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Jane Gallatin Powers Lecture and Book Signing on April 17
Jane Gallatin Powers a California Modernist, Lecture and book signing by Erin Lee Gafill
Come join us for an exciting event featuring a lecture and book signing by Erin Lee Gafill, as she dives into the world of Jane Gallatin Powers, a California Modernist. Get ready to be inspired by the life and works of this influential artist. The event will be held in person at Irvine Auditorium. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to learn more about a true pioneer in the art world!
Lecture from 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Wine and Cheese Reception 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM with book sale and signing
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OMF Plein Air Display and Competition to be featured at 2nd Annual Monterey Museum of Art Block Party
Old Monterey Foundation presents “Plein Air in Old Monterey” with plein air artists painting at historic adobes and gardens on Saturday, April 6th. Throughout the day, there will also be the opportunity for the
community to enjoy the Monterey Museum of Art Block Party on Calle Principal, and at the Monterey History Art Association Historic Adobes. The California State Parks Open Adobes has many Adobes open with special presentations of the artwork within the
historic buildings.
The Plein Air artists will paint from 10:00 am – 2:30 pm, capturing the color and beauty of Old Monterey as they participate in a painting event. In addition, the artwork will be for sale at the end the day. The sale of the artwork will be held from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm near Elkins Park on Calle Principal, next to the Monterey Museum of Art. Awards will be announced at 3:30 pm with First, Second, Third, and Honorable Mention awards. The public is welcome to stop by and watch the artists at work during the day.
Maps of where the artists are painting and much more information will be available at the Old Monterey Foundation booth at the Monterey Museum of Art Block Party on Calle Principal, and at the MHAA Stanton Center, as well as the CA State Parks office at Custom House Plaza. Pick up your maps and see the artists and plan for the Pacific House, Sensory
Garden, California First Theatre, Stanton Center, Casa Serrano, Casa Soberanes, Casa de Oro Garden, Elkins Park, Custom House Cactus Garden, Colton Lawn, Calle Principal/MMA Block Party*. * Maps available at these locations.
Plein Air Artists include Nataliia Aandewiel, Michael Armstrong, Jackie Bleisc, Julie Brandt, Katharina D’Amore, Cyndy Davis, Linda Elling, McKenzie. Floyd, Victoria Galitzine Elaine Goldstone, Georgesse Gomez, Guna Hebbar, Sue Holmes, Elizabeth Ingebretsen, Sibyl Johnson, Diana Kennedy, Laura Lindem, Elizabeth May, Donald Neff, Debra Nichols, Katrina Pura, Cynthia Rand-Thompson, Suzanne Roth, Alfred Shamble,
Willamina Strupat, and Barbara West.
Thank you to our sponsor: Marcia F. DeVoe Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County. Thanks also to the Monterey Bay Area Plein Air Association.
Residents and visitors are encouraged to come for this free event involving three nonprofits dedicated to preserving the culture and art of Monterey.
OMF and Middlebury Institute of International Studies Dedicate New Mural
On November 7, 2023, the Middlebury Institute of International Studies unveiled their new public mural called “Advancing Peace Together.”
The project was developed jointly by the Institute’s Committee on Art in Public Places and the Old Monterey Foundation, a nonprofit that works to support and enhance the artistic, cultural, and historic environment of downtown Monterey.
The 14-by-40 feet mural which is located on the side of the John and Theline McCone Building at 499 Pierce Street in Monterey.
The mural shows how the Institute’s history connects with Downtown Monterey and the region. Designed by Guillermo Arranda the mural features both a view of the Monterey Bay and agricultural fields to highlight the people of Monterey and their land.
Over 50 volunteers helped paint the mural including MIIS faculty, staff, and students, members of the Old Monterey Foundation, and students from North Salinas High School and other local high schools.
MIIS volunteers also painted a new pedestrian thoroughfare at the heart of campus and along the Monterey Path of History.
Free Lecture on The Spanish Lady Painting February 26
Old Monterey Foundation launches its 2019 season of free lecture events sponsored by The Marcia F. Devoe Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County with The Spanish Lady Painting and the Fight Against Communism.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Irvine Auditorium, McCone Building, MIIS
499 Pierce Street, Monterey
Free Admission – Reception to follow with wine and cheese
The Lara Soto Adobe on the Middlebury Institute (MIIS) campus displays a painting referred to as “the Spanish Lady.” It was painted by Ignacio Zuloaga (1870-1945), a Spanish artist who was as nationalistic in his politics as he was in his art. He aligned himself with Franco in the Spanish Civil War while his art harkens back to the great Spanish Baroque painters.
Lecturer Pieter Broucke will trace:
- The path that brought the painting, together with a cluster of related materials, from pre-WWII Spain to Monterey, California, by way of Claude Kinnoull, a British countess;
- Her conversion to Catholicism and subsequent involvement with Pope Pius XI and the Catholic missionaries in Africa;
- Her sympathies for Franco during the Spanish Civil War; and, after she migrated to California
- Her role in the founding of the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies, now the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, at the height of the Cold War.
About Pieter Broucke
Pieter Broucke is a professor of history of art and architecture at Middlebury College in Vermont. Trained initially as an architect in Ghent Belgium, he received an MA in archaeology from the University of Minnesota and a PhD in art history from Yale University. His research, including fieldwork, is in classical archaeology in Italy, Greece, and Cyprus. He currently serves as the Director of the Arts at Middlebury.
Bill Wojtkowski, President of the Old Monterey Foundation Board of Directors, will also present a short overview of recent improvements accomplished and planned for the Lower Presidio Historic Park.
For more information about Old Monterey Foundation, call (831) 346-3030.
The lectures are very popular so attendees are urged to come early to secure a seat.
This lecture is suitable for ages 9 and up.
The event is hosted by Old Monterey Foundation and is sponsored by the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.
Mosaic Mural and Lower Presidio Historic Park featured in Travel Examiner.
David A. Laws’ January 9 post and photographs at Travel Examiner describe Guillermo Wagner Granizo’s mosaic mural at the Monterey Conference Center, Lower Presidio Historic Park, and the November commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Hippolyte Bouchard’s attack on Monterey.
Photo: David A Laws, https://travelexaminer.net/montereys-mosaic-mural-memorializes-missions-marauding-mariners-more/
Free Lecture on “E. Charlton Fortune: The Colorful Spirit” June 8th
Image: Drying Sails, 1926, oil on canvas. Monterey Museum of Art, bequest of Robert J. Dwyer, 2010.017. Exhibition organized by the Pasadena Museum of California Art
For the fifth year, Old Monterey Foundation is pleased to launch its season of free lecture events as part of its 2018 Lecture Series sponsored by The Marcia F. Devoe Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County.
E. Charlton Fortune: The Colorful Spirit
This informative lecture will be presented by Scott Shields, Ph.D. Dr. Shields is the Associate Director and Chief Curator at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. He will chronicle E. Charlton Fortune’s fascinating biography and colorful artistic legacy through stories, anecdotes and powerful paintings.
The Monterey Museum of Art will feature an exhibit of E. Charlton Fortune paintings on exhibit from May 24 through August 27, 2018.
Bill Wojtkowski, President of the Old Monterey Foundation Board of Directors, will also present a short overview of improvements accomplished and planned for the Lower Presidio Historic Park.
Friday, June 8, 2018 – 5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Irvine Auditorium, McCone Building, MIIS; 499 Pierce Street, Monterey
Free Admission – Reception to follow
The lecture is free but attendees must obtain have a ticket. Reserve your ticket here. If you are not a member of the Monterey Museum of Art, select “Old Monterey Foundation members” or “general admission”.
For more information about Old Monterey Foundation, call (831) 346-3030.
This lecture is suitable for ages 9 and up.
PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Old Monterey Foundation, Padre Trails Camera Club and Myrick Photographic recently teamed up to hold a special Lower Presidio Historic Park Photo Contest. Dozens of outstanding entries depicting various scenes in the Lower Presidio Historic Park were submitted and judged by Stephen Myrick, owner of Myrick Photographic and Liza Linsao of the City of Monterey and owner of Liza Linsao Photography.
The photos were judged by the basic elements of a good photographic image, composition, exposure, subject interest, sharpness, and creativity.
Thanks to all photographers who participated, and for sharing their photographs with the Old Monterey Foundation.
The winners include:
1st place Christopher Axe
2nd place Carol Silveira “Sunrise at the Park”
3rd Place Benjamin Steel “Brute Bud”
Honorable Mentions:
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Chris Johnson (3 images)
Christopher Axe Carol Silveira
The first place winner received a 12×18 canvas gallery wrap of their winning image donated by Myrick Photographic and a “Friends of the Lower Presidio” membership ($100 value) donated by Old Monterey Foundation. The second and third place winners received a $25 gift certificate from Myrick Photographic and a “Friends of the Lower Presidio” membership ($100 value). There were also $20 cash prizes each for participants whose images receive Honorable Mentions that were provided by Padre Trails Camera Club. For any questions, call (831) 633-4444 or email brickman@brickmanmarketing.com. Continue reading PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
CHRISTMAS ANGEL AUCTION IS RESOUNDING SUCCESS
Our fundraiser to restore the historic “Monterey Christmas Angels” on December 5, 2015 was a resounding success. Attendance was estimated to be 120 Angel patrons, including a majority of the Monterey City Council (one of whose children submitted a new Angel for auction). 
Twenty newly painted Angels were displayed around the gathering room at the Museum of Monterey on the Custom House Plaza, and lively interest was displayed in the Angels and in the biographies posted next to each one. All had the same shape and dimensions, but each presented the unique artistic vision of the Artist who graciously donated each Angel. The crowd enjoyed hors d’oeurves, wine and beer amid the lively discussion of individual artistic merits during the Reception preceding the auction.
Promptly at 7:30 pm, our auctioneer Mike Tryon called attention to the podium for the first piece to be bid on, and the auction was on. Mike is a professional auctioneer from Temecula who volunteered his services to enhance our auction experience, and we are most grateful for his contribution. 
Bidding started a bit slowly but the crowd soon warmed to the spirit of evening. Some favorites quickly appeared and precipitated lively bidding for the rest of the evening. The first bid to go over $500 was the Christmas Angel painted by renowned artist Erin Lee Gadfill, 
which topped out at $750. Continue reading CHRISTMAS ANGEL AUCTION IS RESOUNDING SUCCESS
Sneak a peek at the angels
Here are the 20 angels painted by renowned local artists that will be auctioned at the “Save the Angels” fundraiser. Proceeds will go towards restoration of the original historic “Monterey Christmas Angels” painted in 1956 by Erica Franke.
The “Save the Angels” Auction & Reception will be held Saturday, December 5, 6–9 p.m. at the Museum of Monterey, 5 Custom House Plaza.
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