ARTventure is a Juried Art Exhibition accompanied by a Community Arts Day event for families and friends and an Awards Ceremony.

ARTventure was originally a three-day art event created to highlight the Costa Mesa’s “City of the Arts” motto, designated by the City Council in 1984. The inaugural event showcased a Juried Art Show of local artists and featured performances, demonstrations, and interactive activities from all art disciplines.

Over the past 8 years, the event has changed locations and been hosted at various venues including, Cisco Home and Design Within Reach Showrooms located within the South Coast Collection (SOCO), the lobby of the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, and the Samueli Theater.

For the year 2023 and 2024, the event was hosted at two locations: Norma Hertzog Community Center/Lions Park Event lawn and at the Orange County Museum of Art. The Community Arts Day showcased live performances and hosted interactive art activities for the whole family, as it has in years past, on the Lions Park Event lawn and the Juried Art Exhibition was on display for over a week at the Norma Hertzog Community Center. The Awards Ceremony took place at OCMA. 

Exhibition Schedule 2025

Norma Hertzog Community Center: 1845 Park Ave. Costa Mesa 

September 13: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

September 14: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

September 15: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

September 16: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

September 17: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

September 18: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

September 19: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

September 20: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

September 21: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

September 22: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

September 23: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

September 24: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

September 25: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

September 26: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

September 27: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.