First Friday Monterey Museum of Art
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!
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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!
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!
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!
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!
Join us for FREE after-hours access to the Museum at this special edition of First Friday, celebrating the opening of our annual holiday program, Iluminado. Kick off the holiday season with DJ Edison Tesla and take in the festivities of Iluminado while sampling drinks, small bites, and art activities. Refreshments and small bites available for […]
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 end of the year calls for reflection as we consider what 2025 may hold for us. Join local artist Edi Matsumoto to create a visual representation of your dreams, goals, and motivations. Build your own collage using magazines, word cutouts, and other visual materials, and create a vision board that inspires you! Open to […]
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!
Join us for a special Halloween workshop with science illustrator Kristen Burroughs. Following her step-by-step watercolor tutorial, learn more about the nocturnal creature that lends its spooky tones to any graveyard scene! Open to all experience levels!
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!
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, […]
Enjoy FREE after-hours access at the Museum on the First Friday in September. Get those black and white cell phone filters ready for a photo project inspired by Henrietta Shore and Edward Vision in Double Vision and Chuck Davis and Ryuijie in Yū-gen | The Language of the Sea. Featuring with live music by Gin […]
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!
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!
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!
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!
A family-friendly event featuring ocean-themed visual and performing art created by artists under the age of 24
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!
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!
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!