Welcome to our arts event calendar! This calendar supports arts programs and events in Monterey County. Find your next creative adventure, or submit your event to be added here upon approval.
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 explore the shape, gesture, structure, texture, and color of our specimens to describe each plant's unique features on paper. Learn rendering techniques, color matching, and […]
Illustrate some of your favorite local marine mammals! Together we will learn about marine mammals that can be found in Monterey Bay including: cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises), pinnipeds (seals, sea lions), and sea otters! After a brief introduction highlighting their anatomy, behavior, and special adaptations, we will use science illustration techniques to create a personalized […]
On Random Acts of Kindness Day, a day to encourage and celebrate gestures of kindness, we’ll enjoy making “random collages of kindness!” Collage artist Lisa Handley will provide fun inspiration, guidance and plenty of materials for you to create collage art pieces in small, easy to give away sizes such as bookmarks, artist trading cards […]
Treat yourself to a wintry morning of creativity! We’ll be handcrafting seasonal notecards and gift tags as well as ornaments that can double as gift wrap embellishments. Collage artist and papercrafter Lisa Handley will share some of her favorite designs to collage with new and upcycled materials. You’ll learn how to make lovely snowflake mandalas, […]
Illustrate some of your favorite local nocturnal animals. Together we will learn about nocturnal animals that can be found in Monterey County including bats, owls, raccoons and opossums! After a brief introduction to these animals, we will use science illustration techniques to create a personalized field guide for some of these misunderstood creatures of the […]
