Monterey Museum of Art

Thanks for joining us for Virtual Free Family Fun Day: Mini Masterpieces! We hope you had as much fun as we did! Please fill out a quick survey at montereyart.org/freefamilyfunday so we can make our next Virtual Free Family Fun Day even better! And don't forget to share a photo or video of your best creation and tag @montereyart #VirtualFreeFamilyFunDay . #VirtualMMA #MMAFreeFamilyFunDay #HappeningatMMA #MuseumFromHome #ArtMuseum #VirtualArt #ArtFromHome #Homeschool #ArtatHome

Virtual Free Family Fun Day: Odds and Ends 3D Collage MMA’s Artist in Residence Gretchen Andrew uses a variety of small objects glued to her canvas to make her vision boards stand out and give meaning to the ideas she is sharing. Gather small (sacrificable to art) objects that will make your drawing stand out! Do the materials you use help tell your story?... Check out the virtual exhibition Gretchen Andrew: Future News for more inspiration! Materials: Thick Paper or Cardstock Colored Pencils/Markers/ Pencil Ribbon, Buttons, Feathers, Jewels, Leaves, whatever you can find!

Virtual Free Family Fun Day: Mini Accordion Story Book Make a mini story book! Use this simple bookmaking technique to create and illustrate your very own story. Materials:... Paper Drawing Materials Scissors See more

Virtual Free Family Fun Day: Flower Power Prints Create colorful monoprints using real flowers and paint, inspired by the work of MMA Currents artist Ken Hale. Monoprints are images that can only be made once, so each time you create something unique and magical! Materials:... Flowers Paint (acrylic or washable) Sturdy Paper Roller (brayer) or Sponge Foil Tray or Baking Sheet See more

Virtual Free Family Fun Day: Mini Vision Boards The New Year is right around the corner; a time for fresh starts. What do you hope to see or do in the new year? Who or what inspires you? Create an artistic Vision Board by collecting and arranging images into a collage that inspires you or brings you happiness! Materials:... Half sheet of paper Glue Scissors Magazines/Photos/Quotes Drawing materials (optional) See more

Our sincerest thanks to the David and Lucile Packard Foundation for a recent COVID-19 relief grant for general operating support. We are also so grateful for recent general operating support grants from the Todd Lueders Fund for the Arts, the Rodney & Betty Guilfoil Fund, and the Frances Elgan & Werner Kunkel Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County. Last, but most certainly not least, we wish to thank the @montereypeninsulafoundation for their general operating support grant this year! We wouldn't be able to offer meaningful arts experiences to the community without the generous support of our foundation partnersthank you so much! . . . #VirtualMMA #HappeningatMMA #ThankYouThursday

Make Mini Masterpieces inspired by Miniatures and our current exhibitions! These projects may be mini, but they're sure to be a huge hit. Making art together is a great way to spend time as a family, and these projects make great gifts too! Share your mini creations with us @montereyart #VirtualFreeFamilyFunDay . . . #virtualmma #virtualart #VirtualFreeFamilyFunDay #happeningatmma #MuseumFromHome #artmuseum #artfromhome #homeschool #artathome #artprojects #artprojectsforkids #minimasterpieces #miniart

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver called out to small art museums who want to host John Oliver’s eclectic art collection- and we answered! If MMA is chosen for the bad art exhibition, John Oliver will give a donation to the Museum and to the local food bank. It’s all about having fun and getting the chance to benefit our community! Share your favorite bad art with us by tagging @montereyart!... . . . #Virtualmma #happeningatmma See more

MMA is proud to present Courage Within Women Without Shelter, opening January 2022. Until then, be sure to follow us as we go behind the scenes of the project and the incredible artists that made it possible Posted @withregram @denese.sanders.art After the last Grounded Within art worksh working with women experiencing homelessness, we created a tea ceremony at each location, to commemorate our time together and for casual social gathering. Melissa, being a performance arti...st, brought the group together using elements of her work. The tea party included fancy teacups (from Melissa’s grandmother Lanelle), dainty napkins, and delicious pastries donated by @parkerlusseau We recognize and want to emphasize the women’s innate dignity and desire to connect: woman to woman, artist to artist. @artranger1 @doralisarosenbaum @mandy.salm @montereyart @opengroundstudios criticalground #artistsharing #montereymuseumofart #homelessnessawareness #endhomelessness #artheals #artworkshops #montereypeninsula #pebblebeach #womenshealth #womensupportingwomen #ihelp #gatheringforwomen #homelessness #couragewithinwomen #art #socialjustice #artbyhomeless #sculpture #oilpainting #portraits #performanceart #textiles #horsehairart #artinstallation #artactivism #bookart #drawing #blindcontour #virtualmma #happeningatmma

Gretchen Andrew knows who the next American president will be! Okay, maybe she doesn't know exactly, but the internet doesn't know that =) While you're waiting for election results to come in, try googling "The next American President". Among the top image results you'll find, not images of the candidates, but the incredible vision boards by MMA artist Gretchen Andrew (you can also read about her work on CNN , The Art Newspaper, artnet, Artforum and other internationally acc...laimed press). In her vision boards, Andrew explores the qualities she thinks the next American president should possess: books they should read, the types of things they should value, etc. View Andrew's virtual exhibition online at montereyart.org and don't forget to vote! The Next-American President (blue). Wooden unicorns, party poppers, USPS stamps and charcoal on canvas- 48_ x 36.(c) Gretchen Andrew . . . #VirtualMMA #HappeningatMMA #FUTURENEWS #thenextamericanpresident #MuseumFromHome #VirtualMuseum

Thank you to all who came out to MMA’s first Great Pumpkin Drive on Friday! We were able to serve nearly 500 community members and we hope you all had as much fun as we did! Thank you to our sponsor @hayashiwayland and to our community partners @all.in.monterey and @borchard_farms! If you want to continue to see fun creative community events, please donate to MMAs COVID relief fund (link below), it is only with the support of fellow art lovers that we can continue to make art... accessible to all! https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx . . . #virtualmma #happeningatmma#greatpumpkindrive #halloween #supportthearts

TONIGHT! Come out to MMA La Mirada (720 Via Mirada) for MMA's FIRST GREAT PUMPKIN DRIVE, a free drive through art exhibition! Click the link in our bio to reserve your time to drive through and experience the most spook-tacular pumpkin art in Monterey! . .... . Arts Council for Monterey County See Monterey Monterey Herald What's Up Monterey Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Monterey County Weekly Monterey Peninsula Unified School District MY Museum - Monterey County Youth Museum Monterey Bay Parent Magazine Carmel Art Association Presidio of Monterey . #GreatPumpkinDrive #VirtualMMA #HappeningatMMA #COVIDHalloween #HalloweenSafe See more

From January 8 through April 11, 2021, MMA will be exhibiting CALIFAS: The Ancestral Journey/ El Viaje Ancestral. In the exhibition, Moving Parts Press, together with Museo Eduardo Carrillo , reunite five Central Coast Chicano/a/x artists (Yermo Aranda, Eduardo Carrillo, Ralph D’Oliveira, Carmen Leon and Amalia Mesa Bains) in a collaborative and unique artists’ book, linking art and social movements of the 1960s rooted en Califas to the next generation of Latinx and other a...rtists. The legacy of these artists reaches deeply into our communities, contributing to cultural unity, enhancing collective memory, and creating new awarenesses. On August 20, the home and studio of Moving Parts Press founder and artist, Felicia Rice were completely destroyed by the CZU Lightning Fire. Felicia and her husband are safe and relocated but she is in desperate need of funds to help rebuild her studio and continue her incredible work. Please help her resurrect Moving Parts Press from the ashes of the devastating fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains by donating to the fundraiser, Raise Moving Parts Press from the Ashes. https://www.gofundme.com/f/raise-moving-parts-press-from-th Although Felicia's studio and practice will be smaller for now, her mission remains the same, "The mission of the press, my personal commitment remains the same: As a printer, my job is to confront complex issues and render my response in book form. As an artist, my job is to do so with profound integrity. As a publisher, my job is to make these issues public. As printers have done every decade since Gutenberg, I’m here to argue for a more just society." Image: CALIFAS: The Ancestral Journey / El Viaje Ancestral, 2020. Photo: r.r. jones / 2020 Moving Parts Press and Museo Eduardo Carrillo

Drop off for The Great Pumpkin Drive has officially started! We’ll be collecting your most artistic pumpkins until 7:00 tonight (12/29) at MMA La Mirada (720 Via Mirada) - don’t forget the winner of the most gourd-eous pumpkin will receive a $50 gift certificate to blick art materials! Our time slots are booking up for tomorrow so be sure to visit the link in our bio to reserve your time to drive through and see the show! . .... . @montereycountyweekly @montereychamber @montereybayparent @youthartscollective @cityofmonterey @carmelartassociation @montereypeninsulacollege See more

Thanks for joining us for Virtual Free Family Fun Day: Spooktacular! We hope you had as much fun as we did! Please fill out a quick survey at montereyart.org/freefamilyfunday so we can make our next Virtual Free Family Fun Day even better! And don't forget to share a photo or video of your best creation and tag @montereyart #VirtualFreeFamilyFunDay for a CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF TWO $50 GIFT CERTIFICATES TO BLICK ART MATERIALS! . . #VirtualMMA #MMAFreeFamilyFunDay #HappeningatMMA #MuseumFromHome #ArtMuseum #VirtualArt #ArtFromHome #Homeschool #ArtatHome

This super simple recipe is enough to make a few small pumpkin sculptures, or one huge pumpkin. Salt dough is made with non-toxic household ingredients, but not very tasty, so please don’t eat your dough! cup Salt 1 cup All Purpose Flour cup Water

Virtual Free Family Fun Day: Spooktacular! Salt Dough Pumpkins This super simple recipe is enough to make a few small pumpkin sculptures, or one huge pumpkin. Salt dough is made with non-toxic household ingredients, but not very tasty, so please don’t eat your dough! cup Salt... 1 cup All Purpose Flour cup Water #virtualmma #virtualart #VirtualFreeFamilyFunDay #happeningatmma #MuseumFromHome #artmuseum #artfromhome #homeschool #artathome #artprojects #artprojectsforkids #Halloween #Halloweenart #spookyart

Thanks to Henry (8) and Oliver (4) for sharing their spookiest Haunted House and Monster Mosaic! Fantastic job! Don’t forget to post your own pictures and tag us (@montereyart #virtualfreefamilyfunday) or email [email protected] for a chance to win one of 2 $50 gift certificates to Blick Art Materials! . .... . #virtualfreefamilyfunday #virtualmma #happeningatmma #museumfromhome #virtualmuseum See more

Notan is a Japanese term to express light and dark. We will use this idea to create a Jack O’Lantern design that helps us understand positive and negative space, as well as symmetry! 2 different colors of paper Pencil Scissors... Glue See more