Join us at Monterey Museum of Art for an exclusive after-hours fundraising event filled with local craft beer, food and beverages, and a performance by local hip-hop, soul, and funk band, The BASSment! Ages 21+ only. Learn more here.

Join Monterey Museum of Art for an enriching all-ages community art therapy workshop where participants will create Collage Finger Labyrinths for inner reflection. Guided by a Registered Art Therapist from the Ohana Center for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health, this...

Drop by the Monterey Museum of Art for a fun-filled afternoon of artmaking within Iluminado—a wondrous interactive art installation. Meet the artists behind our creative installations. Walk through and even add your own reflections to the evolving Iluminado...

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, I luminado , a living and growing art installation that invites you to participate.

Kick off the holiday season with DJ Edison Tesla and take in the festivities of Iluminado while sampling drinks, small bites, and art activities.

Join Monterey Museum of Art in the gallery as artists Chuck Davis and Ryuijie share insights into their photography exhibit, Yū-gen: The Language of the Sea .

We'll delve deeper into Chuck and Ryuijie's creative partnership, their darkroom practices, and the creative forces that produce their transcendent imagery. Reserve tickets here.

Join us every Sunday at Monterey Museum of Art for a docent-guided tour of the museum's current exhibitions ! Tours are free with admission.

Join curator Lydia Nakashima Degarrod, Ph.D., for an exclusive afternoon in the gallery of Under the Guard Tower: The Watercolors of Chikaji Kawakami now showing at Monterey Museum of Art. Delve into Kawakami's story as Degarrod highlights select paintings, provides...

Join artist Belle Yang at Monterey Museum of Art for an exclusive afternoon in the gallery of Imagining China: The Art of Belle Yang and Joseph Yang . Immerse yourself in the exhibition as Belle highlights select paintings, provides insight into her art and writing, and explores her creative relationship with her father, Joseph.

Join Monterey Museum of Art 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...

Monterey Museum of Art invites you to 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...