The Montalvo Arts Center is a nonprofit arts and cultural center located in Saratoga that is centered around the historic Villa Montalvo estate, originally constructed in 1914 by the family of United States Senator James Duval Phelan. The estate is named after popular 16th-century author Garci Ordonez de Montalvo, whose novels are credited with coining the word "California," and was acquired by the San Francisco Art Association in 1930 for use as a public arts center, the first of its kind in the United States to operate an artist in residency program. Art gallery exhibitions and public performances are presented at the estate today, which showcases two theaters and a full artist-in-residency complex. An arboretum, botanical gardens, and hiking trails are also offered on the estate's grounds, which connect to a nearby Audubon Society bird sanctuary at Lookout Point.

15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, CA 95071, Phone: 408-961-5858

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