BRIEFLY IN ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Earth Day celebration scheduled on equinox

Endangered Planet, 384 Forest Ave., Suite No. 13, will observe the celebration of Earth Day from 6 to 10 p.m. March 19, this year’s Vernal Equinox, with an open-to-the-public potluck dinner, featuring a presentation by artist Dieter Tremp, “Observing the Equinox.” Guests are invited to bring a dish or beverage for three friends.

This is German artist Tremp’s second solo exhibit at the gallery; the artist reception will begin at 6:30 p.m.

“Observing the Equinox,” subtitled “Stone Circles and other Ancient Monuments,” is an exhibit that explores the mysterious nature of megalithic structures and other monuments as they relate to humankind’s ancient and ongoing relationship with Earth’s natural rhythms.

Violin entertainment will be performed by Scarlet Rivera.

Global Imagination will be exhibiting and demonstrating a large dynamic earth “Magic Planet” with full inner activity depicting global climate changes, hot spots, ice caps and other natural and human-impacted situations depicting global warnings.

Endangered Planet Foundation seeks a sponsor to purchase the first of a series of “Magic Planets” to be exhibited in the current location in Laguna Beach while the Endangered Planet Museum is being designed, funded and constructed at another Southern California location.

For more information, visit the website at endangeredplanet.org.

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John Cosby joins Redfern Gallery

The Redfern Gallery will present a collection of new works by John Cosby, beginning with an artist reception at 4 p.m. March 29.

John Cosby is the first new artist to be represented by The Redfern Gallery in 15 years; his debut coincides with the gallery’s remodel.

Cosby’s ties to Laguna Beach go back to his childhood when his grandmother gave him paints, canvas and inspiration.

As a young man, he joined the service and was selected as a communications front man for Presidents Nixon and Ford.

After his years at the White House, Cosby’s art career was launched when he began selling his paintings of boats while sailing the eastern seaboard. Since that time he has led a successful career as an artist.

Cosby’s works are held in numerous and important corporate, private and city collections throughout the United States.

The exhibition runs through April 25.

For more information, call the gallery at (949) 497-3356 or e-mail [email protected].

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Museum opening reception well-attended

This past Saturday, Laguna Art Museum held its opening reception for “Las Vegas Diaspora: The Emergence of Contemporary Art from the Neon Homeland.”

The exhibition celebrates the work of 26 artists hailing from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada and taught under guest curator Dave Hickey, one of the best known American art critics practicing today.

The museum showcased its newly installed bamboo flooring and renovations in the Steele Gallery.

Artists, members and visitors enjoyed food from Las Brisas and music provided by DJs Dan Sena & Yooks.

“At 650 people, it was a large opening for the Museum and I’m really thrilled to see folks in Laguna respond so excitedly to the show. In addition, having Peter Blake open his 15th anniversary exhibition the same night created a really nice synergy,” Museum Director Bolton Colburn said.

Major support for the exhibition has been provided by the Murray and Ruth Gribin Trust, June Lee’s Contemporary Art, The Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica and the Mark and Hilarie Moore Family Trust, and Sheridan Brown.

For more information, visit lagunaartmuseum.org.

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Festival art to show at prestigious exhibition

After evaluating more than 1,200 submissions, an elected Jury of Selection for the American Watercolor Society chose approximately 109 entries to show in their 141st Annual Exhibition.

“Pomegranates, Deco I” by Festival of Arts exhibitor Yachiyo Beck was one of the chosen few.

After a second review, a handful of artists “” including Beck “” was honored with awards and an invitation to join the Annual Traveling Exhibition sponsored yearly by the society.

“It was a great honor to just get accepted into the AWS Exhibition this year,” Beck said. “This is a great start to the year. My paintings have an Asian influence, and are affected by my years in the fashion industry. I feel lucky that, with only a few seconds to see the slides, the jury selected my art for both the award and the Traveling Exhibition.”

Beck’s artwork is on exhibit (and for sale to the public) at the Festival of Arts from July 6 through Aug. 30.

For more information, call (949) 494-1145.