Final weekend for art festivals
The Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters closed yesterday
while the Sawdust Art Festival and Art-a-Fair will run through
Sunday.
Sawdust entertainment highlights: today, Santa Claus will visit
the Sawdust from 10 a.m. to noon. Lisa Haley and the Zydekatz will
perform Cajun and zydeco from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday the "Art on Stage" game show will be from 4 to 5:30 and
World Anthem will perform reggae from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Sunday local favorite Missiles of October will perform rock and
roll from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
The Sawdust Art Festival's winter art show "Winter Fantasy" will
be on Nov. 10, 19, 25, 26, 27 and Dec. 3, 4, 10 and 11.
The Sawdust is at 935 Laguna Canyon Road. For information, call
(949)494-3030.
Art-a-Fair is at 777 Laguna Canyon Road. For information, call
(949) 494-4514.
Sawdust artists pick favorites
The Sawdust Art Festival's 212 artists evaluated each other's work
and voted for the best artists at the festival in each medium.
Sculptor Dion Wright won Best Artist Overall.
First place winners for each medium were: John Barber, glass;
Michele Taylor, art glass design, mixed media; Walter Reiss,
ceramics; Olivia Batchelder and Edith Otto, (tie) clothing and
textiles; Ray Caruso, scrimshaw, diverse media; Don Beres, jewelry;
Scott Moore, painting; Susan Dysinger and Julita Jones, (tie)
printmaking; Mike Kelly, photography; and James Koch, sculpture.
Katlin Evans, painting, tied for first place for Best New Artist
with Jessica DeStefano, sculpture and mixed media; Rob Gage,
photography and Erik Konicki, mixed media.
Bluebird Park concerts continue
Sunday marks the seventh concert of the eight-week season of the
2005 Summer Concert Series with Soundbytes playing soul and popular
music for the final Bluebird Park concert from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday. On
Sept. 11, the concert moves to Riddle Field, with Savor playing
Santana's best from 4 to 6 p.m.
Concerts are free. Information, call (949) 497-0722.
City hosts annual Palette Competition
The City's Arts Commission is holding its annual holiday Palette
Competition. Artists are provided with a prepared 4-by-3-foot wooden
palette to paint original artwork. The completed palettes are
displayed throughout the city during the holiday season.
Entries will be accepted from Laguna Beach residents, artists
having a studio in Laguna Beach or showing in a Laguna Beach gallery,
students attending Laguna Beach schools, Laguna College and artists
exhibiting in Laguna's festivals.
