Helen Plehn is an intuitive painter, certified crystal healer, third generation Fengshui master and spiritual teacher based in Huntington Beach, California. She is also a Yoga Alliance certified Yoga and meditation teacher, Ayurveda practitioner, and a passionate Flamenco dancer. Her work has been exhibited in the Orange County Fine Arts Showcase Gallery and the Huntington Beach Art Center. Additionally, she teaches acrylic painting at the Sherman Library and Gardens in Newport Beach, California. ​​

Because of her spiritual practices, she sees colors as energies; in fact, everything is energy. Her art is about joy, beauty, and wisdom. You can feel them in the vibrant and saturated colors, joyful objects of life, and expressive, energetic brushstrokes. Synchronizing colors, crystals, and symbols energies to manifest a piece is her expertise. She deeply believes that at her soul level, joy and beauty are its expressions. Her ancient soul was a wise teacher and healer and her humanness asks her to lead and create.

Helen will be teaching these fantastic classes in the spring of 2022:

Expressive Floral Painting
Join this acrylic floral painting class to explore the symbolic magic of flowers. Inspired by Georgia O' Keeffe, Expressionism, and Modernism, we are going to play with proportion, scale, line, color, composition, and various brushstrokes. We will channel our emotions and energies into our paintings expressively. $40 material fee.

Helen Plehn | Studio
251656-4A      18-99 yrs      Fri      4/1-4/29      3:30-4:30pm      $191/166
251656-4B      18-99 yrs      Fri      5/13-6/10     3:30-4:30pm      $191/166


Meditation as a Daily Practice
This class introduces you to various meditation techniques from different traditions. The goal is to find a practice for you to achieve calm, joy, unconditional self-love, and inner fulfillment. Some practices include mindful gazing at artworks, loving-kindness meditation, sound bathing, mantra meditation, and moving meditation.

Helen Plehn | Multipurpose Room
251551-4A      18-99 yrs      Wed        3/30-4/27     3:30-4:30pm      $156/135
251551-4B      18-99 yrs      Wed        5/11-6/8          3:30-4:30pm     $156/135

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Saturday, November 20th was the opening night of our ​8th Annual INSPIRED Exhibition, and Small Works Store in our Project Room Gift Shop.  A total of 84 artists and over 210 works of art are represented in our final show of the year reserved exclusively for current ​Arist Council members.

We asked participating artists to share their thoughts on the INSPIRED​ experience, whether this was their first time being in the show or if they had already been in every member exhibition over the last eight years. They were generous in their responses, and here are just some of the things they had to say:
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Surf City Arts Fest adapted to new situations in 2021 by moving the annual fine arts fair indoors - and with great success!  Instead of setting up under canopies at Triangle Park for one day this year, 31 artists submitted over 145 works of art to display in the HBAC Project Room Gift Shop for thirty days this October.

A virtual store was also set up on the Art Center website to allow people to view and purchase artwork online.  This allowed an even larger audience to see what our local artists have been producing, and provided a quick and convenient way for patrons to buy artwork without having to leave their home.

Not only does all of the artwork beautify our Project Room this month, but as of this blog post 20 artworks ​have sold in a variety of media.  Art Center patrons have purchased ceramics, jewelry, textiles, paintings, woodwork and assemblage pieces from the shop since it opened on October 1st.  The variety of artwork available speaks to the talent of the artists and their broad base of experience.  Here are the works that have sold so far: 

Since this new pop-up shop has been a success for Surf City Arts Fest, the Art Center has decided to bring it back in conjunction with the upcoming INSPIRED 2021 exhibition! 

Beginning November 20th, patrons will be able to purchase small works in the gift shop made by artists exhibiting in the main galleries.  These small works can be brought home immediately after purchase too - no need to wait until the end of the exhibit to have them, or to give as a gift during the holiday season.

Thank you to all of the artists participating in our first pop-up shop, and to all those who have visited to support it.  We look forward to bringing this experience to the community more often during other upcoming events and exhibitions.