NEWS
May 30, 2013
The City Council went on record with its opposition of a proposed ban on fire pits on Orange County beaches. A letter will be sent to the Air Quality Management District suggesting that the fire pits should be left up to local governments. The letter came in response to a request from resident and local businessman Billy Fried, who asked the council to take action before the AQMD votes on the proposed ban. "It is specious to say (the ban) is a deterrent to air quality in light of other issues," said Fried, who writes a column for the Coastline Pilot.
NEWS
October 7, 2010
Laguna College of Art & Design will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year, and the college is already abuzz about its many accomplishments and plans for an even brighter future. During a well-attended President's Circle breakfast on Sept. 29 at the Hotel Laguna, college President Dennis Powers outlined some impressive achievements. The college is in the "top three" nationally for its figurative and representational drawing and painting program, Powers said. Moreover, the college is boasting what may be its largest student population ever — 426 full-time students.
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By Ashley Breeding | September 4, 2009
Artist Greg Spalenka has joined the Laguna College of Art & Design as the new professor of fantasy art. Classes began Monday. The course is an advanced and comprehensive study of fantasy art as it relates to the entertainment and print media fields, Jennifer Daniels, media relations manager for the college, said. ?Science fiction and fantasy art will be studied and its context through historic and contemporary periods. Students will conceptualize, design and produce fantastic and fictional content using a variety of drawing and painting methods.
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By BARBARA DIAMOND | October 12, 2006
Three key players in the evolution of the Laguna College of Art & Design were honored recently at the 45th anniversary gala of the founding and flowering of the art school. Special recognition was given at the festive black-tie event to David Young , 94, Roger Armstrong , Nancy Lawrence and Jonathan Burke , representing the many contributors to the success of the school over the years. Young, 94, only recently retired from the board of the Festival of Arts, which joined with the then-Laguna Beach Art Assn.
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By Candice Baker | December 7, 2007
It was showtime for artist Colleen Police and her classmates, as they exhibited their work at local galleries during the December First Thursdays Art Walk. Police joined other seniors from the Laguna College of Art & Design in a unique mentoring program, now in its sixth year, that pairs students with gallerists to teach them about the business of art. Police said program leader Robin Fuld has equipped her students to go into the art world with confidence. The program, which dovetails with the skills students learn in Fuld’s class, allows students to learn about everything from framing to business forms firsthand.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Candice Baker | November 24, 2006
Many art students are gearing up for their first professional gallery show, through the benefit of a one-of-a-kind mentoring program. Fourteen senior fine arts majors from the Laguna College of Art & Design's professional studies course will exhibit their work at 14 galleries during the December First Thursdays Art Walk, held from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 7. The professional studies class is taught by Robin Fuld, a 22-year art-business veteran, currently...
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By Ashley Breeding | November 26, 2009
For Laguna College of Art and Design senior Mallory Rose, dreams of pursuing her passion for drawing and painting became a reality unexpectedly, when she received a generous donation from a high school classmate’s family to attend art school. “Their daughter, Amy, was killed in a car accident on her way home from a portfolio day at an art college she planned to attend in the fall,” Rose said. “Since she no could no longer fulfill her dream of going to art school, her family wanted to honor her memory by helping someone else live out that dream.
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By Joanna Clay, joanna.clay@latimes.com | April 21, 2011
After two weeks of pressure to restore a beloved mural painted by Laguna College of Art & Design students and faculty, the Laguna Canyon Winery has announced it is raising funds to replace the public art. This could mean "goodbye" to what remains, a plain gray wall on Laguna Canyon Road. The winery has called the situation a misunderstanding. They believed the mural, said to be the largest in Orange County, was on private property. Property owner Steve Henry said previously that their lease agreement noted the dual ownership of the mural by Henry, the city and the college.
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By Joanna Clay, joanna.clay@latimes.com | May 19, 2011
The people who make the trek to Main Beach will now be immortalized in a mural just a few blocks away. The Community Art Project (CAP), a local nonprofit dedicated to public art, commissioned Laguna Beach artist Sandra Jones Campbell for the mural at 248 N. Coast Hwy. Known for her whimsical acrylic paintings of cowboys, dinner guests and others, Campbell was excited to take on her first exterior mural. In her distinctive style, the mural chronicles the diverse people who create downtown's unique environment as they make their way to the beach.
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By Alisha Gomez | August 23, 2012
Forty freshmen got a nice surprise when they moved into the newly remodeled student housing Saturday at Laguna College of Art & Design's South Campus. The student dorm studios, at 795 Laguna Canyon Road, all featured a modern, edgy and urban feel. "It's actually pretty impressive," said Donna Vu, 18, from San Jose. "It's much more than I thought. " She discovered LCAD through a college website. "It seemed like a interesting place ... like a gem in the cloud of big campuses - magical and surreal," said Vu, who plans to study animation and game art. LCAD converted previous teaching and art studios into the extra student housing, which now accommodates 40 students and also has two apartments for resident managers.