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Wyland Tables• Highlights• PHOTOGRAPHER Mark Timothy

Jeweler GRETCHEN SCHIELDS• ARTFUL RESORTS• MFK FISHER

Sandra Jones Campbell• Calendar of Events• ART Resource Guide

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Private landmark estate, complete with its own vineyard and surrounded by twelve acres of lush open space, overlooks panoramic ocean views to San Clemente Island. Renowned architect Jim Conrad has brilliantly merged Provence-inspired architecture with a rare, expansive lot in the scenic community of Temple Hills. This nearly one-acre estate, completed in 2013, features 7 en-suite bedrooms amid more than 7,000 sq.ft. of ultra-luxe living and is situated behind private gates, just 5 minutes to the heart of Laguna Village. Large-scale living/entertaining areas boast soaring, wood-beamed ceilings with sparkling chandeliers. Chef’s kitchen with adjoining bar, a 1,500 bottle climate-controlled wine cellar, game room, fitness center and state-of-the-art teatre. A magnificent master suite opens to a private balcony with spectacular ocean and city-light views. For year-round alfresco living, the grounds encompass a cascading infinity pool/spa featuring a dramatic fire & ice display, nestled among inviting loggias and view terraces. Olive trees line lush lawns adorned with lavender, sage and bouganvilla - all perched above the Village with tableau-esque views of the surrounding canyons and Laguna’s distinctive coastline.

Spectacular prime oceanfront Contemporary overlooking Laguna’s historic Woods Cove beach. This timeless 4 bedroom, 4 bath ‘work of art’ was designed by renowned LA architect John Lautner and offers luxury living with breathtaking floor-to-ceiling views of Lover’s Cove below. The open floorplan is notably highlighted by Koa wood plank floors, Italian Brescia Travertine, and rosewood-clad cabinets and doors. Architectural lighting with Vola-Grohe fixtures set off the clean lines and fine finishes throughout. A handsome kitchen is replete with premium appliances and spacious stone counters. Halogen lighting illuminates a mesmerizing display of rock formations and glistening shoreline “after hours” for dramatic ocean front dining. Private screening room. Lavishly appointed Master suite with radiant heated floors, jetted tub and steam shower. A direct two-car garage and elevator serving all floors has disability access. Distinctively honored as Home of the Year in Architectural Record Magazine, this Landmark home is located just north of the Montage Resort within steps of Laguna’s most popular galleries and shops.

2049 OCEAN WAY, LAGUNA BEACH, CA

Cynthia Ayers | 949.494.0940 Paul Benec | 949.842.8243

Cathy Porter | 949.212.9898John McMonigle | 949.735.1004Cynthia Ayers | 949.494.0940

$6,925,000 $10,888,8882095 TEMPLE HILLS DRIVE, LAGUNA BEACH, CA

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Private landmark estate, complete with its own vineyard and surrounded by twelve acres of lush open space, overlooks panoramic ocean views to San Clemente Island. Renowned architect Jim Conrad has brilliantly merged Provence-inspired architecture with a rare, expansive lot in the scenic community of Temple Hills. This nearly one-acre estate, completed in 2013, features 7 en-suite bedrooms amid more than 7,000 sq.ft. of ultra-luxe living and is situated behind private gates, just 5 minutes to the heart of Laguna Village. Large-scale living/entertaining areas boast soaring, wood-beamed ceilings with sparkling chandeliers. Chef’s kitchen with adjoining bar, a 1,500 bottle climate-controlled wine cellar, game room, fitness center and state-of-the-art teatre. A magnificent master suite opens to a private balcony with spectacular ocean and city-light views. For year-round alfresco living, the grounds encompass a cascading infinity pool/spa featuring a dramatic fire & ice display, nestled among inviting loggias and view terraces. Olive trees line lush lawns adorned with lavender, sage and bouganvilla - all perched above the Village with tableau-esque views of the surrounding canyons and Laguna’s distinctive coastline.

Spectacular prime oceanfront Contemporary overlooking Laguna’s historic Woods Cove beach. This timeless 4 bedroom, 4 bath ‘work of art’ was designed by renowned LA architect John Lautner and offers luxury living with breathtaking floor-to-ceiling views of Lover’s Cove below. The open floorplan is notably highlighted by Koa wood plank floors, Italian Brescia Travertine, and rosewood-clad cabinets and doors. Architectural lighting with Vola-Grohe fixtures set off the clean lines and fine finishes throughout. A handsome kitchen is replete with premium appliances and spacious stone counters. Halogen lighting illuminates a mesmerizing display of rock formations and glistening shoreline “after hours” for dramatic ocean front dining. Private screening room. Lavishly appointed Master suite with radiant heated floors, jetted tub and steam shower. A direct two-car garage and elevator serving all floors has disability access. Distinctively honored as Home of the Year in Architectural Record Magazine, this Landmark home is located just north of the Montage Resort within steps of Laguna’s most popular galleries and shops.

2049 OCEAN WAY, LAGUNA BEACH, CA

Cynthia Ayers | 949.494.0940 Paul Benec | 949.842.8243

Cathy Porter | 949.212.9898John McMonigle | 949.735.1004Cynthia Ayers | 949.494.0940

$6,925,000 $10,888,8882095 TEMPLE HILLS DRIVE, LAGUNA BEACH, CA


Valdez, a professional custom window and door maker, first began to imagine growing trees into functional art after envisioning what could be done with the structural remains of a beloved bonsai tree that had died. Espalier refers to the controlled growing of plants splayed on a wall or trellis to create patterns. Valdez uses this practice in his artwork for its sculptural qualities, manipulating and encouraging his trees to grow in a very strict form of espalier. His trees must be grown perfectly flat while maintaining a consistent thickness and esthetic balance, so as to be fitted with absolutely flat glass, a process in which Valdez describes as “growing a tree contrary to its nature.”

Each tree that Valdez uses is a product of maturing and training for a minimum of 6 – 8 years, some as long as 15 years before it is transformed into a unique, one-of-a-kind sculpture. He must insure that during this time, all branches are growing perfectly perpendicular from the trunk. Once a tree reaches the desired thickness, it is harvested at just the right time of year to ensure that a pristine natural surface is exposed under the bark.

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

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

From Orchard to Art

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

The only naturally grown sculpture of it’s kind.

Grown Menorah36 x 30 inches

Elm tree with Redwood burl base

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

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54HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS Josée Perreault’s Walls Are Her ScrapbookWhen you sit down with the woman who’s in charge of the world business for Oakley, the globe’s second-best-selling sunglasses brand, you’d better hide your Ray-Bans. It’s not that she’ll kick you out if you wear them unobtrusively on the top of your head, but after rising through the ranks to become the Senior Vice President of World Business—you know, the person who ensures that the billion-dollar company continues to bring in, well, billions of dollars—it does make her bristle.

FALL 2014Features

36GRETCHEN SCHIELDS A Passion for Jewelry

Gretchen Schields’ jewelry is not for the timid. It’s bold and beautiful, made from luxurious fabrics and precious and

semi-precious stones, pearls, ethnic talismans, decorative forms and unclassifiable beads—items she finds foraging through treasures from

all four corners of the world, if indeed they don’t find her.

42MARK TIMOTHY is a man of appetite

He is an avid surfer, an entrepreneur, a dealer, an innovator and, most recently, a fine artist. With studios on Pacific Coast Highway and Laguna

Canyon Road, Timothy brings unbridled enthusiasm and gravitas to his art. A quick talker, full of life and its passions, Timothy goes about

making and promoting his art with gusto. of an imperfect humanity.

48 ANDRIY HALASHYN The Oddly Familiar

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

Not coincidentally, Halashyn credits much of his style and inspiration to specific scenes, memories and periods of time from his life. And he describes

his art in the same way he describes that life: “like a film, with layers one after the other,” each composed of parts that are essential to the whole.

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FALL 2014DEPARTMENTS

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Trashy FashionArtists made the runway their canvas at the

Festival of Arts on August 2, competing to create the most imaginative and unique designs using reclaimed, reused

or recycled materials. A three-panel judge chose the top looks in four categories and over 2,000 Festival visitors had the

opportunity to cast their votes for “People’s Choice Award.”Art of Dining

Presented by Louis Vuitton, this year’s black-tie affair was held on the Bridge of Gardens at South Coast Plaza and

included the first ever, After Party: Art After Dark. Celebrating excellence in creativity, this year’s gala honored Los Angeles

artist Diana Thater and the late Orange County philanthropist and art collector Gerald Buck; two individuals who have

contributed significantly to the art world. Grand Prix

John Frankenheimer directs this winner of 3 Academy Awards - crafting split-screen images to capture the overlapping

drama and orchestrating you-are-there POV camerawork to intensify the hard-driving thrills. Nearly 30 top drivers take

part in the excitement, so buckle up, movie fans. Race with the best to the head of the pack.

Flying with N.C. SwanN.C. Swan, a fifth generation Californian, has been

painting the world around her since childhood. For the past 40 years, Swan has been capturing the rapidly changing

landmarks along the coast in pen & ink, copperplate etchings and watercolors. Many of these scenes have all but

disappeared, but can still be seen in her earlier works.

24Looking Back

Eating and Talking Quietly with Good PeopleThere’s an almost irresistible impulse to take a look

backward at a particular life and say, “There’s where it all began, where the real person started to emerge—

right there.” In the case of M. F. K. Fisher, America’s most celebrated food writer, “right there” was a simple

cottage near the shore in Laguna Beach.Harriet’s House

Long before Harriet Nelson became the perfect mother and wife for the nuclear-age families of the 1950s,

the Vaudeville baby, born Peggy Snyder, was cutting through the airwaves alongside her band-leader

husband Ozzie Nelson.

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30 Wyland–Beneath the SurfaceWorld-renowned marine life artist Wyland has dedicated himself and his work to raising awareness about the environment and the importance of environmental conservation. A scuba diver, Wyland draws inspiration from marine life in the underwater realms that he encounters. Wanting to recreate these undersea scenes, he has produced a series of truly awe-inspiring sculpture-and-glass tables—24 to be exact—that enable viewers to peer below the surface with him.

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

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

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Call (714) 755-5799 PacificSymphony.org

For the last 25 years, Music Director Carl St.Clair has strengthened the bond between the orchestra and the audience. Together with the gifted women and men of Pacific Symphony, he has forged new territory with innovative festivals, opera on stage and exciting new commissions.

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

UPCOMING EVENTSRenée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

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John Cosby, “Strong Notes of Fall,” Oil on Linen 18” x 24”

Back by popular demand, Roger’s Gardens’ Fine Art Gallery is proud to announce their second, “The Art of Wine” exhibit. This exhibit will represent the vast wine regions of California’s vineyards and wineries. Nine of the finest plein air painters will be depicting the romance and appeal of wine. Guest Artists: John Cosby and Paul KratterFeatured Artists: Daniel Aldana, Brian Blood, David Damm, Gil Dellinger Robin Hall, Joseph Paquet and W. Jason Situ

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For the last 25 years, Music Director Carl St.Clair has strengthened the bond between the orchestra and the audience. Together with the gifted women and men of Pacific Symphony, he has forged new territory with innovative festivals, opera on stage and exciting new commissions.

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

UPCOMING EVENTSRenée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

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Artist GEORGE VALDEZ has spent 25 years perfecting the techniques necessary to grow trees on a perfectly flat plane to be fitted with glass and handcrafted into doors and windows.

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Elm tree mounted in knotty alder frame, 60” x 72”

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

The Festival Runway Fashion Show was hosted by Steven “Cojo” Cojocaru, Celebrity Fashion Critic. The audience enjoyed Cojo’s witty comments and humorous banter with the judges. Selecting the winners were super-model Kim Alexis, Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD) President Jonathan Burke and production and set designer Nelson Coates.

“Most Exciting Ensemble with Wow Factor” was awarded to artist Kirsten Whalen for her design entitled “Queen of the Road” created from paper maps, an old pillow case and bicycle tires.

Painter Bradley Elsberry won “Most Creative Concept” for his runway look which featured over 40 pounds of recycled copper wire. His creation, “Elektra” also included thrift shop purchased drapes, skirt and a simple black dress.

Antje Campbell won “Most Innovative Use of Materials” with a design inspired by the innovative architecture of Frank Gehry. Antje constructed the skirt using blueprints folded in origami patterns, wood Vermeer as a head piece and belt, a bodice made from potato chip bags, and striped wiring as stitching.

Adam Neeley received the award “Most Glamorous & Elegant ‘Red Carpet’ Worthy Creation” for his ensemble entitled “Oceana.” Inspired by the endless beauty and tranquil-ity of the ocean, he created his haute couture look using burlap, tissue paper, brown craft paper, cellophane, vintage beads, shells and leaves. Neeley’s runway also impressed the crowd and took home the highly coveted “People’s Choice Award.”l

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


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

The Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) hosted the Art of Dining 2014, the museum’s most important

fundraiser and one of Orange County’s more sought-after social events, on Saturday, June 7, 2014. Presented by Louis Vuitton, this year’s black-tie affair was held on the Bridge of Gar-dens at South Coast Plaza and included the first ever, After Party: Art After Dark. Celebrating excellence in creativity, this year’s gala honored Los Angeles artist Diana Thater and the late Orange County philanthropist and art collector Gerald Buck; two individuals who have con-tributed significantly to the art world. The event surpassed the goal, raising more than $460,000. Funds support the museum’s exhibition and education programs.

The evening kicked off with a reception in the Louis Vuitton boutique and then proceeded to South Coast Plaza’s Garden Terrace where Hamamori served up sushi as AnQi passed hors d’oeuvres. After celebrating the honorees, guests took their seats for a dinner created by celebrated chef Joachim Splichal. Following dinner, Art of Dining attendees returned to the Garden Terrace, where they were joined by After Party: Art After Dark party goers, for dancing to the sounds of Side Project – DJ and Drummer, while enjoying late night bites pro-vided by Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdales. lVisit www.ocma.net

Art of Dining Executive Committee: Marsha Anderson, Inga

Beder, Sally Crockett, Susan Etchandy, Twyla Martin, Irene Marti-

no, Pamela Paul ,Jennifer Segerstrom, Jennifer Van Bergh

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

photo captions (from top to bottom, left to right)1. Irene Martino, Sally Crockett,

Twyla Reed Martin, Tracy Schroeder, Inga Beder, Marsha Anderson, Susan Etchandy,

and Jennifer Segerstrom2. Kathryn Cenci, Darrel and

Marsha Anderson, and Toni Berlinger3. Stephanie Bachiero and Arabella Cant

4.Stacey Popp, Jeff Schroeder, and Tracy Schroeder

5. Irene and Lucio Martino with Kathryn Cenci6. Christina Buck and Thor Hougen


Nine races. One champion. James Garner, Yves Montand, Brian Bed-ford and Antonio Sabato portray Formula I drivers competing to be the best in this slam-you-into-the-driver’s seat tale of speed, spectacle and intertwined personal lives. Eva Marie Saint and Toshiro Mifune also star. John Frankenheimer (who 32 years later would again stomp the pedal to the metal for the car chases of Ronin) directs this winner of 3 Academy Awards - crafting split-screen images to capture the overlapping drama and orchestrating you-are-there POV camerawork to inten-sify the hard-driving thrills. Nearly 30 top drivers take part in the excitement, so buckle up, movie fans. Race with the best to the head of the pack.

Probably the best of the formula motor racing films. Frankenheimer was a keen fan of the sport, and took great pains to convey the experience cinematically.

There are no CG-process shots; a 70mm camera was fixed to the cars, and the suspension jacked up on the other side to balance them. Drivers wore cam-eras on their helmets. “Chase cars” were fitted with remote-controlled cameras. Long lenses were used for a slow-motion effect, helicopter cameras shot the aerial footage. Cutting-edge technology was used to control the cameras remotely.

The racing scenes were real; actual races, actual drivers…as good as it gets.

John Stephens, who directed the Ac-tion Unit in the film will be the featured guest. Also in attendance will be John Frankenheimer’s wife, also the cast of the film; Eva Marie Saint, Antonio Sabato and the President of Panavision, whose 70mm Panaflex cameras captured all this historic footage. Also in attendance will be Bob Bondurant, the world-famous race driver whose School of High Perfor-mance Driving trains new racers as well as law-enforcement officers. Bob trained the actors to drive their race cars and also drove in the film.

John Stephens’ fabulous still photo-graphs of the film, including action shots and the making of the film will be avail-able for viewing and for sale in limited editions.

There will be a screening of the film, as well as a short film on the Making of Grand Prix, to be held at the Lumberyard Restaurant at 9AM on Sunday, the 5th.

In addition, there will be a 1960’s For-mula 1 racing car on display, along with the Panaflex camera rig used in the film. For the enthusiast, a 1916 Ford Speed-ster race car will be offering rides in its open-cockpit. Enough thrills for everyone attending. l

Forest & Ocean Gallery is located at 480 Ocean Ave., Laguna Beach, visit www.forestoceangallery.com

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


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Having worked with many media, Swan is captivated by watercolor’s flowing pig-ments. They combine and separate themselves, yielding to each other in a kaleidoscope of color and movement.

As Orange County has evolved, so has Swan. Her artwork has morphed along with the shifting landscape, absorbing the color. She takes inspiration wherever she is, preserving bits of the familiar and snatching scenes from local landscapes as it contin-ually adjusts and reinvents itself. Just like Orange County, Swan finds watercolor to be dynamic, vibrant and full of surprises.

Swan’s award-winning artwork has been exhibited at shows and galleries through-out Southern California and has become a cherished part of international collections. Swan’s recent solo show was on display in the Thomas F. Riley Terminal as part of John Wayne Airport’s Community Focus Space Program. Her work was seen by visitors on the Departure (upper) Level near the security screening areas in Terminals A, B and C and on the Arrival (lower) Level adjacent to Baggage Carousels 1 and 4.

Swan’s work can be found at The Artist Eye Laguna Gallery 1294-A South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach. www.artisteyelagunagallery.com or www.ncswan.com. l

To learn more about JWA’s Art Programs, visit: ocair.com/terminal/artexhibits

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

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Eating and Talking Quietly with Good People

written by Grove Koger

Looking Back


There’s an almost irresistible impulse to take a look back-ward at a particular life and say, “There’s where it all began,

where the real person started to emerge—right there.” In the case of M. F. K. Fisher, America’s most celebrated food writer, “right there” was a simple cottage near the shore in Laguna Beach.

Fisher was born Mary Frances Ken-nedy in Michigan in 1908, but her family moved west three years later, first to Seattle and shortly afterward to the Quaker community of Whittier, where her father, Rex, bought the Whittier News. Fisher’s maternal grandmother soon joined the household, and as Fisher would write years later, “The first thing I remember tasting and then wanting to taste again is the grayish-pink fuzz my grandmother skimmed from a spitting kettle of strawberry jam.”

Despite the apparent intensity of that memory, however, Grandmother

Holbrook was a puritanical cook. She regarded pleasure as sinful and insisted upon over-boiling and over-baking meats and vegetables. Herbs and spices were out of the question. As it turned out, hired cooks and kitchen helpers provided Fisher with the lessons that she would gradually work into a kind of philosophy of food and life.

Rex bought a lot in Laguna Beach in 1915 and proceeded to build a cottage with a sea view. Here the family (minus Grandmother Holbrook) retreated Satur-day afternoons for weekends of carefree living. Fisher’s mother, Edith, cooked mouth-watering batches of sea bass and corn oysters (corn fritters that resemble fried oysters) in a lean-to kitchen. Friends from Whittier joined the family, and on many a convivial occasion the table had to be moved from the kitchen into the dining room and then extended into the living room. There were bottles of sherry and a locally produced wine they called “red ink.”

When school was out, Fisher and her younger sister Anne lived at the Laguna Beach cottage with a close family friend and free spirit, “Aunt” Gwen, who taught them to gather and cook mussels and kelp. Gwen also specialized in particular-ly memorable onion rings and fried egg sandwiches. Thanks to her, the nine-year-old Fisher decided that “one of the best ways to grow up is to eat and talk quietly with good people.”

It was during one of the last of these Laguna summers that Fisher wrote and made drawings for what would be her first published article, “Pacific Village.” The scene is Laguna Beach itself, thin-ly disguised as “Olas,” a “beautifully located” community that “lies small and pleasant in a little hollow, with houses clustered north and south along the coast.” But Olas is the scene of a struggle between the forces of tradition and prog-ress—a struggle that never seems to end. written by Grove Koger

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“So the two sides live together in the little village. … One could not well exist without the other.”

Fisher sent her article and illustrations to Westways magazine, but realized that her work had been accepted for the February 1935 issue only when she received a check for the princely sum of $35—$10 for the article itself and $25 for the drawings. She had dreamed of becoming either a writer or an artist, but, as she would ex-plain much later, “writing was easier and more fun.”

True to her burgeoning bohemian spirit, Fisher spent the money from West-ways on her version of “riotous living”—a tiny bottle of sandalwood oil for her mother, a jokily garish tie for her father, and a bottle of Hennessy VSOP cognac for her husband, Al, whom she had married in 1929. (You can read a reprint of the piece in the collection As They Were.)

Fisher went on to write hundreds of articles and more than two dozen books, many of them dealing with France, where she lived off and on for several years. She worked for Paramount Studios in Holly-wood in the early 1940s, and produced what’s regarded as the standard English translation of Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin’s classic Physiologie du Goût as The Psychology of Taste later that decade. There would be two more husbands, two daughters, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1991, a year before her death in Glen Ellen. In my opening paragraph I called Fisher a “food writer,” but she was much more than that. John Updike put it best when he dubbed her a “poet of the appetites.”

If you want to read more about Fisher’s formative years, the years in which Laguna Beach nourished her mind and body while nurturing her talent, the collections To Begin Again and Stay Me, Oh Comfort Me include selections from the journals she kept while living there. And Joan Reardon’s M. F. K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans: Celebrating Her Kitchens pro-vides all the context you’ll need. l


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Image: “Friends and Lovers” (detail), 2014 60” x 60” oil on canvas

Kathy JonesSeptember 4 – October 15

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Long before Harriet Nelson became the perfect mother and wife for the nuclear-age families of the

1950s, the Vaudeville baby, born Peggy Snyder, was cutting through the airwaves alongside her band-leader husband Ozzie Nelson.

When Snyder met Nelson in 1932, she had already been married and divorced and was a frequenter of the Cotton Club scene, moving with the fast times of the Prohibition Era and occasionally appear-ing on Broadway. Nelson convinced her to abandon her “straight woman” roles op-posite comedians on the stage and take up the mantle of “girl singer” in his orches-tra. He also convinced her to change her name to Harriet Hilliard. Nelson himself was a saxophone player and the leader of a successful big band, and when the two teamed up, it spelled record gold, with such hits as 1934’s “Over Somebody Else’s Shoulder” and 1935’s “And Then Some,” the latter of which spent 12 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard charts.

The couple married the following year and embarked on a string of mov-ie roles, appearing together in 1941’s Sweetheart of the Campus with Ruby Keeler and 1943’s Honeymoon Lodge opposite June Vincent. Harriet had already cut her screen acting teeth in 1936 with her debut

in Follow the Fleet (starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire), and the Nelsons soon became regulars on Red Skelton’s radio show in the 1940s. After the birth of sons David and Ricky, Ozzie decided to transi-tion their successful act to radio full-time in 1944, developing and producing The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. He subse-quently moved the hit show to television in 1952, and the rest, as they say, is history

It was during the radio years that Ozzie and Harriet decided to seek out Laguna as a getaway from all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, first buying an old Mediterranean-style house in Camel Point. After the success of their television show, however, they sold their home and in 1955 built a cliff-top, one-storey, two-bedroom retreat in the gated commu-nity of Lagunita, just off Coast Highway.

Harriet had specific notes for the architect on how the house should look—she’d been collecting clippings of various styles throughout the big band years and keeping them in a scrapbook. The orches-tra members even began referring to the book as “Harriet’s House,” something she was now in a position to make a reality. While the beach had not been her first choice for locations, she warmed to the idea. Ozzie was game from the start, and once the house was built, reveled in daily

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

As Harriet told the LA Times in 1989, “When we first came down here, he’d swim twice a day and play volleyball with all the kids. He’d knock his brains out. Ozzie had to win, you know. Ozzie could not come in second. No way.”

The couple kept their Hollywood home as well, but it was Lagunita where they spent summers on hiatus from the show and where they holed-up after film-ing the final episode of Ozzie and Harriet in 1966.

During the 1960s, the home became a staple of family get-togethers, with David and Ricky bringing their wives and chil-dren for extended stays, and in 1977, two years after Ozzie passed away from liver cancer, Harriet made Lagunita her perma-nent residence. She remained in relative seclusion for many years, however; life without Ozzie was to be a difficult and never-ending transition.

“We were almost like one person,” she told the Times in 1994. “And I don’t know that it should be that way.”

Still, Harriet Nelson carried on, pushing through the overwhelming grief that plagued her and that was compound-ed exponentially with the untimely death of Ricky in 1985. Refusing to give in, she

Looking Back

Harriet’s HouseAmerica’s Iconic TV Mom

Found a Haven in Laguna Beach

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made a few guest appearances in television shows like The Love Boat and Happy Days, as well as in grand-daughter Tracey Nelson’s 1989 series, The Father Dowling Mysteries.

Mostly, however, she spent eve-nings on her deck looking out at the ocean, occasionally venturing down to the beach where she said she could become completely entranced.

“If you’ve got stuff to do up-stairs, you’d better not go down to the beach because you won’t come back up. I don’t. It’s a different world down there and you kind of leave everything else upstairs. I could be a beachcomber very easily,” she laughed.

Harriet also volunteered for select events in town, and was often

spotted shopping at the local grocery store. In her later years, she seemed to have found a sense of place in Laguna, a sense of home.

“I like everything about it,” she remarked. “I know everyone down here, and they are all such nice people. I find I don’t want to live any place else.”

Her last years were spent quietly on that deck and on the beach below, doing the things she loved, and on a Sunday afternoon in 1994, at age 85, Harriet Nelson, the soft-spoken half of America’s favorite TV parents, passed away peacefully in her sleep with son David holding her hand. l

Looking Back


Beneath the Surface

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

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

Functional Art

written by Elizabeth Nutt

TURTLE END TABLE22” x 17” x 21” (1996) SN $18,975


Wyland utilizes a “lost wax” process, beginning with an original wax model which he then encases in a molding mate-rial. Next he melts away the wax, leaving a negative—a hollow space—into which he pours molten metal. He then melds and welds until the sculpture achieves a wholly realistic quality. The piece can take Wyland years to complete, in part be-cause of his attention to the details in the sculpture’s molding, and in part because of the perfect balance that is required for each point of contact. Striving for lifelike perfection in the original mold, it took Wyland seven years to finish his Octopus Encounter coffee table.

Wyland’s hope is that, by allowing viewers a glimpse below the glass surface of the tables—which represent the surface of the ocean—he’ll create a ripple effect in which more and more onlookers are in-spired to protect and conserve the beauty they don’t ordinarily witness. He wants the tables to be as much about education as they are about art. And each table tells a story—about an animal and a moment of time beneath the sea that heretofore was out of reach for most of the public. By us-ing the tables as vehicles through which he can take us underwater with him, Wyland hopes to change the way we think about the ocean and the environment. lVisit www.wylandgalleries.com

Functional Art

OCTOPUS ENCOUNTER COFFEE TABLE30" x 28" x 22" (2009) SN $28,600 or AP $40,150

DOLPHIN EXPERIENCE END TABLE30” x 32” x 17” (1992) SN $20,240 or AP $30,360


LIVING LIFE WITH FERVOR

“Third Martini”


Horns wail over the chatter of the audience and the sheer melody alone ignites a flame. The bartender to the left of the band serves up a round of martinis to a gaggle of women in decadent attire. They’re gossiping about the handsome men lining the room and smoking as they begin advancing across the dance floor. There’s a medley of emotions: the uncertain haziness experienced after one too many, a burning undertone of sexual tension between cautious dance partners, even a blazing stream of singed embers left trailing behind the backs of scorned lovers. The scene is alive.

The audience trembles from the bass line as heels are removed from achy feet and hips swing. Tonight, the crowd’s full of regulars communing for a late night escapade. The year’s circa 1920—a time like no other.

Taxis whisk away a flood of glossy-eyed romantics, leaving the scent of alcohol and minty laughter. A symphonic ending consumes the tail end of the song as the band rumbles to a close. The cre-scendo lifts, and then is released. Buried inside the brush strokes of Sandra Jones Campbell’s series “Get Jazzed” you’ll find these interconnected stories, stories of bliss and woe, all laid out across the scene of the Big Band Era of the 1920s.

Campbell’s journey as a fine artist is

a star-studded record of educational ac-colades, exhibitions, awards and honors. In 2011 she was chosen to paint a 32-foot-long mural facing Main Beach in her city of residency, Laguna. The mural was com-pleted in nothing less than her signature fashion—characters intertwined in scenes of faces and expressions for onlookers to examine and engage with.

For years, Campbell’s work has regu-larly featured the human form interacting with itself and/or others. Feelings and reactions displayed by everyday peo-ple coincide with her insight into social situations and communal interactions, as well as her desire to imbue her work with passion. This sentiment is made explicit by a comment from a 2011 interview for Pacific Edge Gallery: “I’m an artist who does work that deals with social scenes and interactions with people and an artist who works from my emotions.”

As the subject matter of her piece Guess I Will Have to Change My Plans weeps with disappointment, the scene jolts back to the party in Third Martini Medley, Solo with a Twist. The paintings are active, the series equally salty and sexy, melding the romanticism of the 1920s with the gamier reality of those years. The works tell the stories of those who lived their lives with fervor: socialites on high horses, seedy men with

written by Kimberly Johnson

The Works of Sandra Jones Campbell

“The Last Letter”

“Salted Peanuts”


particular practices in mind, disinterest-ed club patrons with hearts too hefty to tango. Campbell’s heavy brush strokes and Picasso-esque constructions bring this world into existence, while the expres-sions and body language she captures make the work come alive.

However, Get Jazzed is merely the tip of the iceberg for Campbell and her talent for conveying the human form. Some of her most haunting works have a direct sense of solitude—experiences undertaken in the confines of seclusion and stoicism. The piercing gaze of Frozen Focus and too-familiar sorrow of The Last Letter cool the heat of her jazz-fueled flame. Her chosen subjects vary but her style stays as recognizable as ever.

Campbell has kept busy over the course of her career, creating a body of work that is seemingly endless. It grap-ples with emotions and attitudes that are indubitably universal, captured with skilled hands in paintings for those with receptive eyes.

Sandra Jones Campbell is one of five resident artists at Laguna Beach’s Pacific Edge Gallery. lVisit www.pacificedgegallery.com.

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A PASSION

FOR JEWELRY

written by Daniella Walsh


One wears a Schields piece with confidence and commitment—even her website states that her work is for “women with a sense of self.”

That might be said of Schields herself, a strikingly stylish platinum blonde fond of showing off her own work, and sometimes that of others, in eye-catching multiples.

Many of Schields’ works can be seen currently at the Forest & Ocean Gallery, a venue with a multi-me-dia, international aesthetic. “Gretchen’s work is totally unique; it’s not just jewelry, it’s a statement,” says Ludo Leideritz, the gallery’s Netherlands-born founder. “If you mounted it on a wall, it would be a work of art.” Leideritz himself recently wore a simple but intriguing piece from Schields’ men’s line that might also catch the eye of women with a more minimalist bent. Schields also shows at the JGo Gallery in Park City, Utah, Lireille Gallery in Oakland and the Laguna Design Center International.

The appeal of Schields’ fabric works from her Silk Road collection or pieces from her Tribal collection has not been lost on fellow artists like fabric designer Olivia Batchelder, who owns several of her sumptuous adorn-ments.

“I love the big beads in Gretchen’s pieces, and all the ethnic references,” says Batchelder. “They are precious in an artsy way, as rarities from exotic worlds. From the moment I first saw Gretchen’s necklaces, I was hooked. I have many, and wear them all the time! They connect me with time and place, and wearing them makes me feel very cosmopolitan, like a citizen of the world.”

If many of Schields’ creations evoke Asian art, it’s no coincidence. She was born in Tokyo and, with a father in the oil business, her family shuttled to Hong Kong, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Australia. Hong Kong’s culture helped shape her, she explains, but Australia is still close to her heart: “Southern California

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


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

Schields’ international upbringing prepared her for a successful college career at the Art Center College of Design, where she majored in illustration with a minor in fashion.

“After graduation, I had the shocking revelation that I needed to make money, so I worked as an advertising and fashion illustrator for firms like Levi Strauss and went into children’s books,” she recalls. By that time she had moved to San Francisco, where she thrived in a non-conformist environment on the outer edge of the beat/hippy generation.

Schields collaborated with her close friend, author Amy Tan, on two acclaimed children’s books, The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese Cat. The latter was also turned into a PBS television series titled Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat for which Schields served as art director and wrote scripts. On her own she has written and illustrated two other children’s books, The Water Shell and Cantsee: The Cat Who Was the Color of the Carpet.

Tan says she owns 35 to 40 of Schields’ pieces—necklaces, earrings and bracelets—but admits that she may have lost count. “There is always jewelry for any oc-casion—be it travel on a book tour to Europe or a conference in China, a black tie opera gala or a lecture for 2,000 people. The jewelry draws stares of admiration and envy, as well as inquiry where a necklace like mine could be found,” she writes via e-mail. Tan goes on to add that even in jeans and a turtle-neck, she feels like a person of par-ticular style when she drapes on a long Schields necklace: “Gretchen’s


jewelry is not only stunning, it bears stories.”

Schields’ interest in jewel-ry began when she took a class in crafting pearl necklaces. “I found that making something was a very satisfying thing to do,” she says. She remembers diving full tilt into jewelry design around the year 2000, intent on making it her second career.

Skilled enough to sell her work to high-end boutiques, Schields found out after a time that wholesaling was not for her. “It became a nightmare; I spent a fortune selling to stores but never made a prof-it.” Then the recession hit and orders dropped off. Exhausted by trade shows, she decided to get off the treadmill and move to Southern California. When she was juried into the Festival of Arts in 2008 she was elated, thinking that she had found her niche. But it turned out not to be a good fit.

Currently on leave from Art-A-Fair, Schields prefers to keep her business on a small scale. She works out of a cozy, sun-lit studio overlooking the vast greens of a golf course, surrounded by artifacts from around the world, especially Asia, many of which find their way into her creations.

“Jewelry attracts me,” Schields explains. “I can work with beautiful antique and ethnic pieces and make some-thing beautiful. Here I don’t have to do the sort of research I did in illustration but just look to whatever gives me inspiration putting together wonderful things.” lVisit www.gretchen-schields.com

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Mark Timothy is a man of appetite. He is an avid surfer, an entrepreneur, a dealer, an innovator and, most recently, a fine

artist. With studios on Pacific Coast Highway and Laguna Canyon Road, Timothy brings unbridled enthusiasm and gravitas to his art. A quick talker, full of life and its

passions, Timothy goes about making and promoting his art with gusto. And although most of his photographs are shots of people on the beach—some in pairs, some in

groups and some solo—his work is not souvenir art or tourist kitsch. The photographs are, rather, complex renderings of an imperfect humanity.


The images from Timothy’s “Lumen” series are ethereal. The title of the series is our first point of orientation in understanding the works, which are first and foremost about light and the movement of light. The process of the works’ creation and their subject become one. The images are intensely diffused, bleached out and nearly shadowless. The severe light is the result of a very slow shutter speed; Timothy deliberately plays with the release to achieve the desired degree of light let in and light spread out.

We are brought to the ocean but our imagi-nations remain in a different place. The relent-less light is dreamlike—unreal, nostalgic and non-specific—and, from certain angles, warm. We are not sure if we are in the present or the past (or the future); we are uncertain whether the people are aware of the photographer.

In short, it is the light in the images that opens them up, that makes them more

complicated and less accessible. It is the light that

determines their mystery.The “Lumen” series also presents a kind

of skeletal narrative. The figures are so fully exposed that nothing remains of them but a blurred outline, an abstraction. We, the viewers, are thus invited to project our own experience onto the images—the smell of the ocean, the feel of being on the water at the end of the day, of being with a group, with a friend, a spouse, a lover or a parent. Or perhaps we dream of someone else or other people in the image. The narrative, according to Timothy, is intentionally vague. He wants his work to transport us to the moment where nothing is being said outside of what we bring to the work.

And of course the light is never completely or only light. To put it another way, the light is

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not used to convey only that which is light. The beautiful and open image onto which we have projected our aspi-rations and memories undermines the memories or, at the very least, compli-cates and sullies our relationship to the image that seduces us, the image that invites us into its promise and its fold.

Timothy deliberately plays with viewers’ expectations, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he exploits our expectations or at the very least inverts them. What he sees in the long shutter lapse is often (but not always) the mo-ment when this kind of transformation from beautiful body to ethereal body happens, or the moment when we real-ize that there is far more to a beautiful image than we initially experience.

We have to look closely to see what Timothy offers, but make no mis-

take, he wants us to look that closely and he wants us to remark and revel in the imperfection of the human body and the human experience.

Timothy started his career as a deliberately naive artist. He sought no counsel, no education and no formal training. He wanted a kind of purity. Once he started going to museums and interesting himself in other artists, he was most drawn to artists who devour the world—artists such as Salvador Dalí, Gerhard Richter and Damien Hirst. Timothy belongs to this tradi-tion, as a personality and a visual artist, and we can only assume that he will continue to surprise us and to bring us his vision of the world in all of its splendor and imperfection. lVisit www.marktimothygallery.com


Andriy Halashyn

The Oddly Familiar


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


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


“Happy Nation”,55inch x 55inch ,2011, oil on canvas


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


Halashyn grew up under the Soviet regime in Ternopil in what is now Ukraine. While he credits the Soviet Union for much of the stability of his childhood—safe streets, a solid education and medical care—he also explains that for his family, a family of artists, the Regime meant suppression of self-expression, es-pecially through art. He remembers that he was unable to speak freely as a child in school and that art was neither supported nor allowed.

Both Halashyn’s father and brother are artists, and he credits them as his first true teachers. But it wasn’t until his father took Halashyn away from Ternopil on vacation that he was able to explore what he refers to as his “genetic gift.” He remembers this

momentous trip well, sitting on a bench as an adolescent with his father and watching other artists working on a mural. He was later able to contribute to the mural, and that first feeling of unlimited self-expression became addictive.

Halashyn went on to study at the Academy of Art in the Ukrainian city of Lviv. It was there that he became exposed to people who hailed from other countries and cultures, and his passions for communicating with them through art, and for travel itself, began to grow. He came to believe that all people are interconnected, and that art is a way for him to share his world with them.

“Bad Dream”,oil on canvas , 51inch diam

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


Halashyn’s travels led him to Costa Rica, where he fell in love with the landscape, the people, and the art world there. His endless quest to meet and speak with other artists enabled him to make the connection with Carla Tesak, the owner of the Salt Fine Art Gallery. The Gallery has a Latin Contemporary focus, and for the past six years Tesak has made space for Halashyn to exhibit his work there. It is such connections as these that Halashyn believes fuel the art world and intertwines artists’ lives.

Halashyn has worked tirelessly to develop and cultivate his personal style, one that has gained him numerous awards in several different countries. Though he relocated to Costa Rica in 2000, he was recognized as being one of the top 20 artists of Ukraine in 2009, and has since won awards in Costa Rica as well. His work has also appeared in exhibitions—solo and collective—in Los Angeles, Miami, Switzerland, Colombia and Panama.

Halashyn’s signature style—for which he has been called an emerging global sensation—hinges on high-impact contrasts. “I don’t have limits,” he says. “I like to mix politics with chil-dren’s heroes, fashion with war, destruction with parties.” For Halashyn, the contrasting elements—topics, colors and sensa-tions—simply reflect life. “[With] every unpleasant situation, I try to see the positive things … and all of them are part of our life.” He believes in conjoining what he knows with what he sees in the potential of the canvas. Perhaps this is why his work

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

When his first daughter was born, Halashyn discovered what has become a favorite juxtaposition: children’s cartoons and stories with bizarre scenarios, abstract scenes from other decades, and famous faces. The birth had a significant effect on his art, and one of his most prized series, “Mickey between Us,” portrays Disney characters in anomalous ways; Donald Duck and Minnie Mouse, for instance, lean over a beautiful, seeming-ly lifeless girl from another era. The images that pop out of his paintings are at once comforting and disquieting, juvenile and yet richly cosmopolitan.

Today Halashyn continues to travel, hoping to exhibit in additional countries and to continue to transcend culture with his work. He draws inspiration from each moment of his day, and particularly those spent with his family or in reflection. He quotes the words of Picasso to describe how he himself lives as an artist: “Inspiration exists, it just has to find us working.” And he will continue working as an artist for the rest of his life, he says, finding pure joy in the process and feeling lucky to have captured the interest of the Laguna Beach art community—just one stop in his endless quest to connect with the world through art. lVisit www.saltfineart.net


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

Home Is Where the Art Is


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

“The other day, my husband was wearing Ray-Bans, and I thought, it’s going to be hard to accept this, but I’ll do it,” she laughs.

Originally from Montreal, Canada, Josée Perreault nestled into her hilltop Laguna Beach home three years ago after trekking for the company across Europe for 20 years. She’d successfully built Oakley sunglasses into markets that sometimes had never heard of the sports performance and lifestyle pieces giant.

In her modest Mid-Century Modern digs, which boast an entire wall of windows encompass-ing a 180-degree view of the beach town below (“I’m paying for the view,” she laughs), Perreault has created a landscape that tells of her journeys and jibes with her personality. She is refreshingly down-to-earth, direct, and quick to joke, and she buys art simply because she enjoys having attrac-tive things around her. She is uninterested in value or the artists’ name recognition—in fact, she doesn’t even recall the titles for most of the pieces she owns.

“When I look at art, I just buy it because it’s in the moment. I like it and it means something to me. I don’t care about the value. You either like art or don’t like art.”

Perreault definitely knows what she likes and what she wants, a characteristic that made her the first woman executive to reach the higher ranks at Oakley. In the 1980s it also made her a world champion ultimate Frisbee player. It’s a sport that she says, with sarcasm, is now “very under-ground,” and one that she adds to a host of athletic pursuits that include skiing, snowboarding


and, for a time, teaching Jane Fonda aerobics. That was long before her years with Oakley, of course, and since leaving Montreal, Perreault has been “shipped” (as she calls it) to hundreds of European offices, as well as to Brazil and China, with long-term residences in several cities. Along the way, her Canadi-an politician husband Christophe occasionally joins her, as does son Charlie, and wherever they go, art is purchased.

“I was raised by parents who are mega-collectors compared to me,” she explains. “and maybe because I was raised in that envi-ronment, I know more about it. But for me, my pleasure is when I … leave Paris or Zurich or wherever, I leave with art representing what I’ve lived. To me, that means a lot. I have a story to tell with that painting. I know exactly where I bought it. It makes it more valuable to me and the memories are more than pictures in scrapbooks.”

Most of Perreault’s recent acquisitions reflect her three years in Laguna Beach, and since arriving in town, she’s purchased five pieces from the JoAnne Artman Gallery. Two of them, polished fashion por-traits by Anja Van Herle of young women wearing sunglasses, reflect her connection to Laguna as well as her career. “I have 20 years in a sunglass company so I saw these and thought, this is my life.”

Included in the purchase were an abstract by Stallman made of loops of dyed blue canvas strips, a Chanel No. 5 pop art piece by Alberto Murillo, and two works by Jhina Alvarado. “I love them,” she says, referring to Alvarado’s scenes of vintage beachgoers. “They’re very California to me and I’m drawn to people who use photography in their work.”


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

“I live with big art, which is not practical. It can be painful,” she laughs. “I haven’t learned how to move, and it’s my fourth move in-ternationally. Each time I have more stuff, and it should not be like that!”

Still, Perreault doesn’t foresee an end to her way of life, and the experiences the art helps her relive are irreplaceable. One such example is a large-scale piece showing three fishermen and a grounded rowboat on the Mediterranean shore of Italy’s Cinque Terre. She and Christophe spotted it while having lunch at a café and approached the street artist with an offer.

“I fell in love with the painting, and so we gave him 300 euros think-ing we’d never see this picture again because we couldn’t take it with us, but, two weeks later, it arrived.”

Perreault has two large pieces from French artist Fifax Vermeulen that she purchased in Paris, Wind-shield Wiper and Little Green Plant. The first is a watery view from inside a car as it travels through the rainy Parisian streets, and the other a signature subject by the artist of a cluster of Parisian rooftops—with


a small green plant appearing on a distant balcony. She also collects a large array of Canadian artists, her prized possession be-ing Noir Blanche, an abstract white dove by Jean-Paul Riopelle that she received from her parents.

At the opposite end of the spectrum, Perreault has a few edgy, psychedelic and sporty pieces. In her dining room, for instance, is a four-foot tall painting of what look like 1970s animator Ralph Bakshi mutant mushrooms floating above alien terrain. She picked it up at a Geneva gallery appropriately named Space Junkie. (“I think the guy who made it was on mushrooms,” she laughs.) And in the hallway are two pieces from pop surrealist Caia Koopman, a skate deck artist who designed a series of frames for Oakley.

Other works reveal the many cultures and peoples that Perreault has encoun-tered: café scenes from Montmartre, a series of hammered metal mixed media pieces she bought from some women street artists in South Africa, a sculpture from Nunavut (Canada’s northernmost territory), and even several creations by Charlie that he made when he took a ceramics class in high school. One day it will all end up back at Perreault’s farm in Montreal, of course, but for now, it goes where she goes, serving as both a record of her life and a respite at the end of the day.

“I don’t know where I’m going to be living in five years,” she muses, “but I need to make my surroundings attractive. It doesn’t have to be fancy, but I have to come here every day and feel at home, and art is a part of that.” l

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Four spectacular glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly adorn the lobby rotunda at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort. These museum-quality artworks, known as “Seaforms” and titled Royal Yellow Persian Set with Chestnut Lip

Wraps, Festival Persian Set, Scarlet Spotted Persian Set with Cobalt Lip Wraps and Mardi Gras Persian Set, are created from deep yellow, orange, red and blue glass re-spectively. Typical Chihuly glassworks, these pieces offer visitors and guests a rare opportunity to view this world-renowned artist’s hand-blown blossoms, gourds, leaves, bell shapes and sea forms.

While the St. Regis displays dozens of finely crafted works throughout its lobbies, bars and spa, two colorful mural-like paintings are of special note. Kevin Sloan’s Abundancia over the registration desk and Italian Cornucopia over the con-cierge desk are inspired by Italian frescoes and comprise garlands, fruit and flora. Another favorite resort painting, across from the Crust Gourmet Deli, is the large,

Photos this page (clockwise from top left): Mural above the Lobby Lounge Solarium bar; Seaforms, glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly; Drawing by Marino; Igor Stravinsky, by Arnold Newman

Photos opposite page: St Regis Monarch Beach Resort lobby and pool.


brightly colored botanical Flower Stand by Gary Bukovnik.The St. Regis is one of the resorts in the Laguna Beach area

that takes pride in the quality of its artwork, presenting visual gifts to resort guests and visitors alike.

Down Niguel Road, across Pacific Coast Highway, the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel exhibits paintings, photographs and sculptures, many paying tribute to the wild beauty of the Pacific Ocean. Entering the lobby, the visitor is greeted by abstract and impressionist-inspired paintings, several with plum and silver hues echoing the colors of the nearby waters. Toward the back of the main level, bordering Raya restaurant (with its delicious sustainable fare), is the sculptural installation Kelp Wall by Brad Oldham. This eight-foot-tall, sixty-foot-long piece is made from snaking aluminum tubing and hand-blown glass pods and is lit

by LED elements. Behind Raya, five sculptural surfboards by Tim Bessell, created in collaboration with the Andy Warhol Foun-dation, feature Marilyn Monroe and Campbell Soup themes.

Throughout the resort, the photographic series Waves by Clark Little and Water and Waves by Lagunan Russ Sanders depict huge waves and spraying water. Little’s photos, several in three to five panels, present the ocean in its magnificent rolling fury. Sanders’ images are equally expressive, while their digital manipulation and dramatic colors impart the drama of their subject.

Contrasting with this venue’s ocean theme is enoSTEAK restaurant, where burnished wood tables, walls and floors create an old-fashioned “club” look. Enhancing this décor are several paintings by Laguna artist Sandra Jones Campbell. The

Photo opposite page: Homage to Ode to Joy, by Sasha Panoff

Photos this page (clockwise from top left): Mostly Sunny, by Paul Bond; Warhol Surfboards by Tim Bessell; Kelp Wall by Brad Oldham

Photos on following two pages: images from enoSTEAK restaurant

Down Niguel Road, across Pacific Coast Highway, the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel exhibits paintings,

photographs and sculptures, many paying tribute to the wild beauty of the Pacific Ocean.


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


pieces, which portray eating and drinking figures dressed in 1930s style, are inspired by German Expressionism and harmonize effectively with the furnishings in mood, lighting and color.

Four miles up Pacific Coast Highway, the Montage Laguna Beach, with its early twentieth century style architecture and décor, exhibits several dozen plein air paintings. Created in the Laguna area in the early 1900s, the carefully chosen works complement the resort’s classic design. The plein air style, also called “California Impressionism” in our part of the world, em-ployed the broad brush strokes and pure, bright colors favored by the earli-er French Impressionists. One featured work near the Montage’s entrance is William Wendt’s Laguna Coastline, a rare painting by this artist, as it includes houses—one built very near the ocean—as well as natural features. Here also is Diver’s Cove, Laguna Beach by John Doemling, a painting of boats at this popular North Laguna locale and the inspiration for the resort’s logo. Other works in the lobby area include Dana Bartlett’s Verdugo Canyon, with its flowing canyon vistas rendered in warm lavender hues, Edgar Payne’s Pacific Tide, a portrayal of the area’s rocky coastline and surf, and—behind the concierge desk—Frank Cuprien’s Laguna Surf, a small gem depicting gentle waves in yellows, golds and greens.

Four Photos this page (clockwise from top right): Parallel Dance, by Cheryl Ekstrom;Upper Rae Lake, by Paul Lauritz;Breton Boats, by Edgar Payne; (courtesy of The Redfern Gallery)California Serenity, by Maurice Braun (courtesy of The Redfern Gallery)


Several public art pieces, most by Laguna artists, grace the Montage’s plazas, walkways and lawns overlooking the ocean. A pair of bronze sculptures by Cher-yl Ekstrom, Parallel Dance 1 & 2, are part sea creature and part horse. Other outside works of note are John Barber’s vast glass sculpture Eternal Sunset and the dramat-ic Peace Scape, a life-size, finely wrought bronze tree by Terry Thornsley.

Seven miles up Pacific Coast Highway, past Laguna galleries, restaurants and Crystal Cove State Park, turn right onto Newport Coast Drive and arrive at the Re-sort at Pelican Hill. This 504-acre complex has the look and ambience of a classic Ital-ian estate, albeit one from a movie set, with manicured lawns, cypresses, olives and Aleppo pines, an enormous, circular, tiled pool, and sloping hillsides culminating at the Pacific Ocean.

The pièce de résistance of this six-year-old resort is its Mediterranean architec-ture, based on the designs and buildings of Andrea Palladio, the sixteenth century

photos courtesy of Pelican Hill: (top) Pelican Hill Great Room fireplace surrounded by 17th Century

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Italian architect who created palaces near Venice, Italy. Pelican Hill guests and the public are invited for an art and architecture tour Wednesdays at 4 p.m. Your guide will explain that Palladio’s work is based on the symmetry and proportion of ancient Greek and Roman structures, and will point out the resort’s triangular Villa Club Portico, its arched bungalows, and its Tuscan columns, designed with the classic diameter-to-height ratio. You’ll also learn that the resort follows Palladio’s mandate to bring the

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

Your guide will escort you to the hotel lobby with its 28-foot domed rotunda, where you will see several seventeenth century Flemish tapestries, with their details of flowers, unicorns, knights, maidens and mythical animals. The resort also features 120 contemporary plein air works painted in the classic hundred-year-old manner. Commissioned by Pelican Hill, these pieces by Simon Addyman (detailed landscapes), Don Bradshaw (sea-scapes), Donna McGinnis (luminous clouds), Joan Horsfall Young (verdant landscapes) and others glorify and harmonize with the breathtaking vistas just outside the resort walls.

The perfect place to conclude your Pelican Hill tour is at the resort’s Caffè with its covered and open terraces overlooking the ocean, hand-painted Italian ceramics and real fruit gelato made fresh daily. l

photo courtesy of Pelican Hill: Painting by Joan Horsfall Young located outside the Administrative Office at Pelican Hill


SEPTEMBERSaturdays 1-6 pm (except for holiday weekends)Saturday Figure drawing workshopLCAD Main Campus, Studio 10 2222 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna BeachWe invite the community and prospective students to join us for our Saturday Figure Drawing Workshop. $15 for 5 hours of unin-structed drawing time. Students under 18 years of age must fill out and submit a Parental Consent Form. $15 fee each session. Fees will be collected at each workshop session. Free for LCAD Alumni, Faculty and students. www.lcad.edu/admissions [email protected]

Ongoing through September 27, 2014Randy Higbee Gallery Summer SaleRandy Higbee Gallery 102 Kalmus Drive, Costa MesaThe Randy Higbee Gallery will be having a Summer Sale through September 27th. This one time sale will include all styles and media from contemporary and plein air oils to antique (pre 1850) engravings. All prints, including photographs, serigraphs, orig. lithos, etc. will be at 60% or more off the retail price. www.RandyHigbeeGallery.com

Ongoing through September 28, 2014The Tempest by William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Aaron Posner and TellerSouth Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa MesaTimes: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. On Saturday, Sept. 13, only, the matinee performance will begin earlier, at 1 p.m. There is no evening performance on Saturday, Sept. 13. As the sorcerer Prospero plots revenge on his enemies, this exuberant epic takes on new life—and more magic than ever. (714) 708-5555; www.scr.org

Ongoing through September 21, 2014Rex Brandt: In Praise of SunshineLaguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach$7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 & museum members. A retrospective exhi-bition of the watercolor paintings of California landscape artist Rex Brandt (1914–2000), who was constantly inspired by sunshine.Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Ongoing through September 21, 2014John Altoon: Drawings and Paintings Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach$7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 and museum members. This intimate exhibi-tion of drawings and prints looks at John Altoon’s hesitation between being a commercial illustrator and a fine artist.Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Wednesday, September 3-29, 2014 “Community”Sandstone Gallery Laguna Historic Gallery Row, 384-A N. Coast Hwy, Laguna Beachmixed media landscape paintings on paper by Lynn Welker and “Vio-lin Variations”, sculpture, paintings and prints by Howard Hitchcock. SandstoneGallery.com; (949) 497-6775

Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 7pm Casa Coastal: Film Screening Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente ”The Jumping Flea” Southern California Premiere Screening and spe-cial ukulele concert by Moonlight Beach Ukulele Strummers. General Admission $15 www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139

Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 6-9pmFirst Thursday Art WalkWyland Galleries 509 S. Coast Highway, Laguna BeachWyland Galleries represents the artwork of upcoming local artist in the gallery. www.wylandgalleries.com

Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 6-9pmFirst Thursdays Art Walk GRAPHICS SHOW “Color -Surface -Perception”Avran Art + Design, 540 S. Coast Highway, Suites 104+106, Laguna BeachFeatured Artists: John Morton Thomas, Victor Vaserely, Betty Gold, MSL www.avranart.com; (949)494-0900

Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 6-9pmFirst Thursdays Art Walk Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art 611 S Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach The world’s first ALL humanARTarian gallery. Come by and see an amazing collection of art work by various artists, including select pieces from John Hoyt. Lgoca.com; (949) 715-9604 JohnHoytArt.com

Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 6-8pmKathy JonesSue Greenwood Fine Art 330 North Coast Hwy. Laguna Beach September 4, 2014-October 15, 2014suegreenwoodfineart.com; (949) 494.0669

Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 6-8pmArtist Reception: “Mars Attacks!” New Works by International Mixed Media ArtistJoAnne Artman Gallery 326 North Coast Hwy. Laguna BeachRobert Mars September 4, 2014-October 31, 2014 The remarkable work of mixed media artist Robert Mars explores Americans’ fixation with the iconic. By using symbols from mass media culture –whether the flag, classic film stars, or logos of popular brands – Mars both critiques our culture’s fascination with celebrity and consumerism, while indulging his own nostalgia for America’s golden age of advertising. www.joanneartmangallery.com 949.510.5481

Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 6-9pmMeet the Local Artist: Ann Kim, Sunny Kim, Mada Leach, Anne Moore, Hyatt Moore, Jong Ro, and Lawrence Terry. Sandstone Gallery Laguna Historic Gallery Row, 384-A N Coast Hwy, Laguna BeachComplimentary refreshments offered. SandstoneGallery.com; (949) 497-6775

Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 9am My Edible Garden with Steve HampsonRoger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar Well-known horticulturist, Steve Hampson, will discuss everything edible, including vegetables, herbs, fruits, berries and more. Emphasis this month will be on, but not limited to, planting of cool season vegetables, including cool season tomatoes. Discussion of late summer pests and diseases will be also included. Steve will lead a lively discussion about what, where and when to plant, prune, feed or harvest. Bring your questions as well as your own tips and tricks, as audience participation is encouraged. www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640.5800

Saturday, September 6, 2014 through September 28, 2014 “The Swimmers”, by Darcy J. Sears, coastal eddy a gallery, 1417 S. Coast Hwy, Laguna BeachOpening Reception, Darcy brings a wonderful expression to this series, of her love for being in or on water. (949) 715-4113

Wednesday, September 10, 2014 from 9am Casa Yoga Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Primary focus of the class will be placed on breath, body and movement awareness, self-discovery and community connection. Fee: $5.00 www.casaromantica.org; (949)498-2139

Saturday, September 13, 2014 from 10amLaguna Nursery Garden Walk1730 South Coast Highway, Laguna BeachMeet at 10am at the Nursery and discover Laguna Beach, lagunanursery.net; (949) 494-5200

Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 9am Container and Raised Bed Vegetables with David RizzoRoger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar Join expert horticulturist, David Rizzo, as he demonstrates how to plant a bountiful garden using raised beds and containers. This presentation will go over how to prepare your soil, what types of plants are appropriate for this time of year and how to care for them throughout the season. David will also introduce some of his personal favorite plants to grow in the garden. David will be looking for volunteers to assist him in planting, so come prepared to get your hands dirty. www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Sunday, September 14, 2014 from 10-4pmReception for Fall ShowThe Cottage Gallery on Los Rios, 31701 Los Rios Street, San Juan CapistranoReception for new showing. Appetizers & live music. Meet Artists and view new pieces by 38 artists. www.cottagegalleryonlosrios.com

Monday, September 15, 2014 – Saturday, November 30, 2014Mark Hosmer & Veronica Schmitt Exhibition/ Keepers of Light Community Art Project’s 2nd floor Rotunda Gallery – Wells Fargo Building 260 Ocean Ave. Laguna Beach One person exhibition featuring 2 unique Orange County painter’s interpretations of light. www.caplaguna.org

Friday, September 19, 2014 from 6:30pm - 10pmLaguna Nursery Music of the Night Cabaret- Fantastic Smash Broadway Favorites with Saif Eddin & FriendsLaguna Nursery, 1370 S. Coast Hwy Laguna BeachLaguna Nursery presents THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT, featuring music of Andrew Lloyd Webber with Saif Eddin & Friends. Lite Bites, Beverages, Friends, Fun! You will thrill to the incredible music by one of the world’s most renowned composers. Get ready for a fantastic evening! Tickets on at Laguna Nursery or by calling (949) 494-5200. $35 in advance. $45 at the door. www.lagunanursery.net; [email protected].

Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 9amCooking From Your Garden with Zov from Zov’s BistroRoger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar Indulge in a morning of culinary inspiration! Founder and proprietor of Zov’s Bistro’s and well-known local chef, Zov Karamardian will demonstrate and teach how to prepare the perfect foods using vege-tables from your garden. She will share techniques, ingredients, and traditional family recipes for her stuffed eggplants with tomatoes, onions and garlic, Jasmine rice pilaf with condiments, and her cab-bage salad with fresh mint, cilantro and bulgur. www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Calendar of Events


Saturday & Sunday September 20 and 21, 2014; 11am-3pmAUTUMN MOON CELEBRATION: Children’s Art Display, Music & MoreBowers Museum, 2002 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA 92706Celebrate the tradition of the Autumn Moon Festival - bringing fam-ilies and friends together. View the art work of 300 children ages 5 – 15 and adults in the community. Face painting, art projects, music and lion dance ongoing throughout the afternoon. Presented by the Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA) in part-nership with Nguoi Viet Daily News, Festival of Children Foundation, Bowers Museum and the Chinese Cultural Arts Council. The Autumn Moon Festival is sponsored by The James Irvine Foundation. FREE www.bowers.org (714) 567.3600

Tuesday – Sunday, September 23 and 28, 2014 THE BONSAI TRADITION: CULTURAL ARTS OF JAPANBowers Museum, 2002 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA 92706Join us for our annual display and event celebrating the traditions and cultural arts of Japan presented in partnership with Kofu Bonsai Kai. The harmonious display consists of 28 trees selected from private collections who are devotees to the living, natural art form of bonsai. The Viewing Stones, or ‘found art,’ are collected from areas in California, various parts of the United States and Asia. The artists, all members from Kofu Bonsai Kai, will be available each day to answer questions and to help you understand the beauty and simplicity of this exquisite and inspiring art form. Presented by Kofu Bonsai Kai, Orange County. Sponsored by The James Irvine Foundation and the Medellas Foundation.Free to members. Free with paid admission. $8 for non-members unless otherwise noted. www.bowers.org; (714) 567.3600

Thursday-Saturday, September 25-27, 2014 from 8pm.Joshua BellRenée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa MesaViolin superstar Joshua Bell joins the Symphony in Glazunov’s Violin Concerto. Plus, Ravel’s dramatic “Daphnis and Chloe.” Tickets from $25. PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799

Saturday, September 27, 2014 from 10amLaguna Nursery Garden Walk1730 South Coast Highway, Laguna BeachMeet at 10am at the Nursery and discover Laguna Beach lagunanursery.net; (949) 494-5200

Saturday, September 27, 2014 from 9am Container Gardening Seminar with Lisa Bauchiero & Rex Yarwood Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del MarJoin our creative managers, Lisa Bauchiero and Rex Yarwood, as they show how to create beautiful seasonal container gardens. They will inspire the audience with unique combinations of color and foliage plants. Learn Roger’s Gardens’ secrets to planting everything from tabletop arrangements to our world famous moss hanging baskets.www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Saturday, September 27, 2014 from 6–10pm Toast to the Casa: Una Noche en la Casa Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Annual fundraiser event featuring the best of San Clemente. Tickets: $200 www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139

September 27, 2014 from 5-8pmArtist reception: Bryan Mark Taylor, New Paintings of CaliforniaShow continues through Octoberwww.pacificedgegallery.com (800)477-5630

Sunday, September 28, 2014 from 3 pmAfternoon with Joshua BellRenée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa MesaMusic Director and host Carl St.Clair and Joshua Bell explore Glazunov’s Violin Concerto. Tickets from $25. PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799

Sunday, September 28, 2014 from 11am-1pmLOCA presents Laguna Beach Festivals 101Healy House at 935 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna BeachPanelist from 3 Festivals discuss plans for 2015.Event includes brunch, prize drawings, art sale.Members free / Guests $20 advance, $25 at door.www.LOCAarts.org; (949) 363-4700 [email protected]

Monday and Tuesday, September 29 and 30, 2014 ; 7:30pmGene Kelly: The LegacyThe Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna BeachPatricia Kelly guides us on an unforgettable journey into the life of the man who changed the look and style of dance. $45 lagunaplayhouse.com; (949) 497-2787

OCTOBERWednesday, October 1, 2014 – November 3, 2014“Figures in the Abstract”, acrylic paintings on canvas by Hyatt Moore and “Stream of Conscious-ness”, oil paintings on canvas by Jong Ro.Sandstone Gallery Laguna Historic Gallery Row, 384-A N Coast Hwy, Laguna BeachSandstoneGallery.com; (949) 497-6775

Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 from 6-9pmFirst Thursday Art WalkWyland Galleries 509 S. Coast Highway, Laguna BeachWyland Galleries represents the artwork of upcoming local artist in the gallery. www.wylandgalleries.com

Thursday, October 2, 2014 from 6-9pm First Thursdays Art Walk Avran Art + Design, 540 S. Coast Highway, Suites 104+106, Laguna BeachInternational Glass and Avant Garde Photography Exhibition Sept. 27- Oct. 9, 2014 Featured Artists: Laszlo Lukacsi, Peter Borkovics, Balazs Sipos, Gyorgy Toth and Gabor Kasza www.avranart.com; (949) 494-0900

Thursday, October 2, 2014 from 7-8pmConversation With…Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna BeachConversation With… brings artists and other creative minds to Laguna Art Museum to discuss their practice in a casual conversation with guests. Free admission Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Friday,, October 3, 2014 through December 31, 2014 The Art of Wine-Exhibit OpeningRoger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar Back by popular demand, Roger’s Gardens Fine Art Gallery is proud to announce their second, “The Art of Wine” exhibit. This exhibit will represent the vast wine regions of California’s vineyards and wineries. Nine of the finest plein air painters will be depicting the romance and appeal of wine.www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Friday, October 3 at 9am-6pmChristmas Boutique OpeningRoger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Saturday, October 4, 2014 through October 26, 2014 5-8pm“shrub” by Robin Lee Riddell, Opening Receptioncoastal eddy a gallery, 1417 S. Coast Hwy, Laguna BeachWorking in contrasting clays, mediums and metaphors, this show provides a back drop to life as an artist & gallery owner.

Saturday, October 4, 2014 from 6-9pmUrban Beauty - “Not Just a Pretty Picture”Randy Higbee Gallery 102 Kalmus Drive, Costa MesaGala Artist’s Reception. Randy Higbee Gallery presents an unusual look at the beauty and sometimes darker side of our cities. The show will run thru October 17, 2014. www.RandyHigbeeGallery.com

Sunday, October 5-26, 2014Venus in Fur by David IvesSouth Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa MesaSaturday Tuesday-Sunday evenings at 7:45pm; Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2pm. A smart, sexy, sizzling battle for dominance erupts between a playwright and a mysterious actress in a New York audition room. (714) 708-5555; www.scr.org

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 from 9am Casa YogaCasa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Primary focus of the class will be placed on breath, body and movement awareness, self-discovery and community connection. Fee: $5.00 www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139

Wednesdays – Sundays October 8 – November 2, 2014 The Year of Magical ThinkingThe Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna BeachLinda Purl stars in Joan Didion’s remarkable story of loss, journey and the triumph of the human spirit. $36-$61 lagunaplayhouse.com; (949) 497-2787

Thursday, October 9, 2014 from 7pm Casa Up Close with Dana Gioia Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente, CA Presentation by nationally acclaimed poet and former Chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts. General Admission: $15 www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139

Thursday October 9, 2014 through Sunday October 12, 2014Art Silicon Valley / Art San Francisco | San Mateo County Event Center Avran Art + Design 2495 S Delaware St. San Mateo

Thursday, October 09, 2014 from 7pmLive! at the Museum Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach$7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 and museum members. Live! at the Museum is an ongoing series of early-evening concerts in the museum’s galleries, presented by Laguna Beach Live. Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

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Saturday, October 11, 2014 from 10amLaguna Nursery Garden Walk1730 South Coast Highway, Laguna BeachMeet at 10am at the Nursery and discover Laguna Beach, lagunanursery.net; (949) 494-5200

Saturday, October 11 at 11am & 2pmPumpkins Succulent Workshops with Laura EubanksRoger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Sunday, October 12–19, 2014Laguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitation-al at the Ranch in Laguna BeachAn eight day painting event featuring 35 nationally renowned plein air artists painting throughout Laguna Beach’s coastal canyons, scenic coves and surrounding areas. Each of the 35 artists will submit 3 of their best works to exhibit and be judged for over $20,000 in awards, including the coveted $10,000 Best In Show. Additional orig-inal works of art created throughout the week will also be available for purchase at the Afternoon Collectors’ Soirée and the public sale the following day. All events except the Afternoon Collectors’ Soiree are free. Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014 from 11am-3pmLaguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitational Kick-Off EventQuick Draw Paint-Out - Treasure Island Park, 11am-1pm South End of the Montage Resort (off Wesley), South Coast Hwy, Laguna BeachMeet and Greet the artists – at The Ranch at Laguna Beach, 1-2pm 31106 Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna BeachSilent Auction - The Ranch at Laguna Beach, 2-3pmJoin the kick off for our week-long event. Watch as works of art are created, mingle with 35 of the top Plein Air artists in the nation and participate in the silent auction. Free trolley service is provided between locations. Cost: FREE Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Sunday, October 12, 2014 through January 25, 2015Elizabeth Turk Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach$7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 and museum members.A solo exhibition of work by mixed media artist Elizabeth Turk comprised of new work along with pieces from earlier series.Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Sunday, October 12at 10am My Edible Garden with Steve HampsonRoger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Sunday, October 12, 2014 through January 25, 2015Lita Albuquerque Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach$7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 and museum members. A video installation by internationally acclaimed environmental artist Lita Albuquerque. Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Monday, October 13, 2014 from 10am - noonLaguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitational Event Kids’ Paint-Out & Cupcake Reception - Heisler Park, 375 Cliff Dr., Laguna BeachThis event, for students in fourth grade through high school is designed to inspire a child’s blossoming interest in art. During this paint-out, each group of children will be paired with a master painter and will learn new painting techniques and gain invaluable knowledge, experience and inspiration. The art created will be for sale at the gala in the student’s gallery and the proceeds of all the student painted pieces will be donated to the participating schools. Cost: FREE Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 from 9am-2:30pmLaguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitational EventLPAPA Wide Paint-Out & Sale – Main Beach - Laguna BeachOver 75 artists are expected to participate in this paint-out at the beach. Following the artist’s completion of work at noon, selected pieces will be for sale. FREE Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 from 6pm–8pm OPEN CASA: City Scenes/City Life Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Susan Cox Exhibition Opening Reception. Free Admission. www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 from 11-2pmLaguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invita-tional Event- The LCAD (Laguna College of Art + Design) Next Generation Paint-Out - Heisler Park. - 375 Cliff Dr., Laguna BeachThese students, the next generation of developing painters, will produce pieces to be displayed and sold at the Soirée October 18. Proceeds benefit the Nina Fitzpatrick Scholarship Fund.Cost: FREE Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Thursday, October 16, 2014 from 8 am – 1 pmLaguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitation-al Event - Paint-Out on the Course – Ben Brown’s Golf Course at The Ranch at Laguna BeachThe Ranch at Laguna Beach - 31106 PCH, Laguna BeachJoin an anticipated 300 guests as you follow and observe the artists as they paint the “Yosemite of Laguna Beach”. The golf course provides an idyllic setting for the artists to capture the best views and wild life. FREE Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Thursday, October 16-19, 2014World Wide Art LALos Angeles Convention Center, West Hall A, South Figueroa Street, Los AngelesWe invite art enthusiasts from around the globe to celebrate The Influence of Art at World Wide Art Los Angeles. worldwideartla.com

Thursday, October 16, 2014 - Nov. 16, 2014Zealot by Theresa RebeckSouth Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa MesaSunday, Tuesday, Wednesday at 7:30pm; Thursday, Friday and Satur-day at 8pm; Saturday & Sunday at 2:30pm A British and an American diplomat meet over tea. A life hangs in the balance. Will diplomacy go out the window? (714) 708-5555; www.scr.org

Thursday, October 16, 2014 from 7pmFilm Night at the Museum Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach$7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 & museum members. Laguna Art Museum screens classic and contemporary films and documentaries that reflect its focus on the art, people, places, and history of California. Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

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“Laguna Moon” by Debra Huse - 2013 Invitational


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Loosely translated, the French phrase en plein air means “outdoors.”

Perhaps like no other artists, plein air painters are mesmerized by natural light. This passion for light drives them to seek the genuine experience and paint it, regardless of climate, weather or natural impediments, while at the same time it challenges them to capture quickly the brilliant and fluid visual sensation of natural light at a specific time and place before it fades.

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

These artists, who would become the founders of the California Impressionist Style, included William Wendt, George Garden Symons, Granvill Redmond, Franz A. Bischoff, Frank Cuprien, Anna

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

Fast forward 128 years and witness firsthand the plein air artist at work. Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA) cordially invites you to join the celebration at its 16th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational, which will begin on Sunday, October 12th, at 11 a.m. with a Quick Draw Paint-Out at Treasure Island Park, followed by a chance to meet and greet the artists and a silent auction of that day’s works. This eight-day event features 35 nationally renowned plein air artists who will paint throughout Laguna Beach’s coastal can-yons, scenic coves and surrounding areas, capturing the light as it falls.

Each of the artists will submit three of his or her best works to exhibit at the Afternoon Collectors’ Soirée on Saturday, October 18th, at 4 p.m. Artists will com-pete for over $20,000 in awards, including the coveted $10,000 Best in Show Award. Additional original works of art created throughout the week will also be available

for purchase at the Soirée and the public sale the following day. Proceeds from the Invitational help to fund children’s educa-tional program, scholarships, mentorships and additional LPAPA programs.

Artists participating in this year’s event include: Ebrahim Amin, Ken Auster, Jacobus Baas, Suzie Baker, Hiu Lai Chong, Josh Clare, Rick J. Delanty, Mark Fehlman, Jeff Horn, Debra Huse, Mark Kerckhoff, Thomas Jefferson Kitts, Paul Kratter, Peggi Kroll Roberts, Greg LaRock, James McGrew, Jim McVicker, Clark Mitchell, Ned Mueller, Billyo O’Donnell, Michael Obermeyer, Colin Page, Rita Pacheco, Scott W. Prior, Camille Przewodek, Lori Putnam, April Raber, Ray Roberts, Jeff Sewell, Randall Sexton, Michael Situ, W. Jason Situ, Bryan Mark Taylor & Jim Wodark. Five guest artists will join the event this year. John Cosby, Kathleen Dunphy, Kim Lordier, Joe Paquet & Jesse Powell.

For more information about the daily public events and the Afternoon Collectors’ Soirée, please visit lagunapleinair.org

Laguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitational Event

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Friday, October 17, 2014 from 11am - 12:30pmLaguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitation-al Event- Outdoor Artist Demonstrations - The Ranch at Laguna Beach - 31106 Pacific Coast Highway;Treasure Island Park - South End of the Montage Resort (off Wesley), South Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach; Heisler Park - 375 Cliff Dr., Laguna BeachLearn how several of the artist’s work in different mediums. Cost: FREE Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Saturday, October 18, 2014 from 4 pmLaguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitation-al Event- Afternoon Collectors’ Soirée – The Ranch at Laguna Beach 31106 Pacific Coast Highway, An exclusive opportunity to meet 35 of the nation’s top plein air artists, view their paintings and purchase works created during the previous week in advance of the general public. The work of this year’s 5 Guest Artists will also be on display and for sale.All guests will enjoy delicious cuisine and enjoy world rhythms and grooves performed by the Global Beat Foundation, and a special guest. Each artist submits their three “best” pieces painted during the previous week to be judged at the event for over $20,000 in awards, including the coveted $10,000 Best In Show.Cost: $150 per person Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Saturday, October 18 at 9amFall Planting with Cristin Fusano Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Sunday, October 19, 2014 from 10am - 3pmLaguna Plein Air Painters 16th Annual Invitation-al Event- View the Exhibit – The Ranch at Laguna Beach 31106 Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna BeachJoin us at The Ranch at Laguna Beach where the general public is invited to view the exhibit of over 100 original works of art depicting our local Laguna Beach landscape available for purchase.Cost: FREE; Lagunapleinair.org; (949) 376-3635

Sunday, October 19, 2014 from 2-4pmKids’ Art Studio Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach$7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 & museum members. Drop-in art-making activities at the museum for children and their families. Lagunaart-museum.org; (949) 494-8971

Sunday, October 19 at 2pmHanging Basket Workshop with Lisa Bauchiero & Suzanne HetrickRoger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Thursday, October 23, 2014 from 7:00 pm Casa Up Close with Jay “Sparky” Longley Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Presentation by owner and founder of Rainbow Sandals. General Admission: $15. www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139

Thursday, October 23, 204 from 4-6pmLOCA Art Club DM Studio, 1294 S. Coast Hwy. #D, Laguna Beach.Lectures by local artist’s series include seating, hospitality, and sale of Art Shirts. Members free / $20 guests at doorwww.LOCAarts.org; (949) 363-4700 [email protected]

Thursday-Saturday, October 23-25, 2014 from 8 pmCathedrals of SoundRenée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa MesaThe sonorous voices of the Norbertine Fathers, organist Paul Jacobs and the exquisite Duruflé Requiem, with Pacific Chorale. Tickets from $25. PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799

Friday, October 24, 2014 from 6-10pmLaguna Nursery Music of the Night with Angie Wells and Charlene MignaultLaguna Nursery, 1370 S. Coast Hwy Laguna BeachLaguna Nursery presents Smooth Jazz by Angie Wells and Charlene Mignault. Lite Bites, Beverages, Friends, Fun! Get ready for a fantastic evening! Tickets on sale now at Laguna Nursery or by calling (949) 494-5200. $35 in advance. $45 at the door. www.lagunanursery.net; [email protected].

Saturday, October 25, 2014 10am & 11:30amA Sherlock Holmes HalloweenRenée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa MesaMagical, mysterious music helps Sherlock solve the Mystery of the Haunted Violin. Ideal for kids ages 5-11. Tickets from $15. PacificSym-phony.org; (714) 755-5799

Saturday, October 25 at 2pmFall Tablescapes with Christopher NicholsRoger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Saturday, October 25 from 1:30pm–5pmSunday, October 26 from 9am-4pm Orange County Rose ShowRoger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

Thursday, October 30, 2014 from 7pm Casa Drama: The Casa Caper Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente One of a kind “Whodunit” dinner at the Casa. Tickets: $65 www.casaromantica.org, (949) 498-2139

Thursday, October 30 from 4-5:30pmPumpkin Decorating Contest, Children’s Costume Parade & CraftsRoger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona Del Mar www.rogersgardens.com; (949) 640-5800

NOVEMBERSaturday, November 1, 2014 from 6-9pm“Waves of Color” Opening Exhibition Avran Art + Design, 540 S. Coast Highway, Suites 104+106, Laguna BeachFeaturing New Works by James C. Leonard and Stephanie Paige www.avranart.com (949) 494-0900

Sunday, November 2, 2014 from 10amLaguna Nursery Garden Walk1730 South Coast Highway, Laguna BeachMeet at 10am at the Nursery and discover Laguna Beach, lagu-nanursery.net; (949) 494-5200

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 – December 1, 2014“Book of Shadows”, mixed media paintings on paper by Lawrence Terry and “Let’s Eat”, acrylic paintings by Mada Leach.Sandstone Gallery Laguna Historic Gallery Row, 384-A N Coast Hwy, Laguna BeachSandstoneGallery.com - (949) 497-6775

Thursday, November 6, 2014 from 6-9pm First Thursdays Art Walk Avran Art + Design, 540 S. Coast Highway, Suites 104+106, Laguna Beachwww.avranart.com; (949) 494-0900

Thursday, November 6-9, 2014ART San Diego 2014 will return with its 6th Edition. Balboa Park, 2145 Park Boulevard, San Diego Art San Diego is a juried contemporary art show featuring showing a variety of Contemporary Art. art-sandiego.com

Thursday, November 6th, 2014 from 6-8pmOpening Reception: “Modern Nature” Featuring Alberto Murillo, America Martin, Annie Vought and Stallman. JoAnne Artman Gallery 326 North Coast Hwy. Laguna BeachIn Collaboration with Laguna Art Museum’s Second Annual ART & NATURE November Exhibition. November 1 - 30th, 2014 Also Celebrating Our 6-Year Anniversary in Laguna Beach!! www.joanneartmangallery.com; (949) 510-5481

Thursday November 6, 2014 from 6-9pmFirst Thursday Art WalkWyland Galleries 509 S. Coast Highway, Laguna BeachWyland Galleries represents the artwork of upcoming local artist in the gallery.www.wylandgalleries.com

Thursday-Saturday, November 6-8, 2014 from 8pmMichael Andrew Sings SinatraRenée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa MesaThe award-winning crooner joins the Symphony in music of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bobby Darin and Sammy Davis, Jr. Tickets from $35. PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799

Thursday-Sunday, November 6-9, 2014 from 2-4pmArt & NatureLaguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna BeachVarious events throughout the community all weekend long , Ticket prices varies, Laguna Art Museum presents the second annual Art & Nature, a weekend-long community-wide festival exploring the art-nature connection. Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

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


Calendar of EventsFriday, & Saturday November 7th & 8th, 2014 from 6pm-10pmSpecial gallery appearance and art demonstration by artist WylandWyland Galleries 509 S. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach www.wylandgalleries.com

Friday, November 7-23, 2014Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, adapted by Joseph RobinetteSouth Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa MesaTuesday-Friday evenings at 7 pm; Saturday mat-inees at 11 am; Saturday & Sunday matinees at 2 pm & 4:30 pm, Wilbur the pig is destined to become tomorrow’s bacon—until a spider with amazing skills hatches a plan. www.scr.org; (714) 708-5555

Fridays – Sundays, November 7, 2014 – November 16, 2014PinkaliciousThe Laguna Playhouse/ Youth Theatre 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna BeachWhen Pinkalicious eats one too many pink cupcakes and turns pink from head to toe, only her brother can help! $18-$20. lagunaplayhouse.com; (949) 497-2787

Wednesday, November 12, 2014 from 9am Casa Yoga Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Primary focus of the class will be placed on breath, body and movement awareness, self-discovery and community connection. Fee: $5.00 www.casaromantica.org, (949) 498-2139

Wednesday, November 12, 2014 from 7:00 pm Casa Wellness Wednesdays: Succulent Holiday Wreaths Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente Join Garden Director, Jodie Cook for a special garden project just in time for the Holidays. Fee: $25 www.casaromantica.org; (949) 498-2139

Thursday-Saturday, November 13-15, 2014 from 8pmMozart & BrahmsRenée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa MesaMozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 featuring pianist Haochen Zhang and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2. Tickets from $25. PacificSymphony.org; (714) 755-5799

Thursday, November 13, 2014 from 7pmLive! at the Museum Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach$7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 and museum members.Live! at the Museum is an ongoing series of early-evening concerts in the museum’s galleries, presented by Laguna Beach Live.Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 10amLaguna Nursery Garden Walk1730 South Coast Highway, Laguna BeachMeet at 10am at the Nursery and discover Laguna Beach, lagunanursery.net; (949) 494-5200

Saturday Nov 15, 2014 & Sunday Nov 16, 2014 from 10-4pmHoliday Show & BoutiqueThe Cottage Gallery on Los Rios, 31701 Los Rios Street, San Juan CapistranoOur talented artists will be expanding their showings into our artful gardens. A large array of artwork, holiday decor, and jewelry will be available from many of our 30+ artists.www.cottagegalleryonlosrios.com

November 15, 2014 from 5-8pm Artist Reception: Maria Bertran, New Oils Painted on Location in Provence. Show continues through December 15.www.pacificedgegallery.com; (800) 477-5630

Sunday, November 16, 2014 from 2-4pmKids’ Art Studio Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach$7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 and museum members.Drop-in art-making activities at the museum for children and their families. Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 from 6-10pmLaguna Nursery Cabaret with Broadway Star Bret Shuford’s one-man show CHARMINGLaguna Nursery, 1370 S. Coast Hwy Laguna Beach, Ca 92651Laguna Nursery presents Broadway and Cabaret Star Bret Shuford in his one-man show CHARMING. Lite Bites, Beverages, Friends, Fun! You will be delighted by this engaging talent, whose one-man show is getting rave reviews! Tickets on sale now at Laguna Nursery or by calling (949) 494-5200. $35 in advance. $45 at the door. www.lagunanursery.net; [email protected].

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 – Sunday, November 23, 2014 Ed Asner in FDRThe Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna BeachAsner explores the life of one of America’s best-loved presidents and the events and decisions that shaped a nation. Tickets $41 – $61. lagunaplayhouse.com (949) 497-2787

Wednesday, November 19, 2014SHANGRI-LAGUNA3rd Annual Laguna Beach Beautification Council Gala - Silent Auction & DinnerMontage Resort Grand Ballroom5:00pm Reception & Silent Auction - 6:30pm Dinner & Entertainment Tickets $100 per person - available at Laguna Nurserywww.lagunanursery.net; (949) 494-5200; [email protected].

Thursday, November 20, 2014 from 7pmFilm Night at the Museum Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach$7.00 general admission; $5.00 students, seniors, active military; FREE children under 12 and museum members.Laguna Art Museum screens classic and contemporary films and documentaries that reflect the it’s focus on the art, people, places, and history of California. Lagunaartmuseum.org; (949) 494-8971

Friday, November 28-Dec. 27, 2014A Christmas Carol adapted by Jerry PatchSouth Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa35th Annual Production, Tuesdays-Saturday evenings at 7:30pm.; Saturday matinees at 2:30pm; Sunday matinees at 12:30pm & 4pmSCR’s annual Christmas production marks its 35th annual production with Hal Landon Jr. as everyone’s favorite, Ebenezer Scrooge. (714) 708-5555; www.scr.org


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