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 […]
Join the National Steinbeck Center for a deep dive into John Steinbeck and Monterey with the 2025 exhibition “Steinbeck in Monterey” opening January 24, 2025 at the Monterey History and Art Association at Stanton Center. The City of Monterey was Steinbeck’s stomping ground through his childhood and into his thirties. Here, he had some of the foundational […]
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 […]
Casa Serrano412 Pacific Street, Monterey Saturday February 1, 20255:30 pm PiperCeltic MusicScottish Dinner MenuHaggisThe Bard’s Poetry and TalesGood Company with a Wee Dram Cost: $100.00 Seating Limited To Half A Hundred – Make Your Reservations Early!Reservation is Complete Upon Payment Hosted by Monterey History and Art AssociationLos Amigos We’re sorry, the Burns Supper is Sold […]
Free for members, $10 for non-members You are cordially invited to Casa Serrano on Sunday, February 2, 2025, at 1PM, for an event that could only happen in Monterey. In 1963, artist Donald Teague did a watercolor painting of Mayo Hayes O’Donnell’s upstairs bedroom at Casa Soberanes. O’Donnell was known as “Mrs. History” and is […]
First Annual Hearts & Heritage Valentine’s Tea at Casa Serrano Adobe 412 Pacific StreetMonterey, CA Buy Tickets Now Celebrate the season of love with friends and family in an afternoon steeped in elegance and history at Monterey’s charming Casa Serrano adobe. Delight in a Valentine-themed High Tea featuring delicious heart-shaped delicate petit sandwiches, freshly baked heart-shaped […]
