Huntington Beach Art Center
538 Main StreetHuntington Beach CA, USA
(714) 374-1650
www.surfcity-hb.org/Visitors/art_center
About Huntington Beach Art Center
The Huntington Beach Art Center is a community arts and cultural center serving Huntington Beach and the Southern California region. The Center presents the works of artists producing in all media. Through exhibitions, performances, film|video screenings, lectures and educational programming, the HBAC serves to advance public awareness and understanding of cultural, historic, and contemporary perspectives. The HBAC creates opportunities for local, regional and national artists and the community to share in a climate of experimentation, education and experience.
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Past Openings
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Exhibition Dates: Saturday, October 18, 2008 - Sunday, December 21, 2008
Reception: October 17, 2008, 7-9pmA contemporary group art exhibition demonstrating the correlation between art
and baseball through the work of nine players and their new work....more info
Ebb and Flow
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, January 17, 2009 - Sunday, February 22, 2009
Reception: January 16, 2009, 6-9pm100 Years of Huntington Beach, Featuring displays of artifacts, models, videos, photographs and documents...more info
City Reconsider
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, March 14, 2009 - Sunday, April 12, 2009
Reception: March 13, 2009, 7-9pm This contemporary exhibition is an experiment in using the Huntington Beach Art Center as an incubator for creativity. Utilizing the previous Ebb & Flow exhibition – cultural producers from HB met at HBAC to examine the City of Huntington Beach's history. The artists reconsidered developmental aspects of the city such as transportation, planning of public and private spaces, and economic resource distribution. ...more info
DepARTure 9th Annual Benefit Art Auction and Exhibition
Exhibition Dates: Friday, May 29, 2009 - Friday, June 5, 2009
Reception: May 29, 2009, 6-9pmThe Art Auction’s main goal is to raise money to benefit the Art Center’s exhibition and educational programs. In addition to this fundraising goal, the Art Auction is an opportunity to begin or add to an art collection. ...more info
Centered on the Center 2009
Exhibition Dates: Friday, June 26, 2009 - Sunday, July 19, 2009
Annual non-juried art exhibition...more info
LAND SEA AIR
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, August 1, 2009 - Sunday, September 6, 2009
Reception: July 31, 2009, 7-9pm This contemporary exhibition features three site-responsive installations that reflect the land, sea and air of Huntington Beach....more info
Kelly McLane
On the Road to Trona
Exhibition Dates: Friday, October 16, 2009 - Sunday, December 20, 2009
Reception: October 16, 2009, 7-9pmThe Huntington Beach Art Center is presenting an original curated exhibition opening in the main galleries, entitled, On the Road to Trona. This contemporary solo exhibition features 12 paintings, nine works on paper and one sculpture by Los Angeles based artist Kelly McLane. The exhibition will feature works from 2002 through 2009 and include many works on loan from private collections. ...more info
Carleton Christy
Backyards and Kitchens
Exhibition Dates: Friday, October 16, 2009 - Sunday, December 20, 2009
Reception: October 16, 2009, 7-9pmOpening in the Project Room is an exhibition entitled, Backyards and Kitchens that features new woodcuts and linocuts by artist Carleton Christy. The black and white prints are an exploration into spaces that convey surprising and unsuspecting taboos, found while traveling on the road or returning home. Christy is a Los Angeles based artist and will be the artist-in-residence at The Huntington Beach Art Center on the following days and times: Sunday, October 25 from 12 to 4 p.m., Sunday, November 1 from 1 to 3 p.m. and Sunday, November 15 from 1 to 3 p.m. Free and open to the public, Christy will assist the public in creating a small print of a backyard, kitchen, or house during the residency.
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