio
Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, op. 60
Performers
Desiree Ruhstrat, violin
Aurelien Fort Pederzoli, viola
David Cunliffe, cello
Marta Aznavoorian, piano
About the Performers
Violinist Desirée Ruhstrat, cellist David Cunliffe, and pianist Marta Aznavoorian are known to the CMMB audience for their successful performance in October 2021 as the Lincoln Trio. Ruhstrat, Cunliffe, and violist Aurélien Fort Pederzoli make up the critically-acclaimed Black Oak Ensemble, one of the leading string trios on the international scene. When the two trios combine (yes, in this case, 3 + 3 = 4!), they become the superlative CHICAGO PIANO QUARTET.
The honors, achievements, and critical acclaim garnered by the Lincoln Trio and the Black Oak Ensemble are too numerous to mention. The Lincoln Trio was nominated for a 2017 GRAMMY Award for Best Performance by a Small Ensemble; their playing was praised by Joshua Kosman as “fervent and imaginative” and by The Strad as “sensational.” The Black Oak Ensemble’s latest CD reached #1 on the Billboard Classical Charts in July 2022. Since then, it has been lauded in the U.S. and international press, including Canada, the Netherlands, and Germany. Fanfare said, “The players fully inhabit the spirit of whatever work they are playing at the moment, performing each one with as ardent a flame as if they had written it themselves.”

Monterey Symphony LOMA PRIETA Concert
2024-04-21 15:00 - 17:00, 2024-04-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Sunset Center, San Carlos St at Ninth Ave, Carmel by the Sea, CA, 93921
Jayce Ogren, Music Director and Conductor
Sean Panikkar, tenor
Dan Nebel, horn
*********TICKETS ON SALE AUGUST 1, 2023*********
TICKETS: $45-$88
STUDENTS, TEACHERS, ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY: $12
PROGRAM:
Adolphus HAILSTORK Epitaph to a Man Who Dreamed [Running Time 7′]
BRITTEN Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings [25′]
Sean Panikkar, tenor
Dan Nebel, horn
—intermission [20′]—
Arvo PÄRT Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten [6′]
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 3, Pastoral [34′]

MPC Theatre Arts presents Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka
2024-04-21 14:00 - 16:30, 2024-04-20 19:00 - 2024-05-07 16:30, 2024-04-19 19:00 - 2024-05-06 16:30, 2024-04-18 19:00 - 2024-05-05 16:30, 2024-04-14 14:00 - 16:30, 2024-04-13 19:00 - 2024-04-30 16:30, 2024-04-12 19:00 - 2024-04-29 16:30, 2024-04-11 19:00 - 2024-04-28 16:30 and 3 more dates | Morgan Stock Stage at Monterey Peninsula College, 980 Fremont Street, Monterey, CA, 93940, United States
MPC Theatre Arts is excited to return to the Morgan Stock Stage with Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka April 4-21!
Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka follows enigmatic candy manufacturer, Willy Wonka, as he stages a contest by hiding golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. Whomever comes up with these tickets will win a free tour of the Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of candy. Four of the five winning children are insufferable brats: the fifth is a likeable young lad named Charlie Bucket, who takes the tour in the company of his equally amiable grandfather. The children must learn to follow Mr. Wonka’s rules in the factory… or suffer the consequences.
MPC’s production of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka aims to create a modern rendition of this classic story, built for the audiences of today. Willy Wonka features multi-media presentation, Hunger Games style characters, immersive theatre stylizations, and live music that will create an atmosphere full of theatrical magic. The show is recommended for children ages 6 and older and will be an excellent experience for the whole family.
Performances are Thursday through Saturday at 7:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
How to purchase tickets:
Purchase tickets online at https://www.mpc.edu/academics/academic-divisions/creative-arts/theatre-arts
Call Shannon Dillon in the box office at 831-645-1360.
Visit the box office on the MPC campus at the theater between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Moonflower Festival
2024-04-13 11:00 - 14:00 | Palenke Arts, 1713 Broadway Ave, Seaside, CA, 93955, United States
The first annual Moonflower Festival is coming to Palenke Arts on Saturday, April 13, 2024 from 11am-2 pm. This FREE event is a celebration of AAPI culture, music and dance and will feature six wonderful Asian American and Pacific Islander ensembles and over 100 performers: Shinsho Mugen Daiko (Japanese Taiko Drums), Na Haumana (Polynesian Drum and Dance), VietSteps (Vietnamese Dance), Kulintang Dialect (Southern Filipino Gong Ensemble), Monterey Bay Chinese Lion Dancers and the Seaside Tongan Youth Dancers. There will also be artisans and community booths, art activities and food vendors.

Monterey Bay Lion Dance Team Our vision is to educate the community about and propagate Chinese Lion Dance as a cultural art. Our mission is to promote an understanding of culture and the arts, and encourage social exchange and inclusion within the community.

Shinsho Mugen Daiko-The founding director, Ikuyo Conant, emphasizes cultivation of energy, self-awareness and social and personal harmony in Taiko drumming. The group introduces a contemporary style of Taiko drumming with movements and powerful sounds at community, cultural and school events in Monterey County and beyond.

Kulintang Dialect-Kulintang Dialect performs the traditional kulintang music passed down by the late eMaster Danongan Kalanduyan with fidelity. The band also explores the joyous and courageous ways this music can express itself that are nourished by its specific context on this American soil.

Nā Haumāna- Nā Haumāna brings the Pacific Islands to life, through music and dance, while perpetuating the values of lifelong learning, community, ohana and the foundation of aloha.

VietSteps-San Jose-based Vietnamese American youth dance group aiming to preserve and reconnect our youth with the Vietnamese language, music, and culture. We are often invited to perform at community events throughout the Bay Area and our dancers have competed and won in various dance competitions and talent shows. Classes are set at elementary and intermediate levels and we welcome anyone with an interest in learning Vietnamese cultural dancing.

Monterey Museum of Art's Dance Party; Ages 21+
2024-04-06 19:00 - 22:00 | 559 Pacific St, Monterey, CA, United States, California
Join us for a night of music and dancing under the stars! An evening continuation of MMA’s Block Party festival, the Dance Party will take over the outdoor sculpture garden with access to the Museum galleries.

Enjoy Other Brother Beer Co., signature cocktails and wine at our no-host bar, and delicious snacks from select vendors.

Music and light experience by DJ Hanif Wondir

Ages 21+

Monterey Museum of Art Block Party
2024-04-06 11:00 - 16:00 | 559 Pacific St, Monterey, CA, United States, California
Get ready for the Monterey Museum of Art’s 2nd Annual Block Party! This vibrant arts festival, free and open to all, transforms downtown Monterey into a bustling hub of art and creativity.

Discover local artisans and makers showcasing their unique crafts alongside dazzling performances and a variety of delicious food and drink options. Participate in interactive arts activities designed for all ages, and enjoy free admission to our latest exhibitions.

This year, we’re thrilled to showcase our 2024 Artist in Residence, the acclaimed Bay Area muralist Jane Kim. Be the first to see her mural and interactive installations in our sculpture garden and ground floor hallways inspired by our region’s agricultural legacy.
