Resource Directory

Resource Directory

Are you an artist, performer, or arts organization?

Help us grow this resource and make it easier for the community to find you—submit your listing today and join the ever-expanding network of local creativity!

Find an Artist, Class, or Venue

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!

Please note: Listings are updated as artists and organizations submit them.

SoDA School of Dramatic Arts
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The Forest Theater is an historic amphitheater in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Founded in 1910, it is one of the oldest outdoor theaters west of the Rockies. Actor/director Herbert Heron is generally cited as the founder and driving force, and poet/novelist Mary Austin is often credited with suggesting the idea.

Address
P.O. Box 222035
City
Carmel, CA
Phone Number
831-622-0700
Description

The mission of the Soledad-Mission Recreation District is to enrich our community through the provision of programs and facilities that enhance positive, wholesome, and healthy recreation.

Classes (scroll down to art classes): http://www.soledad-mission-recreation-district.org/programs/

Address
57- Walker Dr. / P.O. Box 1650
City
Soledad, CA 93960
Phone Number
(831) 678-3745
Sol Treasures
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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

Address
519 Broadway
City
King City, CA 93930
Phone Number
(831) 386-9808
Sonia Chapa
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Visual Arts ● Collage ● Fabric Arts ● Paper Arts ● Repurposed Art

Sonia Chapa is a collage artist who utilizes a variety of recyclable materials with students to create name flags, vision boards, mosaics, and jewelry. Sonia also imparts the intention and techniques of famous artists in their mediums and covers the basics relating to line, shape, form, texture and color. Repurposing materials encourages student creativity and inspires innovation.

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South County Branch of the Central Coast YMCA
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The YMCA believes in nurturing the potential of every child through youth development, promoting healthy living, and inspiring social responsibility through healthy living activities.

Website Address
Address
560 Walker Drive
City
Soledad, CA 93960
Phone Number
(831) 678-1239
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Our mission is to encourage, develop, maintain, preserve, and fund a performing arts facility in Southern Monterey County, specifically the Robert Stanton Theater at King City High School, and to make the facility accessible to all organizations who want to utilize one of the finest theatrical venues in the Central Coast region.

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 698
City
Greenfield, CA 93927
Phone Number
(831) 674-5538
SpectorDance
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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.


Classes: http://www.spectordance.org/about-the-school

Phone Number
(831) 384-1050
Stage Kids Etc.
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Stage Kids, Etc. is organized for purposes of providing educational, cultural, and leadership programs and activities for children and young adults, in Big Sur, California, and its surrounding communities.

Summer Program Registration: http://stagekids.org/register/

Website Address
Address
P.O. Box 447
City
Big Sur, CA 93920
Phone Number
(831) 659-4186
Steven Whyte’s Sculpture Studio and Gallery
Description

Internationally acclaimed figurative sculptor Steven Whyte invites you to witness the creative process in action. The British sculptor's American studios serves as the artist's gallery and working studio. (and Carmel’s famous dog Lord Wellington)

Address
SU Vecino Court, Dolores Street btwn. 5th and 6th
City
Carmel, CA 93921
Phone Number
(831) 620-1917
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Steve Zmak
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A native Californian, Steve’s love of the outdoors, science and history inspired him to begin capturing the awesome beauty of the natural world and interpreting it for others to enjoy. Today, he continues to find inspiration in wild corners of the world.

Steve is a fine art photographer, commercial advertising photographer and graphic designer. Steve’s photographs capture an ideal of the West, pristine and untouched by encroaching development. From a lone surfer on a desolate beach to a sunrise breaking through oak trees, his pictures invite viewers to revel in the moment and make it their own. His photography celebrates the culture, history, and lifestyle of California and the West, and illustrates his deep spiritual connection to the natural world and our place in it.

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