When Carmel artist Jeanne D’Orge formed the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts in 1948, she made it clear that the goal of the center was to make it possible for artists to be true to themselves. The help the center offered had no strings attached, and the public success of the artist was not important. The center was established in order to support experimental art and science projects.

To fulfill its mission, the center presents high quality, diverse, original, contemporary, artistic, cultural, and educational programs in Monterey that engage and challenge the audience. The center consists of an art gallery, a 50-seat Cherry Hall theater, and the Geraldine M. and Tom R. Houston Sculpture Garden located within the center’s grounds.

4th and Guadalupe, 4th Ave, 831-624-7491

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