Arts Council for Monterey County

Glaze, Stain, Pour: Embodied Alter-Tales Art Exhibit at ArtWorks @Salinas
2024-07-05 17:30 - 2024-09-30 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | ArtWorks @Salinas, 262 Main Street, Salinas, CA, 93901, United States
Opening Friday, July 5th through Sunday, September 30th, visit ArtWorks @Salinas to see the latest exhibit, “Glaze, Stain, Pour: Embodied Alter-Tales” featuring paintings by Dani Torvik. The public is invited to visit ArtWorks @Salinas from Friday – Sunday from 10 am – 2 pm weekly.

There will also be special artist receptions to be held on the first Friday of each month during the exhibit, starting at 5:30 pm the first Friday of July, August, and September, 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!

On View - Yū-gen | The Language of the Sea Photographs by Chuck Davis and Ryuijie
2024-08-30 11:00 - 2024-12-08 17:00 | 559 Pacific St, Monterey, CA, United States, California
Photographs by Chuck Davis and Ryuijie August 30 – December 8, 2024 Yū-gen | The Language of the Sea Yū-gen | The Language of the Sea celebrates the artistry born from an adventurous collaboration of best friends. Loosely translated as a profound and implicit sense of beauty, Yū-gen is the guiding vision for guest curator Richard Murai, a well-known local photographer, educator, and former Assistant Director at the Center for Photographic Art (CPA). Murai presents a unique and intimate creative conversation between two respected and prolific artists. Driven by a collaborative spirit and lifelong passion, Chuck Davis and Ryuijie embrace free diving as part of their artistic practice, finding both muse and canvas in the open ocean while acting as mutual lifelines in unforgiving waters. Expressing their vision with the traditional processes of silver and platinum printing, these stunning black and white images tell a visual story of both the exquisite beauty of the ocean and a delicate biosystem in peril.

On View - Imagining China: The Art of Belle Yang and Joseph Yang
2024-09-12 11:00 - 2024-11-24 17:00 | 559 Pacific St, Monterey, CA, United States, California
Imagining China: The Art of Belle Yang and Joseph Yang explores the powerful creative relationship between a father and daughter by assembling a selection of artworks, illustrations, and graphic novel panels that draw from their lived experience and shared memories. Together, the art of Belle Yang and her father Joseph Yang invites the viewer to accompany the artists on their visual journeys through China in the context of wars and political upheavals, their emotional growth in overcoming fear, and their mutual evolution as landscape painters. Curated by Oakland-based artist and scholar, Lydia Nakashima Degarrod, Imagining China uncovers how Belle and her father Joseph, both accomplished artists, found solace, resilience, and ultimately joy and deep satisfaction in creating art together.

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!
