Arts Council for Monterey | The Mission of The Arts Council for Monterey County is to improve the quality of life in our region through the arts. Visit our Internet site at Arts For Monterey County.org | Our programs nurture and promote access, participation and excellence in all arts disciplines. The Arts Council provides arts education to over 12,000 students thanks to support from local PTAs, foundations, businesses and individuals. We provide promotional, technical and financial support to over fifty arts organizations thanks to funding from the Monterey County Board of Supervisors and a grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The arts in Monterey contribute $550M to our creative economy. Our videos are made possible by Picture America.org and Picture Monterey which has provided video production equipment for cameras which can be borrowed to tell community arts and other stories.
Each year the Arts Council for Monterey County honors Champions of the Arts with a gala event to support arts programs in the schools. Al Jardine of the Beach Boys was 2012 Lifetime Achievement Champion. Poet Garland Thompson was Champion Luminary of the Arts. East Salinas' Alisal Center for the Fine Arts was Champion Nonprofit. Elkhorn Slough Painter Mari Kloeppel was Champion Arts Professional. King City's Sonia Chapa was Champion Volunteer Leader. CSUMB's Enid Baxter Blader won Champion Edu...
Arts Council Board President Richard Anderson knows that it takes many people working together to sustain Monterey County's creative economy and cultural environment. Everywhere we look we find politicians and community people working to support the arts. We need to help people plug into their passions for the arts and work to keep the living legacy vibrant. We know we need to expand our donor base and find what they really find integral to ;the artistic life or our community. As we channel pe...
Laurie Myer is the Arts Education Coordinator for the Arts Council for Monterey County. Her work placing professional artists in in classrooms brings her in regular contact with school administrators. The schools are aware that arts education improves both the quality of education and results on standardized tests. The greatest problem is money. California is last in supporting arts for its youth. Laurie has a solution. Buy arts license plates. That could carry us from worst to first.
Megan Heath tells how creative technology is and empowering force for economic justice and personal fulfillment. She spoke at the launch for the Creative Monterey County Action Plan sponsored by the Arts Council for Monterey County and the Community Foundation. Megan's work with South Monterey County Arts and Technology (SOMOCAT) made her realize many Spanish-speaking farmworker households in Monterey County do not have access to the internet or the opportunity to develop skills to participate...
Linda P. Hevern has been an artist and arts activist all her life. Her collaborations with the Arts Council for Monterey County include art programs with at risk and incarcerated youth as well as those dealing with serious illness and end of life issues. Linda notes that the same art activity bring new appreciation for life for her participants. Here collaboration with Creative Edge enable her to put together exhibitions for cancer survivors and the very frail. The Arts Action Plan Update for ...
Ruth Rodriguez of CHISPA low income housing in Monterey County is bringing professional artist into the community through the Arts Council of Monterey County. Ruth's vision and willingness to expand the creative possibilities for the residents of low income housing is another way people across the spectrum are finding that the arts are the answer. Paulette Lynch tells us how we can hook up with Monterey's creative economy and the Creative Monterey County Action Plan. ;
Funding from the Irvine Foundation allowed Monterey county arts groups to look at their realities and market potential. At the Creative Action Plan Update ;launch Paulette Lynch of the Arts Council for Monterey County talked about the process of examining our organizations, talents, and markets has brought the arts community together with the realization that, "The Arts are the answer to our problems." Orlando Castro of the Alisal Center for the Fine Arts in East Salinas reminds us how the art...
The Irvine Foundation empowered the Arts Council of Monterey County and the Community Foundation to evaluate and survey the best ways to advance the arts in our region to create better communities. ;Julie
Dan Baldwin, CEO of the Community Foundation for Monterey County told the artists and stake holders from arts groups in Monterey County that the arts play a crucial role in building healthy vibrant communities.
Orlando Castro, Executive Director of the Alisal Center for the Fine Arts talks about the importance of art in building the infrastructure of a community. He argures that art is the answer.
