PREPARATIONS BEGIN FOR FIRST NIGHT MONTEREY 2011!

You are invited to submit a proposal that will illustrate the theme for this year's celebration: Imagine Create Participate! Proposals for Large Scale Public Art, Performance Art, Resolution Pieces and Workshops/Activities.  Read more...
CALL FOR ARTISTS
FOOD VENDOR APPLICATION

You are invited to submit an application for your group to perform at the Greenfield Music & Art Festival in October. Or maybe you want to be a food vendor or a community merchandise vendor. The festival headliner will be the B-Side Players, with three stages of entertainment.  Information and Applications...

Our community spirit is best exemplified by the First Night ArtWorks!, a year round arts education and outreach program that culminates on New Year's Eve. Last year hundreds of young people and families from all around Monterey County participated with professional artists in creative workshops in the visual arts, poetry and more, at community sites all around the county. Read more...

First Night Monterey is holding two poster contests! One is for the official 2011 First Night Poster, entries created by graphics arts students at CSUMB. Vote here for your favorite! The other is for the Greenfield Music & Art Festival we will produce this August. Check out the images of these beautiful original paintings that the FNM Greenfield Friday Night Art Class has created for the contest and vote for your favorite!

First-night'ers stepped into a KALEIDOSCOPE of activities created just for First Night Monterey! New Year's Eve, historic downtown Monterey was transformed by the magic of visual and performing arts. It became a place where time stands still and collides together, a place where your imagination (and a First Night Button!) was all you needed to experience over 75 performances in different venues - a place where lights danced off of buildings, impressionist artists danced through the streets, and music streamed from every direction. Watch a video with highlights of the 2010 event here...

First Night Monterey, now in its seventeenth year as the premiere celebration of art, imagination, and creativity in Monterey County, is launching a new campaign to rally community support. Fund-raising in this year's economic climate has been an amazing challenge. In light of that we have started a "17 for 17" Campaign. We are asking anyone who has experienced First Night and has not donated in the past, to donate $17, $170, $1700 or more to help keep the event growing this year. We are asking you to support our local artists and help ensure that this year's Celebration is affordable for everyone and remains free for children under 5.

It's simple to make your donation: click the donation button below to donate on our secure site, via PayPal or credit or debit card. Donors can also mail checks to First Night Monterey's mailing address, P.O. Box 185, Monterey, CA 93942.

"For seventeen years, Monterey has been hosting a spectacular event featuring a number of our most talented artists and performers, bringing people from all of walks of life together in a uniquely Monterey celebration," said Ellen Martin, Executive Director for First Night Monterey. "We're asking for people across the Central Coast to donate to the campaign, in order to allow more artists to be included in this celebration."

First Night Monterey is a nonprofit charitable organization 501(c) and your donation is tax deductible. You will receive an letter acknowledging your donation for tax purposes.

Please help us keep the arts in our lives. Donate $17 for 17 years!

First Night Monterey is a private non-profit organization that conducts year-round community outreach and arts education workshops that culminate at the landmark New Year’s Eve celebration. First Night Monterey’s mission is to foster the public’s appreciation of visual and performing arts and celebrate families and community through workshops and the New Year‘s Eve celebration. First Night Mission Statement: To reveal and celebrate diversity through the First Night Monterey celebration and the First Night ArtWorks! program, using art as a catalyst to unify the community through creativity, imagination and participation. © First Night Monterey 2010