ARTCETERA
Join more than 40 galleries throughout Laguna Beach on the first Thursday of each month for a festive cultural evening from 6 to 9 p.m. Free shuttle service starts from the Laguna Art Museum and Bluebird Center at 6:15 p.m. and runs until 8:45 p.m. Information: www.firstthursdays artwalk.com or (949) 683-6871. (*Denotes galleries that participate in the First Thursday Art Walk.) The next Art Walk will be Sept. 6.
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307 Cliff Drive
(949) 494-8971
The museum’s current exhibitions are as follows:
?Through September: “Heart and Torch: Rick Griffin’s Transcendence.” The first museum exhibition and major retrospective to focus on the art of Rick Griffin.
?Ongoing: California Art from the Permanent Collection: Part II, 1930s to 1950s.
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3251 Laguna Canyon Road
(949) 448-0259
Featuring oil paintings by Fitz Maurice, sculpture, furniture and unique pieces from New Mexico.
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2222 Laguna Canyon Road
(949) 376-6000
Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission free.
?August: Permanent Collection exhibition.
?September: Animation Exhibition ““ Bill Perkins.
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3251 Laguna Canyon Road F3
(949) 376-3635
Gallery hours: Tuesday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 1 to 5 p.m.
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891 Laguna Canyon Road
(949) 376-1555
?August: Resident artist Michael Phillips presents “The Artist Encompassed.”
?Sept. 5 to 23: 20 Festival of Arts exhibitors join 20 Sawdust Art Festival exhibitors to create “Project Skimboard 3.” An exhibit of work created using a blank skimboard as the basis for the artist’s inspiration. Opening reception 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 5; auction Sept. 23.
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326 N. Coast Highway
(949) 376-9994
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A source for modern and contemporary art since 1992.
?August: “West Coast Abstraction” group show. New abstract and representational paintings by gallery artists.
?September: New paintings by William Glen Crooks and Alex Couwenberg.
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305 N. Coast Highway, Suite A
(949) 494-7270
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305 N. Coast Highway
(949) 464-9709
Featuring the art and sculpture of Debby Carman, including paintings, graphics and ceramic animals, and decorative sculptures.
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330 N. Coast Highway
(949) 494-0669
?August: Tessa Mecham and Scott Yeskel.
?September: Gary Nisbet and Kenna Moser.
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376 N. Coast Highway
(949) 494-4324
?August: Watercolors by Brian Norkaitis and acrylics by Chuck Best.
?September: Watercolors by Laurie Downey and Julie Christiansen-Dull.
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372 N. Coast Highway
(949) 494-8074
Featuring original paintings by 15 regional and international artists, including Donat Barbe, Irene Borg, Paco Garcia, Alfredo Gomez, Cristina Joia, Armenak Karapetian, Mostafa Keyhani, Greg Martin, Lu Martin, Alan Murray, Gerhard Ruhland, Stephen Shortridge. Landscape, seascape, still-life, figurative and abstract styles.
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354 N. Coast Highway
(949) 497-5442
www.marionmeyer
gallery.com
?Through Aug. 31: Zivana, “New Works.”
?September: Mira Lisa, abstract Expressionist, and Andrew Douglas, “Fluidity and the Human Form.” Artist reception during Art Walk.
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374 N. Coast Highway
(949) 494-4422
?Featured artist: Gail Stohl, who has been a member of Quorum Gallery for 11 years. For Gail, all forms of art are her passion and she hopes to pass this on to the viewer when they observe her work.
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346 N. Coast Highway
(800) 949-5211
Featuring works by old masters and contemporary artists.
?Through Oct. 8: “Highlights,” distinctive masterpieces from diverse genres.
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384A N. Coast Highway
(949) 497-6775
?August: Featuring Anne Moore’s “Making an Impression” original monotypes with guest Gary Hong’s “Between Oriental & Western.”
?September: Featuring Lynn Welker’s “Imagined Excursions” with guests Trish McKinney & Janet MacKaig.
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484 N. Coast Highway
(949) 497-7289
?20th anniversary celebration featuring new works by artists Robert Schaar, Joe Jaqua, Betty Billups, Ingeborg Kroeninger, paper sculptor Leo Monahan and sculptor Foot Young.
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384B N. Coast Highway
(949) 497-1080
?Plein air oil painting demonstrations by Laguna artists in residence during Art Walk.
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353 N. Coast Highway #A
(949) 494-5076
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350 N. Coast Highway
(949) 497-4322
Featuring paintings by Marc Whitney, figures, interiors, landscapes, still life florals and tabletops. Also Giovanni Casadei, Peter Colquhoun, Peggi Kroll-Roberts, Andrea Krupp, Bradford J. Salamon, Derek Sterkel, Tracey Sylvester-Harris and Sarah J. Webber.
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305-D & F N. Coast Highway
(949) 497-5747
Now offering two galleries. The main gallery features American Indian antiquities. Adjacent to the main gallery is the recently opened Western Fine Art gallery, featuring paintings and sculptures by leading Native American Indian and Western artists.
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220 Forest Ave.
(949) 376-4244
Featuring art from South Africa, Russia and Europe. Styles range from Impressionism to contemporary, including a variety of mediums.
?August: Exhibition featuring U.S. sculptress Paige Bradley’s new international works.
?September: Local artist Georgeana Ireland’s romantic abstract works.
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235 Forest Ave.
(949) 497-1880
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225 Forest Ave.
(949) 497-3399
A natural arts gallery, featuring some of the biggest pieces in the world, world class gem art and museum quality home décor, as well as fossils, minerals, meteorites, gem and mineral jewelry.
?Sunday mornings, 11 a.m. “Romancing the Stones Tour,” free. Call for reservation.
?Art Walk: Featuring local musicians while some of the world’s gem and stone artists are on display, alongside other unique natural arts.
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326 Glenneyre St.
(949) 497-4988
?”Moments of Splendor ““ Celebrating Beauty and the Joy of Dance.” Select sculpture, paintings and drawings by Richard MacDonald.
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224 Forest Ave.
(949) 494-5757
www.dianedebilzan gallery.com
Featuring work by contemporary artists Andrew Myers, Cynthia Grilli, Gerard Basil Stripling, Michael Phillips, Troy Poeschl, William Turner, Wolfgang Bloch and special guest artists.
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384 Forest Ave., Suite 13
(949) 497-5690
?Through September: “Art Miles Mural Project” exhibition, featuring revolving environmental murals from the global collection in support of UNESCO.
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210A Forest Ave.
(949) 376-6410
Artwork by current and 20th Century masters.
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357 S. Coast Highway
(949) 376-8017
Featuring the original oils, limited edition giclee on canvas and sculptures of Vladimir Kush as well as eight other international artists.
?New original oils on canvas, limited edition giclees and sculptures.
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264 Forest Ave.
(949) 494-8900
“Five Centuries of Masters:” Renoir, Pissaro, Matisse, Picasso, Miro, Rembrandt, Chagall and others.
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260 Ocean Ave.
(949) 494-1145
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305 Forest Ave.
(949) 376-3878
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688 S. Coast Highway
(949) 715-9089
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761 S. Coast Highway
(949) 497-7520
Featuring a wide range of original art by national and international artists, including contemporary Chinese watercolor and oil paintings.
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1540 S. Coast Highway
(949) 497-5377
Specializing in California impressionist paintings, featuring works of George Gallo, William Dorsey, Elaine Hughes, Joseph Aaron, Felice Hrovart and Martin Weekly.
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1590 S. Coast Highway
(949) 497-6690
Original etchings, aquatints, dry points and mezzotints by internationally recognized Italian artists.
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1496 S. Coast Highway
(949) 463-4414
Featuring large-field color abstract acrylics on canvas. Works matted on watercolor paper include seascapes, landscapes and figurative. Also pen, charcoal and wash and still-life drawings.
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1143 S. Coast Highway
(949) 376-2048
?August: Two-year gallery anniversary celebration. Special multi-media entertainment.
?September: See the “B” side to Roark. Debuting his new abstract series.
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1492 S. Coast Highway. #8
(949) 494-1878
All new works from plein air to representational.
?August: Featuring realistic watercolors by Karen Samson.
?September: Featuring Charlotte Burgmans’ organic objects in oil.
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1276F S. Coast Highway
(949) 573-0704
?”The Atlantic Coast and Beyond.”
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577 S. Coast Highway
(949) 376-2833
Watercolor paintings including landscapes, traditional and tropical florals.
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1590 S. Coast Highway
(949) 376-3785
?August: Early California Impressionists: Painting the Light & Color of the California Landscape.
?September: Scenes of Laguna as painted by Early California Impressionists. Live music and refreshments during Art Walk.
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1951 S. Coast Highway
(949) 715-1842
www.dianaferrone.com. Original works by established and emerging contemporary artists from around the globe.
?Through September: Featuring Darren Grant.
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1590 S. Coast Highway
(949) 376-0400
?Through September: Showing contemporary artists Edward Lentsch and Luc Leestemaker, and sculptures by Richard Erdman and Albert Brenner.
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1493 Glenneyre St.
(949) 494-0676
Featuring original paintings by Manfred Kuhnert.
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