Find Music, Visual Arts, Dance, or other Fine Arts Programs for your Child.

Colleagues of the Arts (COTA) has created an online database of fine arts youth training programs for students in Monterey County. You can find organizations and agencies that provide programs in the following categories:

 

Find out if your child is eligible for a COTA Award in the arts.

COTA of Monterey provides financial assistance to gifted youth to achieve their full potential in the arts. The focus is on artistically gifted youth, especially those from low-income families. Students are selected through an application and audition process. Go to Application.

Giving to COTA

Discover the many ways you can support the various aspects of Colleagues of the Arts operations and programs. Help us continue providing financial assistance to over 40 artistically gifted youth in Monterey County each year. Donate to COTA

Become a Colleague

If you believe in supporting youth in the arts, you can become a member of Colleagues of the Arts. Your dues will help provide advanced lessons, instruments, workshops, and other artistic expenses that otherwise would be unavailable to talented students. Join us today to support and encourage these future artists. COTA Membership.