. Slow Art Day is a global, all-volunteer event with a simple mission: help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art. Slow Art Day began in 2009 and already has 243 participating venues around the world. Two events are scheduled for this year’s Slow Art Day on Saturday, April 27 in Laguna Beach: . 1. Hedy Buzan hosts an event at Laguna Art Museum from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., followed by an optional no host lunch discussion. Hedy is a Laguna Beach artist, and … [Read more...]

Development and Outreach Associate Jennifer Gardiner gives an overview of preparations for Imagination Celebration, our family art-filled event on April 20th. I just got finished ordering wiggly eyes, sparkly pens, puff balls, balloons and a face painter! It’s that time of year again, the museum is hosting Imagination Celebration, a fun-filled day of exciting art activities for the whole family. Imagination Celebration is an annual county-wide event produced by Arts Orange County and the … [Read more...]

. Janet Blake, Curator of Early California Art at Laguna Art Museum: I am looking forward to what will be a lively and informative presentation by Hurrell biographer Mark Vieira this Sunday afternoon, March 17. Mark is a leading authority and writer about the golden era of Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s, the era when Hurrell was in his prime as a renowned glamour photographer of the stars. Himself a photographer, Mark personally knew George Hurrell and from him learned his photographic … [Read more...]

Deputy Director Ed Fosmire reflects on the installation of an artwork recently sold at the museum's successful Art Auction. Artist Laddie John Dill recently installed his Triple Light Wedge from 1971 in the home of Keiko Sakamoto and Bill Witte. The piece, comprised of glass, argon with mercury, and cement emulsion, was purchased by Keiko and Bill at Laguna Art Museum’s Art Auction 2013: California Underground, which was presented on February 9. Upon seeing the work at Laguna Art Museum, … [Read more...]

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Highlights from the museum store: What's an original print? The revamped museum store features various kinds of work by local artists, including original prints. “Print” can be a little confusing as an art term. Often people use the word to mean a picture of a painting or some other work of art. In that case, when technicians and professional printers carry the process through and the artist plays no part beyond creating the original, the print could be called by the more exact … [Read more...]