Professional masters. Practical experiences.

CASI advances education by bringing talented speakers to schools and community groups. We bring scientists, artists, physicians, historians, engineers, economists, authors, and accomplished entrepreneurs to your venue and periodically host public and private member-only events.

Our topics span California art history, the arts, atmospheric physics, marine biology, film-making, energy, and water supply. Our speakers present practical depth and have created and led some of the most successful companies and non-profits in California. They include top US scientists and economists; eminent artists, sculptors, filmmakers, Olympic Medalists, accomplished CEOs, advisors to the US President and Congress and have engaged with audiences around the world.

California Arts & Sciences Institute - Inspiring The Planets Youth
Professional masters. Practical experiences.

CASI advances education by bringing talented speakers to schools and community groups. We bring scientists, artists, physicians, historians, engineers, economists, authors, and accomplished entrepreneurs to your venue and periodically host public and private member-only events.

Our topics span California art history, the arts, atmospheric physics, marine biology, film-making, energy, and water supply. Our speakers present practical depth and have created and led some of the most successful companies and non-profits in California. They include top US scientists and economists; eminent artists, sculptors, filmmakers, Olympic Medalists, accomplished CEOs, , advisors to the US President and Congress and have engaged with audiences around the world.

California Arts & Sciences Institute - Inspiring The Planets Youth
Painting by: Rene Romero Schuler

Upcoming Events In 2026

CASI Members Only Winter Gala

Date: January 24, 2026 @ 4:30pm
Location Announced To Members Only

Chris Bonavico, an expert in Mid-Cap securities, will present an approach to fundamental analysis and identification of undervalued securities.
Steve Scherner will present the state of precious metals markets, with an emphasis on the dynamics of current gold, silver and rhodium.
Michael Hogan will discuss methods of using the options market to create either leverage or safety in an equities portfolio.

No cost for CASI Members; attendees limited to Members Only.

CASI Youth Mentoring Event

Date: February 2, 2026 @ 4:00pm
Carmel Barnyard (Shared Spaces) – 3756 The Barnyard Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA 93923

CASI will hold a youth mentoring event at the Carmel Barnyard at four pm on February 2, 2026. We shall have two superb speakers to highlight ideas
for the art and writing contests. Forestry and ecology expert Rob Thompson will present specific ideas on places to hike or visit to reflect on nature.

Free for all students, teachers, and parents, as well as CASI Members

Lithium Ion Battery Plants:
Environmental Impacts, Economics and Policy Alternatives

Date: February 14, 2026 @ 11:30pm
Location: Irvine Auditorium

On February 14th at 11:30 am, The Epoch Times Insider Series will host a live event at the Irvine Auditorium featuring scientific analysis of
lithium ion battery technology and the resultant health and safety risks along with economic consequences to ratepayers and taxpayers.

Meet Me At The Threshold – Symbolism in Contemporary Art

Date: March 26, 2026 @ 4:30pm
Location: Wave Street Studios

Meet Me At The Threshold – Symbolism in Contemporary Art explores how shared symbolic language in art has fractured into parallel visual systems, from Renaissance masters to today’s artists. In this illustrated talk, Carmel artist Mel Ahlborn examines how contemporary art still invites contemplative, transformative attention—and guides audiences in expanding their own visual vocabularies through examples and interactive exercises.

Ticket Cost: $20.00

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The Art of René Romero Schuler - California Arts & Sciences Institute - Inspiring The Planets Youth

René is an internationally noted painter and sculptor known for powerful and emotive female figurative works that explore vulnerability and human connection. Embracing the contrast between perceptions of femininity and the complexity of female lives sometimes not conventionally “pretty”. Her work is fascinating and powerful, and offers an independent, strong and beautiful vision of womanhood that provokes and empowers other creatives.

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René Romero Schuler

René Romero Schuler - Painter and Sculptor
California Arts & Sciences Institute - Inspiring The Planets Youth

René is an internationally noted painter and sculptor known for powerful and emotive female figurative works that explore vulnerability and human connection. Embracing the contrast between perceptions of femininity and the complexity of female lives sometimes not conventionally “pretty”. Her work is fascinating and powerful, and offers an independent, strong and beautiful vision of womanhood that provokes and empowers other creatives.

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