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Ceramics-centered Huntington Beach features ceramics and crafts sold each week at an outdoor farmer's market. But down the street five blocks on Main at the Huntington Beach Art Center you may also see arts, crafts and ceramics shown at the community art gallery's annual exhibition, Centered on the Center.

In the picture above you'll see a setting of one tall ceramics piece surrounded by half a dozens smaller, similar colors and shapes. The display is one of several hundred that fill the art space annually in the HBAC Centered on the Center event held usually beginning in January.

Not by any means the only non-juried art show in the region, it is less recognized than the commercially successful Laguna Beach Sawdust Festival featuring a variety of arts, jewelry, crafts and clothing. Non-juried art shows are, in fact, popular around the globe.  While the Huntington Beach event does not focus on sales quite so much, the Laguna Beach Sawdust Festival is one of the few non-juried art events to maintain its own space in a hugely successful venture that's been around for forty-plus years. The Huntington Beach event exceeds 10 years, and still is strong, increasing in popularity and attendance each season.

If you happen to be in town and have extra time, do stop by the Huntington Beach Art Center and take a look at either this non-juried art gallery exhibit or other art events held throughout the year.

Huntington Beach Art Center
538 Main Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
714-374-1650
Hours: Wednesday - Saturday - 12 noon - 6 pm; Sunday - 12 noon - 4 pm; Closed Monday - Tuesday

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