ART WALK
Join more than 40 galleries throughout Laguna Beach on the first
Thursday of every month for a festive cultural evening from 6 to 9
p.m. Free shuttle service commences from the Laguna Art Museum at
6:15 and runs until 9 p.m. Information: http://www.firstthursdays
artwalk.com or (949) 683-6871. The next First Thursday Art Walk will
take place from 6 to 9 p.m. on Jan. 6.
*Notes galleries that participate in the First Thursday Art Walk.
SOUTH LAGUNA GALLERIES
Art Edge Gallery
(949) 497-7520
761 S. Coast Highway
http://www.artedgegallery.com
A new gallery featuring a wide range of original art by national
and international artists, including a fine selection of contemporary
Chinese watercolor and oil paintings.
*Bluebird Gallery
(949) 497-5377
1540 S. Coast Highway
The Bluebird Gallery has been specializing in California
impressionist paintings for more than 22 years.
*Cove Gallery
(949) 494-1878
1294 S. Coast Highway
"Christmas in Laguna," featuring artist Robert Leach.
*DeRu's Fine Arts
(949) 376-3785
1590 S. Coast Highway
Featuring "Delightful Glimpses" small paintings by historic Early
California impressionists and works by contemporary artist David
Chapple.
*Contemporary Chinese Fine Art
(949) 376-6799
1099 S. Coast Highway
Featuring a Holiday Show with an exhibit of smaller paintings by
the gallery artists. Also exhibiting top contemporary realist artists
from Mainland China, carrying only original oil paintings by masters
of realism, including still-lifes, figurative and landscapes.
*The Esther Wells Collection
(949) 494-2497
1390 S. Coast Highway
Featuring an exhibit of student artist from Laguna College of Art
and Design and First Thursdays Art Walk Mentoring Program.
http://www.estherwells collection.com
*Fil Mottola Gallery
(949) 497-1050
1492 S. Coast Highway No. 8
Featuring American and European academician artists from the 19th
and 20th Century. Featured artist is Fil Mottola. Also featuring the
works of 65 international artists.
Gallery Grace
(949) 376-9951
1966 S. Coast Highway
http://www.gallery-grace.com
*Joseph Wise Fine Art Gallery
(949) 376-7902
1550 S. Coast Highway
Featuring the finest collection of Zimbabwean sculpture in the
United States. Works by two of the greatest stone carvers in the
world -- Nicholas Mukomberanwa and Sylvester Mubayi.
*J. Kamin Fine Art
(949) 494-5076
1590 S. Coast Highway
Specializing in Post World War II Russian impressionists
paintings, contemporary American impressionist Jacqueline Kamin,
