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Arts4MC is excited to share our evolving Arts Directory—a dynamic resource built to highlight the vibrant artistic community of Monterey County. Whether you’re looking for art classes, local artists, museums, or bands, this is the place to start!
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Russell Levin, born and raised in California, became involved in photography at a very early age. Learning photography from his father, he developed and printed his first roll of film at the age of ten. His education was furthered when at the age of 14 he spent a year in Mexico with his father. His father was a guest teacher at the Art Institute in San Miguel de Allende. Russell spent time photographing the bullfights, and quickly developed a passion for photographing people and action images. In high school Russell worked for the school newspaper/year book in addition to shooting sports for the local newspaper. Within a short time, Russell was receiving assignments from the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Jose Mercury. Before turning twenty, he had over 1000 photographs published in newspapers through out the state.
Ruth has a B.F.A. from C.C.A.C. in Oakland Ca. in drawing. Her studies included life drawing and portraiture, watercolor and bronze sculpture. She spent ten years doing commercial art for the amusement park industry, carving and sculpting full size carolsel figures as well as painting scenic panels, etc. Her work is all over the world. For the past seven years Ruth has been focusing on painting with oils on canvas and encaustic on panels. She is committed to paint what inspires her. Her favorite subjects include landscape, still life and figurative work. She enjoy's getting outdoors to paint in plein air and also working in her studio. Ruth's studio is at the 17th Ave. Studios in Santa Cruz, Ca. She has participated in the Open Studios Art Tour in Santa Cruz for six years.
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.
The Valley Art Gallery, an artist's cooperative, has been serving the valley since 1976. The goal of our founders thirty years ago was to bring fine art to the Salinas Valley and the Central Coast. 37 years later, Valley Art Gallery still bring the best in Steinbeck Country fine art to visitors and residents alike
SandBox is a dynamic platform for realizing and witnessing the creative energy of the performing arts. Located in the heart of the warehouse district of Sand City, we host concerts, spoken word artists, film screenings and art parties that push boundaries and build community.
We pluck artists from the global touring circuit and provide them a haven to collaborate and experiment, often putting different artistic practices in conversation.
It's our belief that bold performances make a bigger impact in smaller settings, and that something unique happens when the curtain between performer and audience dissolves -- that’s why we present intimate events that get you right up close to the creative process.
This isn't a venue where after the lights go up, everyone exits. SandBox is a spot for lingering. Our hope is that you stay to check out the art on the walls, share a glass of wine with the performers you've just met, keep the conversation going. Because after all, that's what art allows us -- an opportunity for dialogue and unexpected encounters.
We're so proud to be immersed in the diverse and vibrant arts community of Sand City. We're inspired by the builders, makers and bakers that surround SandBox. We encourage you to explore the many neighboring studios where you’ll meet the glass blowers, welders, sculptors, and wood workers that sustain this unique community by the sea.
Scott Jacobs Gallery Studio is open Tuesday- Saturday from 3-8pm. Free to the public, Jacobs shows a number of Monterey Counties local artist work including his own. Voted best art gallery in Monterey County 3 years and running- Monterey County Herald People’s Choice Award. Scott L. Jacobs studied art at The Hartford College of art in Connecticut, as well as at The Art Students League of New York, NYC. His focus has been on portraits and cityscapes for more than 30 years. Original Oil and watercolor paintings can be seen finished and in progress during our hours. Monotypes, Gouache, charcoal, and ink drawings are also on view.
Our mission is to provide cultural enrichment programs to citizens of Monterey County.
Sheila is known for her luminous paintings of her native California and the West. Prior to becoming a full time artist, she had a distinguished career as a city and county planner, working on open space and resource conservation issues. She now translates her love and respect for nature into her paintings. Prior to establishing herself as an artist, Sheila had a distinguished career as a city and county planner. Her work on open space and resource conservation issues won numerous regional and national planning awards. Her love and respect for nature are now being translated into her paintings.
Sibyl grew up in the Bay Area and spent summers exploring the mountains and beaches around Monterey Bay as well as the Sierras.
Sibyl holds a B.A. in Education and Fine Art as well as a Master's degree in Education. A thirty year teaching career was interrupted only once for the opportunity to teach art as a single subject for the Dept. of Defense Schools in Germany. After a long career in the classroom the goal to paint full time and return to live in her family's Carmel cottage has become reality.
Learn simple textile skills with one of the slowfiber teachers. (or come teach) We can mend or embellish what we already own. We knit, crochet, quilt, machine or hand-stitch. These skills connect us to the past and make us accountable for our textile future.