Katrina Pura – Revery

Monterey History and Art at Stanton Center 5 Custom House Plaza, Monterey, California

Katrina Pura is an American landscape and portrait painter based in the Central Coast of California. She received a BS in science, technology and society from Stanford University, studied art history at Oxford University and graduated from the Florence Academy of Art’s three year classical painting program in 2018. Using various mediums, including oil, graphite […]

Michelle Robertson

Monterey History and Art at Stanton Center 5 Custom House Plaza, Monterey, California

A photographer takes thousands and thousands of hours of practice making mistake after mistake to begin to make sense of photography. Then and only then does she begin to have command over light, composition, form, shade, texture, and other elements of capturing a photograph. Once she has mastered command over these elements something magical begins […]

Central Coast Conference – Seldom Heard History of the Civil War Era

Monterey History and Art at Stanton Center 5 Custom House Plaza, Monterey, California

Exclusive offer for Monterey History and Art Association members! Greetings American History enthusiasts, Registration is now open for the 2nd annual Central Coast Conference, to be held at the Stanton Center on Custom House Plaza during the first weekend in May, 2025. Another fantastic lineup of scholars have signed on for the event, including professors […]

2025 La Merienda

Memory Garden 20 Custom House Plaza, Monterey, CA, United States

2025 Annual La Merienda Celebration – the City of Monterey’s 255th birthday party features music, dance, costume, and a barbecue buffet extravaganze by Old Fisherman’s Grotto Chefs and the VIP Merienda Barbecue Committee. who will create a five-star culinary experience. Saturday, June 7, 2025 from 11:15 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Memory Garden, 20 Custom House […]