With support from the California Arts Council, SOL TREASURES will implement a series of community events in rural South Monterey County honoring cultural preservation and traditions, including a multicultural art gallery exhibit, school gallery tours, workshops for all ages, culminating in an illuminated procession and celebration event. Latinx, Asian, Middle Eastern, Native American, and Indigenous communities will be among the participants. Visual, performing, and music arts will be showcased.
Sol Treasures is a (501 (c) 3 non-profit organization founded in 2008 as an Art and Cultural Center. Sol Treasures provides opportunities for community members of all ages to experience and create art in King City and the other Southern Monterey County communities. Sol Treasures provides art programming where none or very little exists. Underserved, rural-living children and youth have opportunities for creative expression.
Sol Treasures serves 400 to 500 individuals weekly through visual and performing arts programs. Sol Treasures’ annual programs include after-school art enrichment classes; children’s musical theater productions, with each production providing a live theater experience for 2,000 of the region’s students; community choruses for students and adults; SOL-O Youth Strings Orchestra; and summer visual and performing art camps for children. Sol Treasures also has technical theatre classes, teaching all aspects of sound, lighting and visual technologies. The Sol Treasures Art Gallery and Gift Shop offer 7-8 annual art exhibits. Sol Treasures in collaboration with La Cocina organize the Dia de Los Muertos Community Altar, Parade and Festival to include classes on costuming, face painting, sculpting, and poetry.

