This short film about the Cambria Scarecrow Festival premiered at the 2023 Cambria Film Festival. If you missed it, you can see it in our Studio Tuesdays through Sundays in October at 1:00 and 3:00. Stop in and see how fun it is making scarecrows each year for the festival and meet some of the creative folks who make them. 

Join us for a very special afternoon to benefit the Cambria Center for the Arts.

Tucked away behind a private gate on Happy Hill awaits a wonderland of good company, good fun, and good cheer.  This unique space has been lovingly created to provide a venue for an array of backyard sports, accompanied by beautiful views and ample places to relax with friends. A guest called it “the best yard in Cambria. There’s no other like it.”

So, join the party for a very special afternoon to benefit Cambria Center for the Arts.

It's all for a very good cause – helping Cambria Center for the Arts sustain and grow adult learning programs, art shows, theater and concert productions, annual film festival, and free arts classes for local youth.

 Try Your Skill

This amazing backyard retreat offers a chance to showcase your skills, or just try a new sport! 

• Golf: Grab a club, chip past the sand trap and then practice your putting on the 3-hole green!
• Bocce: Join a team for a friendly match – or see if you can win our mini-contest with the ball closest to the pallino!
• Cornhole: Americans love cornhole!  A 2020 poll deemed it the “most played” sport. See how you do in a match or a mini-contest for the most “cornholes.”

Savor the Food & Drinks

Find a comfy seat around a fire pit and enjoy wine from:

• Pear Valley Estate Wine, a family-owned, award-winning vineyard and winery located in Paso Robles
• Absolution Cellars, specializing in limited-production, handcrafted, single-vineyard wines from select vineyards all throughout the beautiful Central Coast
• Cutruzzola Vineyards, Cambria’s own award-winning winery

Plus, our special drink for the party is fruity Spanish sangria.

Of course there will be delicious food, featuring paella by Chef Elaine Rivera-Glenn of Brydge Restaurant. 

About Elaine: Elaine’s culinary career includes seven years at Oliveto, the iconic fine dining Cal-Ital restaurant in the Chez Panisse lineage, which she credits with her formative culinary education. From there, Elaine spent time doing culinary study in Spain, and then served as Executive Chef at a Brasserie in Oakland, an Event Venue in Sausalito and a Winery in Paso Robles.

Your choice of paella plus a simple salad with herb dressing:

• Bomba rice, chicken Gulf Shrimp, chorizo, piquillos, Meyer lemon, and saffron, or
• Vegetarian version featuring Bomba rice, mushrooms, piquillos, roasted garlic and herbs

Plus other tasty surprises!

Bid on Special Silent Auction Items

Don’t miss the chance bid on local experiences like a ride at the Covell Ranch, tickets to the Cambria Pines Christmas Market or great art and so much more! Plus a raffle for tickets to CCA events like upcoming plays and our annual film festival.

Support local arts for all – support Cambria Center for the Arts!

Tickets are $125, $100 for CCA members. All proceeds benefit Cambria Center for the Arts, a 501(c)3 organization. Federal Tax ID: 23-7150582

On September 24, 2022 we held our community Reception at the wonderful Pierce home.

Here are some pictures of that event

A Festival of the Arts in the Pines by the Sea June 11, 2022