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From Orchard to Art

Artist George Valdez Diligently Nurtures Trees into One-of-a-Kind Functional Sculptures Photos by Keira Montell / Capture Photography

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iving with his wife in Corona, CA on three acres of land covered with trees, George Valdez has been practicing the ancient art of bonsai and “espalier” for over 25 years.

Valdez, a professional custom window and door maker, first began to imagine growing trees into functional art after envisioning what could be done with the structural remains of a beloved bonsai tree that had died.

Espalier refers to the controlled growing of plants splayed on a wall or trellis to create patterns. Valdez uses this practice in his artwork for its sculptural qualities, manipulating and encouraging his trees to grow in a very strict form of espalier. His trees must be grown perfectly flat while maintaining a consistent thickness and esthetic balance, so as to be fitted with absolutely flat glass, a process in which Valdez describes as “growing a tree contrary to its nature.”

Each tree that Valdez uses is a product of maturing and training for a minimum of 6 – 8 years, some as long as 15 years before it is transformed into a unique, one-of-a-kind sculpture.

He must insure that during this time, all branches are growing perfectly perpendicular from the trunk. Once a tree reaches the desired thickness, it is harvested at just the right time of year to ensure that a pristine natural surface is exposed under the bark.

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To create the “Grown Menorah,” Valdez chose an elm tree with its gnarled root system and paired it with an elegant redwood burl base. The inherent structural affects of the espalier practice create the arms which hold the candles, juxtaposing the functional and the biological. In other works such as his “Tree Windows” and “Tree Doors,” the branches are manipulated in such a way as to allow panels of glass to be intermittently inserted perfectly between the organic shapes to give the effect that the tree is floating suspended within the frame.

More examples of Valdez’s works can be found at treewindows. com and on display locally at Laguna Nursery located at 1370 South Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, CA.

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Grown Menorah 36 x 30 inches Elm tree with Redwood burl base

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GRETCHEN SCHIELDS A Passion for Jewelry

Gretchen Schields’ jewelry is not for the timid. It’s bold and beautiful, made from luxurious fabrics and precious and semi-precious stones, pearls, ethnic talismans, decorative forms and unclassifiable beads—items she finds foraging through treasures from all four corners of the world, if indeed they don’t find her.

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MARK TIMOTHY is a man of appetite

He is an avid surfer, an entrepreneur, a dealer, an innovator and, most recently, a fine artist. With studios on Pacific Coast Highway and Laguna Canyon Road, Timothy brings unbridled enthusiasm and gravitas to his art. A quick talker, full of life and its passions, Timothy goes about making and promoting his art with gusto. of an imperfect humanity.

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ANDRIY HALASHYN The Oddly Familiar

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“Thinking about my President” , 74inch x 55inch, oil on canvas ,2011

Andriy Halashyn’s oil-on-canvas pieces, currently on display at Salt Fine Art in Laguna Beach, are as layered, rich, and complex as the artist’s life itself.

Not coincidentally, Halashyn credits much of his style and inspiration to specific scenes, memories and periods of time from his life. And he describes his art in the same way he describes that life: “like a film, with layers one after the other,” each composed of parts that are essential to the whole.

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HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS Josée Perreault’s Walls Are Her Scrapbook

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When you sit down with the woman who’s in charge of the world business for Oakley, the globe’s second-best-selling sunglasses brand, you’d better hide your Ray-Bans. It’s not that she’ll kick you out if you wear them unobtrusively on the top of your head, but after rising through the ranks to become the Senior Vice President of World Business—you know, the person who ensures that the billion-dollar company continues to bring in, well, billions of dollars—it does make her bristle.

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FALL 2014

DEPARTMENTS 18

Highlights Trashy Fashion

Artists made the runway their canvas at the Festival of Arts on August 2, competing to create the most imaginative and unique designs using reclaimed, reused or recycled materials. A three-panel judge chose the top looks in four categories and over 2,000 Festival visitors had the opportunity to cast their votes for “People’s Choice Award.”

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Art of Dining

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Presented by Louis Vuitton, this year’s black-tie affair was held on the Bridge of Gardens at South Coast Plaza and included the first ever, After Party: Art After Dark. Celebrating excellence in creativity, this year’s gala honored Los Angeles artist Diana Thater and the late Orange County philanthropist and art collector Gerald Buck; two individuals who have contributed significantly to the art world.

Grand Prix

John Frankenheimer directs this winner of 3 Academy Awards crafting split-screen images to capture the overlapping drama and orchestrating you-are-there POV camerawork to intensify the hard-driving thrills. Nearly 30 top drivers take part in the excitement, so buckle up, movie fans.

Race with the best to the head of the pack.

Wyland–Beneath the Surface

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Campbell’s journey as a fine artist is a star-studded record of educational accolades, exhibitions, awards and honors. In 2011 she was chosen to paint a 32-foot-long mural facing Main Beach in her city of residency, Laguna. The mural was completed in nothing less than her signature fashion—characters intertwined in scenes of faces and expressions for onlookers to examine and engage with.

N.C. Swan, a fifth generation Californian, has been painting the world around her since childhood. For the past 40 years, Swan has been capturing the rapidly changing landmarks along the coast in pen & ink, copperplate etchings and watercolors. Many of these scenes have all but disappeared, but can still be seen in her earlier works.

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Looking Back

Artful Resorts

Eating and Talking Quietly with Good People

Celebrate the Land and the Sea. The St. Regis, The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel, the Montage Laguna Beach, and The Resort at Pelican Hill are a select few of the resorts in the Laguna Beach area that take pride in the quality of their artwork, presenting visual gifts to resort guests and visitors alike.

There’s an almost irresistible impulse to take a look backward at a particular life and say, “There’s where it all began, where the real person started to emerge— right there.” In the case of M. F. K. Fisher, America’s most celebrated food writer, “right there” was a simple cottage near the shore in Laguna Beach.

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Harriet’s House

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Flying with N.C. Swan

Long before Harriet Nelson became the perfect mother and wife for the nuclear-age families of the 1950s, the Vaudeville baby, born Peggy Snyder, was cutting through the airwaves alongside her band-leader husband Ozzie Nelson.

World-renowned marine life artist Wyland has dedicated himself and his work to raising awareness about the environment and the importance of environmental conservation. A scuba diver, Wyland draws inspiration from marine life in the underwater realms that he encounters.

Wanting to recreate these undersea scenes, he has produced a series of truly awe-inspiring sculpture-and-glass tables— 24 to be exact—that enable viewers to peer below the surface with him.

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Years on a Journey of Illumination For the last 25 years, Music Director Carl St.Clair has strengthened the bond between the orchestra and the audience.

Together with the gifted women and men of Pacific Symphony, he has forged new territory with innovative festivals, opera on stage and exciting new commissions.

Now, for St.Clair’s 25th Anniversary season, the world’s greatest artists are coming to celebrate, including violinists Joshua Bell and Itzhak Perlman, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, sopranos Dawn Upshaw and Deborah Voigt and many more. Join us for an unforgettable Season of Giants!

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Guest Artists: John Cosby and Paul Kratter Featured Artists: Daniel Aldana, Brian Blood, David Damm, Gil Dellinger Robin Hall, Joseph Paquet and W. Jason Situ

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Highlights

Trashy Fashion

Showcased at 6th Annual Festival Runway Fashion Show Photographs (clockwise from far right): Jeweler Adam Neeley’s design Oceana is modeled by Alicia Chavex; Model Erika Baldwin walks the runway in an ensemble designed by W. Bradley Elsberry; and Queen of the Road, designed by Kirsten Whalen, is modeled by Erika Shindele

Artists made the runway their canvas at the Festival of Arts

Creative Concept” for his runway look which

on August 2, competing to create the most

wire. His creation, “Elektra” also included

imaginative and unique designs using

reclaimed, reused or recycled materials. A

three-panel judge chose the top looks in four categories and over 2,000 Festival visitors

had the opportunity to cast their votes for “People’s Choice Award.”

The Festival Runway Fashion Show was

hosted by Steven “Cojo” Cojocaru, Celebrity Fashion Critic. The audience enjoyed Cojo’s witty comments and humorous banter with

the judges. Selecting the winners were supermodel Kim Alexis, Laguna College of Art +

Design (LCAD) President Jonathan Burke and production and set designer Nelson Coates.

“Most Exciting Ensemble with Wow

Factor” was awarded to artist Kirsten Whalen for her design entitled “Queen of the Road”

created from paper maps, an old pillow case and bicycle tires.

Painter Bradley Elsberry won “Most

featured over 40 pounds of recycled copper thrift shop purchased drapes, skirt and a simple black dress.

Antje Campbell won “Most Innovative

Use of Materials” with a design inspired by the innovative architecture of Frank Gehry.

Antje constructed the skirt using blueprints folded in origami patterns, wood Vermeer as a head piece and belt, a bodice made

from potato chip bags, and striped wiring as stitching.

Adam Neeley received the award “Most

Glamorous & Elegant ‘Red Carpet’ Worthy

Creation” for his ensemble entitled “Oceana.”

Inspired by the endless beauty and tranquil-

ity of the ocean, he created his haute couture look using burlap, tissue paper, brown craft

paper, cellophane, vintage beads, shells and leaves. Neeley’s runway also impressed the crowd and took home the highly coveted “People’s Choice Award.”l

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Highlights

ART OF DINING 2014 Newly expanded Art of Dining 2014 exceeds expectations in attendance and proceeds Presented by Louis Vuitton

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he Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) hosted the Art of Dining

2014, the museum’s most important

fundraiser and one of Orange County’s more

sought-after social events, on Saturday, June 7, 2014. Presented by Louis Vuitton, this year’s

black-tie affair was held on the Bridge of Gar-

dens at South Coast Plaza and included the first ever, After Party: Art After Dark. Celebrating

excellence in creativity, this year’s gala honored Los Angeles artist Diana Thater and the late

Orange County philanthropist and art collector Gerald Buck; two individuals who have con-

tributed significantly to the art world. The event surpassed the goal, raising more than $460,000.

Funds support the museum’s exhibition and education programs.

The evening kicked off with a reception in

the Louis Vuitton boutique and then proceeded to South Coast Plaza’s Garden Terrace where Hamamori served up sushi as AnQi passed

hors d’oeuvres. After celebrating the honorees, guests took their seats for a dinner created by celebrated chef Joachim Splichal. Following dinner, Art of Dining attendees returned to

the Garden Terrace, where they were joined

by After Party: Art After Dark party goers, for

dancing to the sounds of Side Project – DJ and Drummer, while enjoying late night bites pro-

vided by Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdales. l Visit www.ocma.net

Art of Dining Executive Committee: Marsha Anderson, Inga Beder, Sally Crockett, Susan Etchandy, Twyla Martin, Irene Martino, Pamela Paul ,Jennifer Segerstrom, Jennifer Van Bergh

Honorary Executive Committee: Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet, Debra Gunn Downing

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photo captions (from top to bottom, left to right) 1. Irene Martino, Sally Crockett, Twyla Reed Martin, Tracy Schroeder, Inga Beder, Marsha Anderson, Susan Etchandy, and Jennifer Segerstrom 2. Kathryn Cenci, Darrel and Marsha Anderson, and Toni Berlinger 3. Stephanie Bachiero and Arabella Cant 4.Stacey Popp, Jeff Schroeder, and Tracy Schroeder 5. Irene and Lucio Martino with Kathryn Cenci 6. Christina Buck and Thor Hougen

GRAND PRIX Forest & Ocean Gallery is hosting the 50th anniversary of the making of Grand Prix. Reception from 5pm-9pm on Sat. October 4th.

Nine races.

One champion.

races, actual drivers…as good as it gets.

ford and Antonio Sabato portray Formula

guest. Also in attendance will be John

slam-you-into-the-driver’s seat tale of

the film; Eva Marie Saint, Antonio Sabato

lives. Eva Marie Saint and Toshiro Mifune

70mm Panaflex cameras captured all this

years later would again stomp the pedal

be Bob Bondurant, the world-famous race

directs this winner of 3 Academy Awards

mance Driving trains new racers as well

the overlapping drama and orchestrating

the actors to drive their race cars and also

The racing scenes were real; actual

John Stephens, who directed the Ac-

James Garner, Yves Montand, Brian Bed-

tion Unit in the film will be the featured

I drivers competing to be the best in this

Frankenheimer’s wife, also the cast of

speed, spectacle and intertwined personal

and the President of Panavision, whose

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historic footage. Also in attendance will

to the metal for the car chases of Ronin)

driver whose School of High Perfor-

- crafting split-screen images to capture

as law-enforcement officers. Bob trained

you-are-there POV camerawork to inten-

drove in the film.

top drivers take part in the excitement, so

graphs of the film, including action shots

to the head of the pack.

able for viewing and for sale in limited

sify the hard-driving thrills. Nearly 30

buckle up, movie fans. Race with the best Probably the best of the formula

motor racing films. Frankenheimer was a

John Stephens’ fabulous still photo-

and the making of the film will be availeditions.

There will be a screening of the film,

keen fan of the sport, and took great pains

as well as a short film on the Making of

There are no CG-process shots; a

Restaurant at 9AM on Sunday, the 5th.

to convey the experience cinematically.

70mm camera was fixed to the cars, and

Grand Prix, to be held at the Lumberyard In addition, there will be a 1960’s For-

the suspension jacked up on the other

mula 1 racing car on display, along with

eras on their helmets. “Chase cars” were

For the enthusiast, a 1916 Ford Speed-

Long lenses were used for a slow-motion

open-cockpit. Enough thrills for everyone

side to balance them. Drivers wore cam-

the Panaflex camera rig used in the film.

fitted with remote-controlled cameras.

ster race car will be offering rides in its

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footage. Cutting-edge technology was used to control the cameras remotely.

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Highlights

Surf and Sand, 25” x 38” unframed

Flying with N.C. SWAN N.C. Swan, a fifth generation Californian, has been painting the

world around her since childhood. For the past 40 years, Swan has been capturing the rapidly changing landmarks along the coast in pen & ink, copperplate etchings and watercolors. Many of these scenes have all but disappeared, but can still be seen in her earlier works.

Having worked with many media, Swan is captivated by watercolor’s flowing pig-

ments. They combine and separate themselves, yielding to each other in a kaleidoscope of color and movement.

As Orange County has evolved, so has Swan. Her artwork has morphed along

with the shifting landscape, absorbing the color. She takes inspiration wherever she is, preserving bits of the familiar and snatching scenes from local landscapes as it contin-

ually adjusts and reinvents itself. Just like Orange County, Swan finds watercolor to be dynamic, vibrant and full of surprises.

Swan’s award-winning artwork has been exhibited at shows and galleries through-

out Southern California and has become a cherished part of international collections.

Swan’s recent solo show was on display in the Thomas F. Riley Terminal as part of John Wayne Airport’s Community Focus Space Program. Her work was seen by visitors on the Departure (upper) Level near the security screening areas in Terminals A, B and C and on the Arrival (lower) Level adjacent to Baggage Carousels 1 and 4.

Swan’s work can be found at The Artist Eye Laguna Gallery 1294-A South Coast

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Surf and Sand, 25” x 38” unframed

Wading, 15” x 22” unframed

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Eating and Talking Quietly with Good People

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Holbrook was a puritanical cook. She

regarded pleasure as sinful and insisted

upon over-boiling and over-baking meats and vegetables. Herbs and spices were out of the question. As it turned out,

hired cooks and kitchen helpers provided Fisher with the lessons that she would

gradually work into a kind of philosophy of food and life.

Rex bought a lot in Laguna Beach

in 1915 and proceeded to build a cottage

M. F. K. Fisher’s Years in Laguna Beach

with a sea view. Here the family (minus

Grandmother Holbrook) retreated Saturday afternoons for weekends of carefree living. Fisher’s mother, Edith, cooked

mouth-watering batches of sea bass and corn oysters (corn fritters that resemble

fried oysters) in a lean-to kitchen. Friends from Whittier joined the family, and on

many a convivial occasion the table had to be moved from the kitchen into the

dining room and then extended into the

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living room. There were bottles of sherry

right there.” In the case of M. F. K. Fisher,

them to gather and cook mussels and

“right there” was a simple cottage near

ly memorable onion rings and fried egg

and a locally produced wine they called

here’s an almost irresistible

“red ink.”

ward at a particular life and

younger sister Anne lived at the Laguna

impulse to take a look backsay, “There’s where it all began,

When school was out, Fisher and her

Beach cottage with a close family friend

where the real person started to emerge—

and free spirit, “Aunt” Gwen, who taught

America’s most celebrated food writer,

kelp. Gwen also specialized in particular-

the shore in Laguna Beach.

sandwiches. Thanks to her, the nine-year-

nedy in Michigan in 1908, but her family

ways to grow up is to eat and talk quietly

Fisher was born Mary Frances Ken-

old Fisher decided that “one of the best

moved west three years later, first to

with good people.”

Quaker community of Whittier, where

Laguna summers that Fisher wrote and

News. Fisher’s maternal grandmother

first published article, “Pacific Village.”

would write years later, “The first thing

ly disguised as “Olas,” a “beautifully

taste again is the grayish-pink fuzz my

pleasant in a little hollow, with houses

kettle of strawberry jam.”

coast.” But Olas is the scene of a struggle

that memory, however, Grandmother

ress—a struggle that never seems to end.

Seattle and shortly afterward to the

It was during one of the last of these

her father, Rex, bought the Whittier

made drawings for what would be her

soon joined the household, and as Fisher

The scene is Laguna Beach itself, thin-

I remember tasting and then wanting to

located” community that “lies small and

grandmother skimmed from a spitting

clustered north and south along the

Despite the apparent intensity of

between the forces of tradition and prog-

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“So the two sides live together in the little

village. … One could not well exist without the other.”

Fisher sent her article and illustrations

to Westways magazine, but realized that her work had been accepted for the February

1935 issue only when she received a check for the princely sum of $35—$10 for the article itself and $25 for the drawings.

She had dreamed of becoming either a

writer or an artist, but, as she would ex-

plain much later, “writing was easier and more fun.”

True to her burgeoning bohemian

spirit, Fisher spent the money from West-

ways on her version of “riotous living”—a tiny bottle of sandalwood oil for her

mother, a jokily garish tie for her father,

and a bottle of Hennessy VSOP cognac for

her husband, Al, whom she had married in 1929. (You can read a reprint of the piece in the collection As They Were.)

Fisher went on to write hundreds of

articles and more than two dozen books,

many of them dealing with France, where she lived off and on for several years. She worked for Paramount Studios in Hollywood in the early 1940s, and produced

what’s regarded as the standard English translation of Jean Anthelme Brillat-

Savarin’s classic Physiologie du Goût as

The Psychology of Taste later that decade.

There would be two more husbands, two daughters, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1991, a

year before her death in Glen Ellen. In my opening paragraph I called Fisher a “food

writer,” but she was much more than that.

John Updike put it best when he dubbed her a “poet of the appetites.”

If you want to read more about

Fisher’s formative years, the years in

which Laguna Beach nourished her mind and body while nurturing her talent, the collections To Begin Again and Stay Me,

Oh Comfort Me include selections from the journals she kept while living there. And Joan Reardon’s M. F. K. Fisher among the

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Looking Back written by Stacy Davies

Harriet’s House America’s Iconic TV Mom Found a Haven in Laguna Beach

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ong before Harriet Nelson became

in Follow the Fleet (starring Ginger Rogers

the nuclear-age families of the

became regulars on Red Skelton’s radio

the perfect mother and wife for

1950s, the Vaudeville baby, born Peggy

Snyder, was cutting through the airwaves

alongside her band-leader husband Ozzie Nelson.

When Snyder met Nelson in 1932, she

had already been married and divorced

and was a frequenter of the Cotton Club

and Fred Astaire), and the Nelsons soon

swims past the rocks off Victoria Beach and down to Blue Lagoon.

As Harriet told the LA Times in 1989,

show in the 1940s. After the birth of sons

“When we first came down here, he’d

tion their successful act to radio full-time

all the kids. He’d knock his brains out.

David and Ricky, Ozzie decided to transiin 1944, developing and producing The

Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. He subsequently moved the hit show to television

swim twice a day and play volleyball with Ozzie had to win, you know. Ozzie could not come in second. No way.”

The couple kept their Hollywood

in 1952, and the rest, as they say, is history

home as well, but it was Lagunita where

Prohibition Era and occasionally appear-

Ozzie and Harriet decided to seek out

show and where they holed-up after film-

abandon her “straight woman” roles op-

glamour of Hollywood, first buying an

scene, moving with the fast times of the

ing on Broadway. Nelson convinced her to posite comedians on the stage and take up the mantle of “girl singer” in his orches-

tra. He also convinced her to change her

name to Harriet Hilliard. Nelson himself

was a saxophone player and the leader of a successful big band, and when the two teamed up, it spelled record gold, with

It was during the radio years that

Laguna as a getaway from all the glitz and old Mediterranean-style house in Camel

dren for extended stays, and in 1977, two

two-bedroom retreat in the gated community of Lagunita, just off Coast Highway.

Harriet had specific notes for the

styles throughout the big band years and

year and embarked on a string of movie roles, appearing together in 1941’s

Sweetheart of the Campus with Ruby Keeler and 1943’s Honeymoon Lodge opposite

June Vincent. Harriet had already cut her

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During the 1960s, the home became a

and in 1955 built a cliff-top, one-storey,

show, however, they sold their home

the latter of which spent 12 weeks at No. 1 The couple married the following

in 1966.

staple of family get-togethers, with David

architect on how the house should look—

on the Billboard charts.

ing the final episode of Ozzie and Harriet

Point. After the success of their television

such hits as 1934’s “Over Somebody Else’s Shoulder” and 1935’s “And Then Some,”

they spent summers on hiatus from the

she’d been collecting clippings of various

keeping them in a scrapbook. The orches-

and Ricky bringing their wives and chil-

years after Ozzie passed away from liver

cancer, Harriet made Lagunita her permanent residence. She remained in relative seclusion for many years, however; life without Ozzie was to be a difficult and never-ending transition.

“We were almost like one person,”

tra members even began referring to the

she told the Times in 1994. “And I don’t

was now in a position to make a reality.

Still, Harriet Nelson carried on,

book as “Harriet’s House,” something she

know that it should be that way.”

While the beach had not been her first

pushing through the overwhelming grief

idea. Ozzie was game from the start, and

ed exponentially with the untimely death

choice for locations, she warmed to the

once the house was built, reveled in daily

that plagued her and that was compoundof Ricky in 1985. Refusing to give in, she

made a few guest appearances in

spotted shopping at the local grocery

and Happy Days, as well as in grand-

to have found a sense of place in

television shows like The Love Boat

daughter Tracey Nelson’s 1989 series, The Father Dowling Mysteries.

Mostly, however, she spent eve-

nings on her deck looking out at the

ocean, occasionally venturing down

to the beach where she said she could become completely entranced.

“If you’ve got stuff to do up-

stairs, you’d better not go down to

the beach because you won’t come

back up. I don’t. It’s a different world down there and you kind of leave everything else upstairs. I could

be a beachcomber very easily,” she laughed.

store. In her later years, she seemed Laguna, a sense of home.

“I like everything about it,”

she remarked. “I know everyone

down here, and they are all such nice

people. I find I don’t want to live any place else.”

Her last years were spent quietly

on that deck and on the beach below, doing the things she loved, and on a Sunday afternoon in 1994, at age

85, Harriet Nelson, the soft-spoken

half of America’s favorite TV parents, passed away peacefully in her sleep

with son David holding her hand. l

Harriet also volunteered for

select events in town, and was often

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Functional Art

Beneath the Surface

TURTLE END TABLE 22” x 17” x 21” (1996) SN $18,975

written by Elizabeth Nutt

W

orld-renowned marine life artist Wyland has dedicated himself and his work to raising awareness about the environment and the importance of environmental conservation. A scuba diver, Wyland draws inspiration from marine life in the underwater realms that he encounters.

Wanting to recreate these undersea scenes, he has produced a series of truly awe-inspiring sculptureand-glass tables—24 to be exact—that enable viewers to peer below the surface with him.

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DOLPHIN EXPERIENCE END TABLE 30” x 32” x 17” (1992) SN $20,240 or AP $30,360

Wyland utilizes a “lost wax” process,

beginning with an original wax model

which he then encases in a molding material. Next he melts away the wax, leaving a negative—a hollow space—into which he pours molten metal. He then melds

and welds until the sculpture achieves a

wholly realistic quality. The piece can take Wyland years to complete, in part be-

cause of his attention to the details in the sculpture’s molding, and in part because of the perfect balance that is required for

each point of contact. Striving for lifelike perfection in the original mold, it took

Wyland seven years to finish his Octopus Encounter coffee table.

Wyland’s hope is that, by allowing

viewers a glimpse below the glass surface

of the tables—which represent the surface of the ocean—he’ll create a ripple effect in which more and more onlookers are in-

spired to protect and conserve the beauty they don’t ordinarily witness. He wants

the tables to be as much about education

as they are about art. And each table tells a story—about an animal and a moment of time beneath the sea that heretofore was

out of reach for most of the public. By us-

ing the tables as vehicles through which he can take us underwater with him, Wyland hopes to change the way we think about the ocean and the environment. l Visit www.wylandgalleries.com

OCTOPUS ENCOUNTER COFFEE TABLE 30" x 28" x 22" (2009) SN $28,600 or AP $40,150

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“Third Martini”

LIVING LIFE WITH FERVOR 32 LagunaBeachARTmagazine.com

written by Kimberly Johnson “Salted Peanuts”

“The Last Letter”

The Works of Sandra Jones Campbell Horns wail over the chatter of the

a star-studded record of educational ac-

audience and the sheer melody alone

colades, exhibitions, awards and honors.

of the band serves up a round of martinis

long mural facing Main Beach in her city

ignites a flame. The bartender to the left

to a gaggle of women in decadent attire.

In 2011 she was chosen to paint a 32-footof residency, Laguna. The mural was com-

They’re gossiping about the handsome

pleted in nothing less than her signature

they begin advancing across the dance

of faces and expressions for onlookers to

men lining the room and smoking as

floor. There’s a medley of emotions: the

uncertain haziness experienced after one

fashion—characters intertwined in scenes examine and engage with.

For years, Campbell’s work has regu-

too many, a burning undertone of sexual

larly featured the human form interacting

even a blazing stream of singed embers

reactions displayed by everyday peo-

tension between cautious dance partners, left trailing behind the backs of scorned lovers. The scene is alive.

The audience trembles from the bass

line as heels are removed from achy feet

and hips swing. Tonight, the crowd’s full of regulars communing for a late night

escapade. The year’s circa 1920—a time like no other.

Taxis whisk away a flood of glossy-

eyed romantics, leaving the scent of

with itself and/or others. Feelings and

ple coincide with her insight into social

situations and communal interactions, as

well as her desire to imbue her work with passion. This sentiment is made explicit

by a comment from a 2011 interview for Pacific Edge Gallery: “I’m an artist who does work that deals with social scenes

and interactions with people and an artist who works from my emotions.”

As the subject matter of her piece

alcohol and minty laughter. A symphonic

Guess I Will Have to Change My Plans

as the band rumbles to a close. The cre-

jolts back to the party in Third Martini

ending consumes the tail end of the song scendo lifts, and then is released. Buried inside the brush strokes of Sandra Jones

Campbell’s series “Get Jazzed” you’ll find these interconnected stories, stories of

bliss and woe, all laid out across the scene of the Big Band Era of the 1920s.

Campbell’s journey as a fine artist is

weeps with disappointment, the scene Medley, Solo with a Twist. The paintings are active, the series equally salty and sexy, melding the romanticism of the

1920s with the gamier reality of those

years. The works tell the stories of those who lived their lives with fervor:

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“Guess I Will”

particular practices in mind, disinterested club patrons with hearts too hefty to tango. Campbell’s heavy brush strokes

and Picasso-esque constructions bring this world into existence, while the expressions and body language she captures make the work come alive.

However, Get Jazzed is merely the tip

of the iceberg for Campbell and her talent for conveying the human form. Some of her most haunting works have a direct

sense of solitude—experiences undertaken in the confines of seclusion and stoicism.

The piercing gaze of Frozen Focus and

too-familiar sorrow of The Last Letter cool the heat of her jazz-fueled flame. Her

chosen subjects vary but her style stays as recognizable as ever.

Campbell has kept busy over the

course of her career, creating a body of

work that is seemingly endless. It grapples with emotions and attitudes that

are indubitably universal, captured with skilled hands in paintings for those with receptive eyes.

Sandra Jones Campbell is one of five

resident artists at Laguna Beach’s Pacific Edge Gallery. l

Visit www.pacificedgegallery.com.

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A PASSION FOR JEWELRY

written by Daniella Walsh 36 LagunaBeachARTmagazine.com

Gretchen Schields’ jewelry is not for the timid. It’s bold

and beautiful, made from luxurious fabrics and precious and semi-precious stones, pearls, ethnic talismans, decorative forms and unclassifiable beads—items she finds foraging through treasures from all four corners of the world, if indeed they don’t find her.

One wears a Schields piece with confidence and

commitment—even her website states that her work is for “women with a sense of self.”

That might be said of Schields herself, a strikingly

stylish platinum blonde fond of showing off her own work, and sometimes that of others, in eye-catching

The appeal of Schields’ fabric works from her Silk

Road collection or pieces from her Tribal collection has

not been lost on fellow artists like fabric designer Olivia Batchelder, who owns several of her sumptuous adornments.

“I love the big beads in Gretchen’s pieces, and

multiples.

all the ethnic references,” says Batchelder. “They are

the Forest & Ocean Gallery, a venue with a multi-me-

From the moment I first saw Gretchen’s necklaces, I was

Many of Schields’ works can be seen currently at

dia, international aesthetic. “Gretchen’s work is totally

unique; it’s not just jewelry, it’s a statement,” says Ludo Leideritz, the gallery’s Netherlands-born founder. “If you mounted it on a wall, it would be a work of art.”

Leideritz himself recently wore a simple but intriguing

precious in an artsy way, as rarities from exotic worlds.

hooked. I have many, and wear them all the time! They connect me with time and place, and wearing them

makes me feel very cosmopolitan, like a citizen of the world.”

If many of Schields’ creations evoke Asian art,

piece from Schields’ men’s line that might also catch the

it’s no coincidence. She was born in Tokyo and, with a

also shows at the JGo Gallery in Park City, Utah, Lireille

Kong, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Australia. Hong

eye of women with a more minimalist bent. Schields Gallery in Oakland and the Laguna Design Center International.

father in the oil business, her family shuttled to Hong Kong’s culture helped shape her, she explains, but

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reminded me so much of Australia when I first got here!”

Schields’ international

upbringing prepared her for a

successful college career at the Art Center College of Design, where

she majored in illustration with a minor in fashion.

“After graduation, I had the

shocking revelation that I needed

to make money, so I worked as an

advertising and fashion illustrator

for firms like Levi Strauss and went into children’s books,” she recalls.

By that time she had moved to San Francisco, where she thrived in a non-conformist environment on

the outer edge of the beat/hippy generation.

Schields collaborated with her

close friend, author Amy Tan, on

two acclaimed children’s books, The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese

Cat. The latter was also turned into

a PBS television series titled Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat for which

Schields served as art director and wrote scripts. On her own she has written and illustrated two other children’s books, The Water Shell

and Cantsee: The Cat Who Was the Color of the Carpet.

Tan says she owns 35 to 40

of Schields’ pieces—necklaces,

earrings and bracelets—but admits that she may have lost count.

“There is always jewelry for any occasion—be it travel on a book tour

to Europe or a conference in China, a black tie opera gala or a lecture

for 2,000 people. The jewelry draws stares of admiration and envy, as well as inquiry where a necklace like mine could be found,” she

writes via e-mail. Tan goes on to

add that even in jeans and a turtle-

neck, she feels like a person of particular style when she drapes on a

long Schields necklace: “Gretchen’s

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jewelry is not only stunning, it bears stories.”

Schields’ interest in jewel-

ry began when she took a class in crafting pearl necklaces. “I

found that making something was a very satisfying thing to

do,” she says. She remembers diving full tilt into jewelry

design around the year 2000,

intent on making it her second career.

Skilled enough to sell her

work to high-end boutiques,

Schields found out after a time that wholesaling was not for her. “It became a nightmare; I spent a fortune selling to

stores but never made a prof-

it.” Then the recession hit and

orders dropped off. Exhausted

by trade shows, she decided to get off the treadmill and move to Southern California. When

she was juried into the Festival of Arts in 2008 she was elated, thinking that she had found

her niche. But it turned out not to be a good fit.

Currently on leave from

Art-A-Fair, Schields prefers to keep her business on a small

scale. She works out of a cozy, sun-lit studio overlooking the vast greens of a golf course,

surrounded by artifacts from around the world, especially

Asia, many of which find their way into her creations.

“Jewelry attracts me,”

Schields explains. “I can work with beautiful antique and

ethnic pieces and make something beautiful. Here I don’t

have to do the sort of research I did in illustration but just look to whatever gives me

inspiration putting together wonderful things.” l

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“Gold Series 2014”

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Mark Timothy

is a man of appetite. He is an avid surfer, an entrepreneur, a dealer, an innovator and, most recently, a fine artist. With studios on Pacific Coast Highway and Laguna Canyon Road, Timothy brings unbridled enthusiasm and gravitas to his art. A quick talker, full of life and its passions, Timothy goes about making and promoting his art with gusto. And although most of his photographs are shots of people on the beach—some in pairs, some in groups and some solo—his work is not souvenir art or tourist kitsch. The photographs are, rather, complex renderings of an imperfect humanity.

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written by Lisa Aslanian The images from Timothy’s “Lumen”

series are ethereal. The title of the series is our first point of orientation in understanding the

works, which are first and foremost about light and the movement of light. The process of the works’ creation and their subject become one.

The images are intensely diffused, bleached out and nearly shadowless. The severe light is the result of a very slow shutter speed; Timothy

deliberately plays with the release to achieve the desired degree of light let in and light spread out.

We are brought to the ocean but our imagi-

nations remain in a different place. The relentless light is dreamlike—unreal, nostalgic and

non-specific—and, from certain angles, warm.

We are not sure if we are in the present or the

past (or the future); we are uncertain whether the people are aware of the photographer.

In short, it is the light in the images that opens them up, that makes them more complicated and less accessible. It is the light that determines their mystery.

The “Lumen” series also presents a kind

of skeletal narrative. The figures are so fully exposed that nothing remains of them but a

blurred outline, an abstraction. We, the viewers, are thus invited to project our own experience onto the images—the smell of the ocean, the

feel of being on the water at the end of the day, of being with a group, with a friend, a spouse, a lover or a parent. Or perhaps we dream of

someone else or other people in the image. The

narrative, according to Timothy, is intentionally

vague. He wants his work to transport us to the what we bring to the work.

And of course the light is never completely

or only light. To put it another way, the light is 44 LagunaBeachARTmagazine.com

“Gold Series 2014”

moment where nothing is being said outside of

“Lumen Series 2013”

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not used to convey only that which is

take, he wants us to look that closely

onto which we have projected our aspi-

in the imperfection of the human body

light. The beautiful and open image

rations and memories undermines the

memories or, at the very least, compli-

and he wants us to remark and revel and the human experience.

Timothy started his career as a

cates and sullies our relationship to the

deliberately naive artist. He sought no

invites us into its promise and its fold.

training. He wanted a kind of purity.

image that seduces us, the image that Timothy deliberately plays with

viewers’ expectations, and it is not an

exaggeration to say that he exploits our expectations or at the very least inverts them. What he sees in the long shutter lapse is often (but not always) the mo-

ment when this kind of transformation from beautiful body to ethereal body

happens, or the moment when we realize that there is far more to a beautiful image than we initially experience.

We have to look closely to see

what Timothy offers, but make no mis-

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counsel, no education and no formal

Once he started going to museums and interesting himself in other artists, he

was most drawn to artists who devour the world—artists such as Salvador Dalí, Gerhard Richter and Damien

Hirst. Timothy belongs to this tradi-

tion, as a personality and a visual artist, and we can only assume that he will continue to surprise us and to bring

us his vision of the world in all of its splendor and imperfection. l

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Andriy Halashyn “Glamor Forever” ,74inch x 59inch,oil on canvas ,2014

The Oddly Familiar 48 LagunaBeachARTmagazine.com

written by Elizabeth Nutt “Happy Nation”,55inch x 55inch ,2011, oil on canvas

Andriy Halashyn’s oil-on-canvas pieces, currently on display at Salt Fine Art in Laguna Beach, are as layered, rich, and complex as the artist’s life itself. Not coincidentally, Halashyn credits much of his style and inspiration to specific scenes, memories and periods of time from his life. And he describes his art in the same way he describes that life: “like a film, with layers one after the other,” each composed of parts that are essential to the whole.

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“After Party” , 59inch x 59inch ,oil on canvas ,2014

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“Bad Dream”,oil on canvas , 51inch diameter ,2013

Halashyn grew up under the Soviet regime in Ternopil in

what is now Ukraine. While he credits the Soviet Union for much of the stability of his childhood—safe streets, a solid education

and medical care—he also explains that for his family, a family of artists, the Regime meant suppression of self-expression, es-

momentous trip well, sitting on a bench as an adolescent with his father and watching other artists working on a mural. He

was later able to contribute to the mural, and that first feeling of unlimited self-expression became addictive.

Halashyn went on to study at the Academy of Art in the

pecially through art. He remembers that he was unable to speak

Ukrainian city of Lviv. It was there that he became exposed to

allowed.

passions for communicating with them through art, and for

freely as a child in school and that art was neither supported nor Both Halashyn’s father and brother are artists, and he credits

them as his first true teachers. But it wasn’t until his father took Halashyn away from Ternopil on vacation that he was able to

explore what he refers to as his “genetic gift.” He remembers this

people who hailed from other countries and cultures, and his

travel itself, began to grow. He came to believe that all people are interconnected, and that art is a way for him to share his world with them.

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“Strange Party” ,59inch x 59inch ,oil on canvas ,2014

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Halashyn’s travels led him to Costa Rica, where he fell in

love with the landscape, the people, and the art world there. His endless quest to meet and speak with other artists enabled him to make the connection with Carla Tesak, the owner of the Salt

is oddly familiar; his paintings reflect scenes, faces, or moments of history that we are acquainted with, while at the same time taking us on a never-before-seen imaginative journey.

When his first daughter was born, Halashyn discovered

Fine Art Gallery. The Gallery has a Latin Contemporary focus,

what has become a favorite juxtaposition: children’s cartoons

to exhibit his work there. It is such connections as these that

decades, and famous faces. The birth had a significant effect on

and for the past six years Tesak has made space for Halashyn Halashyn believes fuel the art world and intertwines artists’ lives.

Halashyn has worked tirelessly to develop and cultivate

his personal style, one that has gained him numerous awards in several different countries. Though he relocated to Costa Rica

in 2000, he was recognized as being one of the top 20 artists of

Ukraine in 2009, and has since won awards in Costa Rica as well.

and stories with bizarre scenarios, abstract scenes from other

his art, and one of his most prized series, “Mickey between Us,” portrays Disney characters in anomalous ways; Donald Duck

and Minnie Mouse, for instance, lean over a beautiful, seemingly lifeless girl from another era. The images that pop out of his paintings are at once comforting and disquieting, juvenile and yet richly cosmopolitan.

Today Halashyn continues to travel, hoping to exhibit in

His work has also appeared in exhibitions—solo and collective—

additional countries and to continue to transcend culture with

Halashyn’s signature style—for which he has been called

and particularly those spent with his family or in reflection. He

in Los Angeles, Miami, Switzerland, Colombia and Panama.

an emerging global sensation—hinges on high-impact contrasts.

“I don’t have limits,” he says. “I like to mix politics with chil-

dren’s heroes, fashion with war, destruction with parties.” For Halashyn, the contrasting elements—topics, colors and sensa-

tions—simply reflect life. “[With] every unpleasant situation, I try to see the positive things … and all of them are part of our life.” He believes in conjoining what he knows with what he

sees in the potential of the canvas. Perhaps this is why his work

his work. He draws inspiration from each moment of his day,

quotes the words of Picasso to describe how he himself lives as

an artist: “Inspiration exists, it just has to find us working.” And he will continue working as an artist for the rest of his life, he

says, finding pure joy in the process and feeling lucky to have

captured the interest of the Laguna Beach art community—just one stop in his endless quest to connect with the world through art. l

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Home Is Where the Art Is

Josée Perreault’s Walls Are Her Scrapbook written by Stacy Davies • photographed by Tom Lamb

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W

When you sit down with the woman who’s in charge of the world business for Oakley, the globe’s

second-best-selling sunglasses brand, you’d better hide your Ray-Bans. It’s not that she’ll kick you out if you wear them unobtrusively on the top of your head, but after rising through the ranks to

become the Senior Vice President of World Business—you know, the person who ensures that the billion-dollar company continues to bring in, well, billions of dollars—it does make her bristle.

“The other day, my husband was wearing Ray-Bans, and I thought, it’s going to be hard to

accept this, but I’ll do it,” she laughs.

Originally from Montreal, Canada, Josée Perreault nestled into her hilltop Laguna Beach home

three years ago after trekking for the company across Europe for 20 years. She’d successfully built Oakley sunglasses into markets that sometimes had never heard of the sports performance and lifestyle pieces giant.

In her modest Mid-Century Modern digs, which boast an entire wall of windows encompass-

ing a 180-degree view of the beach town below (“I’m paying for the view,” she laughs), Perreault

has created a landscape that tells of her journeys and jibes with her personality. She is refreshingly

down-to-earth, direct, and quick to joke, and she buys art simply because she enjoys having attractive things around her. She is uninterested in value or the artists’ name recognition—in fact, she doesn’t even recall the titles for most of the pieces she owns.

“When I look at art, I just buy it because it’s in the moment. I like it and it means something to

me. I don’t care about the value. You either like art or don’t like art.”

Perreault definitely knows what she likes and what she wants, a characteristic that made her

the first woman executive to reach the higher ranks at Oakley. In the 1980s it also made her a world champion ultimate Frisbee player. It’s a sport that she says, with sarcasm, is now “very under-

ground,” and one that she adds to a host of athletic pursuits that include skiing, snowboarding LagunaBeachARTmagazine.com 55

and, for a time, teaching Jane Fonda aerobics. That was long before her years with Oakley, of course, and since leaving Montreal, Perreault

has been “shipped” (as she calls it)

to hundreds of European offices, as well as to Brazil and China, with long-term residences in several

cities. Along the way, her Canadian politician husband Christophe

occasionally joins her, as does son

Charlie, and wherever they go, art is purchased.

“I was raised by parents who

are mega-collectors compared to me,” she explains. “and maybe

because I was raised in that envi-

ronment, I know more about it. But for me, my pleasure is when I …

leave Paris or Zurich or wherever, I

leave with art representing what I’ve lived. To me, that means a lot. I have a story to tell with that painting. I

know exactly where I bought it. It

makes it more valuable to me and

the memories are more than pictures in scrapbooks.”

Most of Perreault’s recent

acquisitions reflect her three years

in Laguna Beach, and since arriving

in town, she’s purchased five pieces from the JoAnne Artman Gallery.

Two of them, polished fashion portraits by Anja Van Herle of young

women wearing sunglasses, reflect her connection to Laguna as well

as her career. “I have 20 years in a sunglass company so I saw these and thought, this is my life.”

Included in the purchase were

an abstract by Stallman made of

loops of dyed blue canvas strips, a Chanel No. 5 pop art piece by

Alberto Murillo, and two works by Jhina Alvarado. “I love them,” she

says, referring to Alvarado’s scenes

of vintage beachgoers. “They’re very California to me and I’m drawn to people who use photography in their work.”

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Of course moving around as

much as Perreault has presents some difficulties with such a collection of memories. Like packing.

“I live with big art, which is

not practical. It can be painful,” she laughs. “I haven’t learned how to

move, and it’s my fourth move in-

ternationally. Each time I have more

stuff, and it should not be like that!”

Still, Perreault doesn’t foresee

an end to her way of life, and the

experiences the art helps her relive

are irreplaceable. One such example is a large-scale piece showing three

fishermen and a grounded rowboat

on the Mediterranean shore of Italy’s Cinque Terre. She and Christophe spotted it while having lunch at a

café and approached the street artist with an offer.

“I fell in love with the painting,

and so we gave him 300 euros think-

ing we’d never see this picture again because we couldn’t take it with us, but, two weeks later, it arrived.”

Perreault has two large pieces

from French artist Fifax Vermeulen that she purchased in Paris, Windshield Wiper and Little Green Plant.

The first is a watery view from

inside a car as it travels through the rainy Parisian streets, and the other a signature subject by the artist of a cluster of Parisian rooftops—with

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a small green plant appearing on a distant balcony. She also collects a large array of

Canadian artists, her prized possession being Noir Blanche, an abstract white dove by Jean-Paul Riopelle that she received from her parents.

At the opposite end of the spectrum,

Perreault has a few edgy, psychedelic

and sporty pieces. In her dining room, for

instance, is a four-foot tall painting of what look like 1970s animator Ralph Bakshi

mutant mushrooms floating above alien

terrain. She picked it up at a Geneva gallery appropriately named Space Junkie. (“I think the guy who made it was on mushrooms,” she laughs.) And in the hallway are two

pieces from pop surrealist Caia Koopman,

a skate deck artist who designed a series of frames for Oakley.

Other works reveal the many cultures

and peoples that Perreault has encoun-

tered: café scenes from Montmartre, a series of hammered metal mixed media pieces

she bought from some women street artists

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Celebrate the Land and the Sea

Artful Resorts

Photos this page (clockwise from top left): Mural above the Lobby Lounge Solarium bar; Seaforms, glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly; Drawing by Marino; Igor Stravinsky, by Arnold Newman Photos opposite page: St Regis Monarch Beach Resort lobby and pool.

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our spectacular glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly adorn the lobby rotunda at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort. These museum-quality artworks,

known as “Seaforms” and titled Royal Yellow Persian Set with Chestnut Lip

Wraps, Festival Persian Set, Scarlet Spotted Persian Set with Cobalt Lip Wraps and

Mardi Gras Persian Set, are created from deep yellow, orange, red and blue glass re-

spectively. Typical Chihuly glassworks, these pieces offer visitors and guests a rare opportunity to view this world-renowned artist’s hand-blown blossoms, gourds, leaves, bell shapes and sea forms.

While the St. Regis displays dozens of finely crafted works throughout its

lobbies, bars and spa, two colorful mural-like paintings are of special note. Kevin Sloan’s Abundancia over the registration desk and Italian Cornucopia over the con-

cierge desk are inspired by Italian frescoes and comprise garlands, fruit and flora.

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Down Niguel Road, across Pacific Coast Highway, the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel exhibits paintings, photographs and sculptures, many paying tribute to the wild beauty of the Pacific Ocean. brightly colored botanical Flower Stand by Gary Bukovnik.

by LED elements. Behind Raya, five sculptural surfboards by

that takes pride in the quality of its artwork, presenting visual

dation, feature Marilyn Monroe and Campbell Soup themes.

The St. Regis is one of the resorts in the Laguna Beach area

gifts to resort guests and visitors alike.

Down Niguel Road, across Pacific Coast Highway, the Ritz

Carlton Laguna Niguel exhibits paintings, photographs and

sculptures, many paying tribute to the wild beauty of the Pacific Ocean. Entering the lobby, the visitor is greeted by abstract and impressionist-inspired paintings, several with plum and silver hues echoing the colors of the nearby waters. Toward the back

of the main level, bordering Raya restaurant (with its delicious

Tim Bessell, created in collaboration with the Andy Warhol FounThroughout the resort, the photographic series Waves by

Clark Little and Water and Waves by Lagunan Russ Sanders

depict huge waves and spraying water. Little’s photos, several in three to five panels, present the ocean in its magnificent rolling

fury. Sanders’ images are equally expressive, while their digital manipulation and dramatic colors impart the drama of their subject.

Contrasting with this venue’s ocean theme is enoSTEAK

sustainable fare), is the sculptural installation Kelp Wall by Brad

restaurant, where burnished wood tables, walls and floors

snaking aluminum tubing and hand-blown glass pods and is lit

several paintings by Laguna artist Sandra Jones Campbell. The

Oldham. This eight-foot-tall, sixty-foot-long piece is made from

create an old-fashioned “club” look. Enhancing this décor are

Photo opposite page: Homage to Ode to Joy, by Sasha Panoff Photos this page (clockwise from top left): Mostly Sunny, by Paul Bond; Warhol Surfboards by Tim Bessell; Kelp Wall by Brad Oldham Photos on following two pages: images from enoSTEAK restaurant LagunaBeachARTmagazine.com 63

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Four Photos this page (clockwise from left): Parallel Dance, by Cheryl Ekstrom; Peace Scape, by Terry Thornsley; Owens Valley, by Gregory Hull; Spring Dunes, 17 Mile Drive, by Albert de Rome (courtesy of The Redfern Gallery)

pieces, which portray eating and drinking figures dressed in 1930s style,

are inspired by German Expressionism and harmonize effectively with the furnishings in mood, lighting and color.

Four miles up Pacific Coast Highway, the Montage Laguna Beach, with

its early twentieth century style architecture and décor, exhibits several

dozen plein air paintings. Created in the Laguna area in the early 1900s, the

carefully chosen works complement the resort’s classic design. The plein air style, also called “California Impressionism” in our part of the world, em-

ployed the broad brush strokes and pure, bright colors favored by the earli-

er French Impressionists. One featured work near the Montage’s entrance is

William Wendt’s Laguna Coastline, a rare painting by this artist, as it includes houses—one built very near the ocean—as well as natural features. Here

also is Diver’s Cove, Laguna Beach by John Doemling, a painting of boats at

this popular North Laguna locale and the inspiration for the resort’s logo.

Other works in the lobby area include Dana Bartlett’s Verdugo Canyon, with its flowing canyon vistas rendered in warm lavender hues, Edgar Payne’s

Pacific Tide, a portrayal of the area’s rocky coastline and surf, and—behind the concierge desk—Frank Cuprien’s Laguna Surf, a small gem depicting gentle waves in yellows, golds and greens.

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Laguna artists, grace the Montage’s plazas, walkways and lawns overlooking the

ocean. A pair of bronze sculptures by Cheryl Ekstrom, Parallel Dance 1 & 2, are part

sea creature and part horse. Other outside works of note are John Barber’s vast glass sculpture Eternal Sunset and the dramatic Peace Scape, a life-size, finely wrought bronze tree by Terry Thornsley.

Seven miles up Pacific Coast Highway,

past Laguna galleries, restaurants and

Crystal Cove State Park, turn right onto

Newport Coast Drive and arrive at the Resort at Pelican Hill. This 504-acre complex

has the look and ambience of a classic Ital-

ian estate, albeit one from a movie set, with manicured lawns, cypresses, olives and

Aleppo pines, an enormous, circular, tiled pool, and sloping hillsides culminating at the Pacific Ocean.

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old resort is its Mediterranean architec-

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outdoors in, as demonstrated by its many glass walls and open terraces.

Your guide will escort you to the hotel lobby with its

28-foot domed rotunda, where you will see several seventeenth

century Flemish tapestries, with their details of flowers, unicorns, knights, maidens and mythical animals. The resort also features

120 contemporary plein air works painted in the classic hundredItalian architect who created palaces near Venice, Italy. Pelican

year-old manner. Commissioned by Pelican Hill, these pieces by Simon Addyman (detailed landscapes), Don Bradshaw (sea-

Hill guests and the public are invited for an art and architecture

scapes), Donna McGinnis (luminous clouds), Joan Horsfall Young

work is based on the symmetry and proportion of ancient Greek

breathtaking vistas just outside the resort walls.

tour Wednesdays at 4 p.m. Your guide will explain that Palladio’s and Roman structures, and will point out the resort’s triangular

(verdant landscapes) and others glorify and harmonize with the

The perfect place to conclude your Pelican Hill tour is at the

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Calendar of Events

SEPTEMBER Saturdays 1-6 pm (except for holiday weekends)

Saturday Figure drawing workshop

LCAD Main Campus, Studio 10 2222 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach We invite the community and prospective students to join us for our Saturday Figure Drawing Workshop. $15 for 5 hours of uninstructed drawing time. Students under 18 years of age must fill out and submit a Parental Consent Form. $15 fee each session. Fees will be collected at each workshop session. Free for LCAD Alumni, Faculty and students. www.lcad.edu/admissions workshop@lcad.edu

Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 6-9pm

Saturday, September 6, 2014 through September 28, 2014

Wyland Galleries 509 S. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach Wyland Galleries represents the artwork of upcoming local artist in the gallery. www.wylandgalleries.com

coastal eddy a gallery, 1417 S. Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach Opening Reception, Darcy brings a wonderful expression to this series, of her love for being in or on water. (949) 715-4113

First Thursday Art Walk

Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 6-9pm

Wednesday, September 10, 2014 from 9am

Avran Art + Design, 540 S. Coast Highway, Suites 104+106, Laguna Beach Featured Artists: John Morton Thomas, Victor Vaserely, Betty Gold, MSL www.avranart.com; (949)494-0900

Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Primary focus of the class will be placed on breath, body and movement awareness, self-discovery and community connection.

Fee: $5.00 www.casaromantica.org; (949)498-2139

Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 6-9pm

Saturday, September 13, 2014 from 10am

Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art 611 S Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach The world’s first ALL humanARTarian gallery. Come by and see an amazing collection of art work by various artists, including select pieces from John Hoyt. Lgoca.com; (949) 715-9604 JohnHoytArt.com

1730 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach Meet at 10am at the Nursery and discover Laguna Beach, lagunanursery.net; (949) 494-5200

First Thursdays Art Walk GRAPHICS SHOW “Color -Surface -Perception”

Ongoing through September 27, 2014

First Thursdays Art Walk

Randy Higbee Gallery 102 Kalmus Drive, Costa Mesa The Randy Higbee Gallery will be having a Summer Sale through September 27th. This one time sale will include all styles and media from contemporary and plein air oils to antique (pre 1850) engravings. All prints, including photographs, serigraphs, orig. lithos, etc. will be at 60% or more off the retail price. www.RandyHigbeeGallery.com

Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 6-8pm

Randy Higbee Gallery Summer Sale

Ongoing through September 28, 2014

The Tempest by William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Aaron Posner and Teller

South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa Times: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. On Saturday, Sept. 13, only, the matinee performance will begin earlier, at 1 p.m. There is no evening performance on Saturday, Sept. 13. As the sorcerer Prospero plots revenge on his enemies, this exuberant epic takes on new life—and more magic than ever. (714) 708-5555; www.scr.org

Ongoing through September 21, 2014

Rex Brandt: In Praise of Sunshine

Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach $7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 & museum members. A retrospective exhibition of the watercolor paintings of California landscape artist Rex Brandt (1914–2000), who was constantly inspired by sunshine.

Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Ongoing through September 21, 2014

Kathy Jones

Sue Greenwood Fine Art 330 North Coast Hwy. Laguna Beach September 4, 2014-October 15, 2014 suegreenwoodfineart.com; (949) 494.0669

Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 6-8pm

Artist Reception: “Mars Attacks!”

New Works by International Mixed Media Artist

JoAnne Artman Gallery 326 North Coast Hwy. Laguna Beach Robert Mars September 4, 2014-October 31, 2014 The remarkable work of mixed media artist Robert Mars explores Americans’ fixation with the iconic. By using symbols from mass media culture –whether the flag, classic film stars, or logos of popular brands – Mars both critiques our culture’s fascination with celebrity and consumerism, while indulging his own nostalgia for America’s golden age of advertising. www.joanneartmangallery.com 949.510.5481

Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 6-9pm

Meet the Local Artist: Ann Kim, Sunny Kim, Mada Leach, Anne Moore, Hyatt Moore, Jong Ro, and Lawrence Terry.

Sandstone Gallery Laguna Historic Gallery Row, 384-A N Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach Complimentary refreshments offered.

SandstoneGallery.com; (949) 497-6775

John Altoon: Drawings and Paintings

Sandstone Gallery Laguna Historic Gallery Row, 384-A N. Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach mixed media landscape paintings on paper by Lynn Welker and “Violin Variations”, sculpture, paintings and prints by Howard Hitchcock.

SandstoneGallery.com; (949) 497-6775

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Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 9am

Container and Raised Bed Vegetables with David Rizzo

Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar Join expert horticulturist, David Rizzo, as he demonstrates how to plant a bountiful garden using raised beds and containers. This presentation will go over how to prepare your soil, what types of plants are appropriate for this time of year and how to care for them throughout the season. David will also introduce some of his personal favorite plants to grow in the garden. David will be looking for volunteers to assist him in planting, so come prepared to get your hands dirty. www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Sunday, September 14, 2014 from 10-4pm

Reception for Fall Show

The Cottage Gallery on Los Rios, 31701 Los Rios Street, San Juan Capistrano Reception for new showing. Appetizers & live music. Meet Artists and view new pieces by 38 artists. www.cottagegalleryonlosrios.com Monday, September 15, 2014 – Saturday, November 30, 2014

Mark Hosmer & Veronica Schmitt Exhibition/ Keepers of Light

Community Art Project’s 2nd floor Rotunda Gallery – Wells Fargo Building 260 Ocean Ave. Laguna Beach One person exhibition featuring 2 unique Orange County painter’s interpretations of light. www.caplaguna.org

Laguna Nursery, 1370 S. Coast Hwy Laguna Beach Laguna Nursery presents THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT, featuring music of Andrew Lloyd Webber with Saif Eddin & Friends. Lite Bites, Beverages, Friends, Fun! You will thrill to the incredible music by one of the world’s most renowned composers. Get ready for a fantastic evening! Tickets on at Laguna Nursery or by calling (949) 494-5200. $35 in advance. $45 at the door. www.lagunanursery.net; lagunanursery@aol.com.

“Community”

Casa Coastal: Film Screening

Laguna Nursery Garden Walk

Laguna Nursery Music of the Night Cabaret- Fantastic Smash Broadway Favorites with Saif Eddin & Friends

Wednesday, September 3-29, 2014

Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente ”The Jumping Flea” Southern California Premiere Screening and special ukulele concert by Moonlight Beach Ukulele Strummers. General Admission $15 www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139

Casa Yoga

Friday, September 19, 2014 from 6:30pm - 10pm

Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach $7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 and museum members. This intimate exhibition of drawings and prints looks at John Altoon’s hesitation between being a commercial illustrator and a fine artist.

Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 7pm

“The Swimmers”, by Darcy J. Sears,

Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 9am Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 9am

My Edible Garden with Steve Hampson

Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar Well-known horticulturist, Steve Hampson, will discuss everything edible, including vegetables, herbs, fruits, berries and more.

Emphasis this month will be on, but not limited to, planting of cool season vegetables, including cool season tomatoes. Discussion of late summer pests and diseases will be also included. Steve will lead a lively discussion about what, where and when to plant, prune, feed or harvest. Bring your questions as well as your own tips and tricks, as audience participation is encouraged. www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640.5800

Cooking From Your Garden with Zov from Zov’s Bistro

Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar Indulge in a morning of culinary inspiration! Founder and proprietor of Zov’s Bistro’s and well-known local chef, Zov Karamardian will demonstrate and teach how to prepare the perfect foods using vegetables from your garden. She will share techniques, ingredients, and traditional family recipes for her stuffed eggplants with tomatoes, onions and garlic, Jasmine rice pilaf with condiments, and her cabbage salad with fresh mint, cilantro and bulgur. www.rogersgardens. com; (949) 640-5800

Saturday & Sunday September 20 and 21, 2014; 11am-3pm

AUTUMN MOON CELEBRATION: Children’s Art Display, Music & More

Bowers Museum, 2002 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA 92706 Celebrate the tradition of the Autumn Moon Festival - bringing families and friends together. View the art work of 300 children ages 5 – 15 and adults in the community. Face painting, art projects, music and lion dance ongoing throughout the afternoon. Presented by the Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA) in partnership with Nguoi Viet Daily News, Festival of Children Foundation, Bowers Museum and the Chinese Cultural Arts Council. The Autumn Moon Festival is sponsored by The James Irvine Foundation.

FREE www.bowers.org (714) 567.3600

Tuesday – Sunday, September 23 and 28, 2014

THE BONSAI TRADITION: CULTURAL ARTS OF JAPAN

Bowers Museum, 2002 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA 92706 Join us for our annual display and event celebrating the traditions and cultural arts of Japan presented in partnership with Kofu Bonsai Kai. The harmonious display consists of 28 trees selected from private collections who are devotees to the living, natural art form of bonsai. The Viewing Stones, or ‘found art,’ are collected from areas in California, various parts of the United States and Asia. The artists, all members from Kofu Bonsai Kai, will be available each day to answer questions and to help you understand the beauty and simplicity of this exquisite and inspiring art form. Presented by Kofu Bonsai Kai, Orange County. Sponsored by The James Irvine Foundation and the Medellas Foundation.Free to members. Free with paid admission. $8 for non-members unless otherwise noted. www.bowers.org; (714) 567.3600

Thursday-Saturday, September 25-27, 2014 from 8pm.

Joshua Bell

Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa Violin superstar Joshua Bell joins the Symphony in Glazunov’s Violin Concerto. Plus, Ravel’s dramatic “Daphnis and Chloe.” Tickets from $25. PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799

Saturday, September 27, 2014 from 10am

Laguna Nursery Garden Walk

1730 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach Meet at 10am at the Nursery and discover Laguna Beach lagunanursery.net; (949) 494-5200

Friday,, October 3, 2014 through December 31, 2014 Saturday, September 27, 2014 from 6–10pm

Toast to the Casa: Una Noche en la Casa

Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Annual fundraiser event featuring the best of San Clemente. Tickets: $200 www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139

September 27, 2014 from 5-8pm

Friday, October 3 at 9am-6pm

Show continues through October www.pacificedgegallery.com (800)477-5630

Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Sunday, September 28, 2014 from 3 pm

Saturday, October 4, 2014 through October 26, 2014 5-8pm

Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa Music Director and host Carl St.Clair and Joshua Bell explore Glazunov’s Violin Concerto. Tickets from $25. PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799

coastal eddy a gallery, 1417 S. Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach Working in contrasting clays, mediums and metaphors, this show provides a back drop to life as an artist & gallery owner.

Sunday, September 28, 2014 from 11am-1pm

Randy Higbee Gallery 102 Kalmus Drive, Costa Mesa Gala Artist’s Reception. Randy Higbee Gallery presents an unusual look at the beauty and sometimes darker side of our cities. The show will run thru October 17, 2014. www.RandyHigbeeGallery.com

Afternoon with Joshua Bell

LOCA presents Laguna Beach Festivals 101 Healy House at 935 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach Panelist from 3 Festivals discuss plans for 2015.

Event includes brunch, prize drawings, art sale.

Members free / Guests $20 advance, $25 at door. www.LOCAarts.org; (949) 363-4700 LOCAarts@yahoo.com

Monday and Tuesday, September 29 and 30, 2014 ; 7:30pm

Gene Kelly: The Legacy

The Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach Patricia Kelly guides us on an unforgettable journey into the life of the man who changed the look and style of dance. $45 lagunaplayhouse.com; (949) 497-2787

OCTOBER Wednesday, October 1, 2014 – November 3, 2014

“Figures in the Abstract”, acrylic paintings on canvas by Hyatt Moore and “Stream of Consciousness”, oil paintings on canvas by Jong Ro.

Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 from 6-9pm

First Thursday Art Walk

Wyland Galleries 509 S. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach Wyland Galleries represents the artwork of upcoming local artist in the gallery. www.wylandgalleries.com

Thursday, October 2, 2014 from 6-9pm

First Thursdays Art Walk

Container Gardening Seminar with Lisa Bauchiero & Rex Yarwood

Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar Join our creative managers, Lisa Bauchiero and Rex Yarwood, as they show how to create beautiful seasonal container gardens. They will inspire the audience with unique combinations of color and foliage plants. Learn Roger’s Gardens’ secrets to planting everything from tabletop arrangements to our world famous moss hanging baskets. www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar Back by popular demand, Roger’s Gardens Fine Art Gallery is proud to announce their second, “The Art of Wine” exhibit. This exhibit will represent the vast wine regions of California’s vineyards and wineries. Nine of the finest plein air painters will be depicting the romance and appeal of wine. www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Artist reception: Bryan Mark Taylor, New Paintings of California

Sandstone Gallery Laguna Historic Gallery Row, 384-A N Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach SandstoneGallery.com; (949) 497-6775

Saturday, September 27, 2014 from 9am

The Art of Wine-Exhibit Opening

Avran Art + Design, 540 S. Coast Highway, Suites 104+106, Laguna Beach International Glass and Avant Garde Photography Exhibition Sept.

27- Oct. 9, 2014 Featured Artists: Laszlo Lukacsi, Peter Borkovics, Balazs Sipos, Gyorgy Toth and Gabor Kasza www.avranart.com; (949) 494-0900

Christmas Boutique Opening

“shrub” by Robin Lee Riddell, Opening Reception

Saturday, October 4, 2014 from 6-9pm

Urban Beauty - “Not Just a Pretty Picture”

Sunday, October 5-26, 2014

Venus in Fur by David Ives

South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa Saturday Tuesday-Sunday evenings at 7:45pm; Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2pm. A smart, sexy, sizzling battle for dominance erupts between a playwright and a mysterious actress in a New York audition room. (714) 708-5555; www.scr.org

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 from 9am

Casa Yoga

Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Primary focus of the class will be placed on breath, body and movement awareness, self-discovery and community connection.

Fee: $5.00 www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139

Wednesdays – Sundays October 8 – November 2, 2014

The Year of Magical Thinking

The Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach Linda Purl stars in Joan Didion’s remarkable story of loss, journey and the triumph of the human spirit. $36-$61 lagunaplayhouse.com; (949) 497-2787

Thursday, October 9, 2014 from 7pm

Casa Up Close with Dana Gioia

Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente, CA Presentation by nationally acclaimed poet and former Chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts. General Admission: $15 www. casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139

Thursday October 9, 2014 through Sunday October 12, 2014

Art Silicon Valley / Art San Francisco | San Mateo County Event Center Avran Art + Design 2495 S Delaware St. San Mateo

Thursday, October 2, 2014 from 7-8pm

Thursday, October 09, 2014 from 7pm

Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach Conversation With… brings artists and other creative minds to Laguna Art Museum to discuss their practice in a casual conversation with guests. Free admission Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach $7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 and museum members. Live! at the Museum is an ongoing series of early-evening concerts in the museum’s galleries, presented by Laguna Beach Live. Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Conversation With…

Live! at the Museum

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Calendar of Events Saturday, October 11, 2014 from 10am

Laguna Nursery Garden Walk

1730 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach Meet at 10am at the Nursery and discover Laguna Beach, lagunanursery.net; (949) 494-5200

Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014 from 11am-3pm

Monday, October 13, 2014 from 10am - noon

Treasure Island Park, 11am-1pm South End of the Montage Resort (off Wesley), South Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach

Heisler Park, 375 Cliff Dr., Laguna Beach This event, for students in fourth grade through high school is designed to inspire a child’s blossoming interest in art. During this paint-out, each group of children will be paired with a master painter and will learn new painting techniques and gain invaluable knowledge, experience and inspiration. The art created will be for sale at the gala in the student’s gallery and the proceeds of all the student painted pieces will be donated to the participating schools.

Cost: FREE Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Laguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitational Kick-Off Event Quick Draw Paint-Out Meet and Greet the artists –

at The Ranch at Laguna Beach, 1-2pm 31106 Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach

Silent Auction -

The Ranch at Laguna Beach, 2-3pm Join the kick off for our week-long event. Watch as works of art are created, mingle with 35 of the top Plein Air artists in the nation and participate in the silent auction. Free trolley service is provided between locations. Cost: FREE Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Sunday, October 12, 2014 through January 25, 2015

Elizabeth Turk Saturday, October 11 at 11am & 2pm

Pumpkins Succulent Workshops with Laura Eubanks

Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach $7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 and museum members.

A solo exhibition of work by mixed media artist Elizabeth Turk comprised of new work along with pieces from earlier series.

Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Laguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitational Event Kids’ Paint-Out & Cupcake Reception -

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 from 9am-2:30pm

Laguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitational Event LPAPA Wide Paint-Out & Sale –

Main Beach - Laguna Beach Over 75 artists are expected to participate in this paint-out at the beach. Following the artist’s completion of work at noon, selected pieces will be for sale. FREE Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 from 6pm–8pm

OPEN CASA: City Scenes/City Life

Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Susan Cox Exhibition Opening Reception. Free Admission. www. casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 from 11-2pm

Laguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitational Event- The LCAD (Laguna College of Art + Design) Next Generation Paint-Out Heisler Park. - 375 Cliff Dr., Laguna Beach These students, the next generation of developing painters, will produce pieces to be displayed and sold at the Soirée October 18.

Proceeds benefit the Nina Fitzpatrick Scholarship Fund.

Cost: FREE Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Thursday, October 16, 2014 from 8 am – 1 pm

Laguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitational Event - Paint-Out on the Course – Ben Brown’s Golf Course at The Ranch at Laguna Beach The Ranch at Laguna Beach - 31106 PCH, Laguna Beach Join an anticipated 300 guests as you follow and observe the artists as they paint the “Yosemite of Laguna Beach”. The golf course provides an idyllic setting for the artists to capture the best views and wild life. FREE Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Thursday, October 16-19, 2014

World Wide Art LA

Los Angeles Convention Center, West Hall A, South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles We invite art enthusiasts from around the globe to celebrate The Influence of Art at World Wide Art Los Angeles. worldwideartla.com

“Laguna Moon” by Debra Huse - 2013 Invitational

Sunday, October 12–19, 2014

Laguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitational at the Ranch in Laguna Beach

An eight day painting event featuring 35 nationally renowned plein air artists painting throughout Laguna Beach’s coastal canyons, scenic coves and surrounding areas. Each of the 35 artists will submit 3 of their best works to exhibit and be judged for over $20,000 in awards, including the coveted $10,000 Best In Show. Additional original works of art created throughout the week will also be available for purchase at the Afternoon Collectors’ Soirée and the public sale the following day. All events except the Afternoon Collectors’ Soiree are free. Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

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Sunday, October 12at 10am

My Edible Garden with Steve Hampson

Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Sunday, October 12, 2014 through January 25, 2015

Lita Albuquerque

Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach $7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 and museum members. A video installation by internationally acclaimed environmental artist Lita Albuquerque.

Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Thursday, October 16, 2014 - Nov. 16, 2014

Zealot by Theresa Rebeck

South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday at 7:30pm; Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm; Saturday & Sunday at 2:30pm A British and an American diplomat meet over tea. A life hangs in the balance. Will diplomacy go out the window? (714) 708-5555; www.scr.org

Thursday, October 16, 2014 from 7pm

Film Night at the Museum

Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach $7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 & museum members. Laguna Art Museum screens classic and contemporary films and documentaries that reflect its focus on the art, people, places, and history of California.

Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Editor’s Pick

Laguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitational Event Loosely translated, the French phrase en plein air means “outdoors.”

Perhaps like no other artists, plein

Hills, Donna Schuster and Edgar Payne, among many others.

Fast forward 128 years and witness

air painters are mesmerized by natural

firsthand the plein air artist at work.

seek the genuine experience and paint it,

(LPAPA) cordially invites you to join the

light. This passion for light drives them to regardless of climate, weather or natural impediments, while at the same time it challenges them to capture quickly the brilliant and fluid visual sensation of

natural light at a specific time and place before it fades.

As early as 1886, plein air painters came to Laguna Beach to paint the clear and intense light that characterizes the sheer natural beauty of our coastal community.

These artists, who would become the

founders of the California Impressionist Style, included William Wendt, George Garden Symons, Granvill Redmond,

Franz A. Bischoff, Frank Cuprien, Anna

Laguna Plein Air Painters Association

for purchase at the Soirée and the public

sale the following day. Proceeds from the

Invitational help to fund children’s educa-

tional program, scholarships, mentorships and additional LPAPA programs.

Artists participating in this year’s

celebration at its 16th Annual Laguna

event include: Ebrahim Amin, Ken Auster,

which will begin on Sunday, October 12th,

Josh Clare, Rick J. Delanty, Mark Fehlman,

Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational,

at 11 a.m. with a Quick Draw Paint-Out at Treasure Island Park, followed by a

chance to meet and greet the artists and

a silent auction of that day’s works. This eight-day event features 35 nationally

renowned plein air artists who will paint throughout Laguna Beach’s coastal can-

yons, scenic coves and surrounding areas, capturing the light as it falls.

Each of the artists will submit three

of his or her best works to exhibit at the

Afternoon Collectors’ Soirée on Saturday, October 18th, at 4 p.m. Artists will com-

pete for over $20,000 in awards, including the coveted $10,000 Best in Show Award.

Additional original works of art created

throughout the week will also be available

Jacobus Baas, Suzie Baker, Hiu Lai Chong, Jeff Horn, Debra Huse, Mark Kerckhoff, Thomas Jefferson Kitts, Paul Kratter,

Peggi Kroll Roberts, Greg LaRock, James McGrew, Jim McVicker, Clark Mitchell,

Ned Mueller, Billyo O’Donnell, Michael Obermeyer, Colin Page, Rita Pacheco,

Scott W. Prior, Camille Przewodek, Lori Putnam, April Raber, Ray Roberts, Jeff Sewell, Randall Sexton, Michael Situ,

W. Jason Situ, Bryan Mark Taylor & Jim Wodark. Five guest artists will join the event this year. John Cosby, Kathleen

Dunphy, Kim Lordier, Joe Paquet & Jesse Powell.

For more information about the daily

public events and the Afternoon Collectors’ Soirée, please visit lagunapleinair.org

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Calendar of Events Thursday, October 23, 2014 from 7:00 pm

Thursday, October 30 from 4-5:30pm

Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Presentation by owner and founder of Rainbow Sandals. General Admission: $15. www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139

Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Casa Up Close with Jay “Sparky” Longley

Friday, October 17, 2014 from 11am - 12:30pm

Laguna Plein Air Painters 16 Annual Invitational Event- Outdoor Artist Demonstrations th

The Ranch at Laguna Beach - 31106 Pacific Coast Highway; Treasure Island Park - South End of the Montage Resort (off Wesley), South Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach; Heisler Park - 375 Cliff Dr., Laguna Beach Learn how several of the artist’s work in different mediums. Cost: FREE Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Thursday, October 23, 204 from 4-6pm

LOCA Art Club

DM Studio, 1294 S. Coast Hwy. #D, Laguna Beach.

Lectures by local artist’s series include seating, hospitality, and sale of Art Shirts. Members free / $20 guests at door www.LOCAarts.org; (949) 363-4700 LOCAarts@yahoo.com

Thursday-Saturday, October 23-25, 2014 from 8 pm

Cathedrals of Sound

Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa The sonorous voices of the Norbertine Fathers, organist Paul Jacobs and the exquisite Duruflé Requiem, with Pacific Chorale. Tickets from $25. PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799

Pumpkin Decorating Contest, Children’s Costume Parade & Crafts

NOVEMBER Saturday, November 1, 2014 from 6-9pm

“Waves of Color” Opening Exhibition

Avran Art + Design, 540 S. Coast Highway, Suites 104+106, Laguna Beach Featuring New Works by James C. Leonard and Stephanie Paige www.avranart.com (949) 494-0900

Sunday, November 2, 2014 from 10am

Laguna Nursery Garden Walk

1730 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach Meet at 10am at the Nursery and discover Laguna Beach, lagunanursery.net; (949) 494-5200

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 – December 1, 2014

“Book of Shadows”, mixed media paintings on paper by Lawrence Terry and “Let’s Eat”, acrylic paintings by Mada Leach.

Sandstone Gallery Laguna Historic Gallery Row, 384-A N Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach SandstoneGallery.com - (949) 497-6775

“Laguna Coast” by Billyo O’Donnell - 2012 Invitational

Thursday, November 6, 2014 from 6-9pm

Saturday, October 18, 2014 from 4 pm

First Thursdays Art Walk

Laguna Plein Air Painters 16 Annual Invitational Event- Afternoon Collectors’ Soirée – th

The Ranch at Laguna Beach 31106 Pacific Coast Highway, An exclusive opportunity to meet 35 of the nation’s top plein air artists, view their paintings and purchase works created during the previous week in advance of the general public. The work of this year’s 5 Guest Artists will also be on display and for sale.

All guests will enjoy delicious cuisine and enjoy world rhythms and grooves performed by the Global Beat Foundation, and a special guest. Each artist submits their three “best” pieces painted during the previous week to be judged at the event for over $20,000 in awards, including the coveted $10,000 Best In Show.

Cost: $150 per person Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Saturday, October 18 at 9am

Fall Planting with Cristin Fusano

Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Sunday, October 19, 2014 from 10am - 3pm

Laguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitational Event- View the Exhibit –

The Ranch at Laguna Beach 31106 Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach Join us at The Ranch at Laguna Beach where the general public is invited to view the exhibit of over 100 original works of art depicting our local Laguna Beach landscape available for purchase.

Cost: FREE; Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Sunday, October 19, 2014 from 2-4pm

Kids’ Art Studio

Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach $7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 & museum members. Drop-in art-making activities at the museum for children and their families. Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Sunday, October 19 at 2pm

Hanging Basket Workshop with Lisa Bauchiero & Suzanne Hetrick

Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

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Avran Art + Design, 540 S. Coast Highway, Suites 104+106, Laguna Beach www.avranart.com; (949) 494-0900

Thursday, November 6-9, 2014 Friday, October 24, 2014 from 6-10pm

Laguna Nursery Music of the Night with Angie Wells and Charlene Mignault

Laguna Nursery, 1370 S. Coast Hwy Laguna Beach Laguna Nursery presents Smooth Jazz by Angie Wells and Charlene Mignault. Lite Bites, Beverages, Friends, Fun! Get ready for a fantastic evening! Tickets on sale now at Laguna Nursery or by calling (949) 494-5200. $35 in advance. $45 at the door. www.lagunanursery.net; lagunanursery@aol.com.

Saturday, October 25, 2014 10am & 11:30am

A Sherlock Holmes Halloween

Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa Magical, mysterious music helps Sherlock solve the Mystery of the Haunted Violin. Ideal for kids ages 5-11. Tickets from $15. PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799

ART San Diego 2014 will return with its 6th Edition.

Balboa Park, 2145 Park Boulevard, San Diego Art San Diego is a juried contemporary art show featuring showing a variety of Contemporary Art. art-sandiego.com

Thursday, November 6th, 2014 from 6-8pm

Opening Reception: “Modern Nature” Featuring Alberto Murillo, America Martin, Annie Vought and Stallman.

JoAnne Artman Gallery 326 North Coast Hwy. Laguna Beach In Collaboration with Laguna Art Museum’s Second Annual ART & NATURE November Exhibition. November 1 - 30th, 2014 Also Celebrating Our 6-Year Anniversary in Laguna Beach!! www.joanneartmangallery.com; (949) 510-5481

Thursday November 6, 2014 from 6-9pm

First Thursday Art Walk

Saturday, October 25 at 2pm

Wyland Galleries 509 S. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach Wyland Galleries represents the artwork of upcoming local artist in the gallery.www.wylandgalleries.com

Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Thursday-Saturday, November 6-8, 2014 from 8pm

Fall Tablescapes with Christopher Nichols Saturday, October 25 from 1:30pm–5pm Sunday, October 26 from 9am-4pm

Michael Andrew Sings Sinatra

Orange County Rose Show

Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa The award-winning crooner joins the Symphony in music of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bobby Darin and Sammy Davis, Jr. Tickets from $35. PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799

Thursday, October 30, 2014 from 7pm

Thursday-Sunday, November 6-9, 2014 from 2-4pm

Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente One of a kind “Whodunit” dinner at the Casa. Tickets: $65 www. casaromantica.org, (949) 498-2139

Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach Various events throughout the community all weekend long , Ticket prices varies, Laguna Art Museum presents the second annual Art & Nature, a weekend-long community-wide festival exploring the art-nature connection. Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Casa Drama: The Casa Caper Murder Mystery Dinner Theater

Art & Nature

Friday, & Saturday November 7th & 8th, 2014 from 6pm-10pm

Special gallery appearance and art demonstration by artist Wyland

Wyland Galleries 509 S. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach www.wylandgalleries.com

Friday, November 7-23, 2014

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, adapted by Joseph Robinette South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa Tuesday-Friday evenings at 7 pm; Saturday matinees at 11 am; Saturday & Sunday matinees at 2 pm & 4:30 pm, Wilbur the pig is destined to become tomorrow’s bacon—until a spider with amazing skills hatches a plan. www.scr.org; (714) 708-5555

Fridays – Sundays, November 7, 2014 – November 16, 2014

Pinkalicious

The Laguna Playhouse/ Youth Theatre 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach When Pinkalicious eats one too many pink cupcakes and turns pink from head to toe, only her brother can help! $18-$20. lagunaplayhouse.com; (949) 497-2787

Wednesday, November 12, 2014 from 9am

Casa Yoga

Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Primary focus of the class will be placed on breath, body and movement awareness, self-discovery and community connection.

Fee: $5.00 www.casaromantica.org, (949) 498-2139

Wednesday, November 12, 2014 from 7:00 pm

Casa Wellness Wednesdays: Succulent Holiday Wreaths

November 15, 2014 from 5-8pm

Artist Reception: Maria Bertran, New Oils Painted on Location in Provence.

Show continues through December 15. www.pacificedgegallery.com; (800) 477-5630

Sunday, November 16, 2014 from 2-4pm

Kids’ Art Studio

Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach $7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 and museum members.

Drop-in art-making activities at the museum for children and their families. Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 from 6-10pm

Laguna Nursery Cabaret with Broadway Star Bret Shuford’s one-man show CHARMING

Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Join Garden Director, Jodie Cook for a special garden project just in time for the Holidays. Fee: $25 www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139

Laguna Nursery, 1370 S. Coast Hwy Laguna Beach, Ca 92651 Laguna Nursery presents Broadway and Cabaret Star Bret Shuford in his one-man show CHARMING. Lite Bites, Beverages, Friends, Fun! You will be delighted by this engaging talent, whose one-man show is getting rave reviews! Tickets on sale now at Laguna Nursery or by calling (949) 494-5200. $35 in advance. $45 at the door. www.lagunanursery.net; lagunanursery@aol.com.

Thursday-Saturday, November 13-15, 2014 from 8pm

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 – Sunday, November 23, 2014

Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 featuring pianist Haochen Zhang and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2. Tickets from $25. PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799

The Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach Asner explores the life of one of America’s best-loved presidents and the events and decisions that shaped a nation. Tickets $41 – $61. lagunaplayhouse.com (949) 497-2787

Thursday, November 13, 2014 from 7pm

SHANGRI-LAGUNA 3rd Annual Laguna Beach Beautification Council Gala - Silent Auction & Dinner

Mozart & Brahms

Live! at the Museum

Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach $7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 and museum members.

Live! at the Museum is an ongoing series of early-evening concerts in the museum’s galleries, presented by Laguna Beach Live.

Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 10am

Laguna Nursery Garden Walk

1730 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach Meet at 10am at the Nursery and discover Laguna Beach, lagunanursery.net; (949) 494-5200

Saturday Nov 15, 2014 & Sunday Nov 16, 2014 from 10-4pm

Holiday Show & Boutique

The Cottage Gallery on Los Rios, 31701 Los Rios Street, San Juan Capistrano Our talented artists will be expanding their showings into our artful gardens. A large array of artwork, holiday decor, and jewelry will be available from many of our 30+ artists. www.cottagegalleryonlosrios.com

Ed Asner in FDR

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Montage Resort Grand Ballroom 5:00pm Reception & Silent Auction - 6:30pm Dinner & Entertainment Tickets $100 per person - available at Laguna Nursery www.lagunanursery.net; (949) 494-5200; lagunanursery@aol.com.

Thursday, November 20, 2014 from 7pm

Film Night at the Museum

Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach $7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 and museum members.

Laguna Art Museum screens classic and contemporary films and documentaries that reflect the it’s focus on the art, people, places, and history of California. Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Friday, November 28-Dec. 27, 2014

A Christmas Carol adapted by Jerry Patch

South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa 35th Annual Production, Tuesdays-Saturday evenings at 7:30pm.; Saturday matinees at 2:30pm; Sunday matinees at 12:30pm & 4pm SCR’s annual Christmas production marks its 35th annual production with Hal Landon Jr. as everyone’s favorite, Ebenezer Scrooge.

(714) 708-5555; www.scr.org

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Orange County Creatives 761 South Coast Hwy OrangeCountyCreativesGallery.com

Representing Laguna Beach Artists Sandra Jones Campbell, Bryan Mark Taylor, Jacobus, Maria Bertran, Tom Swimm, and the Artwork of John Lennon

540 S Coast HWY, Laguna Beach 800.477.5630 PacificEdgeGallery.com

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