LAGUNA ART MUSEUM TO REOPEN IN SEPTEMBER

The Laguna Art Museum’s main facility in Laguna Beach, closed since last April for a $1.1-million structural expansion, will be reopened to the public Sept. 23 with an exhibition on 20th-Century California Impressionism, the museum announced Thursday.

Exterior construction is nearly complete on the 56-year-old main facility at Coast Highway and Cliff Drive, according to spokeswoman Lauri Pelissero. The original three-level, 9,000-square-foot structure will be gaining another 6,000 square feet, including three new galleries, plus new storage, library and administrative spaces.

The Impressionism show is being curated by Janet Dominick and underwritten by the Newport Beach-based Fieldstone Co. Also set for the reopening are exhibitions devoted to regional photography and Southern California contemporary artists.

Until the reopening, the museum will continue to operate a satellite facility in the South Coast Plaza Mall in Costa Mesa. The satellite, housed in a 3,000-square-foot store, opened in October, 1984.