SUMMER ART DAY CAMPS - REGISTRATION OPEN
First Night Monterey's Summer Art Day Camps are designed to develop positive, creative thinking for children, using the arts as a catalyst! Summer Camp projects include drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, puppetry, mixed media, printmaking and performance art! First Night Summer Camp staff are professional artists and teachers. Print out the flyer (PDF) and download registration forms here. Sign up early for best selection!
UPCOMING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES!
4th of JULY IN MONTEREY - PARADE & BACKYARD BBQ
First Night Monterey will join the City of Monterey for the 4th of July Parade and Lawn Party! We are seeking volunteers to help design and produce a float celebrating our 20th Anniversary; also needed are volunteers to help out at our "hamburger stand."
RETRO AUTO PAVILION AT CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE
First Night Monterey will again staff the Retro Auto Tent at the prestigious Concours d'Elegance. We begin on Tuesday, August 14 with set up, ending on the 20th with tear-down: sign up for two 4-hour shifts and get a great lunch AND a ticket to the Concours (a $200 value)!
Click here to see more information about volunteering with FNM and to sign up!
FNM ARTWORKS! FEATURED IN CAC NEWS
Art is the Next Peace: Connecting Communities, a First Night Monterey ArtWorks! program for 2011, was featured by the The California Arts Council on it's newsroom page. See the story. This year hundreds of young people and families from all around Monterey County participated with professional artists in hands-on creative workshops in the visual arts, music and more, at community sites all around the county, programs of FNM ArtWorks!
VOTE! - FOR YOUR FAVORITE 2013 FNM POSTER
Each year our FNM poster and buttons are designed by students at CSUMB. Bobbi Long, Associate Professor of Communication Design, teaches the Publication Design and Service Learning. Her students compete to provide the graphics for the First Night Monterey poster design. Help us decide between this year's submissions! Click here to see them all and vote for your favorite.
CELEBRATE MONTEREY! OUR 20th YEAR!
This year, First Night Monterey celebrates our 20th year of bringing the community together through the arts on New Year's Eve. Join us to "Celebrate Monterey!" as we weave a tale of music and art throughout the year, engaging the community to imagine, create and participate! Watch for lots of activities: Family Fun at Archer Park Film & Music Series, Summer Youth Art Camp, Viva Greenfield Music & Art Series, Greenfield Harvest Festival and the Puzzle Art Installation project.
CALL FOR ARTISTS: FIRST NIGHT MONTEREY 2013
First Night Monterey, the County's premier New Year's Eve celebration of the arts is in its 20th year, and the event on New Year's Eve 2012 promises to be the best one yet! This year's theme is "Celebrate Monterey!" and First Night is inviting visual and performing artists to submit their applications to be part of this family-friendly, alcohol-free celebration ringing in 2013! Download your application NOW! Click here to see more details about our Call for Artists and to apply.
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First Night® Monterey
Ellen Martin, Executive Director
Office Location: 542 Archer Street, Monterey, CA
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 185, Monterey, CA 93942 Phone: 831.373.4778
Fax: 831.642.9860
email: info[at]firstnightmonterey[dot]org Map of Office Location
About First NightŪ Monterey: First NightŪ Monterey is a private nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and a member of First NightŪ International, that conducts year-round community outreach and arts education workshops culminating with our landmark New Year’s Eve community celebration of the arts in historic downtown Monterey. 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. Activities are funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Read More