Visuals 10.26.23

RALPH PACE

Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History presents Kelp Grizzlies: The Secret Lives of Sea Otters by Ralph Pace. Pace is a freelance underwater and environmental photojournalist living in Monterey. He holds a graduate degree in marine conservation from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Using his education in science, Pace hopes to act as an interpreter to simplify scientific messages through imagery to tell science stories. During the winter months, Pace works on the Hawaiian island of Maui with the nonprofit Whale Trust, documenting humpback whale research with Flip Nicklin. On display until Thanksgiving (Nov. 23). 

ARMIN C. HASEN

“The Clipper” (aka “Clipper in Moonlight”) by Armin C. Hansen (1886-1957) is part of the In the Still of the Night: Nocturnes exhibit in the Monterey Museum of Art. Come see a diverse selection of works from the permanent collection depicting both the dramatic and tranquil aspects of nightfall. Capturing the lost enchantment of night skies from before the age of electric light, In the Still of the Night explores the nocturnes of artists such as Charles Rollo Peters, Will Sparks and Jules Tavernier – who captured the beauty of illuminated late-19th-century nights – as well as the perspectives of contemporary artists today such as Barry Masteller and Roland Petersen. On display through Dec. 17.