Carmel Arts and Crafts Club
Carmel Arts & Crafts Hall, 1907 | |
| Successor | Carmel Art Association |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1905 |
| Founder | Elsie Allen |
| Founded at | Carmel-by-the-Sea |
| Dissolved | 1927 |
| Type | Art Gallery, Club |
| Purpose | To attract artists to Carmel |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 36°33′19″N 121°55′24″W / 36.55528°N 121.92333°W |
Region served | Monterey County, California |
| Services | Performances, poetry readings, lectures, and summer school |
The Carmel Arts and Crafts Club was an art gallery and theatre club founded in 1905, which soon built a clubhouse where artists and actors attracted to the arts colony village of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, gathered. The club exhibited and taught art and produced performances at Forest Theater and the Golden Bough Playhouse. By 1927, the Carmel Art Association replaced the club as the center of art in Carmel, and in 1929, Edward G. Kuster purchased the club's theatrical operations.