ARTCETERA
ART WALK
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.firstthursdaysartwalk. com or (949) 683-6871. (*Denotes galleries that participate in the First Thursdays Art Walk.)
The next Art Walk will be March 6, when the city will hold an artist reception for the Laguna College of Art & Design MFA Student Exhibit at City Hall, 505 Forest Ave., from 5 to 6 p.m.
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*Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive
(949) 494-8971
The museum’s current exhibitions are as follows:
?Ongoing: California Art from the Permanent Collection: Part II, 1930s to 1950s.
?March: Exhibition, Las Vegas Diaspora: “The Emergence of Contemporary Art from the Neon Homeland.”
?Art book sale 6 to 8:30 p.m. during Art Walk.
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LAGUNA CANYON GALLERIES
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*Laguna College of Art & Design
2222 Laguna Canyon Road
(949) 376-6000
Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Admission free.
?March: Artwork from the Invisible Children cause will be exhibited.
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*[seven-degrees] gallery
891 Laguna Canyon Road
(949) 376-1555
?February: Japanese artist Kenji Kawai presents his “Human Maze.”
?March: [seven-degrees] resident artists and a featured installation.
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NORTH COAST HIGHWAY GALLERIES
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*Peter Blake Gallery
326 N. Coast Hwy.
(949) 376-9994
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A source for modern and contemporary art since 1992.
?March: Celebrating our 15 year anniversary.
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*Gallery McCollum
206 N. Coast Hwy.
(949) 497-4027
Specializing in original landscape paintings of Italy and France, tropical and local scenes. Featuring Caroline Zimmermann, Patrick Tobin, David Solomon and Michael Obermeyer.
?New paintings by Caroline Zimmermann, “Currents ’08.”
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*Sue Greenwood Fine Art
330 N. Coast Hwy.
(949) 494-0669
?March: Francis Livingston: Solo Show
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*Laguna North Gallery
376 N. Coast Hwy.
(949) 494-4324
?March: Watercolors by Hedy Codner and Laurie Downey.
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*Lu Martin Galleries
372 N. Coast Hwy.
(949) 494-8074
?March: Artist Reception: Greg Martin.
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*Marion Meyer Contemporary Art
354 N. Coast Hwy.
(949) 497-5442
www.marionmeyer
?Through March: “Winter Blue,” group show including works by Quim Bove, Paula Schoen, Eva Carter and James Holmberg.
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*Quorum Art Gallery
374 N. Coast Hwy.
(949) 494-4422
?Featured artist: Karen Field. Her “no rules” approach frees her to work from moments of inspiration.
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*Sandstone Gallery
384A N. Coast Hwy.
(949) 497-6775
?March: Featuring “Spirits,” new mixed media paintings on canvas and paper by Lynn Welker. Also showing “Power of Emotion,” the paintings of Souzan Zargari, and “Dynamism,” works by Gilda and Samira Nowparast. Opening reception during Art Walk.
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*Studio 7 Gallery
384B N. Coast Hwy.
(949) 497-1080
?February: Oil painting demos by Laguna plein air artists Eagle, Uchizono, Weiderman and Wodark.
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*Whitney Gallery
350 N. Coast Hwy.
(949) 497-4322
?Featuring “Live!,” Bradford J. Salamon’s original portrait paintings.
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DOWNTOWN LAGUNA GALLERIES
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*The Crystal Image
225 Forest Ave.
(949) 497-3399
?Featuring local musicians during Art Walk while some of the world’s gem and stone artists are on display, alongside other unique natural arts.
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*Dawson Cole Fine Art
326 Glenneyre St.
(949) 497-4988
?March: Chuck Close: Portraits Exhibition.
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*DeBilzan Gallery
224 Forest Ave.
(949) 494-5757
Featuring work by contemporary artists Andrew Myers, Cynthia Grilli, Gerard Basil Stripling, Michael Phillips, Troy Poeschl, William Turner, Wolfgang Bloch and special guest artists.
?Major opening reception 6 to 9 p.m. during Art Walk; artist William DeBilzan will be in attendance.
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*Endangered Planet Gallery
384 Forest Ave., Suite 13
(949) 497-5690
www.endangeredplanet. org
?Through March: “Observing the Equinox “” Stone Circles and other Ancient Monuments,” new paintings by Dieter Tremp. Sculpture exhibition by Norman Deesing: “Global Warming, the Human State and Current World Affairs.”
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SOUTH LAGUNA GALLERIES
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*Coolsville ““ Roark’s Studio Gallery
1143 S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 376-2048
?March: The release of Roark’s underwater figurative painting.
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*Cove Gallery
1492 S. Coast Hwy. No. 8
(949) 494-1878
?March: Michelle Geromel’s lifelike animal subject exhibition.
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*DeRu’s Fine Arts
1590 S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 376-3785
?March: “Highlights from collection of Early California Impressionists.” Also featuring contemporary California artist David Chapple.
*Mandarin Fine Art Gallery
1294C S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 376-9608
?March: E Gujun Exhibition ““ Myth of China’s West, Dun Huang Silk Road Series.
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*William Merrill Gallery
611 S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 464-0067
?March: Exhibition and Art Walk reception: New works by Georgi Andonov.
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*Miranda Galleries
417 S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 497-4491
?March: “East Meets West” exhibition celebrating European and Eastern art.
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*purelagunabeach gallery
1590 S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 315-5015
Gallery and studio featuring contemporary oil paintings on canvas and prints by owner Todd Kenyon.
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*The Redfern Gallery
1540 S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 497-3356
?March: Presenting John Cosby, a new artist to the Redfern Gallery: exquisite paintings filled with light and color.
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*Sherwood Gallery Inc.
460 S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 497-2668
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*Situ Art Gallery
1294-A S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 376-6703
*Vladimir Sokolov Gallery
1540 S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 494-3633
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*Studio Arts Gallery
At the Old Pottery Place
1200 S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 376-1619
?March: Group showing and table setting by local artist Marsha Judd.
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*Townley Fine Art
1294-D S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 715-1860
?March: Featuring Metal Artist Dustin Otterbach.
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*The Vintage Poster
1476 S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 376-7422
?March: Posters of World War I & II.
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*Watercolor Gallery
1492 S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 494-8838
?March: Featuring the work of Laurie Darnal, “Crystal Cove Remembered.” Artist in attendance during Art Walk.
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*The Esther Wells Collection
1390 S. Coast Hwy.
(949) 494-2497
www.estherwellscollection. com
?March: Drawing demonstration by gallery artists Regina Hurley and Jan Magdaleno.
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*Wendt Gallery
1550 S. Coast Hwy., Suite 102
(949) 497-4292
?February: Winter Exhibition 2008.
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