The Philip Glass Center for the Arts, Science, and the Environment
The Philip Glass Center, founded by world renowned and highly collaborative composer Philip Glass, seeks to gather the world’s leaders in art, science, and the environment for an array of interdisciplinary activities including performances, seminars, and educational programs to inspire and to motivate the public to become engaged with matters vital to the future of the natural environment and the quality of human existence. The Days And Nights Festival is the Center’s premiere program towards that goal.
Performances, Seminars, and Educational Programs
The Center has a strong educational mission and has an educational affiliation with the Cinematic Arts and Technology Department of California State University at Monterey Bay.
Further, special free or sponsored programs are offered in the community to support youth outreach and encourage the Arts and activism among community members of all ages and backgrounds.
Music, Dance, Theater, Lectures and
Spoken Word
The Days and Nights Festival consistently brings together renowned artists and new performers. Globally curated, the festival’s performers have come from The Gambia, México, Cuba, Netherlands, among others.
Poets, dancers, scientists, and musicians come together in new and exciting collaborations since 2011.
Festival Staff
Founder, Artistic Director: Philip Glass
Founder: James Woodard
Producer: Nikki Appino
Company Manager: Carol Blanco
Sound Design and Supervisor: Dan Bora
Sound Engineer: Michael Amacio
Technical Supervisor: Kevin Landesman
Festival Stage Manager: Bethanie Baeyen
Community Outreach Director: Enid Ryce
Social Media / Marketing: Rachelle Escamilla
Artist Hospitality: Erika Hernandez
Production Assistant / Sound: Emily Goetsch
Sound & Lights: Cain Sound
Photography / Film: Arturo Béjar
Board of Directors
President: Philip Glass
Vice-President: Arturo Béjar
Treasurer: Lizbeth Hasse
Secretary: Edward Patuto
Member: Gabriele Mary Ann Schicketanz
Member: Kelly Swette
Thank you for your support
Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
LLWW Foundation
Special Thanks
The Georis Family
La Bicyclette Restaurant
Studio Schicketanz
Charlie & Karen Osborne
Sarah Osborne and Oscar
Rob Carver
Studio Carver
Magnus & Mary Lu Toren
Thank you to all our amazing volunteers and the entire Carmel and Big Sur communities!
Thank you to Dunvagen Music Publishers
The films and festival photographs on this site are by Arturo Béjar who started Obsidian Lens with the goal of generating new income streams for artists. The performances were recorded and mixed by Dan Bora.
Art has value. Most of it should go to the people who created it.
Additional images and video by Nikki Appino.
Thank you to Bill Roden and New Dawn Studios for their great work.
