SpectorDance is hosting an exciting new event for the Monterey Bay region:
Monterey Ocean Arts Festival (MOAF)
Using the power of creativity to heighten awareness of ocean issues and inspire ocean stewardship
April 14, 2019
2:00-4:00pm
Free Admission
SpectorDance, 3343 Paul Davis Drive, Marina

SpectorDance is launching the inaugural year of the Monterey Ocean Arts Festival (MOAF). The Festival welcomes welcomes the entire community to experience ocean-themed visual and performing art created by Monterey Bay area youth, participate in family-friendly ocean education activities and enjoy live music by local musicians.

MOAF will expand on the connection between art and science to celebrate the beauty of the ocean, educate our community about conversation efforts, and inspire the next generations of ocean stewards.

Local science organizations and leading conservationists will be onsite with educational materials and fun activities for kids of all ages. Attendees can make plastic “jelly hats” with Camp SEA Lab, and get up close to specimens of many species from Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. More science crafts and activities will be provided by: First Night Monterey, Save the Whales, and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

Attendees will also enjoy 60+ pieces of ocean-themed paintings, drawings, photography, acrylic, and digital art created by Monterey Bay area youth. Attendees will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite visual art piece and the top 20 will be displayed in the Sunset Center lobby during the SpectorDance Company’s performance of Ocean Trilogy on April 25. The performing arts presentation will include live music, videography, dance, and poetry. SpectorDance Youth Company will perform an original work, Out of the Blue, a playful ballet about ocean diversity, and live music will be provided by the violin/viola duet, Duo Appasionata, and the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Middle School Honor Jazz Band.
SpectorDance believes that dance and the arts can promote awareness of ocean science and has put this into action with Ocean Trilogy , a multidisciplinary performance and educational outreach program highlighting innovations and new possibilities from cutting-edge ocean research. Choreographer Fran Spector Atkins and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute are investigating how dance and science can work together to heighten awareness, promote conversation, and inspire responsible stewardship to protect our most precious natural resource. Ocean Trilogy will be performed at Sunset Center in Carmel on April 25.
MOAF Co-Chairs: Fran Spector Atkins, Artistic Director of SpectorDance & Emily Zefferman, PH.D. Ecologist
Dr. Rob Kleven, Music, Pebble Beach
Rachel Roman, SpectorDance Board Member
Elayne Azevedo, Educator, Pacific Grove
Nancy Amadeo, Marina Youth Arts 
Paige Ettin, SpectorDance Board Member
Thank You To MOAF Founding Sponsors:
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Arts Council for Monterey County
Shirley Blaine
Diana Huang & Ron Chen
Peter Baird Mahoney Associates
First Night Monterey
Whole Foods Market
Juli Hoffman
Dr. Theresa Arteaga, Animal Cancer Center Monterey
Martin/Hurd Fund, The Rotary Club of Monterey


Thank You To MOAF Ocean Friends:
The Dali Expo - Monterey Museum
Backscatter Underwater Video & Photo
Click here to find out more information on how you
can become a MOAF Sponsor!