Calendar Of Events

Celebrate Independence Day by learning about  edible and useful plants on this moderate, but steep and rocky, 2.4-mile hike (over 100-ft elevation gain) with Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area, Gate 7 (from southbound Aliso Creek Road, turn right on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] and right on Canyon Vista to Canyon View Park). Reservations required: 949-923-2235.  Donations welcome.

Laguna Community Concert Band celebrates Independence Day with a performance at the Sawdust Festival

Open to artists who love, work or exhibit in Laguna Beach. Location Description: Upper walls between the entry doors to the public restrooms on Forest Lane in downtown Laguna Beach. For requirements and more information visit

http://www.lagunabeachcity.net/arts/public/competitions/2009MURALCOMPETITION.pdf

Deadline: 4pm August 7, 2009

Come join us for some fun as we clean our beaches the first Saturday of every month. Laguna Coffee Co. is provided at all locations, as well as coupons, shirts, and pickers! Please make note of our new times and locations.

New Time: 10am-12pm

New Locations: El Ranchito & La Sirena in South Laguna (with Yogaworks)

Our same stalwart locations (in addition to the new ones): LBHS, Hobie Sports Downtown, Thalia Surf Shop & Yogaworks in SoLag
Check us out & jump in

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Summer Camp – Children ages 8-12 can join us for a week and learn how we rehabilitate our animal patients. Participants will perform mock duties such as rescuing, weighing, feeding and cleaning. Each day has a different marine theme and involves games and crafts for fun, ocean oriented learning.

Laguna College of Art + Design's permanent collection of alumni works and a sampling of current students’ artwork in multiple disciplines.

Once perceived as a cult-movement, the status of gaming is quickly elevating its status in the realm of popular culture.  No longer specific to one demographic, Blizzard Entertainment boasts eleven million monthly subscribers devoted to World of Witchcraft (WoW).  Naturally, artists are embracing video game development technology, the subject of gaming, and virtual aspects into their work.  As Marshall McLuhan once stated, “we shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.”  This exhibition presents WoW as a case study and reference for artists who are working in this medium and are familiar with this increasingly popular game.

WoW: Emergent Media Phenomenon will consist of three components including the artists/history of the game, fan art, and artists who use WoW as a subject matter.

The cruise will be aboard the 95-foot Dana Pride which has upper deck seating as well as inside seating in it's large galley, making it one of the most comfortable rides on the water. The boat also features a full bar including wine, beer (domestic and imported), and mixed drinks. Includes a complimentary rum punch!

Gallimaufry presents a Musical Theatre Workshop.  Students will learn acting, singing and dance technique, as well as auditioning, improvisation and much more.  This 4 week long workshop (Mon-Fri 10am-1pm) will be taught by Musical Theatre professionals.  Students will also be cast in the production of “Bugsy Malone.”

This year's festival celebrates Art-A-Fair's exhibiting artists. It's their creations that allow visitors to SEE THE WORLD THROUGH AN ARTIST'S EYES. Unique among local cultural events, Art-A-Fair features 125 internationally juried artists and master craftsman. Increasingly popular among artists and visitors alike as a showcase for well-known and emerging talent, it has become one of Laguna Beach's must-visit summer affairs. Art-A-Fair opened its doors for the first time in 1966 and has since been the city's only international art festival. It offers guests the chance to experience the passion of local artists, other parts of the US and around the world working in oil painting, sculpture, mixed media, digital art, ceramics, glass, jewelry, photography and wood firsthand.

Laguna College of Art + Design presents their third annual Student Summer Exhibition at Gallery 793.  Guests will see paintings, sculpture and works on paper created by more than 35 emerging artists. Works will be available for sale, and a portion of proceeds will benefit ongoing programs of the college. The gallery is open to the public Thurs-Sun from 1-7pm, with extended hours until 9pm for First Thursdays Artwalk on July 2 and August 6.

Opening Reception on June 26 from 6-9pm.

MASQUERADE, paintings and monotypes by Carol Kreider, will be featured as well as works by sculptor Gerry Schendel-Brown and painter KL Heagen. Regular exhibitors include Marge Chapman, Howard Hitchcock, Anne Moore, Marjorie Sanders and Lynn Welker.

Artists’ reception July 2, from 6-9 pm.

Please Join Us for our July Exhibition on Thursday July 2nd, from 6-9pm at the JoAnne Artman Gallery--to coincide with Laguna ArtWalk, featuring artwork by Patti Didiomete, Laura Ross-Paul, Sandy Clark, Bill Agee and James Verbicky. "All these artists will inspire, provoke, engage and mesmerize. With visual perceptions always changing, peek behind the stories told and you're sure to find the right artistic expression!
Opening Reception:  Thursday,  July 2nd, 6-9 pm to coincide with the First Thursdays Art Walk. Please RSVP: 949.510.5481 by July 1^st

Studio Arts Gallery presents “EARTH GLASS FIRE” by Ron Dier. Dier uses his ceramic background to form new concepts in glass and clay, inspired by forms and textures found in nature. Artist reception on July 2 from 6-9pm.

Marion Meyer Contemporary Art presents MODERN(O) featuring artwork by Quim Bové, Ronald Morán, Mayra Barraza and Luis Cornejo.  Their work represents the backbone of contemporary art from their respective regions (Latin America and Spain), as evidenced by their countless museum and public art exhibitions.
Bové delves into the mysteries of the universe and the cyclical nature of human existence using color and exuberant abstraction. Morán addresses the silence of aggression by wrapping entire rooms, objects, and paintings in dense layers of white cotton whose benign appearance belies their true nature. Barraza, whose work was recently given top honors in the Museum Of Latin American Art Awards, explores the realms of power - both personal and public, giving voice to the aftermath of war in a visual language so beautiful and poignant it transcends into the very private, existential questions that face humanity. With sold-out shows in 2007 and 2008, Cornejo continues to shock and delight as he challenges society's devotion to outer beauty by creating a pop mix of textures - hyper realistic fashion models with playful proportions and luminous faces combined with two dimensional Disney like cartoon elements. On sabbatical for a year in Germany, the paintings to be exhibited represent the only available work of his in existence.
Artist Reception: July 2, 6-9 pm