Culture OC Ovations

Oct 17, 2026 - Oct 24, 2026 Huntington Beach Art Center (HBAC)

Fiber art can be as a form of communication, speaking through structure, material, and process. The artists in this exhibition take familiar fiber techniques and use them in unexpected ways, combining traditional methods with new ideas to create works that feel both structured and natural. Some…

Oct 17, 2026 - Oct 25, 2026

Join us for the Coast Film & Music Festival (CFMF) in Laguna Beach.  Experience 10 days of films, live music, conversations, and unforgettable experiences celebrating adventure, creativity, and the natural world. From award-winning documentaries and filmmaker Q&As to concerts, the Coast Summit…

Oct 17, 2026 - Oct 25, 2026 Laguna Beach

Coast Film & Music Festival Experience 10 days of film, music, art, outdoor experiences and ideas at the Coast Film & Music Festival. With 80+ documentary films, a world-class lineup of live music, The Coast Summit Coast, free outdoor adventure, and special gatherings, that bring curious people…

Oct 17, 2026 Regal University

Newport Beach Film Festival presents the world premiere of Statues & Saints - The Legacy of Junipero Serro.  Experience the afternoon screening at the University Town Center theater in Irvine. Tickets online.

Oct 17, 2026 - Nov 21, 2026 Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center

Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center is pleased to present Walt Disney Archives -𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.  This specially curated exhibition takes a fascinating look at the pursuit of character animation through a collection of rarely seen photographs of…

Oct 17, 2026 - Feb 06, 2027 UCI Beall Center for Art + Technology

Ecotechnics traces a sensibility among contemporary artists who treat ecology not as a fact but as a system of images. Their works take divergent paths among the technologies, histories and fictions by which environments and organisms are known. In turning technical images and devices that measure…

Oct 17, 2026 - Nov 14, 2026 Crear Studio 

Experience Entre Familia y Historia:  Sergio O’Cádiz Moctezuma 1934-2002 at the Crear Studio in Santa Ana. Unfolding over the course of a year, this retrospective series brings Sergio O’Cádiz Moctezuma’s creative legacy into view through personal archives, paintings, ephemera, and digital…

Oct 17, 2026 - Nov 29, 2026 Great Park Gallery

Now on view at the Great Park Gallery in collaboration with the Daisy Chain Fields, Germs: Punk feminism goes viral, 1991–2026.  The exhibition is on view, free and open to the public through November 29, 2026. Grrrl Germs: Punk feminism goes viral, 1991–2026 is an exhibition showcasing the…