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WINTER 2016 Features

52 ED MOSES

Still on the Move, Unbridled and Unashamed written by Kimberly Johnson

72 GUY ROSE

California’s Peripatetic Impressionist

written by Grove Koger

56 TERRY HASTINGS Back to Nature

written by Elizabeth Nutt

62 MICHAEL CHILDERS The Man Behind the Moment written by Kimberly Johnson

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14 ASIAN ARTISTS IN CRYSTAL

For the first time since its creation in 1956, the Asian Artists in Crystal series is scheduled to be shown in its entirety at the Sunnylands Center and Garden in Rancho Mirage.

Departments

14 THE HISTORIC ESTATE at sunnylands center & garden

Los Angeles-based architect A. Quincy Jones built Walter and Leonore Annenberg’s mid-century modern estate in the 1960s.

16 james bond gets walloped at john lautner’s elrod house

Built in 1968 for interior designer Arthur Elrod, the five-bedroom, 9,000-square-foot mountaintop home is a stunning example of the architect’s “free-range” style of wedding architecture to nature, one that critics hail as among his most important creations.

20 elaine mathews: desert inspiration

Plein air painter Elaine Mathews finds permutations of light and shade and coloration in the desert that might escape a less informed eye.

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78 LUXURY REAL ESTATE IN orange county 84 LAGUNA BEACH CALENDAR 90 PALM SPRINGS CALENDAR 92 ART RESOURCES

90 On the cover : ‘ANDY WARHOL’

by MICHAEL CHILDERS

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Now–December 28, 2015 Monday–Friday 9 am-6 pm, Saturday 9 am-4 pm Laura Stickney—A Retrospective CAP Banking on Art Gallery, 260 Ocean Ave, 2nd FL, Laguna Beach 8 lART Patron Magazine.com

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WINTER 2016

special issue: ART ESCAPES

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LAGUNA BEACH ARTESCAPE 22 ARTFUL LODGING & DINING

Escaping into the creativity of a talented art community or a favorite artist is not about how far you go or how much money you spend. Succesful ARTescapes can be had anywhere.

26 LAGUNA FILM FESTIVAL

The debut of the Laguna Film Festival took place this past October as a platform for young and emerging filmmakers.

26 COASTLINE LANDSCAPE COLLECTION

Five of Southern California’s leading landscape painters: Dante Liberi (1919-2004), Michael Logan, Vanessa Rothe, Jeff Sewell, Patrick Donovan Tobin (1950-2006).

26 ART AVATAR

Helps Children in Need through Fundraising Event

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28 PLEIN AIR INVITATIONAL

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The 17th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational was held the week of October 17 - 25, 2015

30 NING ZHOU GALLERY OPENS IN LAGUNA BEACH A new fine art photography gallery in Laguna Beach

30 KUSH FINDS A NEW HOME

A new home for the gallery focused on paintings by Russian-born artist Vladimir Kush.

32 STEVE ADAM: PALMS UP

A new gallery for abstract and represenational coastal art.

32 PRIMA FINE ART

This new venture breaks away from the pack by presenting modern and contemporary art from a roster of artists who take commissioned work.

32 LBAM ART RACK BY RANDY MORGAN

“Simple but elegant,” is how Sculptor Randy Morgan describes his contribution to the winter art magazine rack for Laguna Beach ART Patron Magazine.

OTHER ESCAPES NEAR & FAR 34 hedda hopper

Takes a respite from scandal in Laguna Beach

38 croatia

Like several other spots in Croatia, Split has been named a UNESCO World Heritage site, and its eclectic mix of styles, from its late Roman core to its recently modernized riva, or waterfront promenade, is a heady architectural cocktail.

44 compassion matters: the tibetan photographs of tom lamb

While Communism and reincarnation are by their natures incompatible, the Chinese Government insists on having a defining role in the selection of the Dalai Lama’s successor.

In the meantime, if you utter the Dalai Lama’s name on the streets of virtually any sizeable Chinese city, you will likely be arrested and possibly shot.

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Asian Artists in Crystal Steuben Glass at Sunnylands

The Historic Estate Sunnylands Center Los Angeles-based architect A. Quincy

Jones built Walter and Leonore Annenberg’s mid-century modern estate in the 1960s.

The Annenbergs were widely known for

their philanthropic work, and the expansive property, known as Sunnylands, reflects the late couple’s love for nature and art,

appreciation of simplicity, and pleasure in hosting guests.

F

or the first time since its creation in

1956, the Asian Artists in Crystal series

is scheduled to be shown in its entirety at the Sunnylands Center and Garden

in Rancho Mirage. In honor of the 60th

anniversary of the series, the exhibition— which will run from January 28, 2016, to January 22, 2017—is free to the public.

Widely known philanthropists

Walter and Leonore Annenberg

acquired the Asian Artists in Crystal series from Steuben—now the only

The 200-acre estate served as the

written by Elizabeth Nutt our relationship with the countries of

Asia. The collection was widely exhibited on the continent from 1956 through 1958,

and drew nearly 500,000 visitors wanting a glimpse of the partnership between

Asian and American artists. Since then it has continued to symbolize cultural diplomacy—President Xi Jinping of

China viewed the series when he met

with President Obama at Sunnylands in 2013.

The series’ 36 pieces will be grouped

complete collection in the world—in

in the exhibition by country, and each

engraved with the drawings of artists

of the original pen-and-ink drawing used

1971. Composed of 36 Steuben crystals from 16 Asian countries, the collection is

not only awe-inspiring but also culturally significant.

The series was completed at the

request of the U.S. government during

the Eisenhower administration, and was seen as a diplomatic effort to stop the

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piece will be displayed alongside a copy by the Steuben engravers. Sunnylands has been working with the New York

Public Library to obtain digital images

of the 36 unique drawings, and a vintage black-and-white documentary from 1956 about the series will be shown. l

sunnylands.org.

Annenbergs’ winter home from 1966 to

2009. They spent roughly five months there each year, during which time they would entertain an impressive lineup of world

leaders and movie stars. Over the years the

couple also acquired an extensive collection of art, including Impressionist and Post-

Impressionist paintings as well as the Asian Artists in Crystal Steuben Glass collection.

It was the Annenbergs’ wish that the

property continue to be used as a facility in which world peace and international diplomacy are fostered as well as a

sanctuary in which the public may enjoy the

written by Elizabeth Nutt

at & Gardens building’s stunning architecture, gardens

and art. As a result, the home was renovated and restored from 2010 to 2012, and today is a high-level retreat and public venue.

Visitors to the historic house may

enjoy a 90-minute tour of the property,

which remains very much alive today. Each tour takes only seven visitors through the

home at any given time, and guests should reserve their tickets between two and four

weeks prior to their planned visit, especially during Sunnylands’ peak season of January through April.

“The house has a huge number of great

stories in terms of who has visited and what

happened during the Annenbergs’ lifetime,” says Janice Lyle, director of the Sunnylands Center and Gardens. “But what is also

fascinating to visitors is what is happening now at the house, and the leaders, both

national and international, that come to

Sunnylands to continue that legacy.” l sunnylands.org.

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James Bond Gets Walloped at John Lautner’s Elrod House written by Stacy Davies

All movie villains have awesome houses. Or mansions.

wealth of monumental rocks, but instead of blowing them out,

In the 2010 issue of Dwell magazine, writer Aaron Britt

the design, allowing them to jut through windows and walls.

Or lairs, castles, chambers—you get the picture.

interviews Yale graphic design student Benjamin Critton

regarding his publication Evil People in Modernist Homes in

Popular Films. Britt remarks that modernist architecture has a coldness that suits villains, with Critton countering that

Lautner embraced the find and incorporated the boulders into He mimicked the stones with cement, one of his favorite

materials, and created the home’s most impressive feature—a

living room covered by a circular concrete canopy intercut with skylight wedges.

The black tile floors and

modernism wasn’t meant to

indoor/outdoor swimming

a happy, cool, California

but the floor-to-ceiling glass

seem cold, but rather express vibe. Yet these structures have been codified by popular

culture as antiseptic, making them easily refitted to house villainous vice.

One of the most

impressive structures in

Critton’s cannon is John Lautner’s Arthur Elrod

House in Palm Springs. Built

pool add to the natural feel, panes ringing them proved

troublesome. When a sandstorm blew in soon after construction, the grainy wind shattered the

glass, but Lautner, known for his problem-solving, installed two

25-foot-wide glass curtain walls that could electronically retract,

opening the room to the outside.

(How to deal with the sand

in 1968 for interior designer Arthur Elrod, the five-bedroom,

buildup was left to the residents.)

of the architect’s “free-range” style of wedding architecture

the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds are Forever as the groovy yet

creations.

bodyguards, Bambi and Thumper. Diamonds marked the return

9,000-square-foot mountaintop home is a stunning example to nature, one that critics hail as among his most important

The 23-acre site spurred Lautner to create a triumph of

vision and design. After excavating the soil, engineers found a 16 lART Patron Magazine.com

Magnificent and unique, the Elrod House would feature in

treacherous lair of villain Willard Whyte and his killer female

of Sean Connery as Bond, and since the previous franchise film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, had been a disappointment,

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producer Albert R. Broccoli and veteran Bond director Guy Hamilton needed to

ensure that this installment was stunning at every level.

The outlandish design of the Elrod

House made it the perfect setting, and

007’s tumble with Bambi and Thumper remains one of the most memorable

clashes of the Bond series. The unique

idea of pitting Bond against two women occurred to Hamilton after he’d seen

a televised program of female athletes

training for the Olympics. “I wouldn’t like to meet her in a dark night,” he

recalls thinking. “Let’s get two of them and give Bond a hard time!”

The scene opens with Bond entering

the main room of the house, where he meets the alluring and suspiciously

welcoming Bambi (Lola Larson) and

Thumper (Trina Parks). The congenial

mood quickly turns into leggy warfare, however, with hotpants-clad Bambi

strangling Bond with her gams and bikini babe Thumper popping him from head

to toe. Bond eventually cools them down with a literal dunk in the pool, and it’s

said that during the film’s theatrical run, audiences could be heard rooting for the girls to win.

Whether Lautner saw the film is

unknown (he probably did), but while it was showcased as a house of crime, the

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strong. It also isn’t mid-century modern, according to Hammer Museum director Anne Philbin. “Lautner’s fascination had

nothing to do with [the] Space Age or futurism,” she writes, “but came from his determination to humanize spaces of the built world. His was a profoundly serious agenda.”

Lautner, who began as an apprentice for Frank Lloyd

Wright, never saw himself in the modernist category either,

stating that the purposes of his designs were to “improve human

life … create timeless, free, joyous spaces … sensible as nature … and flowering into a beautiful entity.”

Whether he’d approve of them as backdrop to a campy

tumble between villainous vixens and a studly secret agent, we’ll never know—but what could be more joyous than that? l [The Elrod House is currently owned by real estate investor Michael J. Kilroy.]

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ELAINE MATHEWS Desert Inspiration written by Daniella Walsh

S

andy and strewn randomly with rocks and stones,

the rough desert path leads the eye into a middle ground of greenery, delicately rendered in shades of browns

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she accomplishes by painting with brushes and knives, delicately layering shapes and depth of colors.

What stands out in Mathews’ paintings are their

and greens, then on to a background of bluish purple

unique colors—hues that glow whether they are

gossamer white clouds.

this characteristic to her painterly skills but, again, to

mountains and a blue-and-turquoise sky flecked with Plein air painter Elaine Mathews finds permutations

of light and shade and coloration in the desert that might escape a less informed eye. “I love the desert with its clear air that allows for the intensity of light to do its

work,” she says. “I go out in the morning, which is the

best time to paint shadows, and the clouds are gorgeous.”

Living in Rancho Mirage near San Jacinto, Mathews

explains that the desert inspires her but that the clearness of light also presents unique challenges: “You have to be

adept at creating an atmosphere, at creating depth.” This 20 lART Patron Magazine.com

bright or muted. Modestly, Mathews does not credit

the unique desert light. Much like the light along the

Southern California coast (minus the marine layer), it is pink just before the sun fully rises.

As a close-up portrait of a majestic bighorn sheep

attests (and no, the animal did not hold still all that long), Mathews paints both outdoors and in her studio. “I do work from photos,” she confirms.

Born in Lakeview, Ohio, Mathews drew and painted

from early childhood, honing her keen eye in the San

Gabriel Mountains before earning a bachelor’s degree in

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Little San Bernandinos 30x40

Palm Springs 8x10

Studio Art from Cal State Long Beach and a master’s from Azusa Pacific University.

Before moving to the desert to be

closer to two of her six grandchildren, Mathews lived for 30 years in Orange

County and taught art and science in the Anaheim City School District. The two subjects “have more in common than

people realize,” she says. “Both require

observation and problem-solving skills.”

Mathews retired from teaching 10

years ago and now devotes herself to

her art full-time. “I paint every day,” she explains. “When I still taught, I painted

before going off to school, and now it’s still the first thing I do.”

A member of the California Art Club

and twenty-year member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA), Mathews finds that teaching is still in

her blood. She leads painting excursions

from the Desert Art Center and has fond

memories of LPAPA’s mentoring program

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in which artists of various levels can

accompany more experienced artists on painting trips.

Mathews’ work can be seen at LPAPA

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Escaping into the creativity of a talented art community or a favorite artist is not about how far you go or

how much money you spend. Succesful ARTescapes can be had anywhere. Whether you seek refuge in the

talented local artists here in our beautiful art community, travel a couple hours away for a weekend, or find new tastes in a UNESCO World Heritage site overseas (see Grove Koger’s beautiful article on Croatia on

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page 38), the editor’s at LBAM have assembled a starting point for your next adventure.

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a Mediterranean-style pensione,

The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel: with awe inspiring views of the

Pacific Ocean business travelers, couples and families alike can

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wonder through the luxurious resort and be inspired by local

and international artists work. ritzcarlton.com (photo 3)

The Montage: An elegant resort for business travelers, couples or families. A mix of local

and world class art dispersed throughout the resort. The

Montage offers panoramic ocean views coupled with fine dining experiences. montagehotels.com Casa Laguna: This incredibly romantic boutique B&B is

a historic gem nestled on a

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getaway. casalaguna.com (photo 4)

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Art Hotel: A 28 room, family

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The hotel is an affordable,

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smile. Local art adorns the walls. arthotellagunabeach.com

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Zeytoon Café : Zeytoon café

locals and in-the-know visitors.

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Korakia Pensione: Crafted after

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Urth Café at the Cottage: Set in

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2 7 PALM SPRINGS ARTFUL DINING Cheeky’s: Modern space for creative breakfast & lunch sandwiches, bacon flights

& specialty cinnamon rolls. cheekysps.com (photo 8) Clemetines Gourmet

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Highlights

written by Kimberly B. Johnson

Laguna Film Festival

a festival of short films

The debut of the Laguna Film Festival took place this past October as a platform for young and emerging filmmakers.

Art Avatar

Helps Children in Need through Fundraising Event

The jury for the 2015 Laguna Film Festival, included Andy Fickman (Director/Producer/Writer, Oops Doughnuts

Productions), Betsy Sullenger (Producer, Oops Doughnuts The Testimony

Productions), Phillip Raskind (WME, Partner), Michael Wimer (Executive Producer, 2012), Meredith Wechter (Feature Film

Agent, WME), Elissa Leeds (Manager, Reel Talent Management),

Andrew Miano (Producer, The Golden Compass), Daniel Rappaport (Manager, Management 360), Kimberly Bialek (Literary Agent, WME), Alejandro Monteverde (Writer/Director Bella), Alonso

Alvarez Barreda (Director, Crescendo). From over 1000 submissions representing 69 countries, the LFF presented three days of activities.

LFF was founded by Austin Fickman, an ambitious 18-year-

old who has been making films since the age of eight and

competing in film festivals for nearly as long. “The quality of film submissions we received was outstanding,” said Fickman. “For me, filmmaking is a passion and I’m excited about being able to share this experience with the Laguna community, festival attendees and my peers.”

The driving force for any festival is the support of sponsors

who understand and champion that vision. LFF is honored to

welcome the generous contributions of our

Gumball, (USA) Directed by Hunter Hopewell, Film School Student Showcase

sponsors: Oops Doughnuts Productions,

Reel Talent Management, Lifetime Fitness and Regency Theatres for its inaugural

year. We are also proud to partner with The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel and

the Renaissance Club Sport Aliso Viejo Laguna Beach Hotel. l lagunafilmfestival.com

Coastline Landscape Collection

The newest art exhibit at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, will be

on display through January 2016 and highlights five of Southern California’s leading

landscape painters: Dante Liberi (1919-2004), Michael Logan, Vanessa Rothe, Jeff Sewell,

Patrick Donovan Tobin (1950-

aguna Beach’s [Seven-Degrees]

was the venue for one of 2015’s most

notable local charity events. Nonprofit organization Art Avatar held a

stunning fundraiser consisting of 15 oil

paintings produced by none other than the event coordinator and head of the organization, 17-year-old Alexandra Eftimie.

Currently attending Laguna Beach

High School, Eftimie was looking for

ways in which she could integrate her two passions: art and philanthropy.

A talented and celebrated artist in

ceramics as well as oils, Eftimie went

on to create a system in which children worldwide could use an “avatar”— their image—to reach out and be

heard. Art Avatar searches throughout the world for children who cannot

afford an education, then acquires their

photographs. From each image, Eftimie paints a portrait. All profit from the

sale of the painting then goes directly

to the child in the image with the goal of aiding in his or her educational development.

With each purchase, buyers will

2006). The exhibition spans

know that they are receiving a unique

highlighting paintings of the

artist as well as transforming the life of

more than 40 years of artwork majestic coastline from San

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San O, Patrick Tobin Gicle on Canvas, 20 x 38, $950

piece of art from a gifted emerging

a child. Art Avatar plans to expand its activities in hopes of including other philanthropic artists in forthcoming

fundraising events. l artavatar.com

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Highlights

Plein Air Painting Invitational The 17th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational was held the week of October

nationally renowned plein air artists participating in the Laguna

featured the Quick Draw, a local favorite! All 35 invited artists

including the coveted $10,000 “Best in Show” prize awarded by

17 - 25, 2015. The first day of the event, Saturday October 17th,

Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational were purchased by the

public. The artists competed for over $20,000 in prize awards,

painted at the same time from 11am to 1pm

Mr. Jean Stern, Executive Director of The

Heisler Park in a competition sponsored by

delectable cuisine selections, fine wines and

had to put their brushes down, put their

created exclusively for the event. With the

immediately to the Festival of Arts grounds

entire 9 day event was free for the public’s

reception for the public to meet and mingle

and Sale on October 24 & 25 at Tivoli

were sold in a silent auction. It’s was a fun

benefited the artists and nonprofit Laguna

along the coast between Main Beach and

Irvine Museum. Gala attendees enjoyed

Southwest Art Magazine. At 1pm the artists

live music, as well as a special Art Catalog

wet paintings in a frame and take them

exception of the Collectors’ Gala Soirée, the

where LPAPA hosted a “Meet & Greet”

enjoyment, including the Public Art Exhibit

with the artists before the wet paintings

Too. Proceeds from the sale of artwork

and unique experience to witness the creation of masterpieces by

Plein Air Painters Association. Details for next year’s event,

these “rock star” plein air artists in just 2 hours.

including a schedule of events (when available), can be found at

23rd at Tivoli Too, where the paintings, presented by all 35

Top Left: Heisler Park Sunlight by Jim Vicker; Middle: Jeff Horn Painting

The annual Collectors’ Gala Soirée, was held Friday October

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Highlights Welcome to

Ning Zhou Gallery a fine art photography gallery in Laguna Beach

T

he Ning Zhou Gallery is exclusively

dedicated to exhibiting the masterful photography of Mr. Ning Zhou.

Photographer and educator Zhou graduated

from the Photography Department of Nanjing Normal University’s School of Fine Arts in

1987. In 1997 he graduated from the graduate

school of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, majoring in

International Business. In 1999, Zhou founded China’s first college

photography in China, jointly awarded by the Arts Committee

of the Ministry of Education and the Chinese Society of Higher Education. In 2007 he was also awarded the honorary title of ‘’Outstanding Contemporary Photographer’’ by the Chinese National Association of Photographic Artists.

Other than his everyday administrative duties as president

of NIVA, Zhou continues his creative photographic work and

his research into the theory of photography. His key publications include Appreciation of the Art of Photography (Nanjing Institute of

Visual Art Press), Zhou Ning: Collected Photographic Works (China

Photographic Press), Chinese Higher Level Photography Studies 2006 (China Photographic Press) and The Music of Water, published by a Greek publishing house. He has held solo exhibitions in China, Greece, South Korea and the USA. l ningzhougallery.com

of photography - the South China Institute of Photography -

where he took on the duties of President. In 2005 the Institute became the current Nanjing Institute of Visual Arts (NIVA).

Zhou is currently also Vice Chairman of the Chinese National

Association of Photographic Artists, chairman of the Photographic Theory Committee of the Society of Higher Education. In 2004,

Zhou received a reward for special contributions to education in

T

he real estate mantra “location, location, location”

has been taken up by Kush Fine Art, a gallery focused on

paintings by Russian-born artist Vladimir Kush. The gallery

that occupied prominent spots at 263 and 265 Forest Avenue now has an ocean view at 210 Forest, in the space once occupied by Fingerhut Gallery.

A grand opening on August 22 attracted an eager

audience, and higher foot traffic and sales have already

been noted, reports gallery director Keri Cook. “We are now able to display Mr. Kush’s work more prominently and profoundly, and that is good for sales,” she says.

Paintings such as Kush’s Tree of Life and Route 66 reveal

not only strong painterly abilities but a vivid imagination

drawing on Russian folklore and American popular culture.

Kush aims to reflect the world in the mirror of metaphor, stating that metaphor can capture the complexities of modern life with its ambiguities and contradictions.

Kush started his American career in 1990 when he

KUSH

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showed 20 works in Los Angeles and began what he calls

his “American odyssey.” He exhibited in Lahaina, Hawaii, and Seattle in 1997 and went on to open his first gallery in

Lahaina in 2001. Kush also owns two galleries in Las Vegas and has his eye trained on more locations. l

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Highlights

Welcoming

Steve Adam: Palms Up

Welcome: Prima Fine Art written by Kimberly B. Johnson

F

or 26 years Edward Bobinski

Abstract and Representational Coastal Art

has been satisfying the palates of art

written by Stephanie Stephens

Prima Fine Art, Bobinski brings us

communities nationwide. With one

of Laguna Beach’s newest additions, a new, fresh-faced gallery with a seasoned staff in tow.

Located in the Central Arts

District of Laguna Beach along Pacific Coast Highway, Prima specializes

in collectible art from creators who strive for excellence and quality

above all. The gallery works with

artists such as metal sculptor Jason

Mernick, master painters Sue Averell and Francesco Corica, and mixedmedia artist Todd E. Cohen.

Since its opening July 17, Prima

S

has succeeded in differentiating itself

oCal palm trees swaying in the ocean breeze have found a new home on canvas at 760

from other local hubs. Although

South Coast Highway, captured in the art of Steve Adam’s new gallery. There, to the delight

Laguna Beach residents enjoy a

for everyone, inspired by his love of both the Gulf and the Pacific Coast. His favorite

décor for home and office, this

conventional with the unconventional with extraordinary results.

pack by presenting modern and

funny that I would end up showing my work in a ‘shotgun style’ gallery in Laguna Beach.

artists who take commissioned work.

through.” Originally from Louisiana, Adam moved to California in the 1980’s. He pays

moves you but you don’t see quite

unique temperament.” Adam’s global collectors enjoy his easygoing vibe—approachable,

work hand in hand with the artist to

of locals and visitors, Adam displays a copious variety of styles and themes with something

wide selection of galleries offering

medium is acrylic, but he employs an expansive variety of materials, seamlessly meshing the

new venture breaks away from the

“The gallery space is very unusual—very narrow with high ceilings,” he says. “It’s

contemporary art from a roster of

That’s a term used in New Orleans for a style of home in which the breeze can blow

This means that if a Prima artist

homage to another creative, Oscar Wilde, who said: “A work of art is the unique result of a

the right piece, fear not; you can

energetic, inquisitive and always good for a laugh. l steve-adam.com

make your dream a reality.

“ART RACK” finds a home at the Art Hotel

South Coast Highway, and is open

“Simple but elegant,” is how Sculptor Randy Morgan describes his contribution to the winter art magazine rack for Laguna Beach ART Patron magazine. The idea of a family of King Fisher’s perched upon the magazine rack was inspired by his large mural created for

the Lundberg Farms Visitors Center in Chico, CA in 2012. Morgan has a passion for creating wild life sculptures and revels in the beauty of nature. His creation is sculpted in bonded

bronze to create a weathered aged look. You can find the art rack located in the lobby of the

Art Hotel, 1404 N. Pacific Coast Hwy in Laguna Beach. You can see Morgan there most days while he installs (alongside the pool) a stunning wrap around bas-relief mural of the Main Beach panorama. l

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Looking Back

Hedda Hopper

Takes a Respite from Scandal in Laguna Beach written by Stacy Davies 34 lART Patron Magazine.com

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The premier art event in the leading destination and community of fine art galleries. hen actress Merle Oberon

asked gossip columnist Hedda Hopper why she wrote such cruel things in her

daily column, Hopper didn’t miss a beat: “Bitchery, dear. Sheer bitchery.”

Referred to as a “vicious witch,” “cold-

blooded,” and—due to her conservative politics and support of the McCarthy

hearings—a “fascist,” the infamous, poisonpenned Hedda Hopper was a Hollywood

figure to be feared. It was a reputation she

delighted in, and her penchant for creating rows with chief rival and sometimes

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friend Louella “Lolly” Parsons, upturning marriages, exposing affairs (both real and imagined), and suggesting “perverse”

liaisons, led her to triumphantly christen her Beverly Hills estate “The House that Fear Built.”

Hopper was unlike her peers, however.

Born Elda Furry to German Baptist parents in Pennsylvania in 1885, she harbored

thespian desires and ran off to New York

City. But she failed miserably on Broadway, getting axed by the Shubert Brothers and

insulted by Ziegfeld himself, who called her a “clumsy cow.” Eventually, she joined the

DeWolf Hopper theatrical troupe, marrying DeWolf and changing her first name to

Hedda after consulting a numerologist.

(DeWolf had four previous wives named

Ella, Ida, Edna, and Nella, and Elda didn’t

appreciate DeWolf’s occasional slips of the tongue.)

Hopper eventually found herself

in Hollywood, and beginning in 1915,

appeared in over 120 films, mostly as a

society woman. By the late 1930s, however, the 52-year-old actress was getting little

work, and pitched a gossip column to the ART Patron Magazine.coml 35

Los Angeles Times, “Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood.” The

Ciro’s nightclub and kicked her in the posterior.

1938 and igniting a decades-long acidic “love letter” that

Joseph Cotten and Deanna Durbin, Cotton offered to

soon be published in 85 metropolitan newspapers with a

on pulling, setting Hopper once again on her rear.

Times accepted, debuting the piece on Valentine’s Day

Tinseltown would never be able to forget. Hopper would devoted readership of 32 million.

The columnist’s new-found celebrity allowed her

access to Hollywood’s top talent, some of whom, like Lucille Ball and Cary Grant, genuinely liked her, but

most of whom catered and cooed to avoid being speared by her deadly quips. Sincerity was of little consequence

to Hopper, who’d been given a second chance at a career and wasn’t about to soften her blows and lose it.

A show-woman of epic proportions, Hopper

Likewise, after publishing a bit on a liaison between

pull out Hopper’s chair at a social event—and kept

Sometimes she was sued (Michael Wilding won), and

sometimes she was sent gifts: Joan Bennett had a skunk

delivered to Hopper on Valentine’s Day with a note that read, “Won’t you be my Valentine? I stink and so do

you.” Hopper reported that the skunk, which she named Joan, was beautifully behaved and was now living with James Mason and his wife. It seems that the couple had made the first bid for the critter after hearing the story.

Hopper was not always embedded in her

gleefully posed with stars, always sporting one of her

Hollywood foxhole, of course, and found time to enjoy

The hats were so famous, in fact, that Spike Jones sang

famed mobile home park of Treasure Island (which was

trademark chapeaus, which numbered in the hundreds.

“A Hat for Hedda Hopper” in the 1946 film Breakfast

in Hollywood, as Hopper sat in the audience wearing a

flourishing headpiece. Her costume was never to rival

her destructive scuttlebutt, however, and every so often, she’d get her due. After Hopper published a “blind

item” suggesting an affair between Spencer Tracy and

Katherine Hepburn, Tracy confronted the columnist at

the less caustic side of life. Purchasing a trailer in the

removed in 2003 to make way for the Montage Resort

and a public park), Hopper found a cozy clifftop respite where she would pen her 1952 bestseller From under My

Hat. It was a salty tome that she begins with a childhood

anecdote about making penniless neighborhood children

pay a nickel to get a look at her six-toed cousin. “I knew I was in show business,” she quips.

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The trailer afforded Hopper pristine views of

Treasure Island Beach and Catalina Island, and was a hub from which she recharged after visits to notable locals such as Russian diva “Mama” Nina Koshetz.

Famed photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt even dropped by for a photo shoot.

Hopper continued to write until her death in

1966 at the age of 80, and during those years enjoyed frequent guest appearances in movies and on radio

and television. Stints on I Love Lucy, The Martha Raye

Show, a cameo in the film Sunset Blvd., her own Hedda Hopper Show, and the 1960 television special Hedda

Hopper’s Hollywood, with guests Liza Minnelli, Bob

Hope, Debbie Reynolds, Gloria Swanson, and Marion

Davies (in her last public appearance) ensured that the

next generation of moviegoers would also get a taste of the brash busybody.

Indeed, popular culture has never forgotten

Hedda Hopper, and while her’s might be a particularly nasty legacy, it’s one of which she would approve.

After all, she noted, “nobody’s interested in sweetness and light.” l

Hedda Hopper with Marilyn Monroe

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Faraway Places:

Croatia

Landscape, History & Art written by Grove Koger

photographs by Grove and Maggie Koger

T

he pomegranates were turning a radiant red when my wife

and I visited Croatia in September. The cicadas were sizzling in the pine groves, and the sea was warm and clear.

We were among hundreds of thousands

of tourists vacationing in the new nation that

searching for the famed palace of Roman emperor Diocletian.

(If you’re a real traveler, you don’t need a guidebook, right?) It

was only later that I realized that I had actually been inside the palace, which covers some seven acres.

Like several other spots in Croatia, Split

month, looking forward to swimming and

has been named a UNESCO World Heritage

never seen before.

Roman core to its recently modernized riva, or

sampling unusual food and enjoying art we’d Yes, Croatia is “new” in an official sense.

It established its independence in 1991 during

the disintegration of Yugoslavia, but its history

stretches back millennia, to Illyrians and Greeks,

Romans and Croats. However, most of the larger

settlements scattered down the country’s rugged

site, and its eclectic mix of styles, from its late

waterfront promenade, is a heady architectural

cocktail. Among the city’s many other attractions is its Gallery of Fine Arts, whose collection

offers a handy overview of the country’s artistic development.

The Ivan Meštrović Gallery lies a few minutes

Adriatic coastline began to assume their present

away in one of Split’s quiet suburbs. The most

Venetian Empire. It’s these cities’ pale stone walls

Meštrović (1883-1962) designed the building during

form centuries later, as outposts of the far-flung and terra cotta tile roofs that make them such striking subjects for travel posters.

Our trip began in just such a settlement—Split, Croatia’s

second-largest city. Decades ago, when the country was still part of Tito’s Yugoslavia, I wandered back and forth through Split 38 lART Patron Magazine.com

famous sculptor that Croatia has produced,

the 1930s, intending it to be a summer home as well as a studio. Set in grounds planted with palms,

cypresses, umbrella pines and olives, the neoclassical villa is an ideal setting for the sculptor’s works, which range from serene to shatteringly expressionistic. One large piece from the final

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Sculpture by Meštrović

year of World War II, Job, depicts its subject in such agony that

canvases and prints depict idyllic landscapes in which summer

patriotic Meštrović refused to remain in Yugoslavia under

Croatia, Korcula and Vapor Gallery belong on your itinerary.

it’s actually difficult to look at. In a bitter twist, the intensely Tito’s postwar communist regime and became an American citizen in 1954.

After spending a few days in Split, we

headed south aboard a ferry to Korcula, the

capital of a heavily wooded island of the same

name. Built on a spit of land stretching out toward the serpentine Pelješac Peninsula, the town is the

seems to reign eternal. If you’re considering a vacation in

And once you’re in the area, you should consider spending a few lazy days just across the channel

in Orebic. The little port boasts a sandy beach—a

rarity in Croatia—but few must-see attractions, so

you have no excuse not to kick back and enjoy the sun and the sea.

From Orebic we headed further south to the

home of Vapor Gallery, which we had discovered

island of Lopud, the site of yet another sandy

gallery’s fifteenth) the owners would be able to

to two unexpected discoveries. The first was the

on an earlier visit. We hoped that this year (the

help us expand our appreciation of the country’s

art. Although contemporary Croatian art is nearly as varied as America’s, we were searching for

works clearly rooted in the country’s landscape and history.

As it turned out, Vapor owners Mladen

beach. And it was here that serendipity led us

work of Josip Trostmann, two of whose striking paintings we happened to spy on the walls of

Obala Restaurant. Known as the best place to eat on the little island, Obala is owned by Ivo Frka,

Trostmann’s son-in-law. The painter works in vivid colors that recall those of the Post-Impressionists,

Petković and his wife, Lidija Meter-Petković, gave us a warm

but in an open style suggesting Abstract Expressionism. Like

represent some 60 contemporary Croatian artists, including

sensibility that counts as one of Croatia’s biggest draws.

welcome and provided enthusiastic guidance. The couple

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Nobilo’s works, his paintings reflect the beguiling Mediterranean Our other discovery on Lopud was Your Black Horizon.

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Commissioned by the Thyssen-

viewers retain a visual impression of

Foundation and designed by Olafur

seconds after exiting the darkened

Bornemisza Art Contemporary

Eliasson and David Adjaye, the

structure was originally displayed at the 2005 Venice Biennale. Two years later it was moved to Lopud, where it can be

sense of serenity that complemented the work’s bucolic setting perfectly.

Josip Trostmann was born in

Dubrovnik, a short ferry ride from

planted with cypresses and carob trees

headed next. Built (like Korcula

and stands of agave and prickly-pear cactus.

Your Black Horizon consists of a

narrow loggia flanked by evenly spaced timbers and doubling back into an

interior walkway. This in turn leads to a

large, windowless chamber whose floor, ceiling and walls are painted black. The

only light emanates from a narrow band encircling the room at eye level. As you stand silently in the darkness, the line

of light slowly cycles through the colors

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building, but we came away with a

found tucked away at the end of a path winding through a large terraced field

Paintings by Stipe Nobilo.

Images courtesy of Vapor Gallery, Korcula

this artificial “horizon line” for a few

of the day, from dawn to dusk. Some

Lopud, and it was there that we

town) on a small peninsula, the city deserves its fame as the Pearl of the

Adriatic, but you should be aware of

one complication. During the warmer months, cruise liners disgorge several thousand tourists into the city each

day—meaning that you may want to book a room outside its great stone walls and time your visit inside

accordingly. A vine-covered terrace in the hills overlooking the city can be a

perfect location from which to toast its photogenic glory.

When you do venture into Dubrovnik, one of your stops

should be Art Gallery Talir, owned by Karmen and Frano

Cetinić. Located just a few steps off the city’s main thoroughfare of Placa, the gallery’s two showrooms display a generous

selection of prints and paintings, including (as we had hoped)

Vapor Gallery

Kula Morska Vrata

Stari Grad B B, Korcula 20260 gallery.vapor@gmail.com

several works by Trostmann himself depicting his native city.

Art Gallery Talir

than two decades at Talir, and with their intimate knowledge of

karmen.cetinic@gmail.com

The Cetinićes have been representing Croatian artists for more

the field, they’ll be glad to help you choose just the right pieces

Čubranovićeva 7, Dubrovnik 20000

to commemorate your visit.

Dubrovnik’s Museum of Modern Art provides another

opportunity to study the development of Croatian art, as well as

views of the old city’s harbor that can’t be beat. An added bonus at the time of our visit was an exhibition offering a bracingly

contrary vision of modern Croatian life. The black and white

paintings in Lada Vlainic’s series Transcendence are inspired by the unnerving clumps of wires and cables you see stretching

from power poles and dangling off the walls of stone buildings in older neighborhoods. (Did the Three Stooges, you wonder, work here as linemen?) But then the works also suggest the

jumble of connections, physical and virtual, of a way of life now growing as typical of Croatia as it is of America. l

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COMPASSION MATTERS The Tibetan Photographs of Tom Lamb written by Henry James Korn

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China’s economic and military hegemony has His

Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Tibetan Independence Movement on its knees and the Peoples Liberation Army is about to break its arms and legs.

While Communism and reincarnation are by their

natures incompatible, the Chinese Government insists on

having a defining role in the selection of the Dalai Lama’s successor. In the meantime, if you utter the Dalai Lama’s

name on the streets of virtually any sizeable Chinese city, you will likely be arrested and possibly shot.

Tragically, Chinese intransigence regarding this

contentious issue has driven the exiled Nobel Prize winning spiritual leader into a geopolitical wilderness in which his most faithful followers routinely set themselves on fire to protest the subjugation of their homeland’s religion and

culture. Tibet’s colonizers, backed by a vicious constabulary, refuse to change their tune on the subject of Tibetan

autonomy. Nevertheless, His Holiness Dalai Lama continues to search for a middle ground while maintaining empathy and compassion for all.

Seldom Seen by Western Eyes

Despite the dangers, Laguna-based environmental

photographer Tom Lamb has willingly traveled across the roof of the world to photograph blessings proffered by

Tibetan elders and their heirs. In 2014, for example, Lamb trekked into the Himalayas to the remote and stunningly beautiful Palyul Choekhorling Monastery. There he

witnessed the enthronement of His Holiness Drubwang

Pema Norbu, a beatific child who has been recognized as the reincarnation of Penor Rinpoche, a venerated teacher

who died in 2009 after revealing the Four Cycles of Heart Essence. In a singularly revealing and joyous portrait by Lamb, created when the photographer was in what he

describes as “a meditative walking dream state,” a golden child raises a small bouquet toward heaven as rose petals fill the air and flutter to the temple floor, signaling the

conclusion of a five-day religious celebration seldom seen

by Western eyes.

Lamb was at the Dalai Lama’s side on a rare visit to

Norgeyling, a remote Tibetan settlement camp in central India, a journey that increased Lamb’s admiration for

Background: Aerial Carpets and rose petals as seen from above after the end of the five day enthronement celebration at the Palyul Monastery.

Foreground: This Page- Palyul Monastery, blind devotee local Tibetan comes to greet and give respect to the young reincarnation during the long life prayers and enthronement celebration; Opposite Page Weaver Tibetan woman displays her traditional clothing at the Four Sisters’ Mountain Reserve in Western Sichuan 46 lART Patron Magazine.com

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those enduring hardship in exile. Lamb subsequently travelled to

Vancouver, Canada, where His Holiness met with Tibetan arrivals

who had recently been granted Canadian citizenship. In June of 2015 he accompanied His Holiness to his home in exile in Dharamsala,

India, for the first of many 80th birthday celebrations and prayers for a long and healthy life. Lamb also attended a benefit in Orange County where His Holiness addressed issues such as climate change and

Tibetan cultural preservation. This benefit was followed by a Global Compassion Summit at UC Irvine and the Honda Center where His Holiness Dalai Lama interacted with fellow Nobel Prize laureates, teachers and students.

A Concerned Photographer Embraces Contradictions

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After training as a visual environmental educator and

documentary photographer at the Hartford Art School and the

Rhode Island School of Design, Tom Lamb has devoted his career to

environmental and cultural issues affecting indigenous people. At the

same time, he has advanced local and international environmental and cultural causes such as his newly formed Nying-Je Foundation for the preservation of Tibetan culture.

Lamb has created dramatic aerial photographs of worldwide

challenges from a land use and preservation perspective. His

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A collection of photographs by celebrity photographer Douglas Kirkland October 1, 2015 - January 14, 2016

photographs are also intended to help the viewer understand how

Clockwise: The enthronement celebration last summer in the high mountains of the Tibetan Plateau at the Palyul Monastery; Aba County, Tibetan home rammed-earth adobe homes (Tom was extremely fortunate to be given exclusive permission to photograph in area closed to westerners for over 50-years and now closed again); His Holiness the Dalai Lama prays during the long life prayers at this home monastery in Dharamsala; Elder Tibetan dancer, in traditional custom, greeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his special visit to Norgyeling, his home settlement in central India; Palyul Monastery, young local Tibetan girls in traditional dress come to greet the young reincarnation and receive his blessing during the long life prayers and enthronement celebration.

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Giant Panda telling Tom stories at the Wolong Panda Reserve, Sichuan

concerned photographer embraces the real world’s ironies and contradictions.

Lamb was the Vice President of

the US-China Environmental Fund, the first non-government environmental

organization with an office in China. There he was project director for the Beading International Friendship Forest at the Badaling Great Wall and the Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve project

in Sichuan Province. During his stay

in Western Sichuan in the early 1990s,

Lamb encountered the art, culture and

traditions of Tibet. It was this experience that subsequently inspired him to create panoramic views of the Lhasa glacis as well as capture the stark beauty of the

Tibetan grasslands. By accident or fate,

he was the first Westerner in 50 years to gain sanctioned access to Aba County, a previously lost horizon where he

captured gobsmacking views of earthen structures, mountains and monasteries while continuing to make empathetic

photographic portraits of Tibetans from many walks of life.

Art & Faith Can Contribute to Peaceful Solutions

On the surface, Lamb’s photographs

are seductively beautiful. Their colors,

patterns and textures emerge as lyrical abstractions that free the viewer from references to perspective, scale and

function. In so doing, they reveal an inner beauty and spirituality that resonate with

the Dalai Lama’s most inspired teachings.

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LGOCA

Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art

Adolfo Girala, Joy, mixed media, 36 x 48 inches As an artist I feel the need and responsibility to take care of Mother Earth, to forgive, to love, to always be learning, and appreciate and respect the sanctity of every living thing. - Adolfo Girala Cuban refugee Adolfo Girala’s two passions are creating beautiful art with the message of love and feeding homeless children globally.

LGOCA is a cutting edge contemporary fine art gallery with a humanitarian mission.

The gallery showcases top local artists as well as diverse global talent.

At LGOCA we believe great art is produced by artists with a caring heart. Our artists are engaged in causes that they are passionate about and we create awareness of these causes through our events at the gallery.

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Ed Moses

Still on the Move, Unbridled and Unashamed written by Kimberly B. Johnson At 89 years of age, artist Ed Moses has been

described as “a total legend for running his mouth and causing all kinds of trouble at dinner parties.”

Laguna Beach gallery owner Peter Blake calls

him a “total legend in many facets.

work that’d resurfaced and he says, ’I just made them.’”

Blake elaborates on the artist’s lifelong ability to

revisit and reinvent eras of inspiration within his work:

“I asked if he could make a few more of these pieces for

a show and he agreed.” Suffice it to say,

Ed Moses is one of the first California

the show went very well. “I had buyers

artists to produce and publish art

interested in more pieces,” the gallery

books. He’s one of the great innovators

owner continues, “but for Ed, that was

in regards to California art as a whole.”

the full run. For him, it’s not about the

As if discussing a fabled creature,

money or extended praise, he does what

Blake explains the remarkable traits of

he wants.”

a man as striking and unbridled as he

“I’m an abstract painter,” Moses

is comically pragmatic. “Ed isn’t one

explained in a 2006 interview. ”I move

babbling out artspeak. He isn’t the

image I really like, I don’t keep mining

of those beret-wearing MFA people

around. I’m an explorer. Once I find an

type of guy to do anything he doesn’t

it; I move on … People say, ‘Oh Ed,

want to do, you see. He couldn’t care

you change so much.’ I never change, I

less what you or I or the galleries

mutate.”

want—any of it.”

With 22 years in the business, Blake

can recall two decades of memorable

people and moments. But he looks back

A decade later, we can clearly

Dot Red

see that Moses is still mutating. This

pattern of adaptation followed by total

renewal is a consistent theme in his life.

as recently as last year, recalling an Ed Moses exhibition

He began his career painting canvases on an easel, then

one day and he had all of these pieces that were straight

way and of his own accord, Ed Moses has made a career

to illustrate his point. “I remember going into Ed’s studio out of 2000. I asked Ed where he’d found all of this old

moved mid-career to painting on the floor. In his own out of keeping us guessing.

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Cu-Jeff 60” x 48” 2013

In his youth, Moses had aspirations of being a surgeon.

He enlisted in the Navy as a medical technician and served in World War II, but was rejected by medical school soon

after—prompting his enrollment in art classes at Long Beach

Community College. In 1949, at the age of 23, Moses took part

in his first exhibition. He went on in the 1950s to attend UCLA, where he graduated with his master’s degree.

Moses moved to New York in 1957, renting a loft adjacent

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to celebrated Canadian Abstract Expressionist Agnes Martin

and renowned American painter and sculptor Ellsworth Kelly.

He hung around bar and artist hub Cedar Tavern, where he met fellow postwar abstract painters Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko.

After a year of coolly bathing in the presence of some of

the country’s foremost artists, Moses returned to Los Angeles and quickly became a vital part of the expanding West Coast

Self-IMBA

art scene. That same year he stepped

further into the limelight when he was

showcased at Los Angeles’s famed Ferus Gallery, renowned for helping fuel the

city’s transformation into a game player

in the international art market. In essence,

Moses helped make the 1950s Los Angeles landscape “cool.”

Five decades later and it’s still

business as usual for Moses. “I just saw this photo of Ed the other day,” Blake

chuckles, “and thought to myself, I don’t know how anyone can look so cool at 89 years of age. The guy looked like James Dean. How is he that cool?”

In all his glory, Ed Moses will never

tell you how to emulate his refined

persona. That quick-witted, unabashed

guise is something that cannot be learned

or taught. Full of character and with fresh eyes for art, he is still attacking canvases

with abandon and complete disregard for unsolicited opinions or thoughts.

Blake recalls entering Moses’s studio

the preceding week, something he’d done so many times before. “It was like 10

different artists were working in there at

the same time—all of these new pieces of

different mediums strewn out throughout

the space. One thing I will tell you,” Blake concludes, “is that Ed Moses’s courage

and fearlessness for reinvention is one of

the reasons he’s still so relevant today. He doesn’t stop. He just keeps transforming and simply continues on.” l peterblakegallery.com

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Terry Hastings Back to Nature written by Elizabeth Nutt

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T

Orange Poppy

erry Hastings was raised by farmers in rural Minnesota—

a stark contrast to his current life in Palm Springs, California. But

the artist attributes his upbringing and his parents’ ”do-whatevermakes-you-happy” attitude for his successes thus far, and art has always made him happy.

“Whatever I showed an interest in, they allowed me to pursue

it, and even pushed me toward it,” remembers Hastings. His

interests were far-reaching; during his childhood and adolescence,

he explored everything from piano and school drama to speech and debate. “If there was anything that was artistic, I was doing it.”

Theater initially stole the artist’s heart, and he went on to study

it in college, thriving in the all-encompassing, artistically diverse environment. For a while he wrote, directed, acted and designed sets, and yet, for Hastings, there always seemed to be something missing. “Theater just disappears after you’re done performing

it, it’s gone,” he reflects,” and yes that’s the magic of it, but I just wanted to hold onto something a little longer.”

Fortunately, in the early 2000s Hastings discovered

photography, a new source of inspiration that propelled him

forward and upward. He and a partner had opened a custom-

design clothing store in Minneapolis, and they quickly realized that they’d need a photographer to help market their creations.

However, film and development—not to mention the photographers themselves—came at a high price. Confident in his abilities as an Lost at Sea

artist, Hastings had an idea.

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“Finally, I just said, ‘Screw it, I can do this myself!’ I went

Into the Abyss

Though Hastings couldn’t possibly know it at the time, the

out and bought a Sony Cyber-Shot, a little point-and-shoot

move to a new climate and setting would change everything for

Hastings was hooked. Entirely self-taught, he naturally

I said, ‘I’m going to go outside, because I can!’ My apartment

camera.” Within three months of photographing models,

developed the necessary skills—with the help of a bit of research, some YouTube videos, and, of course, practice.

While Hastings navigated the art of photography, he was

also experiencing the trials and tribulations of Minneapolis’s

him as an artist. “I did some studio work for a while, but then complex had a pool, and there were all these mountains and deserts around me,” says the artist of his new environment, which lacked the Upper Midwest’s bleak, cold winters.

The surroundings that appealed to Hastings in particular

restaurant scene as a waiter. Then one day an old friend of his

were the sand dunes and windmills near his apartment, which

opportunity out there. He jumped at the chance to relocate and

the idea to bring out a stretch of fabric to see how it would

called from Palm Springs to alert him to an incredible restaurant start afresh.

he began to explore with camera in tow. Then one day he had

photograph in the wind. He found himself returning day after

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day with increasingly long swaths,

eventually photographing nearly 15

yards of bright, colorful fabrics swirling against the desert horizon. And, when

he submerged the fabrics in the pool to rinse them of dust, he watched as they moved and changed color and texture

underwater, and he was inspired to create art there, too.

Today, Hastings is widely known for

his unique underwater figurative works, which capture both human subjects and fabric in an entirely new light.

He purchases inexpensive organza in

downtown LA, decides on a color scheme, and lets the rest happen naturally. “I’ll

just start throwing fabric in the water,” he explains, “or if I’m working with

someone I’ll say, ‘Play otter!’” Recently, Hastings has also been experimenting

with homages to other artists’ works, such as an underwater interpretation of Henri Matisse’s La Danse.

Most of the photographer’s works

are printed on dye-infused metal,

created by placing an image on acid

paper and submerging it in a chemical bath. Essentially, this process etches

the image onto the metal, which has a natural reflective quality to it that

complements the work’s natural elements.

This approach is especially powerful

in capturing the surface of water; the

metal gives the image an added pop of

brightness, and accentuates the presence of sunlight.

After working at length with wind

and water, Hastings came to understand

that he was constantly but subconsciously drawn back to the natural elements. They inform and inspire his work on a daily

basis, and have helped him to develop his own unique style as an artist. He has also

started to explore earth and fire as themes, and believes that he has truly found his niche. “I’ve come to realize that for me,

the four natural elements represent truth and reality,” he says, “because without those four things we don’t exist.” l thehastingsgallery.com.

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Michael Childers, Photo by Arturo Gonzales

The Man behind the Moment Photography legend Michael Childers chats with LBAM about Andy Warhol’s secret Paris home, constant reinvention, and his own Orange County roots written by Kimberly B. Johnson

M

ichael Childers is easily one of the most notable

The distinctive impact that Childers has had on

photographers in modern history. Born in North Carolina,

pop culture is best explained by friend and gallery

launched his career on the West Coast, where he attended

Gallery: “Michael’s photographs have both documented

Childers uprooted himself from the Southeast and

UCLA Film School. There he studied alongside fellow photographic icons Robert Heinecken and Edmund Teske.

After graduating—and earning the respect of both

professors and peers—he dived into the kinds of unique projects and experiences reserved for the most creative among us. At his Melrose Avenue and Venice Beach studios, he shot photographs for over 200 magazine

covers for publications such as GQ, New York, TV Guide,

Esquire, Elle, Life, and both English and Italian Vogue. He

owner Peter Blake of Laguna Beach’s Peter Blake

iconic figures and moments in contemporary art, while simultaneously using the camera to distort popular culture.” The photographer’s function is pragmatic

and well-understood: capture the subject at hand. As a

renowned contemporary artist, Childers has documented some of the world’s most influential people and their personas, but in the process he has created tastes and

molded trends in equally unassuming and magnanimous ways.

“You know, I photographed Andy [Warhol] several

designed more than 150 album covers, and worked with

times in New York at his factory down on Union

behind-the-scenes set photography for classics including

studio reminiscing about the 1970s and his unforgettable

major motion picture studios to create film posters and Grease, Marathon Man and The Terminator.

Square,” says Childers, sitting in his Cathedral City relationship with the great pop art icon.

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Hockney Reading in a Raft

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Edith Head

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Ed Moses

“I’m the only photographer, I believe,

to photograph him at his Parisian home,”

Childers continues. “It was quite the historic place. Andy didn’t want the IRS here in

America to know that he had a house out in

Paris.” Childers laughs. “He had a beautiful home on the Rue du Cherche-Midi. I had a lot of access to Andy Warhol as he was

becoming so, so famous internationally in

the 70s. I was just a privileged person to be

there and lucky to be in his inner-circle with

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him—specially to get into Studio 54 with him, which was pretty terrific.” Childers laughs again.

From pop art innovators to architects,

from authors to painters, Childers has befriended and documented them all.

“David Hockney is one of my oldest

friends from 1967. I befriended him in

London and he and I have just remained

friends since. David is a total genius; I don’t even know what he’s talking about half

the time: so brilliant, witty and funny. You know his work keeps evolving every few years. It keeps changing. I love that in an

artist,” Childers exclaims enthusiastically, “when they can reinvent themselves, as

Picasso did!” Childers mentions that he’s

currently rereading a John Richardson book about the great artist. “Every ten years

Picasso would create a revolution within

himself and start doing things he’d never done before; I really admire that.”

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The stories go on and on: photographing Frank Gehry at the

Getty; cherished memories of working with the “extraordinary, brilliant, funny and destructive” Tennessee Williams; moments captured of Ed Ruscha, Julia Sherman and so many others.

“From the artists and architects, it spread to authors,”

Childers explains. For the last ten years, he’s pointed his lens

portraits hang till November 30. The entire collection will be released later as a book of the same title, containing all 100

photographic images in addition to commentary from Childers

himself about working with the roster of award-winning literary greats.

Over the length of a distinguished career, Childers has

at some of the modern era’s most iconic poets, screenwriters,

accumulated an expansive but truly cohesive photographic body

been displayed in libraries across the nation.

stories to accompany it. However, his humble demeanor—as if

playwrights and thinkers, with the images produced having “The Author Author project has appeared in something

like eight American cities,” Childers continues: “Chicago, San

Francisco, Seattle, et cetera. Now I’ve had the honor of Harvard

of work, all the while collecting a repertoire of unforgettable

catching up with a friend over coffee for the latest communal

gossip—allows him to speak easily when explaining his roots.

“Part of my youth was spent growing up in Santa Ana,”

University hosting this show.” Childers spoke to a packed

recalls the photographer, “so I’m an Orange County brat. I also

school’s Monroe C. Gutman Library, 60 of his Author Author

at Disneyland when I was attending UCLA and I had a little

auditorium at the Ivy League institution on October 28. In the

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used to live in Laguna years ago. For five summers, I worked

Ron Athey

Billy Al Bengston

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apartment in Laguna Canyon. Back then

of altruism, has begun negotiating with

“You know George Hurrell—the great

donation of more archived works.

it was affordable of course,” he laughs. photographer of movie stars in the 30s

Michael Childers is offering the museum

an article about him. In the 1920s, he

Executive Director Malcolm Warner. “It

started in Laguna Beach and became the King of Hollywood.” Equipped with an unrivaled knowledge of Laguna pop

trivia, Childers continues, filling us in on his love for the city and his plan to

is doubly interesting to us,” explains

includes portraits of major California artists featured in our collection and

shows Childers as the superb portraitist that he is.”

From North Carolina to Los

revisit soon for a bit of respite by the sea.

Angeles to Laguna Beach and far

many plans for the future. In common

lifetime leaving his mark and donating a

Not surprisingly, Childers has

with Picasso, he is concerned with reinvention and constant forward

movement. Childers has recently made a major donation to the Palm Springs

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“The group of photographs that

and 40s—he actually started out in

Laguna Beach. Yeah, I was just reading

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the Laguna Art Museum to arrange a

Art Museum and, in one of his latest acts

beyond, Michael Childers has spent a

generation’s worth of iconic work to the rest of us. l

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Guy Rose

California’s Peripatetic Impressionist written by Grove Koger

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So many painters who might claim the “California

Impressionist” label were born outside the state (or even the country) that it’s something of a surprise to find one who

actually hailed from here. But that was the case with Guy

Orlando Rose, born in 1867 to well-to-do parents who bred horses and raised oranges and grapes near San Gabriel.

Young Guy was an avid outdoorsman, but he began

sketching and painting while recovering from a serious hunting accident. Those first artistic steps seem to have determined his

future course, because after graduating from Los Angeles High

in 1884 he moved on to San Francisco to study at the California School of Design. Within another four years he made the

customary artist’s pilgrimage to Paris, where he studied painting at the Académie Julian and, a bit later, the Académie Delacluse.

After those heady Continental days, Rose made his way

back to the United States in 1891, where he supported himself as a magazine illustrator in New York City. Two years later he was studying again in Paris, but he became seriously ill in Greece in 1894 while carrying out a commission from Harper’s. Although he was able to marry American artist Ethel Boardman in Paris in 1895, the state of his health made it necessary to return to

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his homeland. He taught for a while at New York City’s Pratt

Institute and continued to illustrate, adding Century, Scribner’s and Youth’s Companion to his markets.

When doctors finally diagnosed Rose’s illness, the news was

a serious blow: he was being poisoned by the lead in white oil

pigment. (Rose’s Anglophile compatriot James McNeill Whistler

had suffered from the same malady.) The illness crippled

Rose’s hands and even affected his eyesight, forcing him to give up painting for years.

Despite his lingering illness, Rose returned to France with

his wife and managed to visit Algeria and Italy. Then in 1901 made what had become another customary pilgrimage in

the art world—to a little village on the Seine River known as Giverny. It was, of course, the home of French Impressionist master Claude Monet, and it was here that Rose saw the light—literally.

Monet counseled those who sought his advice to forget

about whatever subjects they might be painting, and instead to reproduce the light—the colors—that struck their eyes.

Influenced by Monet’s advice and methods, Rose began

painting in a broader, more relaxed style, and even copied Opposite Page: LIFTING FOG, LAGUNA, c. 1917 oil/canvas, 23.5” x 28.5” The Irvine Museum This Page: PT. LOBOS, c. 1918 oil/canvas, 24” x 29” Courtesy of the James Irvine Swinden Family Collection

what critics have dubbed Monet’s “fish hook” brushstroke. A

small colony of American painters had formed around Monet,

and by 1910 Rose and several other Yanks were exhibiting back in New York City as the Giverny Group.

It was only in 1914, the opening year of the First World

War, that Rose returned to Southern California to live and

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work, but, to his delight and ours, he

discovered New World equivalents to the Old World landscapes and seascapes he

had grown so familiar with. Based in Los Angeles, he was especially attracted to

the rugged Pacific coast, painting scenes

from La Jolla in the south to Carmel and Monterey in the north.

Rose worked in and around Laguna

Beach during the war years and became

active in the Laguna Beach Art Association.

He found numerous subjects in the area,

recording them in such glowing works as

Laguna Eucalyptus; Laguna Rocks, Low Tide; Black Rock, Laguna; and Windswept Trees,

Laguna. The best of the series—or at least

the most striking—is titled simply Laguna Beach, and depicts a golden yellow cliff

on the left, a wide expanse of dune sand, and—balancing the intense color of the

cliff—lazily breaking blue-green waves on the right.

Much ink has been spilled debating

whether the California Impressionists

were true Impressionists. But there’s little question that, by this time, Rose was

working in an optically impressionistic style, although he took careful pains to arrange the elements of his paintings.

He was even copying Monet’s practice

of rendering the same scene at different times of day. Along with Frederick Carl

Frieseke, a member of the Giverny Group, Rose exhibited at the 1915 Panama-Pacific

Exposition in San Francisco—an event that stands as a milestone in the recognition

of California Impressionism. Rose won a

silver medal and went on to pick up a gold

one at the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego that same year.

It’s tempting to speculate what

Rose might have accomplished over the

following decade, but in 1921 he suffered a paralyzing stroke while painting—

apparently a result of the lead poisoning that had plagued him for so long—and

was never able to work again. He died four years later in Pasadena. l

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Laguna Beach Calendar Now–November 14, 2015 Saturdays, 2-2:30 pm Afternoon Tea The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel Treat someone special to the timeless tradition of Afternoon Tea in Raya Restaurant featuring an array of teas, savory canapés, and sweet bites in an elegant oceanfront setting. $72 per person. www.ritzcarlton.com/lagunaholidays (949)-240-2000 Now–November 25, 2015 Artists from Festival of Arts Show Virga Gallery, 206 N Coast Hwy VirgaGallery.com; (949) 338-0554 Now–December 28, 2015 Monday–Friday 9 am-6 pm, Saturday 9 am-4 pm Laura Stickney—A Retrospective CAP Banking on Art Gallery, 260 Ocean Ave, 2nd FL, Laguna Beach Exquisite exhibit of 40 years of original etchings and multi-dimensional works by master printmaker and poet. Free. www.caplaguna.org; (949) 553-7507 Thursday, November 5, 2015, 6-9 pm First Thursdays Art Walk The Vintage Poster 1492 S Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach Free to attend, open to the public.

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Friday–Saturday, Nov. 6-7, 2015, 8 pm Michael Feinstein Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Dr, Costa Mesa The “Ambassador of the American Songbook” sings Sinatra and other Rat Pack favorites. Tickets from $45. PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799 Saturday, November 7, 2015, 5 pm-midnight The Diamond Ball The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, is proud to host the Diamond Ball, an evening of inspiration committed to saving lives, benefiting Canine Companions for Independence. The evening includes silent and live auctions, a four-course dinner presented by the resort’s Executive Chef, and music and dancing. Tickets $250. www.thediamondball.org; (949)-240-2000 Tuesday, November 10, 2015-January 9, 2016, during banking hours “Nature’s Wonder” Wells Fargo Festival of Arts Gallery, 260 Ocean Ave, Laguna Beach “Nature’s Wonder” is a selection of Festival of Arts participants’ perspectives on the extraordinary beauty of nature, its varied environments, and its imagery. Held in conjunction with the Laguna Art Museum’s “Art and Nature” series of presentations and exhibits.

Wednesday, November 11 - 20, 2015 Sanctuary for the Artist in medieval Vence in the South of France Week long painting experience with motivational artist/yoga teacher. $1,200 a week. For more information: veroniqueporter@gmail.com Thursday–Saturday, November 12-14, 2015, 8 pm “New World” Symphony Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa Hear Bruch’s Violin Concerto with Dan Zhu and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.”

Tickets from $25.

PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799

Thursday, November 5, 2015, 6-9 pm First Thursdays Art Walk— New original works by Townley Townley Olsen Gallery 784 S Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach Join us for Art Walk.

TownleyGallery.com; (949) 878-1891 Thursday, November 5, 2015, 6-9 pm First Thursdays Art Walk Artist Exhibit at LGOCA Courtyard LGOCA Gallery 611 S Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach Monthly exhibit; all artists welcome to exhibit.

Pam Squires; (717) 972-2787 Thursday, November 5, 2015, 6-9 pm Art Walk Exhibition Opening Sandstone Gallery Laguna, 384-A N Coast Hwy Presenting acrylics and bronzes by Howard Hitchcock and “Figures in the Abstract” by Hyatt Moore. This will be the final featured exhibition for Hitchcock. SandstoneGallery.com; (949) 497-6775 Thursday, November 5, 2015, 7-9 pm Casa Classic—Amanda Squitieri, soprano Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Tickets $25 general admission. www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139

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November 17- mid December, 2015 Monday-Thursday, 2-3:30 pm Holiday Tea The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel Treat someone special to the timeless tradition of Afternoon Tea in Raya Restaurant featuring an array of teas, savory canapés, and sweet bites in an elegant oceanfront setting. $72 per person. www.ritzcarlton.com/lagunaholidays (949)-240-2000

Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 5:30-7:30 pm Taco Taste-Off & Laguna Chamber of Commerce Mixer Boys & Girls Club, 1085 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach Taste and vote for your favorite locally-prepared taco. Tickets $15 Chamber members, $25 non-members. www.LagunaBeachChamber.org; (949) 494-1018 Thursday, November 19, 2015, 7-9 pm Casa Up Close: Douglas and Mark Kirkland Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Tickets $12 general admission. www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139 Saturday, November 21, 2015, 7:30 am Surfing Santa Competition Salt Creek Beach outside the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel A fun surf competition in which men, women and children dress like Santa or other holiday-inspired characters and surf Salt Creek to benefit Surfers Healing. Entry fee $50, $60 after November 19.

Enter at www.surfingsantacontest.org (949) 240-2000

Saturday & Sunday, November 14 & 15, 2015 Richard MacDonald One-Man Show—”Red” Dawson Cole Fine Art, 326 Glenneyre St, Laguna Beach Meet the artist Saturday 8-10 pm and Sunday noon-3 pm. Dawsoncolefineart.com; (949) 497-4988

Saturday & Sunday November 21 & 22, 2015, 10 am–6 pm Open House—Exploring Surf and Sacred Geometry in a fun way.

Drew Brophy Art Studio 208 Calle de Los Molinos, Ste D, San Clemente Free eEntry. Memorable experience! http://drewbrophy.com; (949) 678-8133 Saturday & Sunday, November 21 & 22; Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 27, 28, & 29, 2015, 10am-6pm Sawdust Winter Fantasy, Laguna Beach Annual Holiday Event at the Sawdust Art Festival grounds. www.sawdustartfestival.org; (949) 494-3030 Sunday, November 22, 2015, 4 pm Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel Holiday music performed by the Jeeps and a special appearance from Santa Claus. Guests are asked to bring a new, unwrapped toy to be donated to Miracles for Kids. Event is complimentary. www.ritzcarlton.com/lagunaholidays (949)-240-2000 Thursday, November 26, 2015, seating noon-3 pm Thanks-for-Giving Buffet The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel Bring canned goods and non-perishable food items to be donated to Orange County Rescue Mission. $115 adults, $57.50 children. www.ritzcarlton.com/lagunaholidays (949)-240-2000

Thursday, December 3, 2015, 6-9 pm First Thursdays Art Walk The Vintage Poster, 1492 S Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach Free to attend, open to the public.

TheVintagePoster.com; (949) 376-7422

Thursday, November 26, 2015, served 3-9 pm Raya Thanksgiving The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel Serving a three-course holiday menu, limited a la carte menu. $110 adults, $55 children. www.ritzcarlton.com/lagunaholidays (949)-240-2000 Thursday, November 26, 2015, served 3-10 pm enoSTEAK Thanksgiving The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel Full enoSTEAK menu and special Thanksgiving menu. www.ritzcarlton.com/lagunaholidays (949)-240-2000 Saturday, November 28, 2015, 6-10pm Christmas Show opening Virga Gallery, 206 N Coast Hwy VirgaGallery.com; (949) 338.0554

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Laguna Beach Calendar Thursday, December 3, 2015, 6-9 pm First Thursdays Art Walk— New original works by Townley Townley Olsen Gallery 784 S Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach Join us for art walk TownleyGallery.com; (949) 878-1891 Thursday, December 3, 2015, 6-9 pm First Thursdays Art Walk— Artist Exhibit at Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art Courtyard LGOCA Gallery, 611 S Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach Monthly exhibit; all artists welcome to exhibit.

Pam Squires (717) 972-2787 Thursday, December 3, 2015, 6-9 pm Art Walk Exhibition Opening Sandstone Gallery Laguna, 384-A N Coast Hwy Presenting “Stream of Consciousness” by Jong Ro and “Lineage” by Lawrence Terry.

SandstoneGallery.com; (949) 497-6775

Thursday—Saturday, December 3-5, 2015, 8 pm Conrad Tao & Beethoven’s “Eroica” Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa Hear Beethoven’s heroic Symphony No. 3 and Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Tickets from $25.

PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799 Friday, December 4, 2015, 5-8 pm Juan Peña Representational Watercolor Closing Artist Reception Star Motors Art Gallery, 32955 Calle Perfecto, San Juan Capistrano Featuring Northern California’s award-winning Artist Juan Peña. Portion of proceeds from artwork sold benefit local charities. Food & drink. star-motors.com; (949) 443-1970

Friday, December 4, 2015, noon-8pm Trunk Show Just Looking Boutique, 384 Forest Ave # 8, Laguna Beach Phyllis Clark Designs presents her one-of-a-kind and limited-edition pieces incorporating precious and semi-precious stones. In addition, for Fall, her newest cutting edge line featuring recycled acrylic, resin, and Greek leather.

Heshmatshirazi@aol.com; (949) 494-8208 Friday, December 4, 2015, 5-9 pm Hospitality Night Downtown Laguna Beach, Forest Avenue and surrounding streets Laguna Beach Chamber and City of Laguna Beach present their annual holiday kickoff: Santa, carolers, live music, treats, all in a festive pedestrians-only Forest Avenue setting. www.LagunaBeachChamber.org; (949) 494-1018 Fridays & Saturdays, December 4 & 5; 11 & 12; 18 & 19, 2015, 5 pm Holiday Storytelling The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, in the Eco-Adventure Center Guests are asked to bring a new children’s book to be donated to Miracles for Kids. www.ritzcarlton.com/lagunaholidays (949)-240-2000 Saturday December 5, 2015, 5:30-8:30 pm Holiday Reception & Tree lighting The Cottage Gallery, 31701 Los Rios St, San Juan Capistrano All of Los Rios Street will stay open late as part of the city’s tree-lighting celebration.

Wonderful old fashioned event with hot cocoa, live music and special treats. Free.

Cottagegalleryonlosrios.com; (949) 340-6693 Saturday & Sunday, December 5 &6, 2015, by appointment Auditions G2K Cinderella G2K (Getting to Know) designates this as a special adaptation of the Rodgers & Hammerstein masterpiece for student performers grades 1-8.

Directed by Ella Wyatt.

For more information and to make an appointment, visit nosquare.org Saturdays & Sundays, December 5 &6; 12 &13; 19 & 20, 2015, 10 am-6 pm Sawdust Winter Fantasy Laguna Beach Annual Holiday Event at Sawdust Art Festival grounds. www.sawdustartfestival.org; (949) 494-3030 Saturday, December 5th—December 25, 2015 “Little Gems” Holiday Exhibition Dawson Cole Fine Art, 326 Glenneyre St, Laguna Beach Dawsoncolefineart.com; (949) 497-4988 Saturday, December 5–December 20, 2015, 6-9 pm “Making an Impression”— American and Russian Impressionism Forest and Ocean Gallery, 480 Ocean Ave, Laguna Beach An exhibition uniting two continents and two eras of Impressionism. Both historical and contemporary works will be on view and available. Revered painters from both sides of the globe will exhibit new work including landscapes, still lifes and figures.

Curated by Ludo Leideritz and Vanessa Rothe.

Forestoceangallery.com; (949) 371-3313 Saturday, December 5, 2015, 10 & 11:30 am Nutcracker for Kids Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Dr, Costa Mesa Tchaikovsky’s enchanting Christmas ballet in a condensed version for kids 5-11. Tickets from $25.

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Saturday & Sunday, December 5 & 6, 2015, 7:30-9:30 pm The 1940s Radio Hour No Square Theatre, 384 Legion St, Laguna Beach Behind the scenes at a live radio broadcast, Christmas 1942. “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and more!

Tickets $25. www.nosquare.org Sunday, December 6, 2015, 3 pm Handel’s Glorious Messiah Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Dr, Costa Mesa Blazing trumpets, angelic voices and the uplifting “Hallelujah” chorus. Tickets from $25.

PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799 Monday–Thursday, December 7–10, 2015, 3-5 pm Seasonal Offerings for Sawdust Studio Art Classes—Winter Pottery Camp for Kids Make your own glass blown ornament! Fridays during Winter Fantasy. www.sawdustartfestival.org/studio-classes; (949) 497-0514 Sunday, December 7, 11 am-2 pm Yappy Howl-iday Celebration The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel This festive gathering of canines and their companions provides Fido with the opportunity to be photographed with the “Big Dog” himself— Santa Paws. Guests are asked to bring unopened canned or dry dog food, treats or toys to be donated to a local animal shelter. www.ritzcarlton.com/lagunaholidays; (949) 240-2000

Tuesday & Wednesday, December 8 & 9, 2015, 9-10 am Casa Wellness Wednesdays—Casa Yoga Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Tickets $5 general admission. www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139

Wednesday, December 9, 2015, 5:30-7:30 pm Holiday Mixer— Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce Las Brisas, 361 Cliff Dr, Laguna Beach Mix, mingle, and share holiday cheer with your peers. Tickets $15 Chamber members, $30 non-members. www.LagunaBeachChamber.org; (949) 494-1018 Thursday & Friday December 10-11, 2015, 7-9 pm Casa Kinetic—Casa Nutcracker Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Tickets $40 general admission. www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139 Friday–Sunday, December 11–13, 2015, 7:30-9:30 pm The 1940s Radio Hour No Square Theatre, 384 Legion St, Laguna Beach Behind the scenes at a live radio broadcast, Christmas 1942. “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and more!

Tickets $25. www.nosquare.org Friday & Saturday, December 18 &19, 2015, 8 pm A Christmas Cirque Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Dr, Costa Mesa Jaw-dropping cirque acts with aerialists, acrobats, strong men, jugglers & more. Tickets from $99.

PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799

Friday–Sunday, December 18–20, 2015, 7:30-9:30 pm The 1940s Radio Hour No Square Theatre, 384 Legion St, Laguna Beach Behind the scenes at a live radio broadcast, Christmas, 1942. “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and more!

Tickets $25. www.nosquare.org

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, 7:30 pm Holiday Organ Spectacular Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Dr, Costa Mesa A delightful mix of sacred and holiday music for the most wonderful time of the year. Tickets from $15.

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Friday, December 25, 2015, seating noon-3 pm Christmas Day Holiday Buffet The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel $115 for adults, $57.50 for children. www.ritzcarlton.com/lagunaholidays; (949)-240-2000 Friday, December 25, 2015served 3 to 9 pm Raya Christmas Day The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel Serving a four-course holiday menu, limited lunch and dinner menus. $115 for adults, $57.50 for children. www.ritzcarlton.com/lagunaholidays; (949)-240-2000 Friday, December 25, 2015, served 5 to 10 pm enoSTEAK Christmas Day The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel Full enoSTEAK menu and special holiday menu. www.ritzcarlton.com/lagunaholidays; (949)-240-2000 Monday–Thursday, December 28–31, 2015, 3-5 pm Seasonal Offerings for Sawdust Studio Art Classes—Winter Pottery Camp for Kids Make your own glass blown ornament!

Fridays during Winter Fantasy. www.sawdustartfestival.org/studio-classes; (949) 497-0514 Thursday, December 31, 2015, seatings at 6 and 9 pm enosteak New Year’s Eve The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel Serving a four-course holiday menu. $145 per person.www.ritzcarlton.com/lagunaholidays; (949)-240-2000 Thursday, December 31, 2015, served 6-10 pm Raya New Year’s Eve The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel Special four-course holiday menu, limited a la carte menu. $115 per person. www.ritzcarlton.com/lagunaholidays; (949) 240-2000 Friday, January 1, 2016, 10 am-2 pm New Year’s Day Brunch The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel $80 per person, $40 for children. www.ritzcarlton.com/lagunaholidays; (949)-240-2000 Thursday, January 7, 2016, 6-9 pm First Thursdays Art Walk The Vintage Poster, 1492 S Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach Free to attend, open to the public TheVintagePoster.com; (949) 376-7422 Thursday, January 7, 2016, 6-9 pm First Thursdays Art Walk— New original works by Townley Townley Olsen Gallery, 784 S Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach Join us for art walk.

Townley Gallery.com; (949) 878-1891 Thursday, January 7, 2016, 6-9 pm Art Walk Exhibition Opening Sandstone Gallery Laguna, 384-A N Coast Hwy Presenting “Recent Travels” by Mada Leach and “Cosmic Dream” by Sunny Kim. SandstoneGallery.com; (949) 497-6775

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Thursday–Saturday, January 7–9, 2016, 8 pm; Sunday, January 10, 3 pm Lin Plays Mozart Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Dr, Costa Mesa Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4, the “Haffner” Symphony and more. Tickets from $25.

PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799 Saturday January 9, 2016 Orchid House Tour Free Event 11:00 am Take a behind the scenes tour of the Orchid House with Sherman Gardens Orchid Curator Darla Miller. sigardens.org (949) 673-2261

Wednesday, January 13, 2016, 9-10 am Casa Wellness Wednesdays—Casa Yoga Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Tickets $5 general admission. www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139 Friday, January 22, 2016, 7-9 pm Casa Comedy—Upright Citizens Brigade Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente LA-based improv comedy troupe.

Tickets $25 general admission. www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139 Thursday, January 28, 2016, 7-9 pm Casa Classic— Ramon Negron Baroque String Ensemble Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Tickets $25 general admission. www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139 Friday, January 29, 2016, 6-10 pm Spirit of Laguna Awards & Chamber Board Installation [seven-degrees], 891 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce presents awards for best local businesses in 12 categories; 2016 Board of Directors installed. Tickets $75 Chamber members, $85 non-members. www.LagunaBeachChamber.org; (949) 494-1018 l

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Palm SpringsCalendar Now through Friday, December 6, 2015 Artists Council Exhibition and Sale Palm Springs Art Museum Artists Council Exhibition will be the annual juried exhibition and sale of artworks created by Artists Council members. Art works $500 to $6,000.

PSmuseum.org; (760) 322-4800 Now through February 21, 2016 Exhibition: Still Life: Capturing the Moment Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert, The Galen and Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden A creative mix of art works that looks beyond the classical definition of a “still life.” Free. PSmuseum. org; (760) 322-4800 Now through May 1, 2016 Exhibition: Reflections on Water Palm Springs Art Museum Make personal connections and consider how experiences with water link to a complex network of ideas, values, and emotions. Ticket prices vary.

PSmuseum.org; (760) 322-4800 Now through July 3, 2016 Exhibition: Contemporary Glass Palm Springs Art Museum The Kaplan/Ostergaard Glass Center presents a variety of glass sculptures and techniques including casting and glass blowing. Ticket prices vary.

PSmuseum.org; (760) 322-4800 Now through December 13, 2016 Exhibition: Killer Heels: Art of the High-Heeled Shoe Palm Springs Art Museum Merging fashion, film, and material culture, exploring the fashion world’s most coveted object.

Ticket prices vary.PSmuseum.org; (760) 322-4800 Now through January 3, 2016 Exhibition: Seeing The Light: Illuminating Objects Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center, Edwards Harris Pavilion Free. PSmuseum.org; (760) 322-4800 Now through January 31, 2016 Exhibition: A Passionate Eye: The Weiner Family Collection Palm Springs Art Museum The Weiner Family Collection, with its singular emphasis on great sculpture, is one of the most important collections of modern art ever assembled in the Southwest. Ticket prices vary.

PSmuseum.org; (760) 322-4800 Wednesday, November 4, 2015, 7:30-4 pm Plein Air in the Gardens Sunnylands 37977 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage Artists gain special access to the Gardens, when they are not open to the general public, to spend the day or an hour. Bring easels and paints, materials for sculpture, and cameras. Reservations are mandatory. Sunnylands.org; (760) 202-2222 Wednesday, November 4, 2015 6-9 pm First Wednesday Art Walk Backstreet Art District, 2600 South Cherokee Way, Palm Springs Backstreetartdistrict.com; (760) 328-4144 Wednesday, November 4th from 6-9 pm P.Y. Simpson’s Original Artquarium, Volume I Artize Gallery 2600 South Cherokee Way, Palm Springs Unveiling the latest amazing sea creatures from ceramicist, Phillip York Simpson.

Artizegallery.com; (760) 851-8421 Friday, November 6, 2015, 4-8 pm Lorra Lee Rose - ArtWalk CODA Gallery, 73151 El Paseo, Palm Desert Featuring a demo from the artist. Open to the public. Codagallery.com; (760) 346-4661

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Friday, November 6, 2015, 7:30 pm Galen First Fridays with Henry Wolfe Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert Acoustic performance. Free PSmuseum.org; (760) 322-4800 Friday through Sunday, November 6-8, 2015 First Weekend Palm Desert Palm Desert, Various Locations A three-day celebration of arts and culture held throughout the city on the first weekend monthly, PDfirstweekend.com; (760) 568-1441 Saturday, November 7, 2015, 5-10 pm STREET Westfield Palm Desert at The Deck An interactive party blending street-inspired art, music, food, and fashion. crafts, large scale murals, sculptures and reclaimed furniture made by local artisans. Free. Palm-desert.org/events/first-weekend Saturday November 7, 2015, 5:30 pm.

YMCA Family of the Desert’s 28th Annual Hoedown at Sundown Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa Featuring entertainment, a hearty Western dinner, silent and live auction items, and raffle prizes.

Ticket prices vary. Ymcaofthedesert.org Saturday, November 7, 2015, 4-6 pm Watercolor Challenge Desert Art Center Auditorium 550 N. Palm Canyon Dr. Palm Springs Four watercolor artists paint the same subject in two hours, Paintings will be auctioned for the Desert Art Center Educational Fund.

Desertartcenter.org; (760) 323-7973 Friday, November 13, 2015, 6-8 pm 66th Anniversary Reception Desert Art Center Gallery 550 N. Palm Canyon Dr. Palm Springs Desertartcenter.org; (760) 323-7973 Saturday, November 14, 2015, 3-6 pm Marty Goldstein: Harvey Dogs CODA Gallery, 73151 El Paseo, Palm Desert Bronze artist Marty Goldstein presents new work.

Open to the public.Codagallery.com; (760) 346-4661 Saturday, November 14, 2015 9:30 am Photography Workshop in the Gardens Sunnylands 37977 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage Hands-on photography workshop Reservations are mandatory. Sunnylands.org; (760) 202-2222 Saturday, November 14, 2015, 10- 4 pm Art Under the Umbrellas Old Town La Quinta 78100 Main St, La Quinta Exhibiting 80 talented artists along Old Town La Quinta’s picturesque Main Street, Live Music. Free admission & parking. Lqaf.com; (760) 564-1244 Saturday, November 14, 2015 6 pm 13th Annual Opening Night Benefit Concert: An Evening With Broadway Sensations Palm Springs Art Museum Annenberg Theater The Opening Night Benefit Concert will showcase Broadway sensations Norm Lewis and Laura Osnes.

Ticket prices vary. PSmuseum.org; (760) 322-4800 Friday, November 20, 2016 Meet The Galen: Big Hair Ball!

Palm Springs Art Museum, The Galen Guests are invited to wear the big hair or a wig. $50 individual or $85 for dual, which includes a oneyear membership to the museum. PSmuseum.org Saturday, November 28, 2015, 5-7 pm “Calder” “Picasso” Heather James Fine Art 45188 Portola Ave, Palm Desert A must-see delightful selection of works by modern masters, Alexander Calder & Pablo Picasso HeatherJames.com; (760) 346-8926

Saturday, November 28, 2015 10- 4 pm Art Under the Umbrellas Old Town La Quinta 78100 Main St, La Quinta Exhibiting 80 talented artists along Old Town La Quinta’s picturesque Main Street, Live Music. Free admission & parking. Lqaf.com; (760) 564-1244 Saturday, November 28, 2015, 3- 6 pm New at CODA Gallery CODA Gallery, 73151 El Paseo, Palm Desert Join us as we present our newest artist’s work. Open to the public.Codagallery.com; (760) 346-4661 Tuesday, December 1 – 15, 2015 Jan Guess: “Landscape Impressionism” FILSINGER GALLERY 73-111 El Paseo, Palm Desert Filsingergallery.com; (760) 346-8800 Wednesday, December 2, 2015 6- 9 pm First Wednesday Art Walk Backstreet Art District, 2600 South Cherokee Way, Palm Springs A year-round monthly art walk.

Backstreetartdistrict.com; (760) 328-4144 Friday, December 4, 2015, 4-6 pm Holiday Show and Opening Reception Desert Art Center Gallery 550 N. Palm Canyon Dr. Palm Springs Desertartcenter.org; (760) 323-7973 Friday, December 4, 2015, 4-8 pm Lauretta Lowell - ArtWalk CODA Gallery, 73151 El Paseo, Palm Desert Featuring a demo from the artist. Open to the public. Codagallery.com; (760) 346-4661 Friday through Sunday, December 4-6, First Weekend Palm Desert A three-day celebration of arts and culture held throughout the city on the first weekend monthly, November through May. PDfirstweekend.com; (760) 568-1441 Friday, December 4, 2015, 7:30 pm.

Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert, Galen and Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden Galen First Fridays with Performance by brightener brightener is the recording and performing moniker of Palm Desert-based folk-pop singer-songwriter Will Sturgeon. Free PSmuseum.org; (760) 322-4800 Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 9:30 am Oil Painting Workshop in the Gardens Sunnylands 37977 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage Oil painting workshop from 9:30 am - noon Reservations are mandatory. Sunnylands.org; (760) 202-2222 December 14, 2015 - March 11, 2016 10-4 pm Andy Nelson: A Legacy Revealed La Quinta City Hall Community Gallery located at 78495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta Through A Daughter’s Eyes – Lecture by Marla Nelson from 4pm to 5pm, followed by a Gallery Reception from 5- 6 pm. Lqaf.com; (760) 564-1244 Saturday, December 19, 2015 7:30-4 pm Plein Air in the Gardens Sunnylands 37977 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage Artists gain special access to the Gardens, when they are not open to the general public, to spend the day or an hour. Bring easels and paints, materials for sculpture, and cameras. Reservations are mandatory. Sunnylands.org; (760) 202-2222 Winter (Jan-Feb 2016) 2016 Jeremy Kidd, Desert Seam Imago Galleries 45450 California 74, Palm Desert A new series of photographs displaying dramatic angles of desert landscapes.Imagogalleries.com; (760) 776.9890

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Thursday, January 21, 2016 – May 1 2016 Bauhaus twenty-21: An Ongoing Legacy − Photographs by Gordon Watkinson Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center 300 South Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs The exhibition showcases twelve of the most iconic achievements of Bauhaus architecture built before 1933. PSmuseum.org; (760) 423-5260 Saturday, January 23, 2016, 3-6 pm Giuseppe Palumbo and Mark Bowles CODA Gallery, 73151 El Paseo, Palm Desert Join both artists as they present new work. Open to the public. Codagallery.com; (760) 346-4661

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Saturday, January 2, 2016, 3-6 pm Daniel Maltzman CODA Gallery, 73151 El Paseo, Palm Desert Maltzman presents his newest creations. Open to the public. Codagallery.com; (760) 346-4661 Sunday, January 3- 15, 2016 Alexandr Onishenko: Exhibition of “New Impressionism” Paintings FILSINGER GALLERY 73-111 El Paseo, Palm Desert Filsingergallery.com; (760) 346-8800 Wednesday, January 6, 2015 6-9 pm First Wednesday Art Walk Backstreet Art District, 2600 South Cherokee Way, Palm Springs A year-round monthly art walk.

Backstreetartdistrict.com; (760) 328-4144 Friday through Sunday, January 8-10, 2016 First Weekend Palm Desert Palm Desert, Various Locations A three-day celebration of arts and culture held throughout the city on the first weekend monthly, November through May. PDfirstweekend.com; (760) 568-1441 Saturday, January 9, 2016, 1-3 pm Art Attack Desert Art Center Auditorium 550 N. Palm Canyon Dr. Palm Springs This presentation will feature how to brand, present and market your artwork.

Desertartcenter.org; (760) 323-7973 Saturday, January 9, 2016 8 am Galen New Year’s Resolution 5K Color Run This a certified 5K course designed for all ages, from competitive runners to casual walkers. $40 adults aged 18 - 64, $20 for children 6-17, $30 for adults 65 and up, $5 for children 5 and under, and $30 for military and veterans PSmuseum.org; (760) 322-4800 Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 9:30am Watercolor Workshop in the Gardens Sunnylands 37977 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage Reservations are mandatory.

Sunnylands.org; (760) 202-2222 Sunday, January 17-31, 2016 Tracy Lynn Pristas: Exhibition, “Landscape in the Abstract” FILSINGER GALLERY 73-111 El Paseo, Palm Desert Filsingergallery.com; (760) 346-8800 Wednesday, January 20, 2016, 7:30-4 pm Plein Air in the Gardens Sunnylands 37977 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage Artists gain special access to the Gardens, when they are not open to the general public, to spend the day or an hour. Bring easels and paints, materials for sculpture, and cameras. Reservations are mandatory.

Sunnylands.org; (760) 202-2222

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