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Sawdust’s ‘Spring into Art’ classes

Sawdust Art Festival’s “Spring Into Art” weekend art workshops

will begin Saturday and continue Sunday, March 19 and 20.

The fifth annual art workshops are for people of all levels of

experience taught by professional Sawdust Art Festival exhibiting

artists.

Class options include silk painting taught by Olivia Batchelder;

watercolor by Hedy Buzan-Williamson; impressional oil by John Eagle;

Chinese brush painting flowers and also landscapes by Karen Mills;

landscapes in oil by Susan Wade; create with clay by Sherry Bullard;

printmaking by Melinda Jones; crocheting by Arlyth Atkinson; soulful

creativity doll workshop by Cherril Doty; vintage China mosaics by

Ashley Pigden-Hemsley; Roberta Goodman will teach beading and wire

wrapping; and Loren Chapman glass blowing. Michele Taylor and Grace

Barrack will teach a combination class with Taylor focusing on glass

sand casting and Barrack bead fabricating for jewelry.

For information or reservations, call program coordinator Mollie

Bing at (949) 497-0520. Sawdust Art Festival is at 935 Laguna Canyon

Road.

Arts Commission Banner Competition

The Arts Commission is accepting designs for its annual banner

competition with a deadline at 4 p.m. today. Artists are provided

with banner material to paint an original work. These 4- by 16-feet

canvas banners are hung Downtown for the summer.

Orange County residents only. Submit a color design, two maximum,

that is drawn to scale. The banner must have design on both sides.

Honorarium is $500. For information, call Sian Poeschl at (949)

497-0722.

Laguna Outreach’s art workshop today

Laguna Outreach Community Arts “Art Escapes” workshop will be the

second of a three-part ceramic workshop series, “Creativity with

Clay,” taught by esteemed artist Sherry Bullard from 1:45 to 4 p.m.

today. The class is suitable for all artistic levels. Cost is $30,

including materials; class size limited. The workshop is at the

Women’s Club, 286 St Ann’s Drive. For reservations, call (949)

363-4700 or at https://www.locaarts.org.

Woman’s Club art show application

The Woman’s Club of Laguna Beach is accepting applications from

local women artists who want to exhibit their work in the Woman’s

Club’s fourth annual Art Show. The deadline to apply is today. The

art show will be held April 17 and 24. For information, call (949)

376-1948.

Senior art workshops hit Laguna Beach

A new “Art Escapes” has been created for seniors from 9:30 to

11:30 a.m. Fridays at the Women’s Club, 286 St Ann’s Drive. Today’s

workshop is “Stencil a Canvas Tote.”

Cost is $7 for those older than 62, including materials. Class

size is limited. For reservations, call (949) 363-4700.

‘Art That’s Small at City Hall’ deadline

The Arts Commission is accepting entries for its fourth annual

“Art That’s Small at City Hall” competition from 9:30 to 11 a.m.

March 26 at the council chambers, 505 Forest Ave. The competition is

open to all Orange County residents. Works must be no longer than 12

inches along any edge including the frame and 3 inches in depth. One

entry only with a $15 entry fee. First place receives $350, second

place $200, third place $50 and $50 for the City Hall choice winner.

The works will be exhibited March 28 through April 29 with an awards

ceremony and reception from 5 to 6 p.m. April 7. For information,

call Sian Poeschl at (949) 497-0722.

‘Color It Orange’ at Laguna College

This year will mark the 31st anniversary of Laguna College of Art

and Design’s “Color It Orange” exhibit, Orange County’s most

extensive art exhibition by youth.

“Color It Orange” is an annual juried youth art exhibition of

countywide schools for students in Kindergarten through grade 12. For

information, call (949) 376-6000.

New Outreach art and sea program

Laguna Outreach for Community Arts is introducing a new program,

“Art and Sea Adventures: The Art of Tide-Pooling,” in collaboration

with the Ocean Laguna Foundation.

The program includes a morning of tide pool exploration with Ocean

Laguna Foundation docents followed by a hands-on watercolor journal

art workshop taught by Laguna Outreach for Community Arts resource

artists.

The program includes a watercolor journal, art supplies,

postcards, tote bag, refreshments and more, courtesy of Montage

Resort and Spa.

Classes are available Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

on March 19 and 20; April 16 and 17; and May 14 and 15. Meet at

Treasure Island Park, South entrance at S. Coast Highway at Wesley

Drive, at the South edge of the Montage Resort, just below the

parking lot.

Cost is $65 for adults and $35 for kids under 13. Reservations are

required, call (949) 363-4700. Class size is limited. For information

go to https://www.locaarts.org.

‘Voodoo’ at Ocean Avenue Brewery

Laguna based ZUMA Press is exhibiting “Vivid Voodoo,” by

photojournalist Les Stone, a photographic display of Haiti’s religion

-- rituals, sacrifice, possession and love -- at Ocean Avenue

Brewery, 237 Ocean Ave.

Stone, a ZUMA news photographer, has traveled to Haiti more than

30 times in 10 years. His work captures first-hand Haitian voodoo

ceremonies and practices.

“Vivid Voodoo” runs through March 31. For information, call (949)

494-7704.

‘Late Nite Catechism’ extended

As a result of continued popular demand, the Laguna Playhouse, 606

Laguna Canyon Road, will extend its run of “Late Nite Catechism”

through June 20, for the 13th time.

The two-act solo performance features “Sister” giving instruction

to a roomful of “students” (the audience.) For information, call

(949) 497-2787 or online at https://www.laguna playhouse.com.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Mondays, tickets are $35.

Sculpture Competition

The Laguna Beach Arts Commission is holding a sculpture

competition to add to the City’s public art collection. The

competition location is for the Village Green Park at the corner of

Monterey St. and Catalina Ave. The subject should be inspired by

nature, figurative and visually appealing to children. A vertical

orientation is recommended. The piece must be no larger than 5-feet

wide and deep by a maximum of 7-feet tall. It should not have any

element that would entice a child to climb it or pose any other

safety concerns. Only original artwork should be submitted.

Honorarium is $10,000. Deadline is April 29. For information or an

application, call (949) 497-0722.