Thursday, May 17, 2011 (7:00 p.m.)

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Laguna Beach Film Society presents

2012 Academy Awards Nominated Live Action Shorts

Join the Film Society in viewing the newest nominated shorts from near and far.
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PENTECOST
By Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
When Damian is forced to serve as an altar boy at an important mass in his local parish, he faces a difficult choice: conform to the status quo, or serve an extended ban from his life’s passion–football.
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RAJU
By Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
Director Max Zaehle, together with his Director of Photography Sin Huh, and wonderful actors Wotan Wilke Möhring and Julia Richter, succeed at making the moral dilemma faced by couples wishing to adopt emotionally palpable.
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TIME FREAK
By Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
A neurotic inventor creates a time machine, only to get caught up traveling around yesterday.
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THE SHORE
By Terry George and Oorlagh George
After 25 years in exile, Jim Mahon (Ciaran Hinds) returns to Ireland to show his American daughter Patty (Kerry Condon) his Belfast roots. But things don’t go as planned when she learns of a secret love triangle and a long lost best friend, Paddy (Conleth Hill). Their reconciliation leads to hilarious confusion. Directed by two time Oscar nominee Terry George, The Shore won an Academy Award for Best Film (Live Action) at the 2012 Oscars. It also won Best Director and Best Actor at the Rhode Island Film Festival, and is nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award.
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TUBA ATLANTIC
By Hallvar Witzø
Everybody is going to die one day. Oskar, 70, is going to die in 6 days. He is now ready to forgive his brother for a disagreement years ago. Will he reach his brother, who he believes live on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean?
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About the Screening

This screening will take place at South Coast Cinema, 162 S. Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach at 7:00 p.m.
A pre-show reception will take place at 6:00 p.m. at Laguna Art Museum, 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach, and includes wine and hors d’oeuvres.
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Screenings and reception are FREE to LBFS Members, $20 for guests and public
Screening tickets available at South Coast Theater: $15 general, $10 for students with valid ID
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>> For more information please contact JoAnne Story at 949.494.8971 x201
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>> Join the Film Society!

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

7:00 p.m.
Free admission
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The Conversation With… series brings artists to Laguna Art Museum to discuss their practice in a casual conversation with guests. The next artist in the series is Allison Schulnik. Past guests in the series, which launched in 2011, have included Amy Caterina, The Legacy Project, Deborah Aschheim,  Ed Gomez, and Jeff Gillette. The evening will begin with a brief presentation by Schulnik about her process and work, followed by the rare opportunity for museum visitors to engage with the artist in conversation.
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Allison Schulnik, photo by Danielle Levitt, courtesy of the artist and Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City

Allison Schulnik choreographs her subjects in compositions that embody a spirit of the macabre, a Shakespearian comedy/tragedy of love, death, and farce. The subjects often stare back at the audience and study them as they are in turn studied, aware of their ancestors from the Grand Theme works of the past, the genre paintings that inform them. Although a haunting sense of foreboding, discomfort, and unease is palpable, a sense of understanding, compassion, and hopefulness for her cast of characters is still evident in the heavy impasto paintings. Her sculptural use of oil paint references her clay-animation background, as a motion-like sensibility affords her paintings unparalleled depth and energy.
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Born in 1978 in San Diego, Schulnik earned her BFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia. She has had significant solo exhibitions in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Rome, and London, and has exhibited in both visual arts shows and film screenings around the world. Her work can be seen in the public collections of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art,, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego,, The Chaney Family Collection,, Museé de Beaux Arts, and Laguna Art Museum. The artist lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Following the discussion, enjoy a mixer featuring complimentary beverages and the opportunity to meet the artist. Additionally, you are encouraged to view the museum’s current exhibitions as well as participate in the Laguna Beach First Thursday Art Walk which takes place at area galleries from 6:00-9:00 p.m.
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>> Admission is free and reservations are not required. The museum is open for free from 5:00-9:00 p.m. the first Thursday of each month.

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Saturday, June 9, 2012

10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Beat the crowd!
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Museum members are invited to join us Saturday, June 9 any time from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. for a members-only preview of Laguna Art Museum’s new exhibitions Clarence Hinkle, Modern Spirit and the Group of Eight, and ex·pose: peter bo rappmund before they open to the public. Beat the crowd on opening night and explore the exhibitions at your leisure. Then join us later that evening for the members-only opening night reception.
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Please show your membership card at the museum front desk for entry.
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Not a member? Become one today, and you will have access to this special members-only preview day as well as admission for two to the opening night reception.
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>> For more information, please contact Membership Manager Dawn Minegar at 949.494.8971 x203.

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Saturday, June 9, 2012

6:00-9:00 p.m.

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Museum members are invited to join us Saturday, June 9 from 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. for the exclusive opening night reception of Laguna Art Museum’s summer 2012 exhibitions Clarence Hinkle, Modern Spirit and the Group of Eight, and ex·pose: peter bo rappmund. Meet and mingle with museum members, curators, and featured artists while enjoying the opportunity to view the exhibitions before they open to the public. Cash bar. Members will receive two tickets in the mail.
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Not a member? Become one today and join us for this exciting event! Also, beat the crowd by joining us for the exclusive members-only preview day.
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>> For more information, please contact Membership Manager Dawn Minegar at 949.494.8971 x203.
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All museum members are welcome to participate in the Contemporary Collectors Council! Led by Laguna Art Museum’s Curator of Exhibitions Grace Kook-Anderson, Contemporary Collectors Council members receive in-depth tours of artists’ studios, private collections, galleries, and contemporary museum exhibitions. The council arranges bimonthly trips, both locally and nationally. CCC membership is open to all members of the museum and dues are used to purchase contemporary artwork and to support exhibitions for Laguna Art Museum. Trip prices vary. 

June 16, 2012 – Los Angeles

Join the Contemporary Collectors Council for a full day of art in Los Angeles and Santa Monica!
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Agenda

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9:30 a.m.: Meet at Laguna Beach High School Parking Lot
625 Park Avenue, Laguna Beach
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9:45 a.m.: Bus Departs
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11:00 a.m.: Artist Studio: Ned Evans
Evans’s love of the outdoors and a desire to convey the physical experience onto his canvas motivates his current work. The paintings are as much lovingly crafted sculptural object as they are abstract portraits.
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12:00 p.m.: Lunch.

Santa Monica Museum of Art

2:00 p.m.: Santa Monica Museum of Art
Mickalene Thomas: Origin of the Universe is the first major solo museum exhibition for the New York-based multi-media artist. Best known for her elaborate paintings of African American women against the backdrop of décor recalled from her childhood, Thomas has created an all-new suite of works that examine aspects of landscape painting.
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3:00 p.m: Bergamot Station
Shoshana Wayne, Frank Loyd, William Turner, et al.
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4:00 p.m: Private Collection: TBA
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5:00 p.m: Depart for Laguna Beach
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6:00 p.m: Arrive at Laguna Beach High School
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Reservations

Each trip is led by Laguna Art Museum’s Curator of Exhibitions, Grace Kook-Anderson. For more information on how to join the CCC, or to make a reservation for the upcoming trip, please contact Membership Manager Dawn Minegar at 949.494.8971 x203.
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Prices for this trip are $120.00 for members of the CCC, and $145.00 for non-members. Please RSVP by June 8.
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>> Click here if you are a CCC member to reserve your tickets online
>> Click here if you are not a CCC member to reserve your tickets online
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All museum members are welcome to join the Contemporary Collectors Council!
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>> Click here for more information about the Contemporary Collectors Council
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>> Click here to join the Contemporary Collectors Council
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>> For more information, or to make a trip reservation, please contact Membership Manager Dawn Minegar at 949.494.8971 x203.
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>> Click here to see pictures and read stories about our past excursions

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Save the date for the 14th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational!

Week-long festivities: October 14-21, 2012
Collectors’ Soirée: October 20, 2012
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Thank you to all of the artists, sponsors, and volunteers who made the 13th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational a success!
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Each year fifty of the nation’s top plein air landscape painters compete for prestigious prizes during the Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational. The following prizes were awarded during the Collectors’ Soirée on Saturday, October 15, 2011.

2011 AWARD WINNERS

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RAY ROBERTS
$5,000 LPAPA BEST IN SHOW
Sponsored by the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
Judged by Mr. Jean Stern, Executive Director of The Irvine Museum
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JACOBUS BAAS
$2,500 LAGUNA ART MUSEUM AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Sponsored by Laguna Art Museum
Judged by Ms. Janet Blake, Curator of Collections, Laguna Art Museum
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RICK DELANTY
$1,000 EDWARD H. BOSEKER AWARD
Sponsored and judged by Mrs. Yvonne Boseker and her daughters in honor of the late Dr. Edward H. Boseker
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JEFF SEWELL
$500 COLLECTORS’ CHOICE
Sponsored by the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
Judged by guests attending the October 15 Collectors’ Soirée
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RONALDO MACEDO
$500 SOUTHWESTART BEST OF QUICK DRAW AWARD
Artist received $500 and a half page ad in SouthwestArt Magazine
Judged by Ms. Bonnie Gangelhoff of SouthwestArt
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BRYAN MARK TAYLOR
$500 LAGUNA ART GROUP BEST IN SUBJECT AWARD
Sponsored by LagunaART.com
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LCAD NEXT GENERATION SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
FIRST PLACE, $500: GIA MOODY
SECOND PLACE, $300: SISI CHEN
THIRD PLACE, $200: KARI DUNHAM
Sponsored by Laguna Plein Air Painters Association and Laguna College of Art + Design
Judged by Mr. Jean Stern
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ANITA HAMPTON
ST. REGIS AWARD
Artist received a four-night stay for two in an Ocean View Executive Suite, two spa treatments, and one round of golf for two at the St. Regis Monarch Beach in Dana Point, California ($3,200 value).
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JOSH CLARE
PLEINAIR MAGAZINE AWARD
Artist received a full-page ad in PleinAir Magazine ($3,800 value)
Judged by Ms. Vanessa Rothe, California Editor Fine Art Connoisseur
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CLARK MITCHELL
OUTDOORPAINTER.COM AWARD
Artist received a one-month web ad on OutdoorPainter.com ($595 value)
Judged by Ms. Vanessa Rothe, California Editor Fine Art Connoisseur
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JILL CARVER
BEST REPRESENTATION OF CRYSTAL COVE
Presented by the Crystal Cove Alliance Art Council
Judged by Mr. Harry Helling (President and CEO of Crystal Cove Alliance) and Mr. Jean Stern
Artist received a Crystal Cove goody basket.
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JEFF YEOMANS
BEST DEPICTION OF THE OCEAN
Presented by the Surfrider Foundation South Orange County
Artist received a Surfrider Foundation goody basket.
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MICHAEL SITU
BEST REPRESENTATION OF LAGUNA CANYON
Presented by Laguna Canyon Foundation
Artist received a Laguna Canyon Foundation goody basket.
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2011 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

7:00-8:00 p.m.
Free for museum members; free for non-members with museum admission
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Two very talented musicians, well known for orchestral performances, join together for an evening of solo and duo works. Jenni Olson, flute, performs regularly with the chamber group Orion Winds which she co-founded and has played with various orchestras such as Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Opera, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, New West Symphony, and the Pacific Symphony. Marcia Dickstein, harp, is Founder/Director of the Debussy Trio that has played worldwide: in the US, Europe, Scandinavia and Japan. She plays with Los Angeles Music Center Opera, Long Beach Symphony, and has over 375 film credits.
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Laguna Art Museum has partnered with Laguna Beach Live!, an organization cherished by music lovers for its work in bringing performances by top-level, professional musicians to the Laguna Beach community, to present an ongoing series of early-evening concerts in the museum’s galleries, a feast of sight and sound. Not only are the galleries an appropriately beautiful setting in which to experience great music, they also boast fine acoustics. The concerts will take place the second Thursday of each month from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Live! at the Museum Concert Series

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August 9: Triada Guitar Trio
The Triada Guitar Trio is made up of Bulgarian brothers Nikola, Vasil and Petar Chekardzhikovi who have studied guitar since early childhood and have toured extensively in Europe and the United States. In 2004, they won first prize in the Third Annual Guitar Ensemble Competition in Brownsville, Texas. They will perform spirited classical and contemporary guitar works.
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September 13: Ceora Winds
Ceora Winds is comprised of Michelle Matsumune, flute; Heather Millette, clarinet; and Christin Webb, bassoon who have played chamber music together for ten years, performing throughout Southern California and across the country. Equally adept at classical standards, jazz arrangements, and everything in between, Ceora Winds brings the joy of true chamber music to the community.

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

6:30 p.m. reception, 7:00 p.m. film screening
University of California, Irvine
McCormick Screening Room at the Humanities Gateway Building
Free admission, $10.00 campus parking
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>> Click here for a map and directions
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Peter Bo Rappmund

As part of Peter Bo Rappmund’s ex·pose exhibition, his films Psychohydrography and Tectonics will be screened at UC Irvine’s state-of-the-art McCormick Screening Room in the Humanities Gateway building. Viewers will have a chance to watch both films in a theater environment and ask questions of the artist, who will be in attendance.
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Peter Bo Rappmund (b. 1979) works in film, video, photography, and sound. His process records the natural changes in the landscape, covering much geographical ground—from the flow of water from the Sierra Mountains to the Pacific Ocean in Psychohydrography (2010), to the erratic border between the United States and Mexico in Tectonics (2012). Bo Rappmund creates sporadic rhythms and time-lapse sequences, producing a visually uncanny sensation from even the most banal landscapes.
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Above image: still shot from Bo Rappmund’s film Psychohydrography (2012).

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Sunday, September 16, 2012

3:00 p.m.
Free to museum members; free to non-members with museum admission
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Peter Bo Rappmund

Join artist Peter Bo Rappmund for a walk-through of his ex·pose exhibition followed by a Q & A session. Guests are encouraged to view the films before meeting with the artist. He will discuss the connections between his three films, the process of his work, and the geographic locations that are his subject matter.  His films include Psychohydrography (2010, HD, color, sound, 60 minutes); Vulgar Fractions (2011, HD, color, sound, 30 minutes); and Tectonics (2012, HD, color, sound, 60 minutes).
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Peter Bo Rappmund (b. 1979) works in film, video, photography, and sound. His process records the natural changes in the landscape, covering much geographical ground—from the flow of water from the Sierra Mountains to the Pacific Ocean in Psychohydrography (2010), to the erratic border between the United States and Mexico in Tectonics (2012). Bo Rappmund creates sporadic rhythms and time-lapse sequences, producing a visually uncanny sensation from even the most banal landscapes.
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Above image: still shot from Bo Rappmund’s film Tectonics (2012).