Imagine Art Center

09/15/2026

Hi friends! Please join us for the ribbon cutting ceremony of our new home this Thursday, 9/17 at 12pm! 🥳

119 N. Main St., Porterville, CA 93257

We’re directly across from Staffords & have parking in the back lot near the bus station too! During our grand opening you can treat yourself to:

• Light refreshments
• Art activities
• A guided tour of our new creative activity rooms
• Mingle with other community orgs & families
• Meet our director & board of directors

If you can’t make it, no worries! We are open Thursday - Sunday 1-8pm!

Please drop any questions or things you would like to see Imagine Art Center in the comments! ✨ This is your community art space too! 🫶🏾

09/06/2026

Pssst, you don’t have to be an artist to make art. And you definitely don’t even have to be “good” at it. 😂 If you’ve thought, “I’m not artistic” - you’re exactly who we want to see Imagine Art Center 🏆

We’re not trying to turn Porterville into a town full of professional artists.

We’re trying to make Porterville a place where people feel brave enough to create & try new things. 🫡

Thank you to our returning friends + all the new faces who came through last week! 🫶🏾 You’re helping us build a space where you can get creative, meet people, try a hobby, make something weird, and just maaaybe discover you’re a ✨little✨ more creative than you thought.

Makers Pass 🎨 - Bring the kids, your date, your friend, your mee maw or just yourself.

Kids can explore sensory toys, creative supplies + the mini theater while grown-ups puzzle, knit, craft, or make their own thing.

Perf Date night Spot 🖤 - Skip the awkward small talk and make “bad” art together instead. 🌹 Nothing says “I’m comfortable being vulnerable with you” quite like two people holding up something neither can explain without laughing. 😂

Wheel throwing ceramics 🪴 - Fridays, 6–8 PM. Spots fill up, so sign up online! Regular ceramic passes are available for walk-ins.

Instructor led workshops ✨ - sip & paints + paint nights are coming back soon, stay tuned!

Let us know YOU want to make, learn, or try at Imagine below. ⬇️ See ya soon!

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08/18/2026

Hi friends - we moved, but we are open (just don’t mind the slight mess) but please DO enjoy our A/C! ❄️

We are now located across Stafford’s Chocolates at 119 N. Main Street in Downtown Porterville! 🍫

Come stop by to browse our shop of local artisanal goods, take a ceramics class, work on a painting, play the piano, kinetic sand, tons of magna-tiles and other sensory friendly actives. We have many other crafts on sight! 🎨

Hit POOR RICHARDS PIZZA & BAR & walk on down with the family for a little karaoke! 🎤 You’re welcome to bring your home projects here to work on and meet other creatives too!

We are open from Thursday - Saturday 1-8pm.

It’s $25 for a ceramics pass & $8 for our makers pass!

We welcome bookings for field trips, birthday parties and other gatherings in our new rooms that make events more focused and private! We now have a full kitchen so the possibilities are endless! 🏆

Families with CVRC memberships are welcome to select Imagine Art Center as their developmental programming. Inquire for details.

Thank you for everyone who has supported us & we can’t wait to meet new faces as you browse downtown!

Video shot & edited by: roxy ✨ ✨

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05/06/2026

Paint Night at Stafford’s Chocolates every first Tuesday of the month. You should come, it’s fun. 🤩

05/05/2026

04/23/2026

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04/21/2026

Apr 25, 2026, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Imagine Art Center, 63 S Main St, Porterville, CA 93257, USA
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04/10/2026

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