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<\/a><\/p>\nIt’s a little known fact that aside from being the shark attack capital of the world (according to the International Shark Attack File, anyone who has swam there has been within 10 feet of a shark) New Smyrna Beach also has a thriving arts scene.\u00a0 In fact, New Smyrna Beach is listed as one of the top 100 arts towns in America.\u00a0 Arts and the beach (even if it is filled with horrible man eating sharks) of course makes this my new favorite place.\u00a0 The Hub on Canal is…well… the hub of all of this.\u00a0 Housed in a former movie theatre from the 1930s, the building became the Hub in 2010.<\/p>\n
The Hub on Canal now serves as an all encompassing arts center offering workshops, classes, live music, and revolving galleries pertaining to all manner of visual and performance arts.<\/p>\n Perhaps the primary function is as a working gallery open to the public from 10am-5pm every day (10-2 on Sundays).\u00a0 Once inside the Hub on Canal visitors can peruse art for purchase in 30 different studios inside the hub that are rented out to permanent and visiting artist.\u00a0 The collections are quite diverse, with everything from paintings to woodcarvings, to paper mache, and even musical instruments in all different styles that run the gamut from traditional to post modern and everything in between.\u00a0 There is quite literally something for everyone.<\/p>\n All of the artist use their space as a working studio, if you’re lucky you could catch one of the masters at work.<\/p>\n Most of the work displayed in the hub is for sale, (mostly at shockingly reasonable prices if anyone in the area needs to decorate!)<\/p>\n In addition to all of the art for sale, there are also revolving exhibits in the gallery that change every month.\u00a0 With every changing gallery exhibit The Hub On Canal hosts a reception on the first Saturday of the month open to the community and the artists.\u00a0 When I visited, the gallery housed an exhibit of self portraits done by the Hub’s resident artists.<\/p>\n Gallery, museum, home decor store, live music venue, The Hub On Canal wears a lot of hats.\u00a0 They even offer some great motivational, advice, and philosophies.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n