Educator Open House: An evening of art, connection, and celebration
Monterey Museum of Art invites Monterey County educators to a special evening celebrating your creativity, dedication, and the impact of arts education. Wander the galleries, experiment with hands-on art activities, […]
Free Family Fun Day – Your Story
Join us for an afternoon of Free Family of Fun! Drop by the Museum between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm for an art-making lesson with a museum educator. Inspired by […]
First Friday – Monterey Museum of Art
Enjoy FREE after-hours access at the Museum, create art inspired by our current exhibitions, and listen to live music on the first Friday of every month. Enjoy local beverages from […]
Workshop: Creating Strong Paintings from Photos
The Central Coast Art Association is offering a workshop with award-winning Monterey artist Christine Crozier on April 26th. Christine will guide you through principles and techniques for creating strong paintings […]
Botanical Illustration: Spring Flowers Workshop
Botanical Illustration: Spring Flowers Join us for a day of botanical exploration on paper. Working with local wildflowers, participants will create botanical studies in pencil and color media. We will […]
Artist Workshop: Cyanotype Portraits and Landscapes With Iris McGilloway
Learn how to make landscape and portrait cyanotypes with Iris McGilloway of Song Dog Studios using photo negatives. Participants are encouraged to bring their own personal photo negatives, all other […]
Artist Workshop: Punch Needle Embroidery With Janet Fearnside
Punch needle embroidery is a dream for the tactile artist and can be a beautiful meditative experience. Participants in the workshop will find the joy that comes from “painting” with […]
Holiday Hand Lettering and Botanicals
In this workshop you will learn to create beautiful and legible letters and words with a botanical twist. Learn typographic fundamentals while experimenting with a variety of different lettering styles […]
Collage Art for Holiday Gift Giving
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 […]
Botanical Illustration: Autumn Plants
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 […]