CASI Launches 2026 Student Scholarship & Contest Season On September 9 at the Carmel Barnyard, CASI will unveil its 2026 Student Scholarship program—anticipated to double in number from 2025—and officially kick off its annual creative contests. Alongside the returning Art and Writing Contests, this year introduces an exciting new category: the Student Film Contest. Students, […]

Photographic Artist Winston Boyer CASI Live Event Internationally known photographer Winston Boyer will present/speak at a CASI live event on September 10th at 4:30pm at Gallery Sur in Carmel. The gallery will be hung with a major exhibit of Boyer’s works, and he will describe his life journey in photographic arts. Boyer has traveled to […]

An important CASI Live Event on the fire disaster at the Moss Landing Battery Storage Plant will be held on Wednesday, October 8, 5PM, at Wave Street Studios in Monterey. As you may know, the California Central Coast fell from grace on 1/16/25 when a half-billion dollar “clean energy investment” self-immolated in Moss Landing. This […]

On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at 4:30 PM, CASI will host a special mentoring event at the Carmel Barnyard to inspire and support students participating in the 2026 Student Scholarship Program. This year, CASI anticipates doubling the number of scholarships from the seven awarded in 2025. Alongside the returning Art and Writing Contests, CASI is […]

This CASI November 21 live event will feature presentations of important very old architectural elements in Europe. This will be the annual CASI fundraiser which is the backbone of funding our annual scholarship awards for our student contests in art, writing and filmmaking. Two presenters are the owners of these important historical monuments, who have […]

On December 18th at 4:30 pm in the Carmel Barnyard CASI will present a comprehensive assessment of nuclear power in the USA. We have three distinguished scientists to convey the complexities of nuclear power and how we can optimize its use in our energy mix. Panelists will include Dr. Gene Nelson, Dr. Robert Campbell and […]

The 2026 Winter Gala will be held on January 24 at a private home in the Tehama/Monterra community, with three speakers on distinct threads 0f investment strategies. 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 […]

CASI will hold a youth mentoring event at the Carmel Barnyard at four pm on February 2  2026. We shall have two engaging speakers to highlight ideas for the art and writing contests. Artist and coach Katie Bruzzone will speak to reflections on nature and self and provide stimuli for motifs for the student art […]

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. There will be a detailed analysis of policy alternatives including the optimum […]

This live CASI panel will present at the Carmel Barnyard on February 26th at 4:30 pm. Prior CASI events have focused on home hardening, but this event will feature what we can demand of our legislators and Boards of Supervisors to appreciably reduce the risk of a major wildfire and insure rapid response and containment. […]

CASI will hold a youth mentoring event at the Carmel Barnyard at four pm on March 2, 2026. We shall have two superb speakers to highlight ideas for the art and writing contests. Local filmmaker and youth educator Mike Buffo will present an outline, requirements, and orientation for prospective students interested in participating in the […]

Meet Me At The Threshold - Symbolism in Contemporary Art When Renaissance viewers encountered Botticelli's "Primavera," they immediately understood its symbolic vocabulary—Zephyr pursuing Chloris, the virtues of the Three Graces, Venus governing love, Mercury wielding reason. Shared symbolic literacy meant art’s visual vocabularies transcended individual artists and could be read like texts. This universal symbolic […]