Alta Mesa Center of the Arts 

AMCA is an interfaith arts and spirituality hub, housed and sponsored by Orinda Community Church.

Mission 

We believe that art is a spiritual act and a human right. Contained within that sentence are our two primary goals: a) to provide a place for artists to engage in the spiritual aspects of their art and for spiritual seekers to use art to deepen and discover new avenues of spiritual experience; b) to provide a place where people from diverse traditions, artistic practices, and economic realities come together in community. 

From experience we know that art can bridge the divisions, substantive and arbitrary, that divide us. We come together not only to practice and teach the arts, but to celebrate and learn from our differences and to foster lively and respectful interdisciplinary dialogues. We seek unity in diversity. We welcome professional artists, writers and musicians, experienced amateurs, hobbyists, mystics and seekers young and old. Wherever you are on your artistic and spiritual journey, whoever you are, we welcome you.  

AMCA Reading Series 

Next up: November 14th at 4:00pm
an afternoon reading celebrating

ESSENTIAL TRUTHS: The Bay Area in Color 

​featuring: 

​Joyce E. Young
Max Leung
Shizue Seigel 
Vickie Ya-Rong Chang
Sridevi Ramanathan
Tehmina Khan 

 Register here for this free online event: https://forms.gle/ZqF4mqg1dbjVzkBn7

Alta Mesa Writers

NEW!  AMCA Generative Writing Workshops
Dynamic, in person workshops to inspire new projects, and to broaden, deepen, and clarify works in-progress. Click HERE for more information and to register. 

October Theme: Remembrance 
October 16th 
10:00am -12:00pm.
Orinda Community Church Fellowship Hall. 

This community welcomes people of all races, religions, genders, ethnicities, and economic circumstance.  (And, yes, all genres!) ​

Alta Mesa Music

Coming Soon 

Alta Mesa Visual Arts 
Coming soon