Los Angeles photographic artist and Center for Photographic Art member Paula Riff started with a degree in Japanese language. Her several years in Tokyo, where she worked as an interpreter, are imprinted in her distinctive artwork.

For nearly 30 years, Jason Bradley has done what few photographers manage – he has remained. While others pass through Monterey Bay chasing a single shot of a breaching whale or a dramatic coastal storm, Bradley goes out season after season, building a visual archive of a coastline in consta…

Mexico began colonizing what is now California back in 1769, and in 1775, the capital of this emerging nation-state moved to Monterey – then stayed there even after Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821. It would remain the capital city for nearly another three decades before evolvin…

In just over a decade, Palenke Arts, a multicultural arts nonprofit based in Seaside, has grown exponentially. It’s gone from offering arts workshops for kids, teens and adults–which the organization still does today – to hosting concerts featuring national and international traveling acts a…