Laguna Beach Local News

Laguna Playhouse was awarded a 2019 Festival of Arts Foundation grant of $5,000 to support its year-round, award-winning youth education programs, a statement from the Playhouse said. Programs include youth theatre, conservatory and workshops. "The youth education programs at Laguna Playhouse are perfectly aligned with the mission of the FOA...

Brazilian documentary filmmaker Laura Papa’s current project is titled “Dear Cesar.” It is the story of her great uncle, the artist Cesar Papa, who lived in Laguna Beach from 1986 to 1989. His work evolved from botanic and abstract oils on canvas to huge and exotic jungle-themed pencil drawings,...

  The Festival of Arts’ FOA Foundation recently announced the 23 recipients awarded $100,000 in art grants for 2019. The FOA Foundation helps fund art-related nonprofits in Laguna Beach, emphasizing the enrichment of children and young adults in all disciplines of art. “The FOA Foundation is proud to be a longtime...

In 2008, Laguna Beach artists Stephanie Cunningham and Betty Haight began creating their series of “Duets,” multi-media format, collage oil paintings. Two individually unique paintings are blended to produce one seamless piece of collaborative “Duet” featuring landscapes and figurative imagery. Each finished painting includes a “story tag” explaining the...

Laguna Beach sports artist Dave Hobrecht has teamed up with former Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager Ned Colletti to start a new company called The All-Time. Colletti is selecting a roster of the all-time greatest Dodger players, coaches, and broadcasters, while Hobrecht is creating completely original black-and-white paintings for...

A reception from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, opens an exhibit of Mark Chamberlain’s work, at BC Space, 235 Forest Ave. The exhibition and sale of  “Mark Chamberlain Cibachrome Prints,” created and printed during the 1970s and 80s will also include works of art from the artist’s private collection. Chamberlain’s...

Thirty Passports to the Arts were presented to the residents of the Glennwood House, which is home to young adults with special needs. The passes allowed them unlimited admission to all three Laguna Beach art festivals, art workshops, music, and special events all summer long thanks to funding and...

Laguna College of Art and Design MFA alumnus and fine arts faculty member, Timothy Robert Smith, has unveiled two murals just in time for the fall semester. Momentum(60 feet by 30 feet) is now on the art building at Laguna Beach High School and Glimpseon the Studio Building at...

To commemorate the official day on which the original Laguna Beach Art Association was founded in 1918, the Laguna Art Museum has invited the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA) as one of its community partners to join the LBAA Birthday Party celebration on Saturday, Aug. 25. From 9 a.m....