WELCOME
First Night Monterey's theme for the FNM
2009 Celebration is:
“Blazing the Trail for Cultural Diversity
through the Arts” we will look to our Trail Blazing
First Night’ers this year to bring our Celebration alive and
showcase the best of art and culture in Monterey County.
First Night Monterey’s History and Major Accomplishments:
Founded in 1992, First Night Monterey (FNM) was founded by
Paulette Lynch and started with a group of artists and
Monterey Peninsula residents who wanted a creative alternative to
the traditional New Year’s Eve revelry. FNM 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.
FNM IS A PET FREE ZONE- INDOORS AND OUTDOORS!!!
In fifteen+ years, FNM has grown from a one day arts event into a
celebration of the creativity and diversity of our community.
FNM is ranked 5th in venue size and audience among 139 First Nights
by First Night International. FNM is consistently receives
acclaim for the creativity of our programming.
First Night Monterey endeavors to be a leader and a catalyst in
innovative ways to reach audiences, to actively engage them in
activities that stimulate their interest in the visual and
performing arts. We work to find ways to fully engage our
students and audience and to show them how the arts enrich their
lives and their communities. In 2007, a number of innovative
collaborations brought poetry and visual arts workshops to the
migrant farm worker community, free arts workshops to the people at
community gatherings in Salinas and Gonzales, and brought eleven
local arts organizations to the Celebration, offering them an
unprecedented opportunity to reach new audiences and to enrich the
programming at the event. These partners included: Arts
Council for Monterey County; Artistas Unidos: Big Sur Arts
Initiative; Big Sur Spirit Garden; City of Monterey; City of
Salinas; Monterey History and Art Association; Monterey Museum of
Art; Poder Popular, and Spector Dance.
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