Get Experience in the Arts and Practice Your Craft

Improve your skills, help your community, build your portfolio.

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Community Challenges

Art Gallery Challenge

Visit 3 new galleries and/or museums in Santa Ana and share your favorite work on social media with #SantaAnaArts 

Art piece Submission

Send an image of your artwork to info@downtown-inc.com for possible inclusion in our Downtown newsletter. We will also blast your portfolio out to creative agencies and help you get your art placed.

Band Fan Art

Make fan art for a local band - this could be stickers, buttons a 15' 3-panel billboard, whatever you got and share it on instagram with #SantaAnaArt. Connect with local bands through The Copper Door, OCML and Beatnik Bandito.

Studios/Maker & Rehearsal Spaces

• City of Santa Ana Facility Rentals
• Santa Ana Library Meeting Room Rentals
• California Center for Digital Arts - photographer workspaces
• Muddy's Studio - Santa Ana ceramics facility
• Lockout Music Studios - rehearsal music studios
• Theatre Out - black box theatre
• Irvine Fine Art Center - studios and workspaces
• The Frida Cinema - movie theatre rental
• OCCCA - large art gallery rental
• Batch - Creative Coworking space
• Malone's - Santa Ana concert venue

Contact us if you offer your space for rehearsals.

Competitions
& Awards

• DTSA Artists Village Banners
• OC Fair Annual Art Competitions
• Artspiration! - SAUSD annual student art competition

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Looking for more challenges? Sign-up for our 3-month Santa Ana open, online arts class.