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Jan. 12, 2007 12 AM PT

ART WALK

Join more than 40 galleries throughout Laguna Beach on Thursday for a festive cultural evening from 6 to 9 p.m. Free shuttle service starts from the Laguna Art Museum at 6:15 and runs until 9. Information: www.firstthursdaysartwalk.com or (949) 683-6871. (*Denotes galleries that participate in the First Thursday Art Walk.) The next Art Walk will be Feb. 1.

*Laguna Art Museum

307 Cliff Drive

(949) 494-8971

www.lagunaartmuseum.org

The museum’s current exhibitions are as follows:

Through January 21: “The OsCene 2006 — Contemporary Art and Culture in OC.”

“Material-ism: Glass, Ceramic, and Metal in The OsCene 2006,” panel discussion with artists Jason Chakravarty, Steve Klein, Jeffrey Netzer, and Aimee Sones, moderated by guest curator Jacqueline Bunge; 1 p.m. Jan. 21.

Through January 21: “Millard Sheets in Mexico, 1932-1942.”

Through January 21: “WHEN ANGELS FLY: Art & Creativity for Healing Inc.”

“California Art from the Permanent Collection: Part II, 1930s to 1950s.”

“Greetings from Laguna Beach: Our Town in the Early 1900s.”

LAGUNA CANYON

GALLERIES

Brooks Gallery

3251 Laguna Canyon Rd.

(949) 448-0259

Featuring oil paintings by Fitz Maurice, sculpture, furniture and unique pieces from New Mexico.

*Laguna College of Art and Design

2222 Laguna Canyon Rd.

(949) 376-6000

www.lagunacollege.edu

Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission free.

January 13 to 27: “The Romance of Prague and the Glory of Vienna” exhibition.

February 1 to 27: The Society of Illustrators’ Traveling Exhibition: “You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby.” Illustrators depict themselves between birth and puberty. Reception 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 1.

Laguna Plein Air Painters Assn.

3251 Laguna Canyon Rd. F3

(949) 376-3635

www.lpapa.org

*[seven-degrees] gallery

891 Laguna Canyon Rd.

(949) 376-1555

www.seven-degrees.com

January: Winter Wonderland installation and featured resident artists.

NORTH COAST

HIGHWAY GALLERIES

*Peter Blake Gallery

326 N. Coast Highway

(949) 376-9994

www.artscenecal.com/pblake.html.

A source for modern and contemporary art since 1992.

January: “Grey Scale,” contemporary abstract group show with artists James Hayward, Tony Delap, Lita Albuquerque and more. Reception 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 13.

California Art Gallery

305 N. Coast Highway, Suite A

(949) 494-7270

Deborah Carman Gallery

305 N. Coast Highway

(949) 464-9709

Featuring the art and sculpture of Debby Carman, including paintings, graphics and ceramic animals and decorative sculptures.

*Gallery McCollum

206 N. Coast Highway

(949) 497-4027

www.gallerymccollum.com

Specializing in original landscape paintings of Italy and France, tropical and local scenes. Featuring Caroline Zimmermann, Patrick Tobin, David Solomon and Michael Obermeyer.

*Sue Greenwood Fine Art

330 N. Coast Highway

(949) 494-0669

www.gcgallery.com

(Formerly Greenwood/Chebithes Gallery)

Through February: New work by Bennet Bean, Sally Chiu, Gloria Gaddis and Scott Yeskel.

*J. Kamin Fine Art

353 N. Coast Highway

(949) 494-5076

Russian impressionism 1940s-80s, contemporary American impressionists Jacqueline Kamin and Stacy Kamin.

*Laguna North Gallery

376 N. Coast Highway

(949) 494-4324

January: Oils by Patti Cliffton; watercolors by Yuko Blake.

*Lu Martin Galleries

372 N. Coast Highway

(949) 494-8074

January 31: Private preview collector showing of the new paintings by Stephen Charles Shortridge, 6 to 8 p.m. Call (949) 494-8074 to RSVP.

February: New paintings and book signing for Stephen Charles Shortridge during Art Walk, 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 1.

*Marion Meyer Contemporary Art

354 N. Coast Highway

(949) 497-5442

www.marionmeyer gallery.com

January: Winter Group Show with Quim Bove, Candice Eisenfeld, Paula Schoen, Sylvia Torres, Chiyomi Taneike Longo and Andrew Douglas.

*Quorum Art Gallery

374 N. Coast Highway

(949) 494-4422

A cooperative gallery featuring the works of 12 artists, including works by Sharyn Evert featuring oils of children, seascapes, landscapes and historical buildings. Iris Adam is known for her colorful, Asian influenced watercolors.

Rohrer Fine Art

346 N. Coast Highway

(800) 949-5211

Featuring works by old masters and contemporary artists.

Through Jan. 27: Seiju Toda, the “Heian” collection, and 12 contemporary bamboo artists.

Free lecture, “From the Grove to the Gallery: An Introduction to the Bamboo Art of Japan,” by Asian art expert Meher McArthur, 2 p.m. Jan. 14. Limited seating; call to reserve a seat.

*Sandstone Gallery

384A N. Coast Highway

(949) 497-6775

www.sandstonegallery.com

January: Featuring Jeri Kissler-Painter’s “The Old and The New,” with mixed media collage by Kathy Cartier.

Schaar Galleries Ltd.

484 N. Coast Highway

(949) 497-7289

www.schaar galleries .com.

20th anniversary celebration featuring new works by artists Robert Schaar, Joe Jaqua, Betty Billups, Ingeborg Kroeninger, paper sculptor Leo Monahan and sculptor Foot Young.

*Studio 7 Gallery

384B N. Coast Highway

(949) 497-1080

Through March: Plein Air oil painting demonstrations by Laguna artists in residence and live music by guitarist Ed Krajec during Art Walk.

Whitney Gallery

350 N. Coast Highway

(949) 497-4322

www.marcwhitney.com

Featuring paintings by Marc Whitney, figures, interiors, landscapes and still life. Also Giovanni Casadei, Sara Webber, Peggi Kroll-Roberts, Andrea Krupp and David Shevlino.

Len Wood’s Indian Territory, Inc.

305-D N. Coast Highway

(949) 497-5747

DOWNTOWN LAGUNA GALLERIES

*Azali on Forest Fine Art Gallery

(formerly Forest Ave. Fine Art)

220 Forest Ave.

(949) 376-4244

www.azali.com

New gallery featuring art from South Africa, Russia and Europe.

BC Space Gallery

235 Forest Ave.

(949) 497-1880

*The Crystal Image

225 Forest Ave.

(949) 497-3399

www.thecrystalimage.com

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.

*Dawson Cole Fine Art

(formerly Richard MacDonald Fine Art)

326 Glenneyre St.

(949) 497-4988

www.dawsoncolefineart.com

Through March: Group exhibitions.

*Diane DeBilzan Gallery

224 Forest Ave.

(949) 494-5757

www.dianedebilzan gallery.com

January: Work by William DeBilzan, Louis Longi, Troy Poeschl and Gerard Basil Stripling.

*Endangered Planet Gallery

384 Forest Ave., Suite 13

(949) 497-5690

www.endangeredplanet.org

Through February: Dieter Tremp’s figurative abstract “Organic Compositions.”

Fingerhut Gallery

210A Forest Ave.

(949) 376-6410

Artwork by current and 20th Century masters.

*The Trey Fleming Experience

303 Broadway St.

(949) 233-3034

January: New art classes and Trey’s crayon masterpieces.

*Kush Fine Art

357 S. Coast Highway

(949) 376-8017

www.kushlaguna.com

January: Vladimir Kush releases his new book, “Journey to the End of Time.”

*Laguna Fine Art

264 Forest Ave.

(949) 494-8900

www.lagunafineart.com

“Five Centuries of Masters:” Renoir, Pissaro, Matisse, Picasso, Miro, Rembrandt, Chagall and others.

Wells Fargo Bank

260 Ocean Ave.

(949) 494-1145

“Three Amigos,” featuring Gregg Stone, Sergio Rebia and Werc, through Jan. 15.

Wentworth Gallery

305 Forest Ave.

(949) 376-3878

Peter Max retrospective.

SOUTH LAGUNA GALLERIES

Art Edge Gallery

761 S. Coast Highway

(949) 497-7520

www.artedgegallery.com

Featuring a wide range of original art by national and international artists, including contemporary Chinese watercolor and oil paintings.

*Bluebird Gallery

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.

*La Bottega Dell’Acquaforte

1590 S. Coast Highway

(949) 497-6690

Original etchings, aquatints, dry points and mezzotints by internationally recognized Italian artists.

*Larry Christy Studio Gallery

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 still-life drawings.

*Contemporary Chinese Fine Art

1099 S. Coast Highway

(949) 376-6799

Presenting original paintings by native Chinese artists.

January: Traditional watercolors of artist-professor Zhou Ping-Guang.

*Coolsville -- Roark’s Studio Gallery

1143 S. Coast Highway

(949) 376-2048

www.coolsville.com

Through March: Roark’s latest paper studies series as an ongoing new medium of his most popular pieces.

*Cove Gallery

1294 S. Coast Highway., Ste. B

(949) 494-1878

All new works from plein air to representational.

January: Guest artist Dominique Alcorn of Oceanside exhibits his large realism scenes of animals and seascapes.

Emanuel Dale Photographic Arts

1276F S. Coast Highway

(949) 573-0704

emanueldale.com

“The Atlantic Coast and Beyond,” artist reception monthly during Art Walk.

Lydia Delgado Watercolors

577 S. Coast Highway

(949) 376-2833

www.delgadowatercolor.com

Watercolor paintings including landscapes, traditional and tropical florals.

*DeRu’s Fine Arts

1590 S. Coast Highway

(949) 376-3785

January: “The Impressionists in California,” showcasing highlights of the Early California Impressionist painters.

Diana Ferrone Gallery

1951 S. Coast Highway

(949) 715-1842

www.dianaferrone.com

Original works by established and emerging contemporary artists from around the globe.

New works by Nathan Fischer.

Kuhnert’s Art Gallery

1493 Glenneyre St.

(949) 494-0676

www.kuhnertsartgallery.com

www.manfredkuhnert.com

Featuring original paintings by Manfred Kuhnert.

Lang Fine Art

The Art Center

1450 S. Coast Highway

(949) 494-1397

*Mandarin Fine Art Gallery

1294C S. Coast Highway

(949) 376-9608

www.mandarinfineart.com

Features original contemporary paintings from China and Tibet.

January: Original works from Wang Niandong of Chongqing, China.

*William Merrill Gallery

611 S. Coast Highway

(949) 464-0067

January: Group exhibition featuring new work by Paul Ecke.

*Miranda Galleries

417 So. Coast Highway

(949) 497-4491

www.mirandagalleries.com

Though March: Group shows.

*Fil Mottola Gallery

1492 S. Coast Highway No. 8

(949) 497-1050

American and European Academician artists; featured artist Fil Mottola.

Pacific Edge Gallery

540 S. Coast Highway, No. 112

(949) 494-0491

Pure Color Gallery

570 S. Coast Highway

(949) 497-1129

Noon to 5 p.m. daily

*purelagunabeach gallery

1590 S. Coast Highway

(949) 315-5015

www.purelagunabeach.com

Through March: Gallery and studio featuring the contemporary oil paintings on canvas and prints by owner Todd Kenyon.

*The Redfern Gallery

1540 S. Coast Highway

(949) 497-3356

www.redferngallery.com

January: “California’s Beauty Past and Present,” impressionist paintings by early masters and current plein air artists.

*Sherwood Gallery, Inc.

460 S. Coast Highway

(949) 497-2668

www.sherwoodgallery.com

Contemporary art featuring paintings, wall sculpture, ceramics, glass, indoor/outdoor sculpture.

*Situ Art Gallery

1294-A S. Coast Highway

(949) 376-6703

www.situartgallery.com

Through March: A new gallery featuring oil paintings by Mian Situ, Ray Roberts, Ruo Li, Carole Cooke, Bi Wei and Dan Goozee.

*Vladimir Sokolov Gallery

1540 S. Coast Highway

(949) 494-3633

New abstract expressionism and mixed media paintings by Vladimir Sokolov; acrylic paintings by Alexander Sokolov and laminated acrylic sculpture by Vasa.

*Studio Arts Gallery

At the Old Pottery Place

1200 S. Coast Highway

(949) 376-1619

www.studioartslaguna.com

Featuring a select group of Laguna Beach fine artists, plus visiting guest artists in a range of media. Glassblowing demonstrations at the courtyard furnace.

January: Showing local artist Marcus Thesing. Exhibiting original Terraform, Ocean, Band Theory, Stretch and Sculptural Vessel Series.

Surf Gallery

911 S. Coast Highway

(949) 376-9155

*Townley Fine Art

1294-D S. Coast Highway

(949) 376-2805

www.townleyfineart.com

January: Artist opening reception with Charlotte Burgmans: 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 12. New work by Shane Townley and Dustin Otterbach.

February: Artist reception with Colleen Hanley, 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 9.

March: Artist reception with Annemarie Hall, 6 to 9 p.m. March 9.

*The Vintage Poster

1476 S. Coast Highway

(949) 376-7422

www.thevintageposter.com

January: Traveling around the world with Air France posters.

Viszolay Gallery

577 S. Coast Highway

(949) 497-0951

Oil paintings of Laguna Beach, Hawaii, Catalina and other Southern California scenes by artist-in-residence Walter Viszolay. Reproductions available.

*Watercolor Gallery

1492 S. Coast Highway

(949) 494-8838

January: Showing Richard Van Genderen’s originals and hand painted giclees. Featuring his “Great Ocean Shells and Seahorse Suite.”

*The Esther Wells Collection

1390 S. Coast Highway

(949) 494-2497

www.estherwells collection.com

*Wendt Gallery

1550 S. Coast Highway, Suite 102

(949) 497-4292

www.wendtgallery.com

Wendt Gallery is a leading gallery specializing in contemporary representational art.

Joseph Wise Fine Art Gallery

1550 S. Coast Highway

(949) 376-7902

*Len Wood’s Indian Territory, South Gallery

1590 S. Coast Highway

(949) 497-7313

www.indianterritory.com

19th, 20th, and 21st century Western and Indian art. Paintings, sculpture and bronze works; Navajo rugs, baskets, turquoise jewelry and beadwork.

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