Events & Fundraisers
The Weston Collective
We are excited to announce that we have 60 students participating in this year's Seaside Youth Art Competition! Come out and celebrate their talents on Friday, March 20th from 6:00 - 8:30pm at the Walter Lee Avery Gallery inside Seaside’s City Hall!
Join us at the Oldemeyer Center in Seaside on Friday, April 17th from 6:00-7:30pm for the Facing Seaside V Exhibition featuring La Tortuga, Acme Coffee Roasting Co, and the Oldemeyer Center!
Join us on Saturday, May 16th at the National Steinbeck Center for the 2026 Weston Collective Scholarship Exhibition and Awards Ceremony!
Support photography students in California at an event featuring fine dining and wine, entertainment, history, photography, and more!
Join us at our studio in Seaside for the Facing Seaside IV Exhibition featuring Monterey Clay Studio, AMG Cyclery, the Monterey County Weekly and Imperial Barbershop!
Join us on Saturday, May 3rd at the National Steinbeck Center for the 2025 Weston Collective Scholarship Exhibition and Awards Ceremony!
We are excited to announce that we have over 30 students participating in this year's Seaside Youth Art Competition! Come out and celebrate their talents on Friday, March 14th from 7:00 - 8:30pm at the Walter Lee Avery Gallery inside Seaside’s City Hall!
We are excited to announce that the Weston Collective has again been selected to participate in the Monterey County Gives! Campaign! You have a fantastic opportunity to support our many youth photography programs, which put cameras in the hands of students in our community who need them most.
Support youth photography students in Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties at an event featuring fine dining and wine, entertainment, history, photography, and more!
Join us on Thursday, May 2nd from 5:30-7:00pm for the 2024 Weston Collective Scholarship Award Ceremony and Exhibition at the Weston Collective studio in Seaside.
Join us on Thursday, April 11th from 6:00-8:00pm for the Facing Seaside III Opening Exhibition at the Weston Collective Studio in Seaside featuring youth art of Seaside businesses.
Join us at the Avery Gallery inside Seaside City Hall to celebrate our communities artistic youth! The event is on April 5th, 2024 from 7:00 - 8:30pm (Award Presentation at 7:30pm) at The Avery Gallery in Seaside City Hall.
Please join us on Wednesday, December 13th for the Darkroom After Hours II Exhibition featuring the photographs from our community darkroom class.
Join us at the Weston Collective for our Digital Printing Workshop with Eric Joseph of Freestyle Photographic Supplies!
Join us on July 20th from 5-7 pm at the Weston Collective in Seaside to view the Darkroom After Hours Exhibition featuring the photography from our Community Darkroom Class.
Support black and white film photography students in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties at an event featuring fine dining and wine, entertainment, history, photography, and more! Additionally, all guests will go home with an original print from Roman Loranc or Kim Weston as a gesture of our most sincere gratitude for supporting The Weston Collective.
Join us on May 23rd from 5:00-7:00pm at the Weston Collective studio in Seaside for the unveiling of the Weston Collective’s Artist in Residence, Jorge Torres’, mural and collection of photographs of Monterey County. Thank you to the Arts Council for Monterey County for sponsoring this residency.
The 2023 Weston Scholarship Exhibition and Award Ceremony will be held at The Monterey Museum of Art once again! We are so thankful for our partnership and are excited to feature the fine photography from our photographic youth. Join us May 11th from 5:30 - 7:00pm for the Awards Ceremony!
Black History Month Celebration at the Oldemeyer Center featuring Weston Collective students and local community artist Robert Daniels!
Join us at the Pacific Grove Art Center on February 4th from 1:00 - 2:30pm for a panel discussion with Weston Scholarship winning artists and a Weston Collective Community Darkroom Member.
Join us on Friday, January 6th for an exhibition at the Pacific Grove Art Center featuring the work of the Weston Collective and local artists. Hope to see you there!
We have once again been accepted into the McGives Fundraising drive! We are so excited and thankful for this opportunity. This fundraising drive helps The Weston Collective tremendously for purchasing materials needed for our youth programs. Our BIG IDEA is to fund our youth program budget so we can continue to offer after school photography programs.
We are excited to announce our Facing Seaside II Exhibition! All are welcome and we hope to see you there. Businesses featured include: La Tortuga, Generation Ave, Lupita’s Bakery, Lynn’s Arcade and Counterpoint Coffee Shop. Come check out the amazing work by the students in our after school program!
Join us July 22-24 at The Weston Collective for a Wet Plate Collodion Workshop with Allan Barnes!
Submit your photographs to be considered for this amazing Call to Action in the new Ohana Building at Ryan Ranch!
The 2022 Weston Scholarship Exhibition will be held at The Monterey Museum of Art once again. We are so thankful for our partnership and are excited to feature the fine photography from our photographic youth. Join us May 19th from 5:30 - 7:00pm for the Awards Ceremony!
If you missed the opening exhibition of The Facing Seaside project, you still have time to see it! The Weston Collective Studios will be open this upcoming Saturday, March 12th from 1-4pm. Come have a look at the show!
The Facing Seaside Part I Exhibition will be held on Thursday, March 3rd at The Weston Collective from 5:00pm - 8:00pm.
We will be hosting an Open Studio day at The Weston Collective on the second Saturday of each month. We will vary in our activities ranging from silver gelatin printing, to making cyanotypes, to watching photography films. The day is free flowing and you can stop by whenever works and stay for however long you can. This event is free!
Join us on The Second Saturday of February for a Wet Plate Collodion Demonstration by Allan Barnes. Allan will be teaching a Wet Plate Collodion Workshop at the Collective in June and this is a great way to get a taste for the process. Space is limited to 10 !
The Weston Collective is pleased to announce a Carbon Printing Workshop with Jim Fitzgerald!
Join us in June 2022 for a Wet Plate Collodion Workshop with Allan Barnes at The Weston Collective!
Learn The Gum Bichromate process from Brian Taylor at The Weston Collective!
Join us and learn the unique process of carbon printing with Jim Fitzgerald, one of the pioneers of the process who has perfected the craft.
