The Art Center of Corpus Christi is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit at 100 North Shoreline Boulevard — right next to the Whataburger by the bay — and most people have driven past it a thousand times without knowing what's inside.

In this episode of the Corpus Christi Originals Podcast, recorded on the second floor of the Art Center (same floor where Jesús had his wedding reception), he sits down with Kailey Diaz, Exhibit Coordinator, and August from the Education department to talk about what's actually going on in there. They cover the 50+ classes available, the Clay Studio membership, the Wednesday farmers market, Kids Walk on the first Friday of every month, the artist in residency program at Laguna Madre, the HEART veterans program, Super Bowl (the soup fundraiser, not the football one), the 70/30 split for artists selling their work, the surrealism exhibit coming up, what a "call for entry" means and why it's less scary than it sounds, and why 200,000 people walk through those doors every year.

No admission fee. Open Tuesday through Sunday. More local art than you'd expect. Some of it is very weird. They want more weird.

Art Center of Corpus Christi: 100 North Shoreline Blvd | @artcenterofcc on Facebook and Instagram

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Art Center of Corpus Christi website: artcentercc.org

• (00:00:00) - Diet and the NFL
• (00:00:03) - The Cryptids of Corpus Christi
• (00:02:16) - The Coastal Bend Community Art Center
• (00:06:22) - Local artists talk about their work
• (00:07:03) - Art Center Discusses AI
• (00:11:06) - How do you get new people into the art center?
• (00:14:02) - Ceramics Studio
• (00:18:23) - The Art Center: Membership and Call for Entries
• (00:21:24) - What Should an Art Gallery Charge?
• (00:25:00) - Mexican and Indian Art at 100
• (00:28:41) - Family Art Time and Farmer's Market
• (00:31:02) - Local artist talks about her work
• (00:34:11) - Art classes and workshops in the studio
• (00:35:17) - Mural Projects Go Up Downtown
• (00:38:39) - Art Walk
• (00:42:05) - Heroes Engaging Through Art
• (00:44:18) - August, That's a Cool Name
• (00:44:50) - Questions about the Art Center
• (00:47:46) - Jimmy Kimmel on His Wedding Dress
• (00:48:46) - Local Art Gallery, Ocean Drive
• (00:52:07) - Corporate Originals: The Art Center