Our Mission

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To educate and enlighten the community about the richness of photography on the West Coast.

It is our goal to keep the traditional process of the black and white fine art photography alive in the tradition of Edward Weston and Ansel Adams. Support this philosophy in our local schools - celebrating the roots of our photographic history. We offer students, artists, educators and the community the opportunity to experience the richness of photography through scholarships, mentorships, exhibitions, workshops, publications, lectures, video and artists in residence.

Monterey Peninsula College Photo ClassDecember 1st, 2011

Weston Scholarship - Monterey Peninsula College Photography Class visit

Kevin Bransfield from Monterey Peninsula College brought his photography class over for a visit. Among the photography students were 3 prior Weston Scholarship winners! Kim showed Edward Weston’s darkroom, the house, his own darkroom and studio. He showed prints and made a digital negative. Thanks Kevin for bringing your group out! Great group!

Society for Photographic EducationNovember 29th, 2011

Weston Scholarship- Society for Photography Education

Thanks to artist and photography instructor Claire Lerner, Society for Photographic Education attended a Weston Scholarship fundraiser at Wildcat Hill home of Gina and Kim Weston. Here we toured the home and darkroom of Edward Weston, viewed black and white fine art photographs, learned about Edward Weston and viewed “Remembering Edward Weston”. Its a fun video because there is footage of our living room when Edward lived here. It’s pretty special feeling when you see it. Knowing you are in the same house where he worked and lived for so many …Read more

Monterey Museum of Art DocentsOctober 31st, 2011

Monterey Museum of Art - Docent Visit

On October 12, 2011, Deborah Stern scheduled a Weston Scholarship fundraising tour for the docents from the Monterey Museum of Art. They wanted to learn more about the Weston Legacy and Edward Weston. We gave them a tour of the house, darkroom, showed prints and then we watched “Remembering Edward Weston”. It was a nice afternoon and we met a lot of new faces. The previous show at the Museum was “Edward Weston: American Photographer” This exhibition was organized from major museum and private collections and will feature vintage prints of Weston’s …Read more

Fall Classes at Monterey Peninsula CollegeAugust 25th, 2011

an image of Greg Mettler & Photography Class from Monterey Peninsula College

Fall Classes have started at the Monterey Peninsula College. After fighting to save the photography program we want to be sure that every class fills up. There is still room left in Greg Mettler’s “Black & White” “Film & Darkrooom” class on Saturday’s from 9am-4pm. Class starts next Saturday August 27th. PHOT 1A PHOTOGRAPHY I: BLACK AND WHITE $78.00 Greg Mettler: Sat 9-12 + 1-4 pm SIGN UP NOW TO REGISTER, on-campus @ MPC or http://www.mpc.edu/ Greg is a wonderful dedicated instructor, he brings his students to Wildcat Hill to visit and …Read more

2012 Weston Scholarship NewsAugust 20th, 2011

Reed Farrington, Kim and Zach Weston at the Marjorie Evans Gallery 2011

I will be updating the site with next years scholarship dates soon. It will be the same time frame. Portfolios will be due at the end of April 2012 and the awards ceremony and exhibition will be at the Marjorie Evans Gallery during the month of May. Here is a photo of Reed Farrington, Kim Weston and our son Zach. They hung the 2011 Scholarship show. Actually Reed Farrington is on our board and has helped judge the show since 2005, He has also helped hang and take down the …Read more

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