Art Walk also a mentoring program The...

Art Walk also a mentoring program

The owners of 16 Laguna Beach galleries, volunteering as mentors

to Laguna College students, will showcase original works by seniors

of Laguna College of Art & Design during the Art Walk on Dec. 4.

The students will be present at each gallery exhibiting their

work, which are available for sale. A percentage of the sales will

benefit the Student Scholarship Fund of Laguna College of Art &

Design, the student artists and the First Thursdays Art Walk.

The program pairs senior students in the fine arts professional

studies class with one of the First Thursdays’ professional art

galleries.

The December Art Walk after party will be held at Laguna College

of Art and Design at 2222 Laguna Canyon Road from 9 to 11 p.m.

Information: 376-6000 ext. 233.

Benefit set for Multiple Sclerosis

Laguna Beach-based Backstage Boutique is helping support the

“Frostbite Soiree,” a charitable event to benefit the National

Multiple Sclerosis Society. The avant-garde event will be on Dec. 4

at [seven-degrees].

The event will include appetizers from several distinguished

Orange County restaurants, a fashion show featuring designer styles

from the boutique, live music performances, a DJ and a rooftop vodka

bar and lounge area designed to complement the winter-event theme.

In addition, there will be celebrity appearances and supporting

companies showcasing select products and services, such as high-end

car dealer Newport Autosport and audio/visual company Bang & Olufson.

For tickets, information or to become a supporting sponsor of the

event, contact the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Orange

County Chapter at 752-1680, or Backstage Boutique Productions at

497-8953, or visit www.backstageboutique.com/ frostbite.

Nine Laguna writers published

Members of the Irvine Valley College Emeritus Creative Writing

class will host a reading and book signing on Dec. 4 in celebration

of its newly published anthology that includes the work of nine

Laguna Beach residents.

The event will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at Legion Hall, on the

corner of Legion and Catalina streets, where the class meets

regularly on Thursday afternoons.

Laguna Beach residents Bette Anderson, Elaine Barnard, Nancy Bake,

Sten Gould, M. Donnaleen Howitt, P.J. Lybarger, V.V. Mason, Thomas J.

Ringers and Covey Wills are represented in the anthology, titled

“Sage: A Journal of Poetry and Prose.”

Copies of the anthology will be available for sale at the reading,

which is open to the public. For more information, call (949)

494-9538.

Laguna Canyon artists open studios

Laguna Canyon Artists will host their annual Open Studio event

from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7.

Thirty artists’ studios are open to the public for two days only.

The event offers the chance to see working studios and works in

progress, find unique gifts or add to one’s collection.

Painting, sculpture, photography, jewelry, glass and more are

included. There will be refreshments and free parking. Watch for the

“Art Studios Open” signs.

The studios are at 21062, 3251 and 3275 Laguna Canyon Road. For

information, go to www.lagunacanyon artists.com or contact: Marsh

Scott at 494-8672.

Fundraiser rewards nonprofits

The proceeds from the seventh annual Pet Parade and Chili Cook-off

will be presented to the Laguna Beach Animal Shelter, Friends of the

Sea Lion and the Blue Bell Foundation for Cats today at 9 a.m. at the

offices of the Laguna Board of Realtors at 939 Glenneyre St.